Sunday, 24 April 2022

sushi rice ingredients

I'll add instructions a bit later:

Ingredients
2 cups Japanese short-grain rice (“sushi rice”)
3 cups water.
4-inch square of kombu (optional)
1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar.
4 teaspoons sugar (or honey)
1 teaspoon fine sea salt.


Method :
1. Soak the rice in enough plain water to cover for minimum of 2 hours.
2. Drain the rice and rinse well to remove as much starch as possible. 
3. Boil rice in 3 cups of clean water till all the water is absorbed. 
4. In a separate pot put the Vinegar, sugar and salt and heat till everything has dissolved. 
5. When rice is cooked transfer it to a large bowl and stir in the Vinegar mixture. 
6. Cover bowl with a teatowel and leave to cool completely before making sushi. 

Thursday, 14 April 2022

lettuce and sweet potato soup

What to do with too much lettuce?

Ingredients:
I fresh head of lettuce chopped
Garlic
Bay leaf
1 large onion
2 large sweet potatoes peeled 
Mustard seeds 
500mls Ina Paarman chicken style stock

Method:
Fry chopped onion and garlic in coconut oil till translucent 
Add diced sweet potato 
Add lettuce and cook down
Add stock and bay leaf
Cook till sweet potato is soft
Blitz till nice and thick. 

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