Archive for October, 2011
Friday Feast: Rajmah Gobi Curry
This is a dish I made a few weeks ago with whatever I happened to have in the house. Clearly, I had a lot of cauliflower (gobi). It tastes good with basmati rice, but I also enjoyed this curry as a filling in a wrap.
When I made it, I let it simmer on the stove for about an hour while I was cooking something different for Mr Teeny-bop’s dinner and baking dessert. The long simmering time really made a difference – the curry would have been quite watery otherwise. If you want to make this with less cooking time, I’d reduce the coconut milk and chopped tomatoes – possibly using as little as half as much.
Chickpeas would also go well in this – in fact, that’s what I was originally going to use, but we didn’t have any! Kidney beans (rajmah) tasted great instead.
Rajmah Gobi Curry
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cauliflower
- 1/2 red capsicum
- 1/2 green capsicum
- 1/2 cup peas
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 400mL can coconut milk
- 400g can kidney beans
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tab lemon juice
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tab vegan margarine
- 2 tab curry powder
- oil
Method:
- Heat oil in large pan over medium-high heat and fry onions until slightly brown.
- Reduce heat to medium and add garlic, curry powder and tomatoes. Combine and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add cauliflower, beans, lemon juice, salt, pepper and half of the coconut milk. Simmer for 6 to 8 minutes.
- Add capsicum, margarine and the other half of the coconut milk. Simmer for as long as you want – up to an hour – until the curry reaches a consistency you like. The chickpeas should be soft and the cauliflower tender.
- At the end, add the peas for just long enough to cook through. (If you leave them in there too long, they’ll get mushy and gross.)
- Serve with rice or flat bread. Yum!
The Scent of Spring
I’m loving lolling on my bed tonight, smelling jasmine on the breeze! My house rocks. 
Vegan Fast Food
Vegans and fast food don’t often go together. There are exceptions, like Lord of the Fries in Melbourne, but those kinds of places are far and few between. Takeaway food from regular restaurants is a bit expensive to eat very often.
So usually I make my own fast food.
This is what I had for lunch the other day:
- Roasted sweet potato (I had two in the basket in the pantry starting to get a bit old, so I roasted them up to eat as I pleased)
- Refried beans with jalapenos (thanks Old El Paso!)
- Mexi-beans (thanks again Old El Paso!)
- Mexican style express rice (this time, Uncle Ben’s was my friend)
- Roasted capsicum salsa (I’m taking out shares in Old El Paso).
So these aren’t the most eco-friendly items I’ve ever eaten… two things from cans, one in a plastic packet and one from a jar… but aside from the rice packet, it’s all recyclable and/or reusable, which is more than you can say for the paper/cardboard/plastic/styrofoam packaging you get from places like Macca’s.
It’s also loads healthier.
And it was fast! It took me less than 5 mins to make. Sometimes that’s what you want. Plus, there’s leftovers!!
But best of all, it was tasty. Nommmmm….
Recycling with a Flashmob
This is awesome!!!! It’s a bit slow at first, but that makes the next part more effective. Seriously, watch it. 
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