Sweet and Sour Fish

Fillet white fish

This is a recipe that we usually eat in Chinese restaurants. The sweet and sour sauce is delicious, but not for everyone, just for the ones who are familiar with exotic food. This recipe is also for the ones who are willing to try something new, so here we are:

Ingredients: 

-375 g firm white fish fillet – snapper,cod,haddock, trevally, tarakihi, orange roughly

-1 tablespoon oil

-1 onion, sliced

-1 green pepper, sliced

-225 g can pineapple chunks

-2 tablespoons corn flour

-1 teaspoon grated root ginger

-1 tablespoon brown sugar

-1 tablespoon soy sauce

-3 tablespoons vinegar

-1 chopped cucumber

-salt

-white pepper

I.Cut fish into serving-sized pieces. Arrange in an ovenproof dish. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper to taste.

II.Heat oil in saucepan. Add onion and green pepper. Cook until onion is clear. Remove from heat.

III. Drain pineapple, reserving juice.

IV. In a bowl mix corn flour, ginger, sugar, soy sauce, reserved pineapple juice and vinegar. Add the mixture to pan. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.

V. Pour sauce over fish. Cover and cook at 180° C for 25 minutes or until fish is cooked.

VI.Stir in pineapple chunks and cucumber.

  

Serve 4-5 persons.

Sweet and sour fish

Ingrediente:

-375 g file peste alb

-1 lingura ulei

-1 ceapa feliata

-1 ardei verde taiat marunt

-225 g cutie compot de ananas

-2 linguri faina de porumb

-1 lingura radacita ginger data pe razatoare

-1 lingura zahar

-1 lingura sos soia

-3 linguri otet

-1 castravete taiat marunt

-sare

-piper alb

I.Taiati pestele in bucati. Il puneti intr-un vas de yena –rezistent la caldura cuptorului. Presarati sare si piper dupa gust.

II. Incalziti uleiul intr-o tigaie, adaugati ceapa si ardeiul. Tineti pe foc pana se caleste ceapa, apoi luati tigaia de pe foc.

III.Scoateti ananasul din compot, pastrati compotul.

IV. Intr-un catron, amestecati faina de porumb, ginger, zaharul, sosul de soia, compotul de la ananas si otetul. Puneti totul intr-o tigaie, apoi fierbeti pana se ingroasa sosul.

V. puneti sos peste peste si bagati la cuptorul incins la 180°C. Se lasa aproximativ 25 minute sau atata timp cat e nevoie pentru ca pestele sa fie gata.

VI.Puneti si bucatile de ananas si castravete.

Pentru 4-5 persoane.

Seafood Cocktail

Seafood sauce is the most important one when it comes about seafood. There are lots of recipes, but today I'll give you a tasty one. The recipe is easy and if you want, you may also add garlic. For me, garlic is one of my favorites. It gives a special taste to the food. So, here is the Cocktail of Seafood.

Ingredients:

-2 cups mixed seafood – shrimps, crab, prawns, oysters, crayfish

-1 cup cream

-1/4 cup tomato sauce

-2 teaspoons lemon juice (or more, as you like)

-white pepper

-1 cup shredded lettuce

-paprika or chopped parsley

I.Combine seafood. Chill while preparing sauce. 

II.Put cream in a bowl and beat thickened slightly, about the consistency of egg white. Beat in tomato sauce, lemon juice and pepper. 

III.Place a small amount of lettuce into individual serving dishes. Divide seafood mixture evenly among the prepared dishes.   

IV.Spoon cream mixture over seafood. Garnish with paprika. 

Replace cream with natural unsweetened yogurt and 1/2 teaspoon sugar if desired. 

Seafood Cocktail Sauce

Ingrediente:

-2  cani de fructe de mare amestecate – creveti, crab, stridii, raci

-1 cana smantana

-1/4 cana sos de rosii

-2 lingurite suc de lamaie (sau mai mult, dupa gust)

-piper alb

-1 legatura salata verde taiata marunt

-ardei iute, patrunjel

I.Amestecati fructele de mare. Tineti-le la rece in timp ce preparati sosul. 

II.Puneti smantana intr-un castron si bateti pana ia consistent albusului de ou. Adaugati sosul de rosii, sucul de lamaie si piperul. 

III.Puneti salata verde taiata marunt deasupra fiecarei portii. Impartiti fructele de mare in mod egal in farfurii, puneti sos peste ele. Se serveste cu paprika.

Puteti inlocui smantana cu iaurt natural neindulcit si o 1/2 lingurita de zahar daca doriti.

Okra Recipe

Medium sized okra

Okra is a popular recipe in Egypt. In Romania we call them bame, but we don't use it as much as I do here in Egypt. There are many recipes for okra, but i love it with garlic. Olive oil also gives it a special taste and it make it a healthy food.

 

Ingredients

-1kg okra (preferably fresh, but it's good also the frozen one, small okra)

-2 medium onions

-2 tablespoons olive oil
-3 medium chopped fresh tomato
-5-6 cloves garlic, crushed
-1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
-2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
-2 teaspoons coriander
-1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
-salt, black pepper

I.Heat oil in a medium saucepan on a medium fire and fry onion until golden. 

II.And the garlic and keep on the fire 2 more minutes. 

III.Add all the other ingredients except from okra and reduce the fire for about 5 minutes. Then add okra and pour water to cover it. 

IV.Cover the pan and let it boil. From time to time stir it and if needed add water until the okra is very well done. Sometimes, it needs more time to be boiled.

