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Asparagus & Onion Bhaji

Asparagus & Onion Bhaji

The foundation of last nights meal were some Chicken Thighs. We had some DIY Curry sauce in the freezer, some DIY Gluten free Naan bread and some discounted Asparagus which was starting to go a bit bendy.

Asparagus & Onion Bhaji? Well it might not be exactly traditional, do we look like we care?

Ingredients:-

Gram Flour
Hot ground Chilli
Ground Cloves
Garlic Salt
Baking Powder
Turmeric

Method:-

(1) Chop your Onions and Asparagus roughly.
(2) Heat a fryer to 170c.
(3) Mix the dry ingredients with just enough water to make a stiff batter and allow to stand for 10 minutes.
(4) Mix the Asparagus & Onion into the batter and add a little extra Gram Flour if the mixture doesn’t seem to be firm enough.
(5) Spoon large two dollops into the hot Oil and shake to free from the basket.
(6) Fry until just browned in botches initially and drain on kitchen paper.
(7) Fly in batches until you’ve run out of mixture.
(8) Re-fry when you are ready to serve, until the Bhaji are crisp but not too browned.

We had a very small amount of Gram Flour left so instead of keeping it I made a sizeable batch. The leftovers are in the freezer for the next Curry night. No we didn’t eat them all in one sitting!

 

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Stir Fry Char Sui Pork Mince & Broccoli


I happened across a 500g pack of Pork mince for just over £1 so Sue set about her recipe rummaging and came up with this. Realistically this recipe would easily feed 4 and we had enough left to pop in Taco shells the following day.

Ingredients:-

500g of Pork mince
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
A Thumb of Ginger, minced
1 Carrot, cut into lengthways strips
1 Red Pepper, cut into strips
2 Spring Onions, sliced lengthways
2 Chillies, chopped
1 Tbsp of Honey
1 Tbsp of Black Bean Sauce or Hoisin Sauce
40ml of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
30ml of Shaoxing Wine
1 Tsp Chinese Five Spice
A handful of Peanuts, roughly chopped
½ a head of Broccoli, separated into florets
1 Onion, finely diced
Oil to fry
A splash of Water

Method:-

(1) Mix together the Black Bean sauce, honey, Soy Sauce, Five Spice, Shaoxing Wine and a splash of water.
(2) Set aside your Char Sui Sauce.
(3) Heat a little Oil in a pan, add the Garlic &Ginger and cook gently for a minute.
(4) Add the Pork mince and fry on a high heat until browned, stirring continually.
(5) Remove from the pan and set aside.
(6) Add more Oil if required and fry the Broccoli, Carrots, Onion and Pepper, for a few minutes.
(7) Return the mince to the pan and stir to combine.
(8) Stir in the Char Sui Sauce and cook over a low heat until heated through.
(9) Garnish with Spring Onions and chopped Peanuts.

We served ours over Rice Noodles, but this would work equally well over boiled rice.

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