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Karmic Korma

This recipe (by Lee Holmes of Super Charged Food) has been sent in by IYTA pre-natal yoga lecturer, Julia Willoughby. This delicious mild curry is Julia’s favourite soup as it’s easy to digest, nutritious, filling and tasty.

Ingredients

105 g natural cashews

1 tablespoon ground coriander

3 tablespoons curry powder

2 teaspoons ground turmeric

1 teaspoon ground cardamom

1 teaspoon red chilli flakes

¾ teaspoon ground fennel

¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

400ml tin additive-free coconut milk

1 ½ tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil or 3 teaspoons ghee

1 onion chopped

4 garlic cloves, crushed

2.5cm piece of ginger, peeled and grated

1 large tomato, diced

½ medium cauliflower, cut into florets

1 large turnip, peeled and diced

150g green peas (fresh or frozen)

250ml filtered water

Celtic sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

1 handful of fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves optional to serve.

 

 

Method:

Soak the cashews in hot filtered water for 30 minutes. Drain.

Combine the spices in a small bowl and set aside.

Whiz the cashews with the coconut milk in a food processor until smooth.

Melt the oil or ghee in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic and ginger and cook, stirring frequently for 3-4 minutes or until starting to soften.

Add the spices and cook, stirring frequently for one minute or until the spices are aromatic. Add the tomato and cook, stirring frequently for a further minute. Add the remaining vegetables, the water and the cashew mixture, then stir to combine and cook for a further ten minutes. Add a little more filtered water if necessary.

Reduce the heat to low and cook for 35 minutes adding more filtered water if the sauce starts to reduce too much.

Remove from the heat and season to taste, then allow to cool slightly. Puree in a food processor or blender until smooth. Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves.

If you liked this recipe you’ll love others by Lee Holmes. Check out her websites here:

www.superchargedfood.com

www.superchargeyourgut.com

 

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Spiced Winter Porridge

This quick and easy warming porridge is perfect for breakfast (or anytime of the day) to give you energy and vitality during the winter

Ingredients:

2 cups of oats

2 cups of water

1 cup (or more) depending on your preferred consistency unhomogenised milk

1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom

1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

1/2 cup of raisins

3 tablespoons of almonds, 2 tablespoons of pepitas

(you can use any combination of chopped nuts and seeds)

maple syrup/ honey – optional

Method:

Heat oats and water in a pan

Add milk as required, but ensure it doesn’t boil

Stir regularly as you add in raisins, cardamom and cinnamon

After a few minutes turn off heat and sprinkle in seeds and nuts.

Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup or honey. If using honey ensure the porridge has cooled. Enjoy!

 

 

 

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Kitcheree – the perfect food for Autumn

Give your tastebuds and digestion a treat with this delicious Ayurvedic dish. Kiitcheree (also spelt kitchari) is known as a healing food as it is so easy to digest and the perfect blend of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. This recipe is from our IYTA Social Media expert, Karen Mallinson

Ingredients:

1 cup mung beans (soaked overnight)

1 cup basmati rice

½ cup Sunflower oil (can use “ghee” but it won’t be vegan)

1 ½ inch piece of fresh ginger (pealed & chopped fine)

1 tsp black mustard seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp black pepper powder

2 bay leaves

1 stick of cinnamon (if small use 2)

4 cloves

4 whole cardamon pods (split)

½ tsp Asafoetida (hing) (Asafoetida can be found in good Indian grocery stores, if you don’t have it, it can be left out).

½ tsp cayenne

Salt (to taste)

6 cups Vegetarian stock or water (heated)

2 cups of carrots (small dices)

2 cups of broccoli or cauliflower (small florets)

You can add any other vegetables, like potato/sweet potato or pumpkin.

Small handful of fresh coriander, chopped

 

Method:

  • Soak the mung beans overnight, it will help to aid the digestion process.
  • Make a vegetarian stock with vegetable scraps and peelings. (If you don’t have time you can use a store-based vegetable stock or use hot water).
  • Wash the mung beans and the basmati rice until the water is clear.
  • Heat a pot on medium heat and add the oil (or ghee). Then add ginger, stir for a moment and then add the black mustards and cumin seeds. When they start to pop-up add turmeric, black pepper, cinnamon barks, cloves, cardamon and hing.
  • Stir for a couple of minutes and add the rice and the mung beans, stirring very well until all is mixed together.
  • Add the hot vegetarian stock (or the water), cover and bring to boil, let it boil for 5 minutes, then turn down the heat very low to a simmer. Lightly cover the pan.
  • Make sure you give the mixture a stir every 5 minutes, so it doesn’t get stuck to the bottom of the pot.
  • After 15 minutes of simmering, add the carrots, continue to keep stirring every 5 minutes.
  • After 15 minutes more add the broccoli or cauliflower. Keep a close eye on it for another minutes.
  • You can add a little more stock of water if it is needed or if you want a runnier consistency.
  • Add salt to taste and turn it off the heat. Sprinkle with the chopped coriander and serve.

