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Chana masala

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This is a mildly curried side dish to serve alongside a meat or chicken curry, or can be served as a light vegetarian supper on it’s own. Take care to use a mild chilli powder and add sparingly – you can always add more later, but you can’t take it away! If you like hot food add a little chopped fresh red chilli or chilli flakes when frying off the spices. A little fresh coriander is delicious sprinkled over this Chana Masala just before serving.

Serves: 4-6
Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Total time: 20 mins
Skill level: Easy peasy
Costs: Cheap as chips

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If you wish to use dried chick peas you will need to soak them overnight in cold water then drain and place in a large pan, cover with water, bring to the boil, boil for 15 mins then reduce the heat and simmer until tender. Do not add salt until the end of cooking time as this will toughen the skins.

Ingredients

2 onions, diced
2tbsp sunflower oil
3cm piece root ginger, grated
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1tsp garam masala
1/2tsp mild chilli powder
400g can tomatoes
2x 400g can chick peas, drained
1 lime
Warmed Nann bread or chapattis to serve

Method

Fry the onions in the sunflower oil over a low heat for 5 mins until softened. Add the ginger, garlic, garam masala and chilli powder and fry for just 1 minute to release the flavours.
Add the tomatoes and chick peas and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 10 mins. Season with salt, black pepper and a squeeze of lime juice, to taste
Slice the remaining lime and serve alongside the Chana masala.

By Nichola Palmer

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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Orange-Ginger Shrimp Skewers

by Pam on October 30, 2012

My kids really love shrimp and Asian cuisine so I went in search of a recipe to combine the two. I found this Cooking Light recipe on Myrecipes^[1] that looked delicious, simple, and sure to please my kids – I was right. The recipe couldn’t have been easier and both of my kids absolutely LOVED the shrimp and so did my husband and I. I served these skewers with the Garlicky Green Beans and they paired nicely together. I have a feeling my kids will be requesting these skewers again really soon.

Combine the orange juice and zest, green onions, fresh ginger, cilantro, rice vinegar, soy sauce, vegetable oil, crushed red pepper flakes together in a large zip lock bag. Mix until well combined. Add the shrimp to the zip lock bag and place into the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Remove from the zip lock bag and thread them onto the skewer sticks (I did six shrimp per skewer on 10 skewers).

Heat a grill pan coated in cooking spray over medium-high heat. Cook the skewers for 2 minutes on each side or until done. Serve immediately. Enjoy.

Print^[2]

Orange-Ginger Shrimp Skewers

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 10 min. + 30 min. marinating time

Cook Time: 4 minutes

Total Time: 44 min.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of fresh orange juice (about 1 orange)
1 tsp of orange zest
1 tbsp green onions, finely diced
1/2 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled & minced
1/2 tbsp fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1 tbsp rice vinegar (regular not seasoned)
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp canola oil
Dash of crushed red pepper flakes (more if you want it spicy)
1 lb of shrimp, peeled & deveined
Cooking spray

Directions:

Combine the orange juice and zest, green onions, fresh ginger, cilantro, rice vinegar, soy sauce, vegetable oil, crushed red pepper flakes together in a large zip lock bag. Mix until well combined. Add the shrimp to the zip lock bag and place into the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Remove from the zip lock bag and thread them onto the skewer sticks (I did six shrimp per skewer on 10 skewers).

Heat a grill pan coated in cooking spray over medium-high heat. Cook the skewers for 2 minutes on each side or until done. Serve immediately. Enjoy.

References

^{^} Myrecipes (www.myrecipes.com)
^{^} Print Recipe (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)

Spicy Shrimp with Chilies and Garlic

Sauteed shrimp with garlic, dried chilies and lemon juice – it’s spicy, garlicky, acidic and sooooo good! You can serve this as an appetizer or have this for dinner over some baby greens with a crusty whole wheat baguette. And the best part about this dish – it’s ready in under 15 minutes.

If you don’t have dried chilies, you can use a generous amount of crushed red pepper. If you don’t like spicy food, you can leave the chilies out completely. You can also make this with lime juice and cilantro for a twist of this dish, see Cilantro Lime Shrimp^[1]. This is gluten-free, paleo-friendly and low calorie… but trust me, you would never know it (it’s THAT good!).

Spicy Shrimp with Chilies
gordon-ramsay-recipe.com
Servings: 6 • Size: 2/3 cup • Old Points: 3 pts • Weight Watchers Points+: 3 pts
Calories: 147 • Fat: 4 g • Carb: 3 g • Fiber: 0 g • Protein: 23 g • Sugar: 0 g
Sodium: 171 mg • Cholesterol: 172 mg

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds peeled and deveined medium shrimp
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
3 to 4 dried chilies, roughly chopped
5 garlic cloves, crushed
juice of 1 lemon
3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

Season the shrimp with salt and pepper to taste.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1/2 tbsp of the oil to the pan and half of the chilies and cook 1 to 2 minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high, when hot add half of the shrimp. Cook undisturbed for about 1 1/2 minutes. Turn the shrimp over and cook until opaque throughout, about 1 minute. Transfer to a plate.

Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of oil and remaining chilies; cook 1 to 2 minutes. Add the remaining shrimp to the pan and cook, undisturbed, for about 1 1/2 minutes. Turn the shrimp over, add the garlic, and cook until the shrimp is opaque throughout, about 1 minute. Return the first batch of shrimp to the skillet, mix well so that the garlic is evenly incorporated and remove the pan from the heat.

Squeeze the lemon juice over the shrimp. Add the parsley and toss well. Serve with crusty whole wheat bread and a salad.

References

^{^} Cilantro Lime Shrimp (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)