Simple basil pesto

Taste Good !
Goes well with biscuits, white bread, smoked salmon wraps, pasta.....
Better than garlic butter spread


Ingredients :
20-30 leaves of basil from Cold Storage supermarket
1 tsp of toasted pine nuts - chopped
2 garlic - chopped
2 tbsp of paramesan cheese
1/2cup of olive oil


Method :
Rinse the basil leaf and wipe dry. Put everything into a blender/chopper and spin a few rounds.

Transfer into a small bowl and put into a microwave oven for 10 or 20sec. to bring out the aroma of basil leave.

Can be eaten immediately or Cool and keep in refrigerator. It keeps well for more than one week.

Note :
Traditionally eaten fresh without cooking but I felt that it taste better and can last longer.
Do not add salt as the cheese is quite saltish and the amount of garlic is personal preference.

HOMEMADE COTTAGE CHEESE

Ingredients :

2 cup of full cream fresh milk (if using low fat milk, not much cheese to collect)

2.5 tbsp of white vinegar

1/2 tsp of salt



Method
Heat up the milk in mircowave oven for one and a half min. just below boiling point.
Add in Vinegar and immediately you will see that the milk curdle.
Leave to cool before using fine sieve and drip well.
Add salt and stir well. Keep in container and serve chill.

Note :
For every 500ml of milk yields only est. 100g cheese.

Cream Cheese - do not drip too dry
Paneer cheese - Indian Style - Drip until very dry and can formed into cube cheese.

SIMPLE SOFT NAAN

Crispy outside, soft and chewy inside

Ingredients (A) 1/2 cup warm water, 1tsp instant yeast, 1 tsp sugar

Ingredients (B) 1 egg, 2 tbsp thick yoghurt, 2 tbsp oil

Ingredients (C) 180g bread flour 1/2 tsp salt

Method :

Ingredients (A) mix all together and set aside for 15mins until frothy.

Add in ingredients (B) mix well.

Add in ingredients (C). Mix well. Covered pot. set aside for 2-3 hours until risen.

Oil your hand and section the dough into 50g balls. Put them into a flour pot.

Flatten the dough with your palm (Do it over the sink)

Quickly put the dough into a thick based pre-heated frying pan and covered.

After a few minutes the dough will pop up, turn over other side and cooked.

Spread some butter over naan before serving.

Alternatively you can use oven grill to cook the top.