samosa

I love these, tey are easy to make and only one syn.

Ingredients

• Low calorie cooking spray
• 1 tbsp mild curry powder
• 1 tsp amchoor (dried mango powder)*
• 400g potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
• 110g frozen peas
• 4 tbsp finely chopped coriander
• 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
• Salt

Method

1. Place all the chutney ingredients in a food processor with 70ml of water and blend until smooth. Set aside until needed.
2. Spray a large non-stick frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and place over a medium heat. Add the curry powder, amchoor, potatoes and peas and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the chopped coriander and red chilli, season well with salt and set aside.
3. Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C Fan/Gas 5. Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment. Working swiftly, place the three filo sheets on top of each other and cut them in half widthways. Then cut each half into three even strips lengthways to give you a total of six strips of filo per sheet (18 strips in total).
4. Lay the strips on a clean work surface and lightly spray with low calorie cooking spray. Place a teaspoon of the potato filling at the bottom of each strip and fold the pastry diagonally to enclose the filling and form a triangle. Press down on the pastry and fold again until you reach the end of the strip leaving you with a triangular pastry parcel. Repeat with the remaining strips and filling to make 18 parcels.
5. Place the parcels in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet, spray with low calorie cooking spray and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden and crisp. Remove from the oven and serve warm with the hara chutney.

Tip: In Hindi, amchoor translates simply as 'mango powder'. The mango is picked before it ripens, peeled and cut into thin slices and sun dried. This is then ground into a powder. It's used to give a tangy flavour to Indian recipes. You can buy it from large supermarkets and Asian greengrocers.

Homemade burgers

I love burgers and they are so easy to make.

To make the burgers I used 500g of mince, half an onion and a beaten egg.

I mixed the ingredients together and then formed in to patties and leave n the fridge for at least a couple of hours (overnight is best). Then cook.

lentil soup

Right so when i make lentil soup I don't go with measurements I just kind of guess and it's all ways worked out fine.

so I use;

lentils
carrots
onion
stock

put all in to a pan and boil for about 45 min. I then blitz it.

chocolate torte

I made this for desert yesterday and it was yummy.

It's really easy to make. I didn't put the brandy in as I don't like alcohol. 

Ingredients

• 3 level tbsp plain flour
• 50g ground almonds
• 75g plain chocolate
• 50g cocoa
• 6 tbsp granulated artificial sweetener
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp brandy
• 4 egg whites
• ½ tsp cream of tartar
• ½ tsp icing sugar
• Fat free natural fromage frais and fruit wedges to serve (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C Fan/Gas Mark 5. Lightly grease an 20cm/8in springform cake tin and line the base with greaseproof paper.
2. Sift the flour into a bowl, add the almonds and mix.
3. Finely chop the chocolate, place in another bowl with the cocoa, sweetener and 150ml boiling water and mix well. Then whisk in the egg yolks and brandy.
4. In a third bowl, whisk together the egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff, then fold in the flour mixture. Using a metal spoon fold a quarter of this into the chocolate mixture and then gently fold in the rest. Spoon the torte mixture into the prepared cake tin, level the surface and bake for 35-40 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for about 10 minutes; the torte will sink on cooling. Loosen the edges with a knife, carefully remove the paper and transfer to a serving plate. Lightly dust with icing sugar and serve cut into wedges with very low fat natural fromage frais and fresh fruit wedges.

Tip: Store the torte in an airtight container to retain freshness and it will last for up to one week.

sausage and bean casserole

I'm sick of having things in the cupboard which I just keep pushing to the back so the sausage and bean casserole was made using some of those ingridents.

So I've used:

sausages,
kidney beans,
baked beans,
tomatoes,
pepper,
onion,
courgette,
carrot,
thyme,
basil,
oregano,
tomato purée
 lentils
salt and pepper,
chicken stock.

I put all the ingredients in to a roasting dish, put the lib on and cooked for about an hour and a half.

Curry

Ok so I had loads of stuff to use up so I thought I'd make a curry.

Now I did just put everything in to the slow cooker so ut was nice and ease to make.

I used:

Butternut squash,
courgette
tin of tomatoes
garlic
carrots
onion
1 chicken breast
tin of kidney beans
tin of chickpeas
lentils
Table spoon of korma curry paste
dried coriander
garam masala
ground cumin

I got four potions out of it.