Crab pasta

Crab pasta
Originally uploaded by chowen

- shredded crab (cooked) using fresh or crab stick
- crush 1 boiled egg
- olive oil
- salt & pepper

1. cook pasta according to packet instructions
2. once cooked, mix in the crab meat and egg
3. drizzle olive oil on top and season with salt & pepper

Sri Lankan Chicken curry

- 4-6 chicken leg part, de-boned

- 1/2 chopped onion

- 1 cinnamon stick

- 2 cardamon pods

- 2 tsp fennel seeds

- 1/2 chili powder

- 1/2 lime juice

For the paste (blend in a food processor):

- 8 garlic

- 1 onion

- handful coriander

- 2 tomatos

- 1 piece of ginger

- 1 chili

Marinate chicken in

- 2 tsp tumeric

- ground pepper & salt

1. Heat 1/2 tbsp oil and fry 1/2 chopped onion

2. Add 1 cinnamon stick, 2 cardamon pods, 2 tsp fennel seeds

3. Add chicken pieces and brown them on medium heat

4. Add paste and continue stirring 

5. Simmer for 20 mins until sauce thickens

6. Squeeze 1/2 lime juice, 1 tsp chili powder

Serve with plain basmati rice

dahl

dahl
Originally uploaded by chowen

- 2 cups of red lentil
- 1 onion, chopped finely
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 stick of cinnamon
- salt & pepper, cumin seed

1. Soak lentil in water for 10-20 mins (cook faster if soaked)
2. Cook high till boiling, then turn low and cook till the lentil 'splits'
3. mix in salt, onion and garlic
4. add cinnamon and cumin
5. Cook for a further couple of minutes, then finish with cumin seed and ground pepper