A simple, delicious snack to munch on. Easy and fast to make (around 30 minutes). There are much more complicated recipes with different ingredients but this one is good to try out first. If you like it, look for other ones.
Makes 10 pieces.
Ingredients:
5 tbsp gram flour (also called besan, chickpea or garbanzo flour)
1 medium large yellow onion
2 garlic cloves, well minced
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp lemon juice
good pinch of fresh coriander leaves - around 1/8 cup
pinch of salt and black pepper
a bit of water
vegetable oil for deep frying (I use rapeseed oil)
Preparation:
- Slice the onion thinly. Place in a bowl. Add salt and pepper. Mix well with your hands to separate the pieces.
- Add curry powder, turmeric and garlic. Mix well.
- Add gram flour and lemon juice.
- Add water a little bit at a time until a soft dough forms but is not liquidy (dripping).
- Heat the oil in a skillet. I pour 1 inch of oil.
- With a tbsp, form small balls and gently put them carefully in the hot oil. Fry until golden. Flip to fry other side. Make sure you give them space in the skillet.
- Remove and put on a paper towel to drain.
- Serve with lemon or lime wedges.
This is our take on the traditional dish. We admit that we got the inspiration from the cutest movie rat you'll ever see with a passion for cooking. This is a bit different than traditional ratatouille, but we've made this several times and tweaked it to our liking. It's amazing.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup basic tomato sauce (make you own or use jarred sauce if you want)
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 2 medium size eggplants
- 4 bell peppers (can be multicolored)
- 3 zucchinis
- 6 medium tomatoes
- 4 white onions (red/yellow is ok too)
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt to taste
- freshly ground pepper to taste
- pinch of dried or fresh thyme
- pinch of crushed red pepper (optional)
Please note: All vegetable amounts are approximate. You need enough of each to eventually fill the pan tightly, so err on the side of more rather than less.
Preparation:
- When purchasing vegetables, try to match the sizes of each different vegetable as much as possible (e.g. thin eggplant, average zucchini, small onions and tomatoes, etc.)
- Prepare a baking dish 8 by 10 inches or similar size.
- Begin by spreading tomato sauce evenly on the baking dish. Sprinkle with garlic, salt and pepper.
- Using a mandoline or a sharp knife, cut all the vegetables thinly.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- On the top of sauce arrange vegetables in a pattern, alternating eggplant, tomato, onion, bell pepper, zucchini as regularly as possible.
- When one row is finished, start a new row (as in photograph ) or curve at the corner.
- When arrange, sprinkle with olive oil, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper and thyme. For extra heat, use cayenne pepper as well.
- Cover with foil for about 45-50 minutes until tender/soft. Remove foil and cook for another 5-10 minutes.
- Remove any French Disney rats which may have accumulated and serve. Haha :)
- Serve immediately.
Serves 6-8 people (or 50-60 rodents - haha).
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