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Curried Eggs
Jul 14th
By Heidemarie Swanepoel
Curried Eggs
Today I really did not feel like just a sandwich for a quick lunch. It’s raining, and cold, and I wanted to warm up from the inside. Curry is always just the thing for me. This one is quick and easy.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 chicken breast
1 small onion
½ – 1 cup boiling water
Salt and pepper to taste
½ teaspoon strong curry powder (or to taste)
1 tablespoon cornflour
1. Bring the eggs to the boil in boiling water. Boil till they are a softish hard boiled egg (approximately 7 minutes, depending on your altitude).
2. In the meantime, fry the chopped onion and the diced chicken in a little oil. Add the salt, pepper and curry powder. Fry for about 6 minutes. Add the water, and bring to the boil. Add the cornflour, and thicken the gravy.
3. Once the eggs are boiled, cool them under running water for a minute. Peel them carefully, and cut in half lengthwise.
4. Add them to the curry, and serve hot with rice or flat bread.
Toad in the Hole
Mar 5th
By Heidemarie Swanepoel
Toad in the hole
I wanted to surprise my husband with breakfast in bed this morning, and wanted to make something quick and easy to prepare that would steal his heart. They do say: “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”, don’t they. Well, with this morning’s breakfast in bed, I proved them right.
Ingredients – Per person:
1 slice of bread
2 slices tomato
2 hotdogs
1 egg
Salt and pepper to taste
A little sugar
Directions:
Cut thick slices of tomato, and roll the slices in flour. Set aside.
Cut a shape out of the centre of the bread. Reserve the cut out shape. Use a fairly large shape – I used a heart, but you don’t see the shape so well afterwards.
Fry bread
Melt a little butter over medium to high heat in a frying pan. Once melted, fry the bread and the cut out piece on one side. Flip over when it is nicely browned. Break the egg carefully into the centre of the hole. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover the frying pan, and turn the heat to low. Fry till the egg is cooked – 3 – 4 minutes if you like the yolk to be soft and runny. Remove from the pan.
Return the heat to high, and quickly fry the tomato and hotdogs. As the tomatoes are frying, sprinkle with a little salt, pepper and sugar. (The sugar is necessary for the acidity).
Serve with a fresh glass of orange juice.