Hummus basic receipe

Hummus

Ingredients:

1 cup raw chickpeas or one tine chickpeas
2-3 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons roasted sesame seeds
3-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Pepper

Soak the chickpeas overnight and boil them or just add chickpeas from the tin into a food processor, grind the chickpeas, garlic, sesame seeds, lemon juice salt and pepper adding water as needed to get a smooth paste. Then add one tablespoon of oil at a time and blend, it  becomes a nice creamy dip. Taste for spices and salt. To serve put  the dip in a bowl. Make an indentation in the hummus with back of spoon and drizzle some olive oil. Sprinkle some pepper on top.

Baked Mashed Potatoes

BAKED MASHED POTATOES

10 large potatoes (peeled, washed and cut in half)

8 oz package cream cheese

1 cup sour cream

Garlic paste 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

1 Tbsp. butter (chopped into small pieces)

 For GARNISHING:

Chopped chives and pepper

 Boil potatoes until tender then drain and mash them well now add all other ingredients. Place in large buttered casserole dish. Top with dots of butter, chopped chives and pepper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake potatoes for 15 minutes, or until they begin to brown on top.

Tips:

Make this dish ahead of time and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to heat. Let sit at room temperature for at least an hour before baking. Remove plastic wrap, and bake.

Lassi

Fruit  lassi

Ingredients

Yoghurt 1cup

1cup mango, chiku or banana finely chopped.

1lemon juice

1litre water

2teaspoon honey

Method:

Blend the yoghurt and mix in all ingredients. Serve chill. you can also use apple or lychees 

Dates and nutty balls

Honey Date Balls

HONEY DATE BALLS

INGREDIENTS:

250gms dates (deseeded)

2tbsp honey

1tbsp lime juice

25gms pistachio

25gms almonds

METHOD:

Blend the dates, honey and lime juice. Make round balls and roll over a mixer of pistachio and almonds.(note that when making round balls the date mixture gets sticky so to make the balls easier put the mixture in the fridge for 5mins then make your balls then again if gets sticky put in the fridge for 5mins and after the balls done keep in the fridge or serve immediately.

Homemade drink Penacoladah

Home made drinks are always very tasty and full of energy so here is   good several time tried recipe from my kitchen

Penacoladah

Ingredients

4tablespoon cream

11/2coconut cream milk

11/2 glass pineapple juice

4tablespoon sugar

Pineapple pieces for decoration

Pinch of orange color

Method: In a blender added all ingredients and speed for two minutes then decorate the rim of glass with coconut powder and slices of pineapple. Serve cold in long glasses.

Mango