And more stuff…

Now all travellers in the family bring me food stuff …interesting isn’t it!

 

Here we go:

• Wholegrain Rolled oats for oat pancake breakfast and bercher musellie 
• Prawn crackers to be served with nasi goreng or esquisit curries
• Gadi gado , an Indonesian salad made with raddish, cucumber, spinach, beans and cabbage etc.
• Sate paste and seasoning for chicken satay skewers 
• Pedas (hot) Manis (sweet) Sambal (sauce), comes in extra prada too and have that one as well 
• Opor Ayam, chicken in spicy coconut gravy
• Soto Ayam, yellow chicken clear soup….this dish is the indonesian version of Burmese curry, however in clear soup with many accompaniments 
• Green and red curry paste
• Cinnamon sticks from Srilanka 
• And to clean it all up some mellow green tea prepared using camellia sinensis 

Whose coming over for lunch or dinner ??

Bircher Muesli ‘The Breakfast’

Bircher Muesli was developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Brenner for his patients and is still a very popular breakfast throughout Switzerland and Germany.
Ever since there have been many variations, however the authentic recipe calls for fresh fruit than grains and soaked the raw oats overnight.

I like to stick to the original as far as possible and have fun with the toppings.

You can have a taste variation with both nuts and fruits. Blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, banana to prunes, dried figs, hazelnuts, pecan nuts, muskmelon seeds and the choice of palate is yours.

Ingredients:
Rolled Oats 2 cups
Juice of one apple
Curd (slim milk) 1 cup
Juice of 1/2 a Lemon
Milk (slim) 1/4 cup
Honey
1 Coarsely grated apple
Dried Cranberries 1 tbsp
Pecan Nuts or walnuts or almonds and or hazelnuts
Cinnamon Powder 1 tsp
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Preparation:

Take the rolled oats in a deep bowl. We will soak the oats overnight in curd, lemon and apple juice. Mix well and leave aside in the refrigerator.


In the morning, pull the bowl out stir once and add some milk to your required consistency. Top with grated apple, cinnamon powder, nuts, a tsp of honey and another fruit of your choice. I used dried cranberries with some fresh pomogranate.

Serve chilled. You can also make these and keep in short glasses to be eaten as an energy snack anytime during the day…post a walk or a workout.

Breaka Time – Rolled Oats Pancakes

Morning Foodies, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee!!

Ingredients :
Instant Rolled Oats (whole grain) 4 tbsp/1 cup
Egg white 1
Milk 3/4 cup
Cinnamon Powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Essence 1/4 tsp
Butter 2 tsp
Honey


Preparation:
Take the rolled oats and add all ingredients ie cinnamon powder, vanilla, lightly beaten white of egg and milk. Milk can be added in small proportions alternating it with stirring the pancake batter well.

Mix well till the batter is smooth and consistent.

Heat a small size non-stick pan and spread some butter for cooking. Pour the pancake batter and spread evenly to cover the pan.

Cook for 2 mins and turn over. You can add more butter before flipping the side if need be.

Once cooked from both sides, serve the rolled oats pancakes with honey, fruits purée and or fresh fruits ,cream, tea-coffee.

Simple, Healthy and Filling.
Recipe and Rolled Oats credits my generous sister in-law #menakaramchandani