 

SERVING OPTIONS:

  • You can serve on its own, or with a dollop of yoghurt, (we use coconut yoghurt) and a squeeze of lemon.
  • IF you are using Ghee, it’s also nice to serve with a little melted ghee on top.
  • We also serve ours with Sauerkraut or a nice tomato Kasundi.
  • You can serve with a leaf salad.

 

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Baba Ganoush and Feast for Freedom

Combine great food with raising money and awareness for a good cause with Feast for Freedom.
Feast for Freedom is a shared food experience in aid of people seeking asylum. Sign up and host a Feast in your home or workplace using recipes gifted from the program. Details below.
Our recipe is Aheda’s Smoky Baba Ganoush

Aheda was a chef in Palestine and has been seeking asylum in Australia since 2018. Aheda is a Palestinian cuisine traditionalist and has dreams of one day opening a food truck to share her love of traditional Palestinian food and culture. You can also currently find Aheda delivering immersive cooking experiences and sharing her cultural traditions through Melbourne-based social enterprise ‘Free to Feed’.

See more on Aheda and register to receive her gifted recipes here

Smoky Baba Ganoush
Ingredients:
  • 1 very large eggplant
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced using mortar and pestle
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • Juice of 1 – 2 lemons (to your taste)
  • 1 tsp pink Himalayan salt
  • Drizzle of olive oil
  • Pinch of sumac
  • Parsley to garnish
  • Optional: pita bread or lavash flatbread

Method:

  1. If using a gas cooktop, place strips of foil around the base of the gas hob to catch the juice of the eggplant. Using a moderate to high flame, place the eggplant directly onto the gas burner and roast for 20-25 minutes or until well charred and the flesh is soft. Use metal tongs to rotate the eggplant over the flame occasionally to ensure an even char. Once the skin is flaky and charred and the eggplant is soft and juicy, remove it from heat and allow to cool slightly on a tray. If the eggplant is still not cooked inside, place on a lined baking tray and finish under a hot grill. Alternatively, to cook the eggplant in an oven, prick holes in eggplant with a fork and place on a lined baking tray and cook under a hot grill for approx one hour, turning occasionally.
  4. When the eggplant is cool enough to handle, make an incision into the eggplant and scoop out the soft flesh (tip: the flesh should be white but cooked). Discard the eggplant skin. Place the eggplant on a large chopping board and roughly chop. The eggplant should be very soft and juicy. Add the crushed garlic, lemon juice, tahini and pink Himalayan salt and continue chopping and folding the mixture until well combined and desired texture is achieved. Alternatively you can blitz the mixture lightly in a food processor.
  6. Once well combined, place the mixture on a plate or in a flat bowl and drizzle with olive oil, pinch of sumac and parsley to garnish. Serve with fresh or pickled vegetables and flatbread.

Listen to Aheda’s story HERE

How to become involved with Feast for Freedom:

Register at www.feastforfreedom.org.au – become a Host and choose anytime during March 2021 to host your Feast.
The ASRC team will then email you a personal fundraising page where your guests can RSVP and you can receive donations towards your fundraising goal.
Choose your cuisine – Sri Lankan, Palestinian or maybe something from the archives from previous years
After registration a FREE ‘Feast Host Kit; will be sent to you including a collectible recipe book with gifted recipes, a Feast shopping totem a wooden spoon, a shopping list and conversation cards to use with your guests. Register before 14th February and receive a FREE Feast tea towel.
Host your Feast in your home or workplace, raise funds and celebrate what unites us – food and community!
This year’s Feast will feature recipes gifted by refugee cooks from Palestine and Sri Lanka lovingly gifted by ASRC member and ASRC Foodbank volunteer Aheda as well as Tamil refugee and chef, Niro.

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Summer Berry mocktail

Savour the sunset with this delicious alcohol-free mocktail

 

Ingredients:

2 cups of frozen strawberries

2 cups of frozen watermelon

200ml of cranberry juice

Optional: 2-3 sprigs of fresh mint

  • aim to have equal amounts of the watermelon and strawberries and use enough cranberry juice to create a smooth consistency

 

Method

I prefer to have fresh strawberries and watermelon and then freeze, but you can always buy the ready frozen variety. You might also like to mix it up with raspberries and blueberries!

Put all ingredients into a high speed blender or Thermomix and blend until smooth.

