Grapefruit milk-shake

March 25, 2009 Milk-shakes No Comments

This dewy milk-shake will help keeping your gastric acidity balanced.

2/3 cup yogurt or milk
2 grapefruits
soda water

1. Peel grapefruits and make juice with a squeezer.
2. Combine juice and yogurt and blend it. You can dilute milk-shake with soda water.

Salad with carrot, orange and nuts

March 25, 2009 Salads and garnishes No Comments

It’s hard to make sure whether it’s a salad or a dessert. Anyhow, this dish is a fount of vitamins. It can be served as a juicy dietary breakfast or a refreshing garnish for meat, fish and chicken.

1 pound carrot, grated
2 big sweet oranges
2 tbsp chopped pistachios or pine nuts
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
salt, black pepper

1. Peel oranges, remove pellicle from orange segments.
2. Mix oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper and a small bowl to make a seasoning.
3. Combine carrot with oranges, pour in seasoning and strew with nuts.

Garam Masala

March 25, 2009 Chutney and dressings No Comments

This spicy mixture is an essential part of many Indian courses. You can make it yourself by frying all these spices in a dry pan for a minute. This will make them more fragrant. Then just crush spices in a coffe-grinder and put garam masala in a clean jar for spices.

2 tbsp fennel
4 parts anisetree
3 inches cinnamon stick
2 tbsp black pepper peas
2 tbsp caraway seeds
2 tbsp coriander
1 tbsp cardamom
1 tbsp cloves