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Sugar & Spice MULTICULTURAL RECIPE BOOK
About Active Horizons The sugar and Spice recipe book
Active Horizons is youth-led, creative and dynamic
project has been made possible
organisation set up to create a platform for young
people to promote active participation, advance
by a dynamic team of young people
young leadership and develop their skills and
capacity.
All young people come from various communities
to work in addressing issues that affect the community.
About the project
The idea of the recipe book came out met weekly to cook and try out various
from young people who felt the need dishes. We did so by engaging elders of
to celebrate diversity in Bexley through the community who were happy pass
food and drink. Although food and drink down the mouth-watering recipes as we
are an important in our lives, we hope felt we may lose touch of the important
that this project has and will continue to dishes that makes up who we are.
make a positive impact in understanding
various cultures fused together in one We have gained a lot of cooking skills and
community. would like to share this with everyone. Cynthia Masiyiwa Shackeila Thomas
Sakaraya Farah Patience Owusu
In preparation of compiling this awesome Please proceed to enjoy the mouth- Mohammed Gabriel Adams
book as a group of young people from the watering African, Asian, Caribbean,
Black Ethnic and minority background Oriental and European cuisines.
Abisola Abiereke Tinashe Chirisa
Jemima Ajao
DORO WAT –
Ethiopian Chicken Stew
This dish serves 8. Use a slow cooker.
About Doro Wat
This delicious chicken stew originates
from Ethiopia and often served with
rice or bread. The stew is particularly
made from a mix of spices known
as Berbere. Which consists of
ground chilli, paprika,ground ginger,
cardamom, nutmeg, garlic, cinnamon,
1kg chicken, cut into pieces clove and salt.
4 eggs ( hard boiled)
2 cups of onion, chopped
½ cup of lemon or lime juice
3 TBs olive oil ( or any vegetable oil)
½ TSp Paprika
½ tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp fresh ginger
1 tbsp flour ( as required to thicken)
Method
Brown 3 cups of Onion gizzards, in 2 cups Water watery, thicken with
chopped finely, without to which the cup of Lemon 2 tablespoons of flour
fat, until quite dark, stirring Juice has been added, dissolved in 2 tablespoons
constantly. Add: 3 oz. Butter for 10 minutes. Drain the of water). Add 8 Peeled Hard
or Olive Oil, Cayenne Pepper, water from each piece of Boiled Eggs a few minutes
Paprika, Black Pepper, chicken. Add chicken to before serving.
Ginger. onion mixture, stirring it
Blend the seasonings into through. Cover. Simmer
the onions. Add 1 cup Water. over low heat until chicken
Soak: 1 3-lb. Chicken cut is tender. Add more water, if
in 1-inch pieces, bones left necessary, to bring to stew
on and including neck and texture (or if Wat is
Jamaican Rum
punch
Serves 10
Ingredients
4 Cups water
2 cups Jamaican white rum
1 Cup lime or lemon juice
2 Cups pineapple juice
1 cup coconut rum
Spinach and Method
Mix all ingredients together
ground nut in a punch bowl.
Serve over ice cubes with
Stew - Tanzania a piece of lime or lemon.
Water and rum maybe added
to weaken or strengthen as
Ingredients
needed.
1 onion, chopped
1 chilli pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup light coconut milk
1 (10 ounce) fresh spinach
or (frozen, thawed and drained)
Method
Saute onions and chili pepper in oil until
onions is transparent. Add peanut butter
and coconut milk slowly, stirring constantly
until it comes to a boil. Add spinach, salt to Rum is an alcohol beverage drink
taste. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes
popular in the Caribbean commonly
used in cocktails.
or until spinach cooked.
