The Start Menu » Evening Meals http://thestartmenu.com One recipe a week, make it and give us your feedback Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:35:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Peach Chicken Curry on Rice http://thestartmenu.com/recipe/evening-meals/208/peach-chicken-curry-on-rice/ http://thestartmenu.com/recipe/evening-meals/208/peach-chicken-curry-on-rice/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:51:28 +0000 admin http://thestartmenu.com/?p=208

Ingredients

  1. 2 * 440gm tins Peaches (or one large one)
  2. 10-12 chicken thighs boneless and skinless (feel free to use other parts of chicken)
  3. 2T Curry powder
  4. 1t Salt
  5. 1 pinch Pepper
  6. 1/2t Garam Masala
  7. 2Cups peas
  8. 2T cornflour
  9. 1/4 cup water
  10. Cooked Rice

Instructions

  1. Puree the peaches in a kitchen mixer (or use eggbeaters)
  2. Mix Peach puree, Curry powder, Salt, Pepper, Garam Masala into a large deep frypan.
  3. Bring the mixture to a simmer, and add the chicken pieces in.
  4. After 10 minutes simmering, add in the peas.
  5. Leave the chicken to simmer for about 30 minutes total.
  6. Once its fully cooked through, you may need to thicken it with cornflour.
  7. To thicken, mix the cornflour with the water, then slowly mix it in. Once its thicker but still fairly running its done.
  8. Serve over rice , this will feed 5-6 people.
]]> http://thestartmenu.com/recipe/evening-meals/208/peach-chicken-curry-on-rice/feed/ 0 Winter Durchfall (my own recipe of vegetable stir fry) http://thestartmenu.com/recipe/evening-meals/197/winter-durchfall-my-own-recipe-of-vegetable-stir-fry/ http://thestartmenu.com/recipe/evening-meals/197/winter-durchfall-my-own-recipe-of-vegetable-stir-fry/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:15:34 +0000 admin http://thestartmenu.com/?p=197 Ingredients

  • 1/2 pumpkin (I used Crown/Grey Pumpkin)
  • 3 Onions Sliced
  • 3 Capsicum
  • 2T Garam Masala
  • 1t Cumin
  • 1t Salt
  • 1/2t Pepper
  • 1 1/2t Garlic (crushed, fresh, however you like it)
  • 700gms Beef Schnitzel

Preperation

  1. Roast pumpkin in oven, or cook in microwave, either whole or in large chunks
  2. Whilst pumpkin is cooking, slice Onions and Capsicum
  3. Lightly fry the Onions and Capsicum together , feel free to sprinkle salt to flavour
  4. Once pumpkin is cooked, remove skin and dice into bite sized cubes
  5. Put pumpkin cubes into large bowl or bag, add Garam masala, Cumin, Salt, Pepper and carefully mix together
  6. Dice the meat into bite sized squares, fry quickly in the frypan with the Garlic and a little salt.
  7. Put the pumpkin into an serving tray and mix Capsicum & Onion mixture gently into it, then sprinkle meat over it.

Notes: Feel free to drop the meat out of this one for a vegetarian option.

PS. Sorry for anyone speaking German, my daughter named it after asking what was in it, and i replied ‘lots of shit from the fridge’

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Ingredients

  • large packet frozen veges (or up to 1kg fresh chopped veg)
  • 1 Table spoon ground ginger
  • 1 Tablespoon Garlic crushed
  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • 500gms sliced meat of your choice (optional)
  • 1-2 Tablespoon Cornflour.
  • 1 Cup of water

Instructions

  1. Put the Vegs, water, meat, everything but the cornflour into a pan with a lid and let it simmer.
  2. Once they have cooked for about 5-10 mins, mix the cornflour with a bit of water till disolved and slowly mix it until it thickens to desired amount.
  3. Cook rice or noodles to go with it as required.
  4. Serve!
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Ingredients

  • 500gm Mince (1lb)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 C flour
  • 1-2 Diced Onion
  • 500gm Pasta (1 bag)
  • 800gm Can Tomatoes (1 large can)
  • 4T Sugar
  • 2T Sweet Basil
  • 1T Oregano
  • 1T red wine vinegar  (Optional but amazing!)
  • 2t Cornflour
  • Grated Cheese of your favourite type

Instructions

  1. Mix Mince, 2 eggs, Onion
  2. Add in enough flour to make it dough like
  3. Make 1cm(1/2″) sized meatballs on a tray
  4. Put meatballs in the oven at 200C (200F) for 20mins whilst you do the rest
  5. Put pasta on to boil as per instructions on packet
  6. Empty tin of diced tomatoes into another pot
  7. Mix in, Sugar, Oregano,Sweet Basil, red wine vinegar
  8. Simmer sauce for 5 mins.
  9. Mix cornflour with enough water so it does not lump, and mix into the sauce until its as thick as desired .
I serve this up with paste on the plate, sauce over the pasta (usually in the middle), sprinkle the cheese over the top, then place meatballs in the center. If you are vegetarian just drop the meatballs or make vegetarian meatballs (vegeballs!).
It might sound complex, but because most of the food cooks at the same time its a very quick meal to make in a hurry.
This meal will feed 5-6 people easily.

