Fast and easy-to-make dishes to eat during midday. They will give you energy to go through the day.
A recipe for vegetable pakora, this time prepared from zucchini, red onion, spices and herbs. Pakora are crispy mini fritters originating from Indian cuisine. These fritters are made from vegetables, most often onions, potatoes or zucchini, but other vegetables such as eggplant, cabbage, peppers and many others can also be used to prepare them. The…
Rogan josh is an Indian lamb curry made with an aromatic tomato-based sauce. This dish is cooked slowly over a low heat, which allows all the ingredients and spices to mix thoroughly. During such cooking, the meat not only becomes soft and tender, but also acquires a fantastic taste. This Indian dish is served with…
Kohlrabi stuffed with meat is a delicious dish that I recently prepared for dinner. I go inspired to make this dish by my mother-in-law, who made it some time ago for a family dinner. The basis of this dish are hollow kohlrabi, stuffed with minced pork and kaiser rolls filling, then cooked until soft in…
Austrian potato salad (Erdäpfelsalat) is a combination of potato slices with onion and mustard sauce made on broth and vinegar. This simple salad is a fantastic addition to pork chops and mince meat. It can be served both hot and cold, and it tastes equally good either way. I start preparing the salad by peeling…
I recently made quite a large jar of fermented cucumbers, too many to eat them all on a sandwich. So I had to use them also in some dish and it fell on the salad. A salad with fermented cucumbers turned out to be the right choice, because I could not only serve it for…
Crispy potato fritters with ham is a simple dish that you can prepare in 20 minutes. Its main ingredient is potatoes, which I combined with chicken ham and chives. I seasoned the mixture for the fritters with salt and pepper and added eggs and a little flour to it. These fritters taste delicious served for…
This recipe is a confirmation that you can make tempura not only with vegetables or seafood, but also with slightly more sophisticated products, such as elderflower. Once a year there is a few-week long period during which elderberry blooms and its flowers are perfect for tempura. There is still time to make this dish this…
New potatoes with garlic and parsley is a simple side dish that goes well with meat dishes, among others. These potatoes can also be served as a main course with buttermilk, kefir or sour cream. This vegetarian dish is quick to prepare and does not require many ingredients. Of course, you need potatoes, garlic and…
Chinese cabbage rolls are a perfect meat dish for dinner. They are made similarly to savoy or head cabbage rolls, except that these are prepared with Chinese cabbage. Stuffing for Chinese cabbage leaves does not contain any rice or groats, it is based mainly on minced meat and breadcrumbs. The stuffing is seasoned with garlic,…
Crispy zucchini slices in panko and pecorino is a dish that never disappoints with its taste. This zucchini is fried in oil, breaded in panko and pecorino, then served with a quick tomato sauce. The whole thing tastes amazing. Panko, otherwise known as Japanese breadcrumbs, is made from steamed pieces of crustless bread. The next…
I was planning to plant broad beans in my vegetable garden this year, but in the end it didn’t work out for me. So I have to buy this vegetable at the supermarket or at the market. As broad beans are a seasonal plant, fresh ones can only be purchased during a relatively short period…
Carpaccio is traditionally a meat dish, made with very thin slices of beef. I am a huge fan of it and while I rarely make it at home, if I see them on a restaurant menu, I always order it. You might know you can also prepare vegetable carpaccio in a similar manner to meat….