Sadza - Isitshwala (Zimbabwe)
Ingredients
4 cups of white maize/corn meal
Water
Method
Set aside about 1/4 of your and bring to the boil again, thick and smooth, it should
mielie meal and mix the don’t talk too much with then begin to pull away from
rest with about 3 or 4 cups your friends around the the sides of the pot and form
of water to make a thick braai or it will stick and burn a large ball.
paste – make sure you have the bottom of the pot! Keep Cook for a few minutes
a strong arm and wooden cooking and stirring for a few more. That’s it, then transfer
spoon! Then slowly add this more minutes. Then slowly it to a bowl and serve your
paste to the boiling water, add the remaining mielie sadza with any meat stew
stirring all the time, this will meal to the pot. and relish.
prevent lumps from forming The sadza should be very
Aloo Dum - Indian potato curry
Serves 4
Ingredients Method
About Sadza 4 medium-sized potatoes or 12 Boil potatoes For 10 mins. boiled potatoes and mix it all
Sadza is a Zimbabwean cooked staple baby potatoes Peel the potatoes together. Sprinkle masala on
meal from white maize/corn meal 7 tablespoons light vegetable oil and cut into cubes. Leave top and dhania chopped into
known as hupfu in Shona. Sadza is
1 1/2 cup finely chopped onions them on the side. Put oil small pieces. Gravy should
cooked to be a white thickened like
porridge served mainly served with 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger in a pan. Add geera. Slice be thick enough to cover the
About Aloo Dum meat stew and green relish vegetables. 2 teaspoons cumin onions , Green chillies, potatoes. If the gravy is till
Aloo Dum is a yummy dish that can 4 teaspoons ground coriander Ginger and garlic and fennel, thin need to boil until you
be eaten at any occasion. Originating 1 teaspoon turmeric Haldi,Fry it all till it turns get the desired consistency.
from Kashmiri Pundits from Kashmir
3/4 teaspoon red pepper brown. Chopped tomatoes Reduce the heating and
region. The name of this recipe
suggest pressure cooked potatoes 1 teaspoon garam masala fry it then add the slightly CLOSE the lid.
using Kashmiri spices. Aloo’ is a hindi 1 cup canned tomatoes
word, which means potato, and ‘dum’ 2/3 cup plain yogurt
means, ‘pressure. 4 teaspoons salt (2/3 cup thick
cream (optional)
Fried Bittergourd Jollof Rice
(Karavila) - Sri-Lanka
About Jollof Rice
A West African dish
thought to have
Servings: 6-8 Ingredients Originated from
500 g (1 lb) lean beef or chicken (Or vegetables only) Gambia. Jollof rice can
Salt and ground white pepper, to taste be prepared either as
Vegetable oil for frying vegetarian or with meat,
which includes fish or
1L (1-3/4 pt) stock or water with 3 crushed stock cubes
chicken. Whilst it really
3 large onions, finely chopped easy to prepare also its
4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped ingredients are easy
2-3 chillies (Scotch bonnet), finely chopped to get with cooking
4 large tomatoes, blanched, peeled and blended or mashed variations.
45 g (3 tablespoons) tomato paste
250 g (8 oz) each of assorted chopped vegetables, e.g. carrots, green beans, mushrooms
and capsicums (sweet or bell peppers)
500 g (1 lb) long-grain rice, Basmati Rice or Easy cook Rice
Lettuce, parsley or fresh coriander (cilantro) and hard-boiled eggs to garnish
Method
Cut meat or chicken into (hot peppers) until golden. remaining vegetables on
5 cm (2 in) cubes or small Add tomatoes, tomato top of the rice and continue
pieces and season with paste, half the combined to simmer until the rice
salt and pepper. Cover and vegetables and 250 ml (8 fl absorbs all the stock, softens
allow to stand for 1-2 hours. oz) of stock from the meat and cooks, and the meat is
Heat oil in fry-pan and fry mixture. Stir well, adjust tender. It may be necessary
the meat or chicken pieces seasoning and simmer on to sprinkle additional water
Ingredients Method until brown. Remove meat low heat for 5-7 minutes. mix to help the rice cook.
