Monday, October 24, 2005

Menu for a Rainy October Sunday

Vegetable Curry

This is a mild curry I made up. Serve with rice, and a side of sour cream or plain yogurt.

Cut into bite-sized pieces:
onion
green beens
carrot
red cabbage
red pepper

Start onion and pepper sauteeing in canola oil. When these are soft, add:

2 Tbs garam masala
1 Tbs cumin
1 Tbs coriander
1/2 tsp dry yellow mustard powder
1/2 tsp chile powder
salt

After a few minutes, add the rest of the cut up veg, and some cooked, drained chickpeas.

Add a half-cup of orange juice, and let this mixture simmer until most of the liquid has gone and the vegetables are tender.

Tilapia in Lemon-Garlic Sauce

Marinate tilapia in the juice of one lemon, two cloves crushed garlic, and a bit of melted butter. Bake at 350º F until fish is white a flaky.

Pumpkin Bread

Wet:
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1 cup water
2 cups pumpkin puree (canned works well)

Dry:
3 cups sugar
3-1/3 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1-1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg

Mix wet ingredients in one bowl, mix the dry ingredients in another. Pour dry into the wet slowly, mixing the entire time. Bake for one hour at 325º F in three small loaf pans (or two regular bread pans).