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Monday, 31 August 2020

Ration Challenge Recipes - Page 5

 

Kidney bean, rice and onion stew, served with savoury, salt pancakes: Georgie Braggins-Taylor

The recipe uses the whole week’s worth of kidney beans (1 tin, 400g un-drained weight) and my entire vegetable allowance, so plan accordingly.

Method: • Soak 85g of dry, uncooked rice (to bulk them out a bit!) overnight. • Boil in a pot with the kidney beans (with salt to soften the kidney bean skins) - do not drain the saltwater in the tinned kidney beans, use this to cook the rice in! • Add 30ml of vegetable oil • Finely chop 1 onion (my choice of vegetable for the week) and cook until the whole mixture is soft.

The pancakes:

(Bung the following in a bowl and whisk until it reaches the right consistency): • 30ml of vegetable oil • 60g of flour • 60ml milk • 1 egg • salt • water

Whisk until runny and smooth and then dry them in as dry a pan as you can get (conserving as much vegetable oil as possible to last me the whole week!)

Present however you fancy!

All ingredients serve 3 hungry people.

Earned rewards are the egg and the onion

Georgie's website: https://www.realhealthliving.net/post/recipes-on-rations?fbclid=IwAR1c99iGuA0XYH5kw1QpGLP-VSYNW_XTiba6cesCg9WxDQKMBLgS6mh0NzA


Chicken congee served with shallot and paprika pancake: Val Law

The pancake needs more work, the batter was too thin, but the taste was there. For chicken congee, heat small amount of vegetable oil in pan, fry chicken wing over low heat, add rice and continue to fry for around a minute. Add approx 5 times weight of rice boiling water, stir well, cover and simmer for 30 minutes checking it doesn't boil dry - add more water as necessary. After 30 minutes remove the chicken wing, add a very little salt to the rice and continue cooking until the required porridge consistency is reached. Remove meat from chicken bones, add back to congee. For pancake, beat 30 gms flour with 110 ml water and a little salt(I am going to reduce water next time) and let stand for at least 10 minutes. Chop shallot or onion finely, mix with a little of your chosen spice. Fry gently until softened. Pour batter into the pan, cook for 2-3 minutes until set, turn and cook the other side. This makes a tasty and filling meal.  

Earned rewards are the wing and the shallot


RC Crisps: Holly Newing

If you make pasta dough (just add enough water to flour and knead to make a smooth dough), then roll out very thin. Cut into whatever shapes you want and then fry. Season with salt and your spice of choice and you have a pretty good alternative to crisps!

If you make actual pasta then you can do this with your offcuts


Sardine Flatbreads (this makes 2): Josephine Hearn

100g flour, 60ml water (approx), 1/2 of a sardine, Salt (if reward met), Personal/team spice/s to taste (I used black pepper, chilli, garlic powder and cumin), Oil

Mix 100g flour, a generous pinch of salt and 60ml water - add a little bit at a time until the dough is a workable consistency but not sticky. Split in half and set to the side and rest for 10 mins.

Meanwhile - mix sardine with salt and spices until un-bound paste consistency and to your chosen taste.

Roll out dough with a little bit of oil on the work surface until it's a long rectangle, fold in edges (like a leaflet) and roll out again.

Spread on 1/2 the sardine paste, leaving about 2cm of dough at three of the edges (this prevents any of the sardine mix escaping later on!)

Roll up the dough from the sardiney edge until you have a log, pinch either end and wind this in on itself, keeping the seam inside, until you have a shape that resembles a spiral (or cinnamon swirl if you don’t mind being fooled!)

Leave to rest for 10 mins - whilst you roll out/roll up the other half!

Roll out into a flat circle (about 15cm diameter). You might get a couple of holes but this will just add a bit of crispy sardine flavour!

Brush each side with a little oil and fry in a hot dry pan until golden and slightly charred in places - this adds extra flavour.

Little tip: don't use a wooden rolling pin - if you do wrap it in a bit of clingfilm first - the sardiney smell might hang around!




Saturday, 29 August 2020

Ration Challenge Recipes - Page 4

 

Carrot Mug Cake: Susan Morgan 

I reckon that using 50g of your veg allowance would make quite a tasty treat. I used a mix of 2 recipes.

1 tablespoon of oil, 3 tablespoons of milk, 3tablespoons (50g)of grated carrot, pinch of cinnamon and 4 tablespoons flour. Mix well. Microwave for approximately 2 minutes in a 300ml/1/2pint mug and hey presto!

Quite tasty! And...it does taste sweet. Mmm

The pud in a mug recipe also made 5 small buns which could provide me with 5-midweek treats.  


Sardine Paste: Mary Oswell


Pound sardine (INCLUDING bones) with finely chopped shallot, and a pinch of chilli, with enough oil to make it spreadable - only about 1tsp.


Fillipino roasted rice coffee: Eric Leverentz 

Roasted white rice in a pan, I chose to get a very deep roast, almost burnt so I could achieve a more coffee-like flavor and color it was shockingly nice! Boiling it for a slightly longer time than suggested it had a great taste somewhere between deep roasted coffee and brown rice tea. Thanks, Alexander Neave, for the idea

https://lovers.coffee/the-rice-coffee/?fbclid=IwAR04dplnhtT4vShURLUc9wvsokRZ-2K7t90C9dBJm_c4XeLWRy3b4eT7yHU

Chickpea Coffee

https://parabolacoffee.com/blogs/the-umbrella-stand/coffee-from-chickpeas?fbclid=IwAR3eYEqG0_gkF8rtGgkBp-L0D7vAFdP5XhjwC45jqYWongTW-TJOQAhju3k 


Chinese puff pastry spring onion pancake: Eric Leverentz 

Link to the onion pancake recipe! Swap 5 spice for a spice you have access too ? they're a bit of a faff but very good! I also did a half batch and much less onion.

https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/chinese-scallion-pancakes/


Dosas: Sophie Fellows


If like me you’re not a massive rice eater and are wondering how you’ll possibly manage to trick yourself into eating enough rice to sustain non-hangry life... dosas!

Super easy. Just grind rice in a coffee grinder or similar and sieve. Add 1 1/2 cups water to 1 cup rice flour and salt to taste. Whisk together. Pour a thin pancake amount into a hot flat bottom frying pan (lightly oiled). Should form bubbles/holes on hitting the pan, or it needs a bit more water. Cover with lid and cook for approx. 5 mins until the edges start to go crispy. Job done!

Perfect with bean dip or dhal, I reckon