The first thing I always do when cooking is put the water for rice or pasta to boil. That's what takes the longest time.
Frangrant Rice for 4
put 2 cups of water to boil. add 1/4 tsp salt
when boiling , add 1 cup rice, 2 TBSP chopped dried apricots or white raisins to pot , lower heat to simmer, cover and start timer.
at 10 minutes, add handful of snow peas into pot, 2 chopped scallions, chopped lemon peel
heat 2 more minutes, turn off heat but leave covered. Rice is done in 2 additional minutes,.
Fallafel for 4
- soak 1 lb dried chick peas in water overnight ( done last night)
- process plumped peas with 1 bunch of parley (or spinach or mint) in food processor
- place wet mix in bowl, add 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder and about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of bread crumbs
- add enough bread crumb ( or flour) to be able to shape 2 " patties
- Fry in 1/4 inch of oil turning when medium brown.
Lemon Pudding
Okay this turned out to be a weird recipe, but it works.
- Pour one can of sweetened condensed milk into a bowl
- Add the juice of 2 lemons, about 1/3 of a cup. Mix the 2 well
This mix will get firmer and firmer as you stir it. It's very lemony and very sweet at the same time. I saw this recipe as a pie filling in the 1970's Joy of Cooking and tried just the filling part. It's very very very rich. If serving as a pudding, I'd serve 1/4 of a cup with some whipped cream, maybe a bit of cream cheese or chopped mango on top. I'm going to play with this recipe since it was so easy. I wonder if it works with orange juice or does it need more acid that that?
