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Pomegranate and Rice salad

Well it is in out ‘Ingredients Alphabet’ anyway.

This rice creation was inspired by a North African Couscous dish. Couscous is Wheat based so we modified the recipe to use Rice. Oh and added a few bits and bobs. OK - OK we didn’t follow the recipe at all! Also while we at the confessions gig, the Kebabs were made with a £1.60 pack of Beef mince as the equivalent weight of Lamb was £3.95 and would have broken our budget….

Pomegranate and Rice salad ingredients:-

Rice
A Stock cube
2 small Mushrooms
1 Onion, chopped
Cucumber, chopped
1 medium Pomegranate
1 Spring Onion, chopped
1 clove of Garlic, minced
Cumin Seeds
Fresh Mint, chopped
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Dry fry the Rice.
(2) Add Oil and fry the Onions, Garlic and Cumin seeds.
(3) Mix the Stock in a pint of boiling water and add to the Rice.
(4) Add the chopped Mushroom.
(5) Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and simmer until the Rice is tender and all the liquid has been absorbed.
(6) Mix in most of the Pomegranate, Mint, Spring Onion and Cucumber.
(7) Lay the Kebab over the top and garnish with a little more Pomegranate and a sprig of Mint.

Kebabs Ingredients:-

300g Minced Beef
1 tbsp Oil
Cumin powder
Garlic Salt

Method:-

(1) Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
(2) Form into Kebabs around a skewer.
(3) Fry to brown on all sides.
(4) Place in the oven at 160c for 20 minutes.

This was a really tasty and fresh meal. The mysterious bowl on the side is Tigger the cats’ Kebab!

 

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Mali – Poulet Yassa recipe

We're at “M” in our Around the World for £4 or less quest. This started out as a bit of fun “Let's find a recipe from every nation from A to Z with regional options for letters which don't have nations represented. “ You can see all the recipes we've tried so far here (Sorry they are not in Alphabetical order any more!)
 
So Poulet Yassa. It's a citrus Chicken dish which we served on a bed of fragrant rice.
 
Ingredients:-
 
1 small Chicken
1 large Onion, sliced
3 Chilli Peppers, minced
1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
½ the juice of a Lemon and a Lime
Cider Vinegar
Vegetables of choice sliced
Oil 
Salt & Pepper
 
Method:-
 
(1) Spatchcock the Chicken – (Details here) and marinade in all the ingredients except the sliced Onion for at least 4 hours.
(2) Cook the Chicken in the oven at 180c for 30 to 40 minutes until the thickest parts run clear which you pierce them.
(3) In a pan using the cooked marinade and mean juices fry the Onion for 10 minutes.
(4) Add your vegetables. We used Carrots cut into batons, sliced Red Pepper, sliced Mushrooms and Peas.
(5) Simmer until the vegetables are tender, but not too soft.
(6) Cut the Chicken into large pieces removing all the bones and add to the pan, stirring until heated through.
 
 

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