 

 

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Step One

  • 3 TSP Oil
  • 2kgs Tomatoes
  • 1 TSP Garlic
  • 1 TSP Ginger

Instructions

  1. Place tomatoes, garlic, ginger, water into a pan
  2. simmer for an hour or until the skin falls off the tomatoes.
  3. Puree the mixture in a blender,
  4. strain into a bowl

Step Two

  • 500gms Chicken
  • 1 tsp Garham Masala
  • 11⁄2 tsp Ginger
  • 11⁄2 tsp Garlic
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 TSP Kasori methi Red Colour
  • 3 TSP Unsweetened Yogurt

Instructions

Tandori Chicken:

  1. Put everything but the chicken in a bowl,
  2. mix together until mixed together nicely,
  3. add chicken to the mix, making sure to cover the chicken well with the mixture.
  4. Once chicken is covered with the mixture, place in an over tray and bake in the oven until cooked

Step Three

  • 1⁄2 TSP Garham Masala
  • 50gms Butter
  • 1 Pinch of Mace
  • 11⁄2 tsp Cardamom Powder
  • 11⁄2 tsp Coriander Power
  • Chili Powder to taste
  • 500mls Cream

Instructions

  1. Place everything but, butter and cream into a pot
  2. simmer and reduce till nice and thick
  3. add cream, butter and chicken and simmer until chicken is cooked.
  4. Serve
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Ingredients

  • Chicken Breasts (optional)
  • 1500gm packet pasta
  • 2T Finely chopped basil
  • 1 Cup blueberries
  • Any vegetables, eggplant, beans, etc you want
  • 2 T crushed/chopped fine Garlic oil Sprinkle of cheese (parmesan works best)

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta
  2. Mix Equal amounts of basil and garlic with oil. I find food processor is great here!
  3. Put mixture with the pasta, feel free to add more/less depending on taste.
  4. Add any vegetables into it here if you have any. Sliced eggplant is great, as is carrot, zucchini, mushrooms etc
  5. Sprinkle cheese over the top
  6. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes whilst you brown/cook the chicken.
  7. Brown/cook Chicken in a frying pan. You can slice it or leave it whole.
  8. Stir the Blueberries into the pasta
  9. Serve with chicken on the side, or mixed in if you sliced it (up to you!)
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Ingredients

  • Dried Fettucini, enough for one
  • 2 tsp Olive Oil
  • 1 1/2 Cups Fresh Broccoli Florets
  • 1/4 Cup Sliced Sundried Tomatoes (oil packed)
  • 1/2 tsp Hot Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice, or more to taste
  • 1-2 Pinches Kosher Salt
  • Black Pepper, Lemon Zest to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook the Pasta in well-salted water
  2. Chop the broccoli florets in to small pieces (about the size of a nickel).
  3. Slice the sundried tomatoes.
  4. When pasta is nearly finished cooking, heat a wok over medium-high heat until it’s quite hot.
  5. Add oil and broccoli and toss to coat, adding more oil a little at a time if needed.
  6. After 1-2 minutes, add tomatoes and pepper flakes.
  7. Let cook undisturbed for another two minutes, then toss.
  8. Repeat this process until broccoli and tomatoes have some color on them, and the broccoli is bright green and becoming tender.
  9. Drain pasta very well and add to the wok, adding just enough oil to coat the pasta (if needed).
  10. Add lemon juice and salt and taste, adjusting if necessary.
  11. Plate and grind fresh black pepper over the top, adding lemon zest if desired.
  12. Serve immediately

This also makes a nice room-temperature pasta salad, so it’d be great for picnics, work lunches, or potlucks.

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  • 2 cups button Mushrooms (feel free to try others)
  • 1 T Soy Sauce
  • 1T Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1/4 cup Cream

Instructions

  1. slice mushrooms
  2. Lightly sauté mushrooms in tiny bit of butter
  3. squirt equal amounts of soy and balsamic vinegar (i use approx 1T of each)
  4. Let it simmer and reduce (to get rid of some water)
  5. Add in cream and again let it reduce until thick, then serve.

Alter the amounts of soy and balsamic to taste.

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Ingredients

  • 1 envelope of bunched spinach
  • 250g cottage cheese 2 cups of grated cheese; cheddar and parmesan are ideal but add any ends of cheese to the mix
  • 3 eggs, lightly whisked
  • 1 Tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 Tbsp finely chopped parsley

Instructions

  1. Salt and pepper to taste
  2. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
  3. Lightly oil a large baking tin (approx 18cm x 28cm).
  4. Wash the spinach thoroughly ensuring no grit remains.
  5. Chop stalks into tiny pieces, tear leaves into rough pieces and put everything into a saucepan over high heat.
  6. There should be enough water on the leaves to steam-cook them.
  7. Remove and drain as soon as the leaves wilt.
  8. Leave to cool while you mix all other ingredients in a bowl.
  9. Add spinach and mix again.
  10. Bake in the hot oven for 25-30 minutes. The top should be golden brown and the pie a bit wobbly in the middle.
  11. Remove and cool to warm – or cold – cut into small squares and serve.

Diet type: Vegetarian

Meal type: cocktail

Thanks to @elpie for this one

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  • Mushrooms
  • Onions
  • Zucchini
  • Capsicum
  • Carrot
  • Garlic
  • Chunky Sweet Potato
  • Diced Pineapple (can)
  • Sweet Chilli Sauce

Instructions:

  1. Pre-cook anything requiring longer cooking time (ie Sweet Potato)
  2. Chop all items chunky sizes
  3. Put them onto the kebab stick.
  4. Keep the juice from the pineapple chunks, mix in a good portion of the sweet chilli sauce (depending how you like it).
  5. Put kebabs in a bowl or similar then pour sauce over the kebabs.

You can also add lime in here or any other flavours you may want to the sauce, even a few herbs and spices would go down well. As for the ingredients they are just an idea, you can add as many as you want however you want.

Cook on BBQ or in the oven for about 15 minutes at a medium heat.

Cooking time (duration): 10min

Diet type: Vegetarian

Diet (other): Reduced fat

Number of servings: As many as you need

Meal type: lunch, dinner,BBQ

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