3-4 large Indian bitter gourd Wash the karavila well and fried karavila to a bowl and from oil and add to the Add this vegetable sauce If so use small amounts at
(Karavila) slice them very thinly (you add the sliced green chillies stock in a large, heavy-based to the meat mixture in a time of approximately 250
1 medium size onion sliced can use a grater with a slicing or bell pepper, onions and saucepan. Simmer on low the saucepan and simmer ml (8 fl oz) lightly salted
2-3 green chillies or 1/2 of a blade). Add a little tumeric cubed tomato. Finally add heat until meat begins to gently. Finally, stir in the water. Serve hot, garnished
green bell pepper powder and salt, Mix well salt and lime juice to taste soften, then remove from uncooked, long-grain rice. with chopped lettuce,
1 tomato cut into cubes and deep fry the karavila and mix well. Enjoy with heat. Adjust the seasoning again, parsley or fresh coriander
lime juice until golden brown. Add the rice and curry. Drain excess oil from fry pan cover and simmer slowly (cilantro) and hard-boiled
Salt to taste leaving enough oil to fry on low heat for about eggs.
black pepper powder(optional) onions, garlic and chillies 15 minutes. Arrange the
Mustard Seed cauliflower Kenya
Stir fry Omena
Fish Stew
Ingredients
3 cups dried fish (Omena)
Ingredients 4 cups water
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
1/2 kilo tomatoes
2 teaspoons brown mustard seeds
2 large onions chopped
1 teaspoons Turmeric
Salt to taste
1 teaspoons tamarind puree
2 cups milk
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons Coconut oil
1/2 onion, finely chopped Method
3 shallots, finely chopped Wash the fish in cold water.
1 head cauliflower, divided into florets Place in a pan and add 4
1 chopped seeded green chili cups water. Simmer gently
2 teaspoons nigella seed (aka Kalonji seed, until the water is nearly
black onion seed and black cumin seed) evaporated. Drop the
tomatoes into boiling water,
Method take them out and peel.
Grind together yellow and add the green chili; cook to add more water during Chop the tomatoes.
brown mustard seeds. it until it browns. Stir in the cooking process, that’s In a frying pan heat the
Mix in the turmeric, the ground mustard seed fine (to prevent burning or oil. Stir in the onions and
tamarind puree and water. mixture and nigella. Turn sticking). If the cauliflower is tomatoes and cook gently
Blend all of this together into heat up to medium. too wet once it’s done, turn until soft. Add the cooked
a nice liquid paste. Heat the When the liquid in the the heat up a bit and boil fish and salt. Stir gently
coconut oil in a deep skillet pan comes to the boil, it off. Add salt to taste and taking care not to crush
About Omena
or Kadhai. When hot, toss in turn it back down all the you’re done. the fish. Add the milk
Omena is a small fish found which is
onion and shallots. Stir fry way to low and cover the 2-inch long found in Lake Victoria in and simmer for about 30
until slightly golden then pan until the cauliflower NOTE: If you don’t have Western Kenya. This dried fish is sold minutes. The milk forms
start adding the cauliflower. is nice and tender and the tamarind puree, lemon juice in local African shops and groceries the gravy. Serve with ugali
Once it starts to brown, sauce is dry. If you need can be a substitute. or rice.
Chinese Sesame Pork (Tze Ma Jou)
Ingredients Method
300g lean pork Cut the pork into even, bite roll in the Sesame seeds
About Sesame 4 tbsp sesame seeds seized pieces. Sprinkle salt Plunge the pieces one by one
Since ancient times the Chinese have 1 tsp salt then set aside for 5 minutes into the hot oil.
believed that sesame seeds contribute 1 tsp salt Mix egg yolks with cornflour. Fry for 4-5 minutes or until
to good health. Sesame seeds come in 2 egg yolks Heat oil in a deep frying pan golden brown
two colours, black and ivory. The ivory 2 tbsp cornflour Dip pieces of pork into the Drain on absorbent kitchen
coloured seeds are those frequently
1 litre oil for frying egg/corn flour mixture then paper and serve hot.
used in both sweet and salty dishes.
They need to be lighted roasted to
enhance the flavour.