We serve it hot with white rice or rice with vermicelli.

cooked bamya

 Ingrediente:

-1kg bame (de preferat proaspete, dar si cele congelate sunt la fel de bune; sa fie mici, ca fierb mai bine si mai repede decat cele mari)

--2 cepe medii

-2 linguri ulei de masline
-3 rosii medii tocate
-5-6 graunti usturoi, pisati
-1 lingurita zeama de lamaie
-2 lingurite patrunjel tocat
-2 lingurite coriandru
-1/2 lingurita nucsoara
-sare, piper

I.Intr-o tigaie calim ceapa, apoi adaugam usturoiul si mai tinem pe foc inca 2 minute. Adaugam toate celelalte ingredient in afara de bame si reduem focul. Tinem pe foc mic inca 5 minute. 

II.Apoi adaugati bamele si apa cat sa acopere bamele. Acoperiti cratita si lasati sa fiarba. Din cand in cand mai mestecati si mai adaugati apa daca este nevoie. Uneori, bamele au nevoie de mai mult timp sa fiarba.

Servim mancarea calda alaturi de orez alb sau orez cu fideluta.

Date Cake Recipe

Fresh Dates

In Romanian we call them curmale. Dates are very healthy fruits by nature. They are rich in iron, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, vitamins A and C and niacin, vitamins B1, B2 and B3. These B-vitamins have multiple functions in the body, for example they change food into energy. That's why Muslims break the fast with a glass of milk r water and dates, after a whole day of no water and no food in Ramadan.  

Cake Filling:

-1 cup dates, chopped

-1 cup water

-1 tablespoon sugar

-1 tablespoon butter

-2 teaspoons cocoa

-1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence

Base:

-125 g butter

-1/2 cup sugar

-1 egg

-1 3/4 cups flour

-1 teaspoon baking powder

Filling

Put dates in a saucepan. Add water sugar, butter and cocoa. Cook gently over a law heat until a paste-like consistency. Add vanilla and cool.

Base: 

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Sift flour and baking powder together. Mix into creamed mixture. Divide mixture in half. Press out one piece to fit a 20 cm square tin. Spread with date mixture. On a piece of waxed paper pat or roll out remaining dough to a 20 cm square. Place on top of date filling. Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cut into fingers. Makes 15

Dates fingers

Curmalele sunt fructe foarte sanatoase de la natura. Sunt foarte bogate in fier, calciu, fosfor, sodium, potasiu, vitaminele A si C si acid nicotinic, vitaminele B1, B2 si B3. Aceste vitamine B au functii multiple in organism, de exemplu ele convertesc mancarea in energie. De aceea si musulmanii intrerup postul cu un pahar de lapte sau apa si curmale, dupa o zi intreaga cand nu beau nimic si nu mananca nimic in Ramadan.

Umplutura:

-1 cana de curmale, maruntite

-1 cana de apa

-1 lingura zahar

-1 lingura unt

-2 lingurite cacao

-1/4 lingurita esenta de vanilie

Blat:

-125 g unt

-1/2 cana zahar

-1 ou

-1 3/4 cani faina

-1 lingurita praf de copt

Umplutura:

Puneti curmalele intr-o tigaie. Adaugati zaharul, untul si cacao. Tineti pe foc mic pana cand devine o pasta consistent. Adaugati vanilia si raciti.

Blatul:

Frecati untul si zaharul pana faceti o crema pufoasa. Adaugati oul si bateti bine. Cerneti faina si praful de copt impreuna. Adaugati in amestecul cremos. Impartiti compozitia in doua. Puneti o foaie intr-o tava de 20 cm patrati, apoi puneti amestecul de curmale. Apoi puneti cealalta foaie din coca ramasa si taiati bucatele. Se fac 15 bucati.
Sau pur si simplu faci prajiturile punand curmalele ca in imaginea atasata.

Coaceti la 180°C sau pana se rumenesc usor.

Gogosari in otet

Aceasta reteta de gogosari murati pentru iarna este una simplu de facut, mai ales ca nu se fierb. De obicei muraturile le fierbem in abur aproximativ jumatate de ora, dar de data asta, capia sau gogosarul  se pun pur si simplu in borcane si se lasa pana se acresc.

Se spala capia (gogosarul) si se lasa sa se scurga, apoi se ung cu ulei (fiecare), dupa care se aseaza in bidon sau borcan mare, peste care se toarna zeama:

-3 l apa

-1 l otet

-8 linguri sare

-8 linguri zahar

-seminte de mustar, hrean

-foi de dafin

-piper boabe

-poti pune si un pachet de amestec pentru muraturi

-3 pachete conservant

Se pune saramura pe foc sa se incalzeasca, pentru a se topi zaharul si sarea, apoi se toarna peste ardei

Deasupra se pun crengi de visin, poate si putin ulei, sa formeze un strat deasupra.

Se leaga cu celofan, apoi punem capacul si se pun in camara.

Castraveti murati

Aceasta este o reteta de castraveciori murati, pentru iarna. Saramura se face cu otet, sare si condimente. Se pastreaza foarte bine si sunt foarte gustosi.

-Se aseaza castraveciorii in borcane

-Se pune otet de un deget

-1 lingura de sare mare sau sare de mare (sa nu folosesti sare de masa, ca are iod)

-2 linguri de zahar

-Boabe de mustar (sau amestec de muraturi)

-Piper boabe

-Rondele de ceapa

-Rondele de morcov

-Hrean

Se leaga cu celofan, apoi se pune capacul.

Se fierb pe abur 15-20 de minute.

Se lasa acoperite pana se racesc, apoi se pun in camara.