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Easy to make, mostly healthy recipes, often using inexpensive local ingredients. Drawing from my Indian background, my keenness to eat more healthily and what my family says is tasty! Many of the recipes here also have accompanying videos with them too.

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LEFTOVER TURKEY PIE – Easy tasty hearty one dish meal

We’ve all likely got some leftover turkey so here’s my slightly spicy idea for an easy and versatile leftover turkey pie.

Perfect to have as a meal in itself or add your favourite vegetables, leave off potatoes if you’re watching carbs the pastry will provide those! BUT you can also make this with any cooked shredded meat like chicken at any time of the year.

Leftover Turkey Pie one dish meal

You can simply make this dish as a “bake” with a white sauce if you’d rather avoid the pastry all together.

3 stages to making your leftover turkey pie

Stage 1 Flavouring up the shredded turkey meat

Stage 2 Making your white sauce

Stage 3 The Pastry

No set quantities for this leftover turkey pie

I’ve left off quantities for this recipe as you know how much turkey you have left and I assume you or someone you know has some understanding of what I’m recommending. Basically you’re doing a type of “STIR FRY” with your shredded turkey meat using the ingredients below:

Fry some chopped onions and minced garlic

then add some

chilli oil

Soya sauce

Oyster sauce

Little parsley if you have like and fry a little more

Mix your left over shredded turkey into the above mixture so you’re kind of stir frying it.

Stir fry your leftover shredded turkey meat

The Pastry for the Leftover Turkey Pie or any savoury pie!

You can simply BUY READY ROLLED short crust pastry or my tips to MAKING YOUR OWN are below:

Half cold butter in pieces to flour (always spelt)

with some cold water to make this into dough

A little turmeric for some a nicer colour and a bit of salt

I roughly used 150 grams of spelt flour

75 grams of butter

50 grams of water

plus a little salt to make the pastry for the pie shown in the picture. It’s really easy making pastry in a few seconds in a thermomix if you have one. You can listen to a podcast on what a thermomix is here if you want to find out more.

brush the pastry with a little milk and egg wash if you like

The Magic Sauce

I used a basic cheese sauce so that’s using a little flour, butter, making a roux ball, then adding milk and water, BUT with preosaked cashew nuts vs cheese later on. Again no quantities given here as there are plenty of recipes for a white sauce. Again very easy in a thermomix.

LIGHTEN It up by using a combination of water and milk, not just milk.

FLAVOUR it well using generous amounts of DIJON mustard, chilli and salt and fresh black pepper. I like adding a little turmeric for interest.

Whiz up the presoaked cashews first then use these in place of cheese

Plenty of dijon mustard

Little chilli oil and salt n pepper

Use spelt flour not plain flour

Lighter milk and water combination not just milk

Little turmeric for some interest

Use presoaked and whizzed up cashew nuts if you’re avoiding cheese

ASSEMBLING THE DISH

Lay the prepared, stir fried turkey meat in your baking dish

Pour over your sauce

Arrange your pastry on top

THEN BAKE till the pastry looks golden brown and “done”

Eat with any vegetables you like or freeze for a cold night!

Leftover Turkey Pie Finished Dish

MORE GOOD RECIPES HERE. Need to shop for those Chinese Ingredients AND make an outing of your trip with a good meal? Then read this Chinese Supermarket in Dubai post!

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PALEO PORRIDGE no oats so gluten and grain free

UPDATED AUGUST 2021

What is Paleo Porridge 

Paleo porridge is a bowl of dry ingredients that are GLUTEN and GRAIN free mixed together with milk (soya/almond/coconut/rice) topped with fresh fruit. So it looks and tastes like normal porridge. Except it’s paleo porridge.

PALEO PORRIDGE GRAIN AND GLUTEN FREE DOINDUBAI

Where did I first try Paleo Porridge 

I first tried paleo porridge for breakfast in a trendy Cape Town cafe. It’s called LSA or power porridge there and I haven’t found it in Dubai as yet.

  • L for Linseeds
  • S for Sunflower seeds
  • A for almonds

all ground up together.

Why have Paleo Porridge 

  • I had no bloated feeling at all
  • The breakfast kept me feeling full for ages
  • Dairy free/grain free/gluten free
  • Full of nutrients like omega 3s from the seeds
  • Doesn’t take much cooking time once you’ve got the basic porridge mix done

Watch the VIDEO of me making the paleo porridge in my kitchen here

The ingredients for 1 large bowl or 2 small bowls of Paleo Porridge 

30 g of Linseeds (light golden ones) Flax seeds/ Linseeds are the same thing

30 g of Sunflower seeds  (unsalted)

60g of Almond powder (ready made or you can grind your own)

IMPORTANT NOTE

These proportions are what I use in my version of LSA. I have subsequently found the original LSA that comes from the Liver Cleansing Diet book recommends a 3:2:1 proportion, so that’s:

  • 3 parts linseeds
  • 2 parts sunflower seeds
  • 1 part almonds

so recently I’ve been following these proportions and to give you an idea to make 2 medium size bowls of LSA try these: 

45 g  linseed/flaxseed powder (so that’s milled down seeds)

30 g sunflower seeds (you could use 15 g sunflower AND 15 g pumpkin seeds for added magnesium) again milled down

15 g almond meal 

But do what works best for you. Of course the linseeds, same as flaxseeds are the key here.

200 ml of your preferred type of non dairy milk – I use unsweetened soya milk, but you could use rice milk, almond milk, coco milk or normal milk if you don’t need your porridge to be dairy free and add a little water too if it’s too thick. 

Your preferred sweetener I use 1 teaspoon of coconut sugar as it has a lower glycemic index than normal sugar, you could use honey or agave syrup too or just normal sugar. I don’t recommend artificial sweeteners.