Italian Lasagne Deliciousa
Servings: 8-10
Ingredients
500g uncooked Lasagna 20g Tomato paste 1 Egg, beaten
250g italian sausage 2 ts Sugar 1 tb Parsley flakes
226g minced beef 2-1/2 ts Salt, divided 20g Sliced pitted ripe olives
1 c Chopped onion 1-1/2 ts Dried basil, crushed 4g Shredded mozzarella cheese
2 Cloves garlic, minced 1/2 ts Fennel seeds 3/4 ts Grated Parmesan cheese
1 c (28 ounces) tomatoes, 1/4 ts Pepper
Chopped, undrained 15 oz Ricotta cheese
Method
Cook sausage, ground, beef, high heat. Reduce heat to low. mixture, olives, mozzarella
onion and garlic in large Simmer uncovered for about and Parmesan cheese into
skillet over medium-high 20 minutes. In a small bowl, dish; Repeat layers. Cover with
heat until sausage is no longer blend ricotta, egg, parsley and foil and bake at 375 F for 25
pink and onion is tender. Stir remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt; minutes. Uncover. Bake about
in tomatoes, tomato paste, Spoon 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce 20 minutes more or until
sugar, 2 teaspoons of the salt, into 13×9 inch baking dish; heated through. Let stand 10
the basil, fennel seeds and Layer 1/3 each of the lasagne, minutes before cutting.
pepper. Bring to the boil over remaining meat sauce, ricotta
Turkish Baklava
Ingredients
1 pound chopped mixed nuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup white sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Method
Preheat oven to 350 degrees with butter. Sprinkle 2 to until golden and crisp. While
F (175 degrees C). Butter 3 tablespoons of the nut baklava is baking, combine
a 9x13 inch baking dish. mixture on top. Repeat sugar and water in a small
Toss together cinnamon layers until all ingredients saucepan over medium
and nuts. Unroll phyllo and are used, ending with about heat and bring to a boil.
cut whole stack in half to 6 sheets of phyllo. Using Stir in honey, vanilla and
fit the dish. Cover phyllo a sharp knife, cut baklava lemon zest, reduce heat and About Baklava
with a damp cloth while (all the way through to the simmer 20 minutes. Baklava is a rich desert which
originally was made from putting a
assembling the baklava, bottom of the dish) into Remove the baklava from
layer of nuts and honey on thin slices
to keep it from drying out. four long rows, then (nine the oven and immediately of bread, then baked in oven in the
Place two sheets of phyllo in times) diagonally to make spoon the syrup over it. 18th century.
the bottom of the prepared 36 diamond shapes. Bake in Let cool completely before
dish. Brush generously preheated oven 50 minutes, serving. Store uncovered.We hope you will enjoy trying out
English Yummy Apple Pie these delicious cuisines from around
Ingredients the world
Pastry Base
14oz / 350g plain flour No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means,
6oz / 150g butter electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information
1 tablespoon caster sugar storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of Active Horizons.
A pinch of salt
A little cold water
Filling Acknowledgements
28oz / 700g Bramley apples
Director:
Juice of 1/2 lemon
3oz / 75g sultanas Yeukai Taruvinga
3oz / 75g soft brown sugar
pinch each of ground cinnamon and Youth Participation Worker
ground nutmeg
Cynthia Masiyiwa Design:
grated rind of 1 lemon and 1 orange
1 tablespoon flour Solopress.com
Contributors:
Abisola Abiereke, Jemima Ajao, Date Published
Sakaraya Farah Mohammed, 18 May 2012
Patience Owusu, Shackeila
Method Thomas, Tinashe Chirisa,
Place half the apples into and flute the edge. Decorate for 10 minutes. Then lower Gabriel Adams
the lined pie dish. Mix the top of the pie with oven temperature to 190°C /
sultanas with spices and pastry trimmings. 375°F / gas mark 5 and bake
pour over the apples. Add Cut slashes in the top of for a further 20-25 minutes. For any further information you can contact us on
the remaining half of apples. the pie or make a hole and Your pie is ready when the Active Horizons
Roll out the last third of insert a pie funnel. (This is pastry is golden brown.
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