Onion Rings

Heyo!

I absolutely love onion rings! Dunno why. And I seem to be craving them right now. Yum! Yum!
So, here's a recipe for onion rings:

Ingredients:

• White flour
• Baking powder
• Eggs
• Onions
• Milk
• Salt
• Pepper
• Oil of choice

Method:

• Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl
• Add the milk and the eggs and mix very well to form a batter
• Spice up the batter with as much salt and pepper as desired mixing up the batter again afterwards.
• Cut up the onions horizontally to form circles of your desired thickness
• Push at the inside of each circle you've cut out to let the other layers of onions (the other circles that form the inside of the onion) fall out.
• In a frying pan, heat up some oil (enough to do a light deep-fry)
• Once the oil is hot, pick up an onion ring and dip it in the batter then place the onion ring in the oil not touching it till it is ready to be turned over.
• Turn over when it's time and let the onion rings fry till they are golden.

That's all! Simple and easy! Voila! Voila! Et Voila!

Let me know what you think about the onion rings if you try them.

~Sammy

p.s It's 5:09am, I haven't slept all night, but I had to share this recipe!

Veggie Burger

¡Hola!

So, I'm sure it's no surprise that I'm going to be putting up a recipe for veggie burgers and not regular meat burgers.
Now, this recipe is going to have things that it's easier for me to get my hands on here. However, I will put in brackets (parenthesis) popular alternatives to those ingredients.
D'accord! On y va!


Ingredients:

• Black eyed beans (black turtle beans)
• Rice (quinoa)
• Onions
• Peppers
• Mushrooms
• Bread (breadcrumbs)
• Spices/Seasonings/Herbs
• Salt
• Oil of choice
• Optional ingredients - eggs, sun dried tomatoes, a bit of a sauce like piri piri or BBQ sauce
• Burger bread/bun
• Lettuce
• Tomato slices
• Cheddar cheese
• Optional ingredients - slices of onion, a bit of a sauce like mayonnaise, piri piri or ketchup

Method:

• Soak the beans for about 30-1hr in warm water (or slightly hot to reduce soaking time) then leave them out on a paper towel or cloth to dry up to at least 90%.
• Cook the rice till it's nearly done (not fully done)
• Cut up the peppers and onions and run them through a food processor then put them into a frying pan with a bit of oil and cook them a bit to release their flavour.
• Cut the mushrooms into halves or quarters.
• Stick a couple of slices of bread in the oven till they are hardened and can break relatively easily. Then stick them in a food processor or blender to make the breadcrumbs).
• Toss the mushrooms into a food processor and turn it on (you could use the pulse) till they are almost all pasty then add in the beans and the rise and turn on the food processor again. Add the onion and pepper mix and repeat. Put in your desired amount of salt, spices, seasonings and herbs (and the optional ingredients if you choose to use them (the egg helps with making the mixture stay together)) and repeat then add the breadcrumbs a little at a time turning on the food processor each time breadcