Co-Op Curry, Chicken & Kale, Eggs in Bed and Asian Lunch

Lots of interesting things for a change, with recipes from far and wide!

Mother's Day Lamb Curry

All the wonderful veggies in this dish came from our weekly Combo Box from the SWFL Produce Co-op.  

2-1/2 lbs boneless leg of Lamb

2 Parsnips, peeled and cut into rounds

2 Carrots, peeled and cut into rounds

12 oz Cauliflower florets quartered

2 Golden Beets, peeled and cut into 1/2” fingers

1 Onion, sliced

1 cup Golden Raisins

1 large Tomato, chopped

Cumin

Garlic or Garlic Powder – I used Auntie Arwen's tm Garlic Insanity

Curry Spice of Your Choice, I used:

3 Golden Curry tm pucks

4 Tbsp Vegetable Curry Powder

For Easter I bought a 5 lb leg of lamb, and halved it to make Persian Plum Lamb. So for Mother's Day I turned the other 2-1/2 lbs into Lamb Curry.

Trim the meat of virtually all the fat and cut it into bite sized pieces. Brown the meat with some cumin and garlic or garlic powder. Add the onion and continue cooking until the onion is translucent. Add the beets, carrots and parsnips and 4-6 cups of water.

Add the spices to taste, raisins and the tomato. Simmer for 30 minutes and then adjust the seasonings. Add the caulifower and simmer at least 30 more minutes before serving with jasmine rice. 

 I served Mango-Banana Lassi for dessert – a chilled Indian mango, banana and yogurt “smoothie”.

Chicken, Couscous & Kale

Our Co-Op box included a nice bundle of Kale, so I found this recipe to use some of the kale 'not in a salad'.  This is a really tasty dish (and I'm not fond of kale, not is Sally fond of Israeli couscous!!).

2 Chicken Breasts

2 cups thinly sliced Kale

1 cup Chick Broth or boullion & water

1/2 cup Israeli Couscous

1/2 large Onion, sliced

To taste:

Garlic

Cumin

Thyme

S&P

Spice the chicken breasts and fry them in a splash of EVOO until done – 6-7 minutes per side. Reserve.

In the same skillet, saute the onion until translucent, then add the couscous and garlic. Cook until couscous is lightly toasted-- a couple minutes. Now add the kale, and spices to taste and cook until the kale is wilted. Add the broth, reduce the heat, and return the chicken to the pan. 

 Cover and cook 10-12 minutes until the chicken is warmed through.

Eggs In Bed

Sally remembers this dish from her childhood, and I'm trying to re-create it.  Her Mum vaguely remembers the dish as a family recipe, but hasn't made it in fifty years.   Can't find a thing like it on the Internet!

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 The dish has some promise as a breakfast casserole so I'm going to work on making a better product.  Here's where I started:

Bread crumbs, LOTS of breadcrumbs

4 Eggs

Shredded Cheese

1 large tomato, sliced

Here's what is remembered about preparation:

• Lay down a bed of breadcrumbs in a heavily buttered baking dish.
• Make 'wells' to hold the eggs.
• Crack the eggs into the wells, keeping the yolks whole, letting the whites spread

• Lay down some more breadcrumbs to cover the eggs
• Lay down slices of tomato and a layer of shredded white cheddar cheese

• Bake until done.

So that's what I did. The result was, shall we say, crumbly. Nothing to hold the bottom layer of crumbs together, nor the intervening layers of crumbs except when topped with cheese. The eggs came out as if they had been fried hard.

The taste was good, but the texture was dry and dusty. If I can find some way to bind the crumbs – perhaps melted butter, or additional eggs beaten, I think this could make a really nice, breakfast dish for the cabana, or us.  Also the crumbs need seasoning, to me; plain dry crumbs just don't get it.

Quick Asian Lunch

Simple and tasty without all the salt of  typical packaged noodles!

1 packet Udon Noodles

4-5 Thai style Shrimp Balls

6-8 slices Mushroom

1 Green Onion, chopped

Low-Sodium Soy Sauce

Toasted Sesame Oil

Prepare the udon according to package directions, but skip the “flavor packet” with it's 'salt block' taste. Add the shrimp balls, green onion and mushrooms. Add soy sauce and toasted sesame oil to taste. Cook for 2-3 more minutes, and serve. Total time, less than 15 minutes.