Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ddifferent methods for making Tzimmes uses a wide range of different ingredients.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds carrots, peeled and sliced into “coins”
1 tablespoon margarine (or butter if preparing a dairy meal)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup seedless golden raisins
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Method:
Mix all of the ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer gently until the carrots are crisp tender, about 25 minutes. Remove the cover from the pan, raise the heat and cook the carrots until most of the liquid has evaporated and the sauce is thickened, about five minutes.

Ingredients:
2 cup rice
2 onion
5 carrot
2 tsp fried groundnuts
2 tsp oil
a small piece of cinnamon
1 tsp broken block gram
2 nos cloves
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp bengal gram
a few sprigs curry leaves
Salt as per taste

For Masala:
1 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
3/4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp grated coconut
4 nos red chillies

Method:
Heat the pan, pour the 1 tsp oil. Add red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and fry till it turns brown.
Add grated coconuts and remove from the heat. Grind it after it cools down.
Grind seperately, the fried groundnuts coarsely.
Cook the rice and let it cool.
Put the carrots in warm water. Grate it without peeling the skin.
Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves, cinnamon, mustard, broken block gram and Bengal gram. Fry them.
Add curry leaves and chopped onions. Once the onion is cooked, add the grated carrots. Fry till the carrots are cooked.
Add rice and fry in a low flame. Add salt and the ground masala powder. Mix it well with the rice.
Finally add groundnut powder and remove from the flame. Serve hot.

Ingredients
1 large (900g/2 lbs. in Canada) bag of pasta, any shape (spirals, penne, radiatore, etc.)
4 to 6 carrots, sliced or diced
2 red peppers, diced
1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced
1 large, or 2 medium zucchini, diced
1 dozen radishes, sliced
1/2 head small red cabbage, shredded
2 medium tomatoes, ripe, diced
1/2 to 1 English cucumber, diced
1 to 1-1/2 cups fresh peas, cooked or raw, or frozen peas
1/2 cup kernel corn (if desired)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 large bottle of Italian-type salad dressing, something non-creamy

Method:
Cook pasta as directed on package. Drain, rinse and let cool.
Throw all the vegetables together in a very large bowl or bin. You’ll need room to mix it all.
Pour half the bottle of salad dressing over everything. Mix well. Taste and see if it needs more dressing. If so, continue adding until you reach desired taste. Chill until serving.

Ingredients:
2 zucchini, cut into chunks
4 large carrots, peeled, cut into chunks
2 parsnips, peeled, cut into chunks
2 potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks
2 sweet potatoes or 1 small butternut squash, peeled, cut into chunks
1 sweet red pepper, in chunks
1 medium onion, in chunks
2 to 4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1 to 2 sprigs fresh basil leaves
1 to 2 sprigs fresh parsley leaves
1 to 2 sprigs fresh dill or marjoram or thyme leaves, whatever your preference
Water to cover
Salt, pepper, cayenne, etc. to taste

Method:
Put all ingredients in a pot. Heat to boiling, boil until tender.
Remove in batches to food processor, using SOME liquid in each batch. Process until smooth.
If soup seems too thick, add more of the cooking water until soup is a consistency you want. Season with salt, etc. to taste. Serve hot or cold