• Restaurants

Mel and Joy cook

~ For food lovers and people interested in cooking

Mel and Joy cook

Tag Archives: cumin

BBQ – Spicy Marinated King Prawn Skewers

22 Monday Jul 2013

Posted by melandjoycook in BBQ, Seafood, Starters

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

bbq, chilli, cumin, king, marinated, paprika, prawns, skewers, spicy

Spicy marinated king prawn skewers

Spicy marinated king prawn skewers

I am loving being in full BBQ season and have been cooking a whole array of different dishes. I thought I’d start our BBQ special with a simple but delicious dish of spicy marinated king prawn skewers.

What you will need:
24 king prawns (6 per skewer)
1 tsp of dried chilli flakes
1 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of paprika
1/2 finely chopped garlic clove
Half a lime’s juice
1 tbsp. olive oil
A pinch or two of ground pepper

Place the prawns in a bowl and add all the ingredients and mix together with your hands. Cover the bowl with tin foil or cling film and place in fridge for a couple of hours. Whilst your BBQ is heating up add 6 prawns to each skewer. Place prawns on BBQ a hot, a couple of minutes on each side.

A nice fresh tomato and mozzarella salad is always great with these.

This is a nice and simple dish that will leave all your guests wanting more.

Enjoy!
Mel

French Cuban Chicken

10 Wednesday Aug 2011

Posted by melandjoycook in Chicken

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

chicken, cuban, cumin, french, garlic, lime, marinate, onion, paprika, thighs

My colleague Sarah is married to a Cuban man and has become a pro at Cuban cooking. I am always eyeing up her food and sometimes even get a donation towards my lunch club with Claire.

This chicken dish is my take on Sarah’s fried chicken except I cook it in the oven.

What you will need:

4 – 5 chicken thighs
2 tablespoons of cumin powder
1 tablespoon of paprika Chilli flakes (to taste)
1 lime’s juice
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
Salt and pepper
Olive oil

Cooking time:
45 minutes

In a sandwich bag (or bowl) add your chicken, thinly sliced onions and the ingredients (except the oil). This is a bit messy but get your hand in the bag and make sure all the ingredients are mixed together. Close up your sandwich bag (better to place the bag in a bowl) and leave it in the fridge for 20mins – though the longer the better. Preheat your oven to 200C.

Empty all the contents of the bag in an oven dish and pour a little oil over the chicken making sure the onions are covered in oil (you really don’t need to use much). Put the chicken in the oven and after 15mins check that the onions aren’t burning. If they are starting to, stir them a little and leave to cook for a further 15mins.

I had a big salad with the chicken, but there was some left so I brought it to work for my lunch club. Claire had some left-over pasta and they went perfectly together.

For Sarah’s chicken, she lets it marinate for 24 hours (I think) and fries the thighs in oil. Either way is yummy.

Mel

Quick and Tasty Meatballs with Cumin

03 Sunday Jul 2011

Posted by melandjoycook in Beef, Simple meals

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

beef, canned, cumin, meatballs, tomatoes

I came home after work to nothing in the fridge 😦 and I really didn’t feel like going food shopping. Thankfully I had some mince in the freezer and an onion, so I thought I’d make some meatballs and I got a thumbs up from my lunch club at work when I brought the left-overs in, I always use this as my thermometer of success.

I didn’t have any fresh tomatoes, only canned ones so I thought I’d try adding cumin to give my sauce a bit more flavour.

What you will need:
(feeds 3)

400 grams of mince
1 onion
1 tbs of cumin
Chilli flakes (to taste)
Stock cube
2 tbs Soy sauce
1 tbs of sugar
2 garlic cloves
Thyme (or any other herb you fancy)
Salt and pepper (to taste)

Spaghetti

In a bowl put you mince and add to it chopped garlic, chilli flakes, thyme, salt and pepper and massage together. You can also add an egg, but I didn’t have one and it worked fine without. Make small balls of meat (you can make them the size you want), I made them about the size of brussel sprouts.

In a sauce pan heat your oil and add the onions, after 1 minute add the cumin, stock cube, soy sauce, sugar, tyme and salt and pepper. Stir ingredients and once it comes to boil add the meatballs, cook for 5 minutes and then turn the heat down and let it simmer for another 15 minutes. Serve with spaghetti.

Ps:
You can simmer your tomato sauce for longer if you have time before adding your meatballs. You can also fry your meatballs in a pan before adding them to your sauce, all depends on how hungry you are 🙂

Mel

Baba Ganoush – the courgette way

22 Sunday May 2011

Posted by melandjoycook in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

baba ganoush, courgette, cumin, cumin seeds, dip, garlic, melandjoy, nacho

This is a simple dip that goes well with nachos or as a side dish with fish or meat.

What you will need:

3 courgettes
Cumin seeds
2 garlic cloves
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Half a lemons juice
Food blender

Turn the oven on to 200c. Cut the courgettes into slices and put in an oven proof dish, sprinkle cumin seeds, the garlic cut in halves, salt and pepper. Add about three tablespoons of olive oil, make sure it coats all the ingredients. Put the dish in the oven for about 30mins, stir the courgettes every 10 mins.

Once cooked remove from the oven, put into a food blender and add the lemon juice. Blend all the ingredients for a few seconds.

You can also do this with aubergines.

Mel

Subscribe

  • Entries (RSS)
  • Comments (RSS)

Archives

  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • March 2014
  • December 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • November 2012
  • September 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011

Categories

  • Appetizers
  • BBQ
  • Beans
  • Beef
  • Breakfast
  • Chicken
  • Christmas
  • Desserts
  • Entertainment
  • Fish
  • Jams and chutneys
  • Lamb
  • Live Below the Line
  • Meals in one
  • pizzas and bread
  • Pork
  • Remedies
  • Restaurants
  • Salads
  • Seafood
  • Sides
  • Simple meals
  • Soup and stews
  • Starters
  • Sushi
  • Tarts
  • The Lunch Club
  • Uncategorized
  • Under 10 Minutes!
  • Valentine's
  • Vegetables
  • Welcome to The Lunch Club

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Mel and Joy cook
    • Join 39 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Mel and Joy cook
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...