What's for Dinner?

[Fembot]

What is Prawn Laxa?

 

[Nick]

not completely sure! . Its kind of like prawns with noodles and some asian vegies. You can get laxa soup, and it's pretty popular. I think it's an asian dish.

 

[Fembot]

Sounds like some sort of laxative :nag

 

[Nick]

Sounds like some sort of laxative :nag

that's what I thought when mum and dad told me what's for dinner!

 

[Fembot]

Atleast they don't give you chocolate to trick you into taking laxatives-dulcolax-yuck!

 

[Ed the Ned]

Here is a great South African Dinner:

Classic South African Babotie Recipe (Beef)
Babotie Ingredients, To make a classic South African Babotie you will need:

â– 2 - 2 1/4 pounds good quality lean ground beef
â– 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
â– 2 peeled and sliced onions
â– 1 thickish slice of white bread
â– 1 cup milk
â– 1 tablespoon medium curry powder - you can also have hot if you wish
â– 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
â– 2 teaspoons salt
â– freshly grated pepper (about a half teaspoon)
â– 3/4 teaspoon turmeric
â– 1 1/2 tablespoons malt vinegar
â– 1/2 cup seedless raisins
â– 2 tablespoons strong chutney (Mrs balls Mango is the best for this)
â– 2 bay leaves (or fresh lemon leaves if available)
â– 2 medium eggs
To make Babotie, first preheat the oven to about 180 C

Heat the oil in a saucepan add the onions and cook until soft. Add your minced beef and cook through.

During this time, soak your bread in the milk, remove excess milk (not all of it) and then mash the bread with the fork. Keep the milk as you will need it later.

Add your bread, curry powder, sugar, salt, pepper, turmeric, vinegar, raisins, chutney to the beef mixture and cook for a few minutes. Becareful, because of the bread it can easily burn.

Once cooked, spoon the mixture into a baking dish, and place the bay leaves on top. Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes. Meanwhile beat the eggs into the milk mixture and then carefully pour over the beef mixture about 25 minutes before the end of the baking time, this will form a lovely crust on the top.

Serve the Babotie with steamed yellow rice, sliced bananas and extra chutney.

 

[Nick]

Looks good Ed! Do you have a picture of the dish?

 

[All Englands Skies]

Ah, you people need liver and onions, mash potato, mushy peas, make sure you add pepper and ale to the liver, great stuff.

 

[Ed the Ned]

I hope this pic will help, if it uploads

 

[Nick]

I hope this pic will help, if it uploads

Nice!

 

[All Englands Skies]

Looks okay, looks like a pasta bake.

Not a fan of foreign food meself though, i mean.

 

[Ed the Ned]

Beats a Pasta dish anyday!

 

[All Englands Skies]

Beats a Pasta dish anyday!

it looks like a savoury main course version of a "Bread and Butter pudding" to me after closer look.

 

[Fembot]

Sirloin with asparagus and corn on the cob...

 

[Caroline H]

Ruby Tuesdays! We got invited out today by a couple from church :D

 

[Blazin Bones]

Caroline had a quiche with white chilli, chicken soup. and I had the Chicken Parmesian Pasta.

 

[Fembot]

Ruby Tuesdays! We got invited out today by a couple from church :D

I love Ruby Tuesdays...

 

[Nick]

Caroline had a quiche with white chilli, chicken soup. and I had the Chicken Parmesian Pasta.

Sounds good! .

 

[handy]

Good food and good fellowship, can't beat that!

Our garden is in full swing so tonight I made a spaghetti style sauce with fresh zucchini, tomatoes, garlic, basil and onion, with just a bit of olive oil and served it up over noodles. I'm getting my hubby more and more into accepting some veggie meals. I still serve meat, hey we're cattle ranchers, but I've finally convinced him we don't need meat every day.

 

[Fembot]

Good food and good fellowship, can't beat that!

Our garden is in full swing so tonight I made a spaghetti style sauce with fresh zucchini, tomatoes, garlic, basil and onion, with just a bit of olive oil and served it up over noodles. I'm getting my hubby more and more into accepting some veggie meals. I still serve meat, hey we're cattle ranchers, but I've finally convinced him we don't need meat every day.

I bet those veggies taste better than ANY store bought kind out there...