Omlette

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon of margarine
1 teaspoon of coriander (or a few sprigs of fresh coriander)
1 teaspoon of chives (or a few sprigs of fresh chives)
1 chopped onion
3 eggs
3 cloves of garlic
a pinch of freshly ground black pepper

Heat the oil and margarine in a frying pan:

Peel and chop 1 onion - red onion is not so strong



Peel and crush 3 cloves of garlic

Fry the onions and the garlic in the pan:

Pick and wash some fresh coriander, parsley and chives

Coriander:

Parsley:

Chives:

roughly chop

add to a mixing bowl

Add Three eggs

And whisk

Add the pepper

And whisk

Pour the mixture in to the pan

wait for about 30 seconds then go round the edge with a spatula

lift a bit of the side up so that some of the mixture from the middle flows in to the pan - keep doing this around the pan:

check the middle of the omelet, make a hole, so the egg mixture hits the pan

- when the middle is not so runny - fold over the omelet

Press down and squeeze out any remaining mixture, and leave for about a minute to cook

Cut the omelet down the middle

Flip both halves over

Press down and cook for a further minute - it should be golden brown

Girem-mirem pork chop curry

Ingredients:
4 fresh pork chops
1 chopped onion
1 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste (or 5 cloves of crushed garlic)
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 chili
1 tablespoon of Goa Vinegar OR lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon saffron powder
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons girem-mirem powder
250 ml ( one cup) of water

GIREM-MIREM (Jeera Meera) powder dried and ground can be brought from the shops or:

1 teaspoon ground cumin (jeera) powder,
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon,
1/2 teaspoon of ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves,
1/4 teaspoon of ground cardamon,
1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper (meera)
5 dried ground red kashmeri chilies

It can also be made with the following:
green chilies,
coriander leaves,
cumin seeds,
peppercorns in vinegar,
ginger,
turmeric powder and
salt


Chop up 1 onion

And fry until golden brown:

add the 2 tablespoons of Girem-Mirem Powder

 



Add the 1/4 teaspoon of saffron powder

 

Add a teaspoon of Ginger paste

Add a teaspoon and a half of Garlic paste / puree

Add one chopped chili

Fry for about 3 minutes

Add the four pork chops

Mix together for 5 minutes

Add 250 ml (1 cup of water)

 

Add a pinch of salt

Leave to simmer on a low heat for 40 minutes:

 

Curry always tastes better after resting for 5 minutes, and even better the next day.