Tunisian cooking class

                              Tunisian recipes

Vegetable chicken soup ( chorba): 

  Ingredients

1 Onion

4 Garlic cloves

2 Carrots

 Handful Coriander/ celery

1/4 cup of peas

1/2 Tablespoon of tomato paste or 4 tablespoons of tomato puree

 1 cup of angel hair pasta

1 soup spoon of olive oil

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

Salt

 

Directions:

 

- Peel and chop the onion, crush the garlic

- Finely chop coriander

- Gently fry the onion, add the garlic cook for 2 minutes.

- Add hot water and bring it to boil

- Add the rest of the ingredients

- boil for approximately 20 mins.

- When vegetables are cooked add the angel hair pasta. Boil it for approximately 7 mins without mixing.

 

Chicken Tajine

Ingredients:

 

500 g boneless chicken pieces

2 onions

Bunch of parsley (can use coriander)

1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder

Salt

1 tablespoon olive oil

Small box of Amul cream

6 eggs

Samosa pastry

 

Directions:

- Peel and chop the onion

- cut the chicken in small pieces

- Boil onion and chicken for 15 mins in 400 ml of salted water and turmeric.

- Boil the chicken until the water evaporates.

- Add olive oil and parsley and gently fry.

- Preheat the oven 180

- Add the cream and eggs to the mixture

- Oil the tart dish, apply the samosa pastry and pour the mixture.

- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes

 

Tajine can be done with minced beef, with potatoes, mutton.

Can also add minced cheese, olives

 

Tunisian Salad:

Ingredients:

3 Cucumbers

4 tomatoes

1/2 onion

1 green pepper

1/2 teaspoon mint powder

Salt

Olive oil

 

Directions:

Cut cucumbers, tomatoes, green pepper and onions

Mix all with salt mint and olive oil.

Decorate with tuna fish, olives, and eggs

 

Steamed rice: Djerbien Rice

Ingredients:

2 onions

1.5 cup of rice

4 carrots

1 handful of chickpea

1 handful pea

1 bunch of spinach

1 handful of coriander

Olive oil 

Salt

1 teaspoon of turmeric powder

1 tablespoon of tomato paste

 

Directions:

- Cut onions, carrots, spinach, and coriander.

- In a big bowl mix all the ingredients. 

- Put the mixture in the steamer for 30 minutes

 

Enjoy-: