Thai Red Curry Paste

A little effort is required in purchasing all of the items you need to make this paste, but it is worth it.  Once you have this in the fridge, you can add it to curry dishes without much else and have a very flavourful meal. 

Tip - Use gloves when handling the hot peppers to save your hands from stinging for hours

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/basics-recipes/thai-red-curry-paste/221023

 

Jo's Best Ever Butter Chicken with Cauliflower Rice

This recipe is one for the books! It is very easy to make, and requires little preparation.  I've made it 4 times in the last 5 weeks.

http://www.quirkycooking.com.au/2015/11/my-best-butter-chicken-ever/

Cleaning Tips

These are great tips from ThermoFUN on how to give your bowl a deep clean:

http://thermofun.com/thermofun-techie-tuesday-tips-cleaning-bowl/

2 Egg Omelette

2 Egg Omelette

I've been making these every day this week with free- range eggs and I'm hooked! Let the Varoma do the work for you.  This is an oil-free steamed omelette that is so delicious and easy.  Try it and you will be hooked, too!

Line Varoma tray (bottom) with parchment paper. I rinse the paper with water and ring it out first for easier forming.  For a quicker omelette, fill your kettle with water and boil before the next step. I do this to save myself some time.

You can use whatever meat/ veggies you like but here is what I've been using: red onion, ham, grape tomatoes, spinach and feta cheese.

Toss in meat & veggies (I just throw in a little of everything - use as much as you like, just note the more you add the longer it will take to cook). Chop 7 seconds, speed 4. Add 2 eggs, salt & pepper and mix for another 7 seconds, speed 4. Pour mixture into the prepared Varoma. Sprinkle cheese on top and cover with Varoma lid.

Pour 500 g boiling water into TM bowl (don't worry about rinsing it out first). Set Varoma temperature, 5 minutes, speed 4 (measuring cup off). Once Varoma temperature is reached, place Varoma with the lid on over TM bowl. Cook at Varoma temperature, 7 -11 minutes depending on how many toppings you've added, speed 4.

 

Serve with salsa, chili sauce or ketchup. Enjoy!

Coconut Milk

Coconut Milk

I just love being able to make this myself.  I use it in curries, noodle dishes, and soups.

Ingredients

·         200 grams unsweetened, desiccated coconut

·         1200 g water

·         Cheese cloth for straining

 Instructions

1.       Put coconut flakes and water into Thermomix bowl and cook for about 8 minutes/100°C/speed 4, or until you notice the release of steam.

2.       Blend for 30 sec/speed 8 while keeping a dishcloth over top (to prevent ‘spitting’ of hot liquid.)

3.       Pour contents into a nut milk bag or sieve lined with muslin. Use clean rubber gloves to protect hands from heat while lifting and squeezing out all the coconut milk into a bowl below. This is the “first milk” which is thick and creamy. (It will have a thick layer of hardened cream on top after cooling.) Set milk aside and proceed to next step: making thin coconut milk.

 

4.       Repeat the process as above by returning the squeezed/strained coconut to the Thermomix bowl and adding the same amount of fresh water. This “second milk” is thinner and without cream, but still highly usable in many recipes such as soups — or freeze it for enhance your fruit sorbets. (It is really a bonus or ‘free’ milk and did not figure into my cost analysis above.)

 
Refrigerate coconut milk and watch the cream separate from the “first milk”. This thick cream can be blended with the milk or used on its own as a rich cream substitute depending on recipe. The strained coconut pulp that is leftover is dry and tasteless but can be surreptitiously added to oatmeal, breads or baked goods for added fiber.  Also consider toasting it and sprinkling on soups and salads as garnish.
 

Recipe is from:

http://www.superkitchenmachine.com/2011/13419/thermomix-coconut-milk-recipe.html