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What happens when you mix some onions with some tomatoes and mix in some flavour of India?

     

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As the onions and the tomatoes are the key ingredients in this breakfast dish, you get the anti-inflammatory properties of the onions and the lycoene of the tomatoes.

Here is what is needed for this breakfast dish: (serves 2 to 4)

  • dash of olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • a few garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ground tumeric
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 and 1/4 cups of stewed canned tomatoes
  • flavour of pepper
  • 4 eggs
  • optional: 1/4 cup fresh chopped coriander

How to put it together:

  1. Heat the oil in a large skillet with the onions and garlic for a few minutes (softening)
  2. Add the tumeric and cumin, stir for about 2 minutes
  3. Add the tomatoes and season to taste. Simmer the mixture for about 20 minutes until the mix thickens
  4. Make for `pockets` in the mix, break one egg in each pocket
  5. Cook until the egg whites are cooked
  6. Garnish with the optional coriander if  you choose (had this without, or a light mix of cheese overtop the mix)

With this recipe you get 2 bonuses: using the super ingredients of cumin and tumeric (these will be discussed in future posts).

Happy kitchening, cooking & cuisine!


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Cucumber Salad v.1

Cucumber Salad, version 1

At last! A recipe!! Part of the vision of BigBangKitchen is to highlight a food and get to know it in more detail and then to have a recipe that uses the food that was highlighted. So, in this case the cucumber. Check out the last post if you missed the info on this versatile vegetable!

Before getting to the actual recipe, I just want to let you know why I called it ‘version 1’. Basically the reason is this: it is easy to mix and match the type of onion and bell pepper and even the type of vinegar used in this recipe. Yes, I tried it using the called for rice vinegar, as well as regular vinegar and balsamic vinegar – the result is a different flavour 🙂 All good!

Here is the recipe: Serves 4

Ingredient List:

– cucumber (garden or from store),  1/2 small red onion, 1/3 medium red pepper, 1 tbsp (15ml) brown sugar, 2 tbsp (30ml) rice vinegar, pinch of salt, fresh coriander leaves

Process:

– wash and dry the cucumber, cut in 1/2 lengthwise, then in 1/4’s and arrange on a plate, or toss the pieces in a bowl (see photo)

– slice the red pepper and red onion into thin sections (juliennes) and scatter onto the cucumber

– in separate small bowl, mix the brown sugar and vinegar choice and salt until well  mixed, then top with coriander leaves (optional, I did not have any when made this a few days ago)

Serve and enjoy!

ps. my reference is (Simply Thai Cooking, 1995)