Spicy Chickpeas
Spicy chickpeas make a good fall-back meal using ingredients that many pantries will often have lying in a dusty corner, but that are also cheap to pick up. Ingredients 250 g canned chickpeas 2 tbsp oil 2 tsp Dijon mustard…
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Spicy Black Beans
Ingredients 1½ tbsp chile oil ½ tbsp vegetable oil 2 cups canned black beans, rinsed and drained 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp freshly-ground black pepper 2 tsp rice vinegar 1½ tsp soy sauce 1 Thai bird chile, minced Procedure Heat…
Maple Beans
Maple beans is a modification of the standard Baked Beans made throughout much of Europe and North America. This variant is common through south and central Quebec as well as most of Ontario and can be purchased in cans across…
Habas con Jamon (Broad Beans with Ham)
Ingredients 300 g broad beans (fresh or canned) 1 onion, sliced 2 strips of ham or bacon (or vegetarian bacon) Olive oil Procedure Fry onions and ham in a pan with a little olive oil. Add the broad beans and…
Gallo Pinto (Costa Rican Rice and Beans)
The main Costa Rica staple, known as gallo pinto, consists of rice and black beans, which in many households is eaten at all three meals during the day. Gallo pinto is also known in some Southern Areas of Costa Rica…
Boston Baked Beans
Ingredients 6 rashers thick cut bacon, sliced (or 5 drops liquid smoke) 4 cups canned kidney beans, rinsed and drained ½ cup molasses ¼ cup blackstrap molasses, plus more as needed ¼ cup dark brown sugar 2 tbsp dark rum…
Beans and Rice
This recipe for beans and rice is great to make on the weekend and bring to work during the week. It’s also great for entertaining on a budget, since you can feed 5 or 6 people for less than ten…
Baked Beans
Ingredients 2 pounds (900 g) Navy, Great Northern, or Pea beans, though black, kidney, or lima beans may be used for a different taste. 1 pound (450g) bacon, diced 2 large onions, chopped 1½ cups brown sugar ¾ cup molasses…
Samosa
Ingredients ¼ kg potatoes Green peas combined 2 onions, sliced 2 green chiles, chopped Spices (optional) 2 mint leaves 2 sprigs of cilantro (coriander) Maida (all-purpose flour) Water Olive oil or vegetable oil Salt Vegetable oil, for deep frying Procedure…
Egg Rice
Ingredients 2 cups (250 g oz) uncooked rice 1 small (a little bit bigger than a golf ball) onion, chopped 2 medium-sized green chile peppers, chopped 1 teaspoon ginger paste 1 teaspoon garlic paste ¼ teaspoon spice blend (the blend…
French Fries
French fries (or chips) are a well-known element of fast food. Ingredients Potatoes (those with a high dry matter content such as Russet or Maris Piper work best) Cooking oil Salt Procedure Peel potatoes, and cut into thin straw-like pieces.…
Puliyodarai (South Indian Tamarind Rice)
Puliyodarai, is a speciality of the South Indian coastal state of Tamil Nadu. Also see Cookbook:Pulihora. Ingredients Garnishing powder 1 tbsp split peas 1 tbsp coriander seeds ½ tsp fenugreek seeds 2–3 dry red chillies Puliyodarai 4 cups cooked white…