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At Twilight we pride ourselves on delivering delicious and tasty home cooked meals to our residents. Wagma the Chef from Hunters Hill Village has shared a couple of her favourite traditional recipes that are ideal to try over the Christmas break to spice up those Christmas leftovers.

Green Curry Paste

Use about 2 tablespoons of this paste for 500g meat, fish or poultry, substituting it for garlic, ginger and spices.

• 3 tbs cumin powder
• 3 tbs coriander powder
• 6 fresh green chillis
• 12 cloves of garlic, peeled
• 4 knobs of fresh ginger, walnut size
• 2 bunches of fresh coriander, chopped
• 3 tbs lemon grass, chopped
• 1/3 cup of oil

Method

Combine all ingredients in a food processor until it forms a paste. Store in an airtight jar in refrigerator. This should last a couple of months.

Dahl

Ingredients

1. 1. • 350g red lentils
      • 80g onion, chopped
      • 5g of garlic, crushed
      • 30ml oil
      • 80g fresh tomato, peeled and chopped
      • ½ tsp turmeric
      • 1 tbs tomato paste
      • 1 tsp cumin powder
      • 1 tsp coriander powder
      • ½ tsp chilli powder
      • Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. 1. 1. Mix the onion, lentils and turmeric in a pot.
      2. Add 2 cups of water and bring to boil. Lower the temperature and simmer for 30 minutes.
      3. In another pan, fry the crushed garlic, spices and fresh tomato and cook for 2 minutes.
      4. Add tomato paste and cook for another 2 minutes.
      5. Add this to the lentil mixture and cook for another 10 minutes.
      6. Serve with rice or Naan (Indian bread).

Vegetarian/Vegan