Bacon Wrapped Suprise

It's has been a minute since my last Blog Post. So what better way for me to greet you with our mouth watering Appetizer which is a bomb of flavor and all things yummy in your tummy. I have missed sharing my love of food and cooking with you.


I love surprises and I wanted to surprise my Africanista Family too with this Bacon Wrapped Surprise dish. One of the surprises ingredient in this dish is Amadumbe(Yams) which happen to be one o f  my Favorite ingredient to work with and to indulge on of course hahahaha.




So let's cook and indulge in all of these AfricanistaFoods yumminess








Ingredients

Bacon
Mushrooms
Amadumbe(Yams)
Carrot
Onion
Green Pepper
Oil
Rajah Mild Curry Powder
Koo Baked Beans
Ginger And Garlic

Method

Amandumbe
*Wash, then Boil them with salt till they are soft( 1hour 30 minutes)
*Pill and mash them when they are cool. Add a pinch of salt and black pepper


Chakalaka

*In a hot pan with oil, add onion and green pepper. Cook till soft, add ginger and garlic. let it cook and add your curry powder.

*Add grated carrot and let it cook for a few minutes. when soft add a tin of Baked Beans. let it cook for a few more minutes.

* Let it Rest for a few minutes

Finishing Touches

*Removed the mushroom stem
*Stuff the mushrooms with Amadumbe(Yams)
*Wrap the Stuffed Mushrooms with Bacon
*Place in a Baking Tray and Put in a Pre Heated Oven. Let it Baked till the Baked  in Cooked to your preference.
*Top it of with Chakalaka

Enjoy


Tip: If time isn't on your side, Make Amadumbe(Yams) the night before


xoxo
Sugar&Spices
Samke Hlongwa

Fish Curry Mini Dumplings served in Sea Shells and Carrot Salad

So it's no secret that I'm a beach baby. The beach is my little escape heaven.
Today like most days, I was missing the beach but this hectic life wouldn't allow me this desire :(

So since I couldn't go to the beach today, I settled on making this spicy mini dumplings in Fish curry served in Sea shells with Carrot Salad......Yes Fish curry and Sea Shell will have to do hey. This is as close as I can be to the beach today hahahahahaha

Usually we make dumplings into medium sizes and we make bigger ones at those family events. You know those family traditional events, when you cook dumplings with goats meat or any other animal that was slaughtered for that event....yep those dumplings 😃😃😃

Today we are taking dumpling to the next level or in this case to the mini level hahaha

Ingredients 

Self-Raising Wheat Flour - SASKO
Salt
Lurk Warm Water
Robertsons Black Pepper

Robertsons Fish Spice
Onions

Ginger and Garlic 

Ra haj Mild and Spicy Curry Powder  

Mix Masala curry powder
Green Pepper
Lucky star pilchards tin fish
Carrot
Chillies
Vinegar 



Method

Fish Curry

*Fry onions and green pepper, add ginger and garlic. When onion and green pepper are soft, add curry powders and let it cook

* Add peeled and grated tomatoes,Salt and Fish spice....let it simmer for a few minutes

*Add Lucky Star Tin Fish( opened and cleaned) and stir together


Mini Dumpling

*Mix Flour, warm water and a pinch of salt. Let it rest for a few minutes, make it into little balls
*Add the mini dumpling balls in the fish curry and let it cook for 10 minutes

  Carrot Salad

*Grate carrot and chop chilles
*Add the carrot and chillies with a pinch of salt and a dash of vinegar

Spoon fish curry and dumplings into the sea shells and add carrot salad on the side. Now Enjoy!


xoxo
Samke
Sugar&Spices