CooKing- Dhal!

I just Love Dhal. I eat it with rice!
its one of those dishes that easy to do, quick and it can in the fridge for
lunches, accompany dinners of just a little hunger!
I do realise that not everyone is a fan of it! But I love it. So here is a simple way to cook it if you want to try!!!

Ingredients:

•             2 cups red lentils.                    
•             2 cloves.
•             1 meduin onion.
•             2 TSP ground cummin.
•             1/2 TSP cummin seeds.
•             1 TSP Tumeric.
•             3cm grated fresh ginger.
•             2 vegetable stock cubes.
•             1 cup of water. (you can add some more if needed)

Now lets get cooking!

1. Heat up 1 TBSP of oil in a large pan over meduin heat. 
2. Add the Onion and cook until a little soft.
3. Stir in the garlic, ginger, and spices.Stir well.
4. Cook for 1min or until aromatic! (and it really smells divine)
5. Add the lentils, vegetable stock and water.
6. Bring to boil then reduce heat and cook, covered for about 3Omin. Or until lentils are soft! This is when you will notice if you need to ad more water or not...depending of the consistency to want to have your dhal!

Now to change it up a bit, you can also:

•  add a can (400gr) of diced tomatoes instead of the water..You will still have to ad 1/2 cup of water!
• Add diced eggplant once lentils are soft. And cook for a further 20min or until eggplant is soft! 
• I gave also once added a couple of whole boiled egg's into it, and that realy made it into a meal! Especially with the Eggplant too!

I think you can add quite a few things to this dish! 
I hope to enjoy cooking it, and do let me know if you try it!

TuesDay TulLula

The Things I have to let her do, 

so I can get the dishes done! 

 She peeled 3 onions!!

Cooking-Bacon and Carrot tartellets!

I really enjoy to cook, but I must admit that I suck at following receipt's!!! I really tend to cook best when I just invent something, and that's usually when we have not much left, or really when Stephen thinks we have Nothing left!!! But somehow I pull it together and have made some really good dishes...But Unfortunately most of those are going to be hard to document, as they just happen and then I'm never too sure what and how I did it!!!
So today I will just share a really simple and easy to make dish that came in a French pasty package!
I have made this many times, its great for Party's or for children!
And as i have already said, very easy to make, give it a try!!!!

Ingredients: Shortcrust pastry

                     200gr carrot's
                     50gr bacon
                     20gr slivered Almonds
                     20gr cheese (in France we would use Gruyere, 
                                               but here I just use tasty cheese)
                     1 or 2 Tablespoon Fresh heavy cream.
                     Salt and pepper!!!
 You will also need, Muffin Tray, Butter and Flour!
Step 1:  
Peal and dice carrots roughly. Put to boil in Pan with water until soft.

Step 2 :
Cut bacon into little squares and fry in dry pan...then also brown Almonds, set both aside!

Step 3 :
When carrot's are cooked, mash up in mixing bowl to a smooth mash consistency, ad salt and pepper to taste and add Heavy Cream.

Step 4 :

Preheat Oven to 180*, prepare Muffin trays with Shortcrust Pastry (prepare tray with butter and flour lining).
 

Step 5 :

Fill each muffin mould with carrot mash, then Almonds then bacon and cover with cheese. Place in oven for about 30 to 40 min...

And VOILA, its all done and its Délicieux!!! 

Do let me know if you have tried it and how you went!!! Also if there is anything that you did not understand in my directions, do contact me on my facebook and Il help you out!!!

TuesDay Tullula

She just loves to sit and watch me cook, so be it, if this is the way I am  going to get it done!

The Little Things that Make me Happy!

 Every now and then I get very happy with the smallest things, and today I thought that really I should be recording these things down, as not to forget then in those times of need!

This morning, at 8am, after dropping Tullula off at Day Care, I headed to the shops, and did our groceries for the week...I then had a whole lot of little things to do in town, and only got home at 11h30 to unpack...As I unpacked the fruit, I remembered how much I love a beautiful fruit bowl. The smells, the flavours of the Fruit we have at hand and how that Bowl filled of Colours added sunshine to my Kitchen...

I will be back with more of these little things that make me happy...As happyness can be all around us if we are willing to open our eyes!