Paleo Porridge DoinDubai Ingredients

Putting it together 

Grind up the linseeds and sunflower seeds together in a coffee grinder till they resemble a fine powder.  This would take a few seconds in a thermomix! Listen to our podcast on what a thermomix is here. 

N.B Flax seed is ground to make the nutrients they offer available, otherwise they would just ‘pass through’ Since flax has a high fiber content it is best to start with a small amount and increase slowly, other wise you may experience cramping and a ‘laxative effect’. Be especially careful if you tend to suffer with an irritable bowel. Don’t be tempted to prepare large batches of ground seeds; they are best stored in natures own storage system within the seed.

Tip the ground up seeds into a bowl

Add the almond powder and sugar; mix all the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon so they are well mixed.

You could tip them straight into a saucepan if you prefer

Add your milk and stir well, then heat slowly and stir to a porridge consistency. Add a little boiling water if you prefer a looser, runnier porridge.

Paleo Porridge DoinDubai adding chia seeds

Eating it up 

Add your favourite chopped fresh fruits, papaya is a good idea and any berries you can get hold of. Sprinkle on a few chia seeds if you like and gobble it all up. Monica’s Power Porridge, all done. Try it and tell me how long you felt full for.  Thank you and do share with anyone who’s looking for a gluten free breakfast idea. 

Paleo Porridge DoinDubai finished porridge

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TOFU PAD THAI RECIPE tasty vegetarian meal

This tasty, Tofu Pad thai recipe can be vegetarian, vegan and almost gluten free if you can eat rice noodles.

Chef’s Secrets

It’s important to patiently drain the liquid out of your firm tofu to get a good result. Learn how to make that pad thai marinade and impress your family and friends with this easy tofu, pad thai recipe.

TOFU PAD THAI easy when you know how

Ingredients

  • 1 Firm tofu block
  • 1/2 packet of Thai rice noodles (medium thickness)
  • For the TOFU MARINADE ⁠
  • 2 dessertspoons of dark soya sauce ⁠
  • 1 tsp fresh chopped garlic
  • 1 tsp fresh chopped ginger
  • a little of your fave chilli oil to taste
  • 1 dessertspoon of oyster sauce, you can use vegetarian oyster sauce
  • ¼ tsp of turmeric powder, helps with the golden colour and a natural ingredient

For the PAD THAI MARINADE⁠

Use roughly 1 dessertspoons of each of the below, except for the chili oil, I use less than 1 dessert spoon of sugar too. Dilute your tamarind paste with a little water if you don’t want a very sour taste.

SWEET – brown sugar  ⁠

SOUR – tamarind paste ⁠

SALTY – fish sauce (little salty in grapeseed oil and water/light soya if vegetarian)⁠

SPICY- Your favourite chilli oil⁠

How to make it

Make the tofu marinade and set aside to pour over your tofu once you’re prepared it as below

It’s important to press all the liquid out of the tofu block for at least 3 to 4 hours before you marinade it! ⁠

Open your tofu block and set it between 2 flat plates or trays, then weight the top tray down with a tin or something that’s not too heavy. Drain away the liquid from time to time through the day if you have time.

  • Tofu Pad Thai recipe final dish DoinDubai Monica Kapila tofu block
    firm tofu block
  • tofu between 2 trays Tofu Pad Thai recipe final dish DoinDubai Monica Kapila weight the tofu
    weight between 2 trays
  • tofu between 2 trays Tofu Pad Thai recipe final dish DoinDubai Monica Kapila
    drain the liquid away over time

Once all the liquid has drained, cut your tofu, first in half, then half again etc till you get even set of little pieces

Add marinade ingredients to tofu, set aside for 30 mins, then air fry or grill till golden ⁠brown ⁠

More AIR FRYER RECIPES

Make Pad Thai marinade ⁠with ingredients above and set aside

Place noodles in room temp water till soft, then drain with cold clean water⁠

Heat a wok, fry garlic n ginger, add softened noodles, then add in Pad Thai marinade, stir for about 3 to 4 minutes, then TURN OFF HEAT! ⁠

Add your cooked tofu⁠

GARNISH with spring onions, coriander, lemon wedge and crushed peanuts if you like and some fresh coriander.

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3 INGREDIENT SPICY EDAMAME quick and easy

This 3 ingredient spicy edamame recipe is a winner all round. Perfect for a starter, snack or side. It’s easy, tasty and super healthy too. It’s also very reasonably priced when you make it at home; so make some today. It just takes a few minutes. It’s a perfect recipe to make in an air fryer if you have one but you can also make it in a wok or frying pan.

SPICY EDAMAME BEANS ALL DONE

Ingredients

  • 500g Frozen Edamame Beans (in their shells)
  • 2 tsp White Miso Paste
  • 2 tsp Sesame Oil
  • 1 dessert spoon Grapeseed Oil
  • Chilli to suit your taste
3 ingredient spicy edamae beans doindubai frozen beans
TIP FROZEN BEANS STRAIGHT INTO
A WIDE SHALLOW PAN

How to make

  • Put the frozen beans (still in their shells) into a wide pan of cold water
  • Once the beans are simmering allow 4-5 minutes to an al dente level; check one
  • Whilst the beans are simmering make the marinade
  • Mix the miso paste, oils and chilli together a small bowl
  • Drain the water from the beans and toss them into a large bowl
  • Add the marinade and toss well to coat all the beans
  • Either use your Air Fryer to cook the beans further – 6 minutes on 180 degrees. I have a Ninja AF Air Fryer
  • Or you could stir fry in a hot wok for 5 – 6 minutes…MORE AIR FRYER RECIPES for eating inspiration!
  • Serve in a nice bowl and enjoy but please note, we generally DO NOT eat the shells/pods just the edamame beans inside.

SIMMER FOR NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES

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