Drink immediately and serve with an extra sprig of mint. Enjoy ?

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Christmas Chocolate, Pistachio & Raspberry Slice

Indulge your senses and tastebuds with this delicious festive treat by our NSW IYTA State Rep, Alexi Pallpratt

Ingredients

1 x 100gms block of dark chocolate 70% ( Alexi used Lindt).

3 tbsp of Almond Butter

1 tbsp of coconut oil

1 tbsp of Maple syrup

100gms of fresh raspberries

¾ cup of Pistachio’s

1 tsp Vanilla essence

1 tsp cinnamon

 

Method

On a very low heat melt the bar of chocolate then remove from the heat.

Add the almond butter, coconut oil, maple syrup. Mix together well.

When all combined, add ½ cup of the Pistachios into the mixture.

Then place the raspberries at the bottom on a lined small slice tin.

Poor over the chocolate nut mixture & then place the remaining pistachio’s on top for decoration.

Put in the fridge for 1 hour to set and slice up when ready to serve.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas.

 

 

 

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Citrus Poppyseed Buttons

Enjoy these light and delicious biscuits from our President, Astrid Pickup – perfect for an end of class sweet treat!
Ingredients
200g butter
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 3/4 cup plain flour
2 teaspoons poppyseeds
1 teaspoon grated rind of any citrus fruit
Icing:
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tablespoon citrus juice
Method:
  • Beat margarine, sugar, rind and egg until very light in colour.
  • Add flour in batches then stir in poppyseeds.
  • Refrigerate covered mixture for 1/2 hour or so.
  • Place balls of mixture on baking paper, flatten slightly.
  • Bake in 180C over for 8-12 minutes until very lightly browned.
  • When cool drizzle icing across biscuits in thin lines and allow to set.
  • Dust with icing sugar to finish (optional).
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Broccoli, raisin and sunflower salad

Asked to bring a salad to a BBQ or just keen for a new take on broccoli? Then you’ll love this easy-to-prepare salad

Ingredients:

2 heads of broccoli

1 cup of raisins

½ cup of sunflower seeds (or slivered almonds)

Dressing:

3/4 cup of mayonnaise

1 tablespoon of white vinegar

Pinch of white sugar

Optional – squeeze of lemon

 

Method

Finely chop broccoli including the stalks and put into a large bowl. Then add raisins and sunflower seeds.

In a separate bowl mix all the ingredients for the dressing, then add to the main bowl.

Mix thoroughly and either eat immediately or swap to an airtight container and place in fridge.

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Build a bowl

Bowls are IN – and somehow (not sure why!) but there is something more appealing about healthy food in a bowl than on a plate ?

And the great thing about bowls is that as long as there is variety – and colour – you can vary the theme each time, so it never gets boring! You can use any grain as a base, plenty of herbs, throw in a few beans and pop a poached egg on top for extra protein.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of tri-colour quinoa
  • 1 cup of frozen peas (this ratio of quinoa and peas will make enough for around 4 bowls)
  • Spring of mint leaves
  • 1 block of halloumi cheese
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 egg – for topping
  • Slice of lemon to garnish

Method:

  • Bring 2.5 cups of water to the boil in a saucepan, then add the 2 cups of quinoa, cover the pan and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
  • After 5 minutes add the peas to the quinoa
  • While the quinoa is cooking slice halloumi and fry until golden on both sides.
  • Chops the mint and smash the avocado
  • Poach the egg
  • Drain the quinoa and peas.

Then have fun building your bowl! You can also add sauerkraut, vegies and herbs to taste – enjoy!

 

 

 

 

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Hearty Adzuki and Vegie Soup

One of the fabulous things about winter is cooking up a nourishing soup – here is one of Patricia Wigley’s Ayurvedic-inspired recipes to enjoy.

 

  • 1 cup adzuki beans
  • 1 cup rice or spelt pasta
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 1 knob ginger finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic finely chopped
  • Pinch asafoetida (hing), Black pepper, rock or sea salt
  • 1tsp each turmeric, coriander, mustard seeds
  • 1 carrot
  • Handful beans
  • 1 stick celery
  • 1 small or 1 cup of sweet potato
  • Small head broccoli
  • 1 tbsp olive oil 6-8 cups water .

Method:

  • Saute onion, ginger, garlic , mustard seeds in olive oil 1-2 minutes.
  • Add adzuki beans, turmeric, asafoetida, chopped veggies and stir to coat.
  • Add water, pepper, salt, coriander and bring to boil.
  • Stir and reduce to simmer for 1 hour.
  • Add rice and continue to simmer another 30 minutes or pasta for another 10 minutes.

 

Serves 4