iEat @ Pyttipanna

I can't resist pouring away the bacon grease. Who can? I usually make Pyttipanna with the bacon grease that I had from the breakfast. It never failed me. The Pyttipanna always taste great with you cook it with bacon grease. 

Pyttipanna is a swedish dish. I learnt about this dish when I traveled to Stockholm a while back. I'm not a big fan of potato but I love this dish.

Ingredients :

- 4 diced potato

- 2 diced carrots

- 2 diced onions

- 1/2 cup of chicken broth

- a handful of cilantro

- salt and pepper

Method:

1. Heat the skillet and add int bacon grease. 

2. Stir in onion when the grease is hot.  Cook the onion until it become translucent and fragrant.

3. Add in carrot and potato. Stir fried it in with medium heat for 8-10 minutes. 

4. Pour in the broth and let it simmer for a bit until the potato and carrots is tender.

5. Taste and add seasoning. You can add a good pinch of pepper and salt.

6 Garnish with cilantro and serve.

Top with a fried egg for protein. This dish usually serves with beetroot pickles.

iEat @ Carrot Lentil Soup

Lentils are widely use in Indian cuisine. It contains high amount of protein. I love lentils because it is cheap and easy to cook. 

We decided to go vegan last weekend and so I made carrot lentil soup as dinner!

The soup is easy to make. It tastes pretty good :D

Ingredients :

- 2 tablespoons olive oil

- 7 cloves of garlic, minced

- 2 tablespoons of minced ginger

- 1 large onion, diced

- 2 large carrots, cut into smaller chuck

- 3/4 cup dried red lentils, wash and soak for 30 minutes 

- 3/4 cup coconut milk

- 5 cups of water

- 2 tablespoons of coriander, finely chopped

- 2 teaspoons of curry powder

- 1 teaspoon of salt

Direction 

1. Heat the oil in a pot with medium heat

2. Stir in garlic, ginger and onion. Stir until onion translucent and fragrant.

3. Throw in carrots and cook until softened. 

4. Add in curry powder and salt and stir for about 1 minutes.

5. Pour in lentils and water and bring it to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots and lentils are softened. About 10 minutes.

6. Add in the coriander and coconut milk. Stir well. 

7. Transfer the soup to the blender. Blend it until smooth or to the texture of your liking. 

The carrot lentil soup is ready! It make a complete dinner with few slices of bread. 

Happy cooking :)

iEat @ Baked Salmon Fillets

This is a quick and healthy recipe for dinner. The dinner can be ready in 30 minutes time :D

Direction
1. In a small bowl, prepare the mixture by mixing minced garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, parsley, dijon mustard and lemon juice.

2. Preheat the oven to 190 Celsius.
3. Brush the baking pan with a bit of olive oil and lay the salmon fillets on to of it.
4. Spread the mixture over the salmon fillets.
5. Bake the salmon for 12-15 minutes. The baking time depends on the thickness of the salmon fillets.

Now, enjoy the salmon with roasted/steamed vegetables.

iEat @ Apple Pancakes

It is Saturday. It is time for Saturday brunch! I decided to make fluffy pancake for today's brunch. I have some apples sitting at the counter top so I made apple topping for my pancakes. 



Yum~yum~ 

Here is the recipe:

Pancakes

- 3/4 cup soy milk

- 11/2 tablespoons vinegar

- 1 cup flour

- 2 tablespoons sugar

- 1 teaspoon baking powder

- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- 1 egg

- 2 tablespoons olive oil

Apples topping

- 1 tablespoon butter

- 2 greens apple, diced

- 2 tablespoons brown sugar

- 1 teaspoon cinnamon

- 2 tablespoon maple syrup

Direction

1. Pour the milk and vinegar into a large bowl. Let the milk rest and curd for 5 minutes

2. Whisk egg and oil into the milk.

3. Fold in flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt into the wet ingredient and stir until it combined. (do not over-mix, it should still have some lumps)

4. Heat the skillet. Lightly grease it with a small portion of cooking oil. Pour 2 tablespoons batter onto the skillet. Cook over low to medium heat until bubbles form, then turn over to the other side and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, add butter, apples, brown sugar and cinnamon to a sauce pan. Stir over medium heat until apples are tenders. Stir in maple syrup.

Arrange the pancakes on a plate and put the apples on top to serve. You will love this pancake!

Happy cooking

iEat @ DIY Sour Plum Stuffed Tomatoes

Yes, you read it right, I am going to blog about dried sour plum stuffed tomatoes
I learned about this interesting recipe when I was invited to a housewarming party.

All you need are tomatoes and dried sour plums. I used smaller sized of tomato.

Remove the tomato core and make a hole in the center. Then stuff the sour plum inside. Let it sit in fridge for four hours or more. 

Serve it chilled. OMIGOD, they taste so gooood and juicy! I could eat it all day. My friends who do not even like tomatos loved it! I bet you will love it! 

iEat @ DIY Lettuce Wrap

I googled how to get rid of the lettuce in my fridge and I found this recipe - lettuce wrap. The recipe looks fairly easy so I decided to give it a try.

I used ground chicken for the lettuce wrap. It took about 20 mins to prepare it. I put garlic, onion, ginger and ground chicken into a large skillet and stir fried it with medium high heat until it turned brown. Then I stirred in soy sauce, dark soy source, sesame oil, chili flakes and cooking wine. I seasoned it with salt and pepper. It is now ready to serve!

Spoon the chicken onto the lettuce leave. fold it up and EAT. Apparently it's not a good choice to use lollo bionda lettuce. It is quite messy to wrap the chicken up with, but it is still tasty! :D