Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
1 cup Cabbage (shredded)
1/4 cup Chickpea Flour/Besan
2 tbsp Rice Flour
1 tsp Red Chili Powder (or to taste)
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
1/2 tsp grated Ginger
4-5 tbsp Water
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:
1. Combine cabbage, the flours, the powders, ginger and salt in a mixing bowl.
2. Add enough water to bind the ingredients and mix well. The consistency of the batter should be thick, just enough to coat the cabbage.
3. Heat oil.
4. With a spoon, scoop the batter and drop in hot oil.
5. Fry until the edges are crisp, about 1-2 minutes. Then turn them over to fry on the other side, for another minute or so.
6. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel.
7. Option – Serve with mint and coriander chutney

Ingredients:
1 pizza dough
1-2 tablespoons semolina
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 zucchini, thinly sliced
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon garlic infused olive oil
1-2 teaspoons mustard or pizza sauce
2 cups grated soft cheese (any type you like)
2-3 fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 chopped fresh tomato, or 1/2 cup chopped Pomi
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon minced herbs, such as Italian or Herbes de Provence
1/2 cup pitted black olives
fresh basil sprigs for garnish

Method:
Place crust on pizza peel, liberally sprinkled with semolina. Heat oven with pizza stone in it to 450-500 degrees. In meantime, slice and cook pepper, onion, zucchini, and garlic in olive oil a few minutes to soften and to start to brown just a little. Brush the crust all over with the garlic olive oil, and then spread with a very thin layer of mustard. Top with the grated cheese. Distribute the cooked vegetable mixture over the cheese, top with mushrooms, tomatoes, salt, pepper and herbs. Sprinkle with the olives. Transfer crust to the hot pizza stone and bake until the crust is crisp the the topping is bubbly, about 12-15 minutes. Garnish with basil and serve.

Ingredients:
1 kilogram bread flour
1 1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 ounce (15 grams) active-dry yeast
2.5 cups (.6 liters) lukewarm water
2 ounces (60 grams) canola oil

Method:
1. Sift flour into a large mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients. Mix with an electric mixer until a unified ball of dough has formed.
2. Put the dough in an oiled bowl. Cover with a towel. Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
3. Punch down the dough. Knead the dough for a few minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line 3 cookie sheets with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray.
5. Break the dough into 3 portions, and roll the dough out until it covers the whole sheet.
6. Let the dough rise for another 10-15 minutes on the cookie sheets.
7. Spread olive oil and coarse sea salt on the dough. You can also spread chopped herbs such as thyme or rosemary on the dough.
8. Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes, or until golden on top.

For pizza, bake for 10 minutes without cheese, add cheese and then bake another 5 minutes.

Cut the bread into squares. Serve the bread hot out of the oven or at room temperature.

Ingredients:
6 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup Yogurt
1 tblsp Dry Yeast
1/2 Cup Water (warm)
1 1/2 Cup Water (hot)
1 tblsp Salt
Cornmeal

Method:
Put yeast in warm water. Let it dissolve in warm water for 5 minutes, set aside.
In a big jar mix hot water, salt and yogurt. Combine yeast and 4 cup flour.
In a mixer at low speed mix it for 7 minutes.
Mix remaining flour and knead for 10 minutes.
Combine more flour if dough is sticky type.
Place the prepared dough in an oiled bowl and coat the dough from both the sides.
Let it rise in warm place until doubled in size.
Make two long loaves for the dough.
Place it on a oiled baking sheet. Drizzle it with cornmeal.
Let it rise in warm place for 30 minutes.
Cut the top of the loaves with a knife and spray it with water.
Bake it in a preheated oven to 400 F till it appears to be brownish, it will take about for 30-40 minutes.