These are a firm favourite in our house, and there is always a plate at a family buffet or picnic. Making devilled eggs is also a fantastic way to use up your pace eggs!
Ingredients:
6 Hard boiled eggs
3 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tsp curry powder OR 1 tsp English mustard
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
To garnish:
Pinch of sweet paprika
Method:
Make your hard boiled eggs. To do this put the eggs on to boil and when they start boiling set a timer for 7 minutes.
Put immediately into cold water to cool.
Peel your eggs and cut them in half.
Remove the yolks and place in a mixing bowl with all of your other ingredients except your garnish.
Mix together well until smooth.
Spoon or pipe your mixture back into the half eggs.
We thought as Diwali is approaching it would be fun to share this family recipe for you from Helen T. Diwali differs from other Indian festivals as it includes feasting and the giving of sweets in stead of fasting. You can read more about Diwali in our Origami Diwali Boat post here.
You can use any veg you like in this vegan & lactose free recipe. We used: sweet potato, carrots, baby peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, baby corn, tomatoes, mushrooms and spinach. We added a chilli for spice also.
Ingredients:
1 onion roughly chopped
3 cloves garlic minced
1 inch of root ginger minced
A mixture of veg you like roughly chopped
2 tbsp of curry powder OR the mixture of spices below
1 can chopped tomatoes
500ml vegetable stock
Salt and pepper
1tbsp plain flour
Spice mixture:
Toast 1tsp caraway seeds, 1tsp fenugreek seed and 3 cardamom pods, grind the caraway and fenugreek together in a pestle and mortar and use 1tsp in the spice mix.
¼ tsp salt
4 or 5 grinds of black pepper
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp ground coriander
¼ tsp asafoetida / hing
Finished Curry
Served with Greek yoghurt, fresh coriander, flaked almonds and a garlic naan
Method:
Add onion, garlic and ginger to a 3 litre microwave casserole dish with 1tbsp oil. Cover and cook for 3 minutes on high.
Add all your spices and the flour, stir well and cook for a further 2 minutes on high.
Add your hardest vegetables, ie potatoes and carrots and cook for 10 minutes on high.
Next add all your other vegetables except the softest [ie mushrooms, tomatoes, courgette and spinach], add your stock, chopped tomatoes and a squeeze of tomato puree. Stir well and cook for 10 minutes on medium.
Add your soft vegetables and cook on medium for a further 10 minutes.
Check your veg with a knife to see if they are cooked. Every microwave is different, so add time if you need to.
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