Eton mess is a traditional English dessert made up of strawberries, meringue and cream. This dessert can be made with any of your favorite fruits. Richard and Keith, thank you for introducing this to us. A funny aside, I though it was called Eatin' Mess:)
Makes 2 portions.
Ingredients:
2 bananas peeled
8 strawberries, hull removed
1/2 cup raspberries
1/2 blueberries
1 meringue nest, crushed
200 ml double cream
pinch of brown sugar (optional)
Preparation:
- Whip cream until stiff.
- Add meringue into the cream and gently mix.
- Cut the strawberries and bananas into slices.
- Put all the fruit into bowls or any desert cups.
- Stir cream into fruit gently or layer fruit and cream.
- Sprinkle the top with brown sugar.
- Decorate as you wish, e.g. mint leaves.
This is another recipe for bhaji with different spices. Experiment with both and find what you like.
Makes 10 pieces.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup gram flour (also called besan or chickpea/garbanzo flour)
1/4 cup rice flour
1 yellow or red onion - medium sized, thinly sliced
1 tbsp butter melted
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp freshly grated ginger
2 garlic cloves, well minced
1/2 hot green chili chopped well
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 canola/rapeseed oil)
Preparation:
- Sift the flour into a bowl.
- Add salt, pepper, turmeric, cumin and mix together.
- Add butter, lemon juice and water. Mix well until smooth and like the consistency of thick yogurt.
- Stir in remaining ingredients. (Except vegetable oil). Coat the onion well.
- Heat the oil in a skillet. I pour 1 inch of oil.
- With a soup spoon, form small balls and 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 lime wedges for extra flavor.
