Friday, 31 January 2014

Green Asparagus with Tomatoes


This dish is a side vegetable dish which you can serve with any European meal. I have served it with Bulgar burgers but it can very well served with a pasta too. Now I am not a big fan of white Asparagus but I love the crunchy green ones.

Here is what you will need :

Ingredients:

- 500 g green Asparagus
- about a dozen of cherry tomatoes or a bit more
- 2 cloves of pressed garlic
- 1 green chili, slit lengthwise
- salt to taste
- black pepper
- a big pinch of red chili flakes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- a bit of lime juice.

Friday, 10 January 2014

Ebly with Spinach


Ebly is a whole wheat grain or some people also call it wheat berries. It came out in the market a few years ago and me being a fan of whole grain and all bought it to try and everyone loved it at home. The recipe I am posting here I once posted in a Wettbewerb (a competition) and I got a price, now me bashful :) of four movie tickets which I took the family to watch Shrek, so now its a joke at home whenever I cook this we remember Shrek and the co-incidence is my recipe was based on Spinach and DA: Shrek...........Ja green in Colour! Funny ! right. So here it goes:

For 4 People:

Ingredients:

- 250 gms Ebly
- 250 gms frozen Spinach
- 1 big red onion, finely chopped
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, pressed
- 1 green chili, finely chopped
- an inch piece of ginger, finely grated
- 2 heaped tablespoons of can tomatoes, or you can take 2 fresh tomatoes, cubed
- 6 pieces of cherry tomatoes
- salt to taste
- black pepper, a few shakes
- 1/2 tsp of red chili flakes
- 1 tbsp of olive oil