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Green chutney omelette

30 Wednesday Jul 2014

Posted by Zoli in breakfast, eggs, french, gluten free, healthy, indian, omelettes, Sauces, spices, Vegetarian

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coriander chutney, eggs, gluten free, Green chutney, healthy, indian, omelette, vegetarian omelette

green chutney omelette
green chutney omelette
green chutney omelette
green chutney omelette
green chutney omelette

A nice change for an omelette. Include cheese or not. Zingy, a little spicy and quite healthy (especially with no added cheese or yogurt) for a mid-week breakfast. Homemade green chutney is also great in a grilled cheese, a bombay sandwich (one of my favorite sandwiches), on potatoes, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, etc.

Ingredients for one omelette
3 eggs, beaten
butter
salt and pepper
green chutney*
shredded cheese (optional)
greek yogurt (optional)
mango ginger chutney (optional)

Green chutney
1 cup fresh cilantro/coriander leaves
1 tsp fresh ginger
2-3 cloves garlic
2 green jalapenos (with a sprinkle of seeds left in for spice)
a handful of fresh mint, chives, basil if available
1 tbs of nuts such as cashews or peanuts
juice of one lime
salt and pepper
dash of water if needed

See this recipe for a similar mint chutney

1) Make the green chutney by tossing everything into a blender or food processor and pureeing. Deseed the jalapenos first but add in a few of the seeds for a little extra kick.
2) Season the eggs with just a little salt and pepper. Heat up a tbs of butter in a frying pan until quite hot and pour in the beaten eggs.
3) Cook the omelette as you normally would (unless you want to follow my system) and then spoon about 2-3 tbs of chutney in the middle before folding over.
4) Serve plain or with greek yogurt, shredded cheese and a sweet chutney like mango ginger chutney.

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Mushroom bulgogi

24 Thursday Jul 2014

Posted by Zoli in gluten free, healthy, Korean, peanut free, Sauces, spices, vegan, Vegetarian

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doen jang, go chu jang, mushroom bulgogi, shitake mushrooms, ssamjang, vegan bulgogi, vegan Korean, vegetarian bulgogi, vegetarian Korean food

mushroom bulgogi
mushroom bulgogi

My mother from Oshkosh, Wisconsin makes delicious bulgogi with chicken or beef but I don’t eat it any more as I’m a veghead. Does this mean no more bulgogi in my life? Never! Here comes the trusty mushroom to save the day. Same marinade, different protein (ok, and texture). This wonderful vegetarian/vegan dish also solves the modern problem: Oh how can a paleohead/glutenfreehead and a veghead have a dinner party together? It also solves the problem of what else can you bring to a vegetarian bbq.

This is not a complicated dish and to make a full meal of it, serve with kim chi, sticky rice, fresh green lettuce and ssamjang paste (or ko chu jang in a pinch). Skip the rice if you like. Or go all out and make several side dishes such as bean sprouts, soup, radish kim chi, pickled cucumber, pancakes, etc. You do need about an hour for the mushrooms to marinate.

Ingredients for mushroom bulgogi
serves about 4
2 portobellos
8-10 fresh shiitakes
1/2 white onion
4 cloves garlic
1 small piece ginger (about a tsp worth)
4 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs sugar or honey
1 tbs roasted sesame oil
1/2 asian pear or bosc pear (or apple in a pinch)
1/2 to whole carrot, sliced
3-6 green onion, chopped
roasted sesame seeds
couple grinds of black pepper
olive oil for frying on the stove or tin foil for using on the grill

ssamjang sauce
1 tbs go chu jang*
2 tbs doen jang (Korean soy bean paste, similar to miso)*
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp chopped onion
1 tsp chopped green onion
1 garlic clove, minced with salt
1/2 tsp sugar
roasted sesame seeds
splash of water if needed
*Buy these at a Korean or Asian market. Go chu jang (or Ko chu jang) is in a red container with a chili pepper on it and Doen jang is in a brown container usually.

1) Wash and slice the mushrooms. Set aside.
2) Put 1/4 of the white onion, garlic, ginger and pear in a food processor and blitz. Add a sprinkle of water if necessary.
3) Add the sliced carrot and green onion to the mushrooms, along with the other 1/4 of white onion, sliced. Add the garlic/pear paste and mix.
4) Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and pepper. Mix together thoroughly. Cover and set in the fridge for an hour to marinate.
5) After an hour, remove from the fridge and mix again. Heat up olive oil in a wok (or simply skip this and cook on the grill outside using a tray or sheet of tinfoil).
6) Pour the mushroom mixture and all the marinade into the hot wok and fry on high for about 15 minutes. Turn the heat down slightly as the juices start to evaporate so it doesn’t burn. Cook till all the soupy marinade has been absorbed and the mushrooms are cooked. About 20 minutes.
7) For the ssamjang sauce, simply mix everything together.

Serve with ssamjang paste and lettuce as a hand held wrap. Take a piece of green lettuce such as romaine, butter or gem lettuce and dab as much ssamjang as you like. Add some mushroom bulgogi (and sticky rice if you like), fold up and eat! I made some pickled spicy cucumber and sticky rice to go with our dinner tonight, but the more banchan, the more tasty fun.

sliced mushrooms

chopped veg

marinating mushroom bulgogi

go chu jang and doen jang
mixing the ssamjang

vegan bulgogi

ssamjang finished

lettuce with ssamjang

mushroom bulgogi wrapped in lettuce
mushroom bulgogi

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