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Acar Campur

02 Wednesday Sep 2020

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This is an Indonesian cooked vegetable salad with a slightly sweet and sour dressing, which can be eaten hot or cold although I prefer it cool as the flavours are more pronounced.

When I cooked this I was at the end of the week with little in the fridge, but the three things I had were exactly what go in this dish, with the addition of some sweetcorn which I thought would fit for this.

For one serving

For the paste

1/2 sweet onion – roughly chopped

1 large clove garlic

15 grams nuts – ideally candlenuts but otherwise macadamias or hazelnuts

1 small green chilli

1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

1/2 teaspoon smooth mustard

1 teaspoon agave syrup / honey

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

1 tablespoon peanut oil

1 tablespoon Nam Pla fish sauce

100 ml water

Put all the above ingredients in a food processor and blend to a paste.

65 grams french or runner beans – cut into bite sized lengths

1 carrot – peeled and cut into julienne

few sprigs of broccoli or cauliflower

Fresh corn kernels from 1/2 a cob of corn – just slice them off – optional

Put the paste into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring regularly. Simmer for about 5 minutes.

Put the beans into the sauce adding a little extra water if needed so that they are covered. Simmer for a couple of minutes.

Add the carrots and corn and bring back to a simmer, again adding water as needed. Cook for about another 3 minutes.

Now add the cauliflower or broccoli and simmer for a couple more minutes until the broccoli is just cooked but still has bite.

Either eat as it it or leave to cool before serving.

Black Bean & Sweetcorn Chilli

01 Sunday Mar 2020

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While you can make this chilli with jar or tinned beans, the flavour and texture will not be anywhere near as good as starting from scratch. Also as with any stewed dish, if you can manage not to eat the chilli as soon as it’s cooked, but leave it to cool and reheat it the next day, the flavours are always richer and more rounded.

This recipe makes two servings, one of which I saved to go into vegan burritos. I’ll post the recipe for those tomorrow.

150 grams dried black beans

sea salt

3 cloves garlic

olive oil

1 small onion – finely chopped

1 medium sized red chilli – very finely chopped

1 horn shaped green pepper – cut into small cubes

1 horn shaped red pepper – cut into small cubes

150 grams sweetcorn – either fresh, tinned or frozen

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

cube of dark chocolate

salt and freshly ground black pepper

fresh coriander leaves

1/2 a lime

Soak the beans either overnight or for eight hours.

Put the beans in a small saucepan with 2 of the garlic cloves and 1/2 teaspoons of salt and enough hot water to just cover.

Bring to the boil and then turn down to simmer until the beans are soft and cooked, about 20-30 minutes.

Meanwhile finely chop the remaining clove of garlic and put into a frying pan with some of the oil and the chopped onion. Cook until transparent.

Add the peppers and chilli to the onions and stir in to mix. Fry gently for ten minutes.

Add the sweetcorn and spices. Stir in to mix.

Once the beans are cooked, drain them but keep the cooking liquid. Add the beans to the frying pan with a little of their cooking liquor.

Stir in the cube of chocolate. Cover and leave to cook slowly for ten minutes.

Check the seasoning adding salt and black pepper as needed.

Serve with fresh chopped coriander sprinkled over and lime wedges to squeeze over.

Sweetcorn Fritters with Pickled Salad

14 Tuesday Jan 2020

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Not much is better than a sweetcorn fritter. They can be made with several types of flour, although I prefer them made with either buckwheat or chickpea four, which add protein to the dish. The addition of onion and garlic gives a more savoury taste to balance the sweetness of the corn, and of course a little finely chopped fresh chilli goes well.


Per person

50 grams flour – buckwheat/chickpea/wheat

90 grams sweetcorn – either cut straight from the cob/ frozen/or tinned – keep any liquid from the tin

10 grams green pumpkin seeds

1 teaspoon finely chopped onion

1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic

salt and freshly ground black pepper

oil for frying

Mix the flour with the sweetcorn, pumpkin seeds, and onion and garlic.

Add enough water, including any water from the tin if using tinned corn, gradually to make a thick but spreadable batter.

Season with salt and pepper.

Heat the oil in a frying pan until quite hot then add a tablespoon of the batter to make a smallish fritter. I like to make a trail one to check that the batter is not too thick or thin. If the batter is a bit thin there is no problem adding a little extra flour at this stage to thicken it up. Likewise add a small amount more water if it seems too thick.

When you are happy with the consistency of the batter, go ahead and make several smallish fritters.

When the critters are brown and crispy on one side, turn over and cook the other side. Once done remove and drain excess oil onto kitchen paper.