Recipe

Pizza

 

For the dough:
350gms – all purpose flour
100mm warm water
Salt to season
Mix the flour with the water until it a lump of rollable dough. Roll out to the required size – 3 small or 1 large. Bake in oven for 10 minutes and set aside.

For the toppings:
3 ripe tomatoes fine chopped
1 medium red onions fine chopped
1 clove garlic minced
Grated black pepper and salt to season
250 grams mince beef or 250 grams mushrooms
2 tablespoons cooking oil
200 grams Mozzarella cheese – grated

Add oil, onions, tomatoes, garlic and meat or mushrooms and fry until soft and brown. Season with salt and pepper. Place sauce mixture on the pizza bases; sprinkle with cheese and place in oven. Serve once the cheese has melted.

Potato Salad

5 medium potatoes
Mayonnaise
Salt

Cut potatoes into bite size pieces. Boil in salted water until tender but not falling apart – approx. 8-10 minutes. Drain and toss in a bowl with mayonnaise until all covered.

CUCUMBER & TOMATO SALAD

1 large tomato
1 cucumber

Thin slice each item and lay out on a small platter. Season with salt and pepper.

RED CABBAGE SALAD – Henry – Koija

1 red cabbage – finely chopped
1 red onion finely chopped
1 orange – squeezed for juice
1 apple cubed into small pieces

Fry the cabbage until soft, add the orange juice, onion and apple. Simmer for 5 minutes.

Can be served hot or cold

Roast Chicken

1 whole chicken
1 chicken stock cube
1 piece rosemary
Sage
3 cloves garlic
50 g butter
Handful of breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 onion
Cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Fry onion with the cooking oil, combine the onion with breadcrumbs and the egg, mix well and use to stuff the chicken. Seal the opening to keep the stuffing inside.
Combine all the other ingredients. Add a small amount of water and place in oven until almost dry. Use this dry sauce to rub into the chicken as marinade.
Roast chicken in over. Normally around 1 hour.
Use juice from the cooking tray to make gravy.

Yellow Lentil Stew

Onions
Cooking oil
Garlic
Chopped fresh tomatoes
Cumin
Curry Powder
Black pepper

Wash and boil the lentils until tender.

In a separate pan, fry onion until browned. Add garlic and simmer for 4 minutes.
Add cumin, curry powder, pepper and the chopped tomatoes. Simmer for 6/7 minutes.
Add the lentils and mix well.
Serve hot.

You can add other vegetables to this –root vegetables like pumpkin, carrots or butternut squash should be boiled with lentils.

Chicken Curry

Chicken pieces on the bone
Masala powder
Tikka powder
Curry Powder
Tomato paste
Black pepper
Onions – fine chopped
Garlic – fine minced
Tomatoes – chopped
Cooking oil

Fry onions in cooking oil until golden brown, add garlic and simmer. Add the chopped tomatoes and simmer until soft. Add the spices and tomato paste and simmer until fragrant.
Add the chicken pieces and mix well. Let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring to stop sticking.
Serve with rice or chapatti.

Vegetable Curry

Onions
Carrots
Aubergines
Potatoes
Green Pepper
Red Pepper
Garlic
Black pepper
Curry Powder
Garam Masala
Chilli powder
Tomato Paste

Wash, peel and Cub all the vegetables. Blanch the potatoes and carrots. Fry the onions in oil with garlic, when soft add tomatoes and tomato paste. Simmer until soft. Add all the spices, mix well and simmer another couple of minutes. Add all the vegetables and simmer for 15 -20 minutes.
Serve with rice or chapatti.

Beetroot And Red Onion Tart – Vegan

For 2 pax

For pastry:

100 grams wheat flour
Salt for taste
1 pinch sugar
50 grams margarine
0.25 mm warm water

Mix all ingredients together and knead into a dough. Roll the dough out and then spread out in the baking tine and bake for 5 minutes.

For the filling:

1 medium red onion sliced
1 medium beetroot chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 spoon oil

Fry onion for approx. 5 minutes til soft. Add beetroots, salt and pepper and stir for a couple of minites.

Lay the mixture on top of the pastry and then bake for 7-8 minutes.
Serve hot.

Grilled Beef Or Pork Fillet

250Gms per person beef or pork
1 tps white wine vinegar
1 clove minced garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
1 table spoon cooking oil

Mix the spices and vinegar and place the fillet in a bowl with the spices to marinade. Heat grill/charcoal, and then cook to the client’s taste. Beef can be served rare to well done; pork should be medium to well don

Mbuzi Stew

2 large onions chopped
1 clove garlic
5 peeled tomatoes
2 red pepper
2 green pepper
1 stock cube
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
150grm oil
2 kg goat meat
Fresh ginger
Fresh coriander
1 tspn thyme
1 tablespoon tomato paste

Fry onions till tender. Add tomatoes, and garlic, stir and simmer until soft. Add peppers and herbs and simmer covered for 5 minutes. Add the goat meat and simmer covered for at least one hour.

Mshkaki Sauce

Can be used on any meat.

4 cloves garlic
30g ginger
2 tablespoons curry powder
2 tablespoons Garam masala
3 tablspoons oil
1 teaspoon chilli powder
A pinch of salt
1 table spoon water
250grm per person meat cut into equal size cubes

Peal and crush garlic and ginger. Mix all the ingredients except the meat into a bowl and mix to form a paste. Test the flavour and add if needed. Add the meat and ensure all pieces are covered in the paste. Cover and leave to marinade for 6 hours.

Use skewers to make kebabs of the meat. Cook over an open fire, keep turning the skewers to cook evenly.

Serve hot.

Bean Stew

5 peeled tomatoes
1 large red onion
½ green pepper
½ red pepper
2 cloves garlic
¼ piece ginger
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon coriander
2 tins of beans – any two types

Chop the vegetables into bite size pieces. Fry the onion, ginger and garlic until soft. Add all other ingredients except beans and simmer for 10 – 15 mins. Add the drained tins of beans and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot.

AUBERGINE, TOMATO, COCONUT MILK BAKE
3 peeled tomatoes
2 aubergines
1 clove garlic
¼ piece ginger
1 red onion
1 tablespoon tomato puree
Pinch of salt
Black pepper to taste
½ tin coconut milk

Slice the aubergines and bake for 10 minutes. In a pan, fry the onions, garlic and ginger under soft. Add the tomatoes and other spices and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the aubergines and coconut milk and bring to boil. Then simmer for 2 minutes. Serve with rice.

Roasted Mbuzi – Nyama Choma

2 pieces goat leg
1 table spoon salt

Soak the goat legs in water with the salt. Just enough to cover the meat. Soak for at least 15 minutes.
Grill in a jiko for 45 minutes.

Bolognaise Pasta

Minced beef
Onion
Garlic
Cooking oil
Tomatoes
Tomato paste
Cumin
Coriander
Black pepper

Chop tomatoes and onions and crush the garlic. Fry the onions until soft, add the garlic. Then add the tomatoes and simmer for 2 minutes. Add tomato paste, cumin and coriander and black pepper to taste. Add the mince beef and keep boiling with constant stirring for 5 minutes. Turn down gas and simmer for another 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Pasta – can be any kind of pasta –most popular is spaghetti

Pasta
Water
Oil
Salt

Place water, oil and salt in a pan and bring to the boil. Add the spaghetti and keep boiling for 7-8 minutes or longer depending on the type of pasta. Drain using a sieve and serve with the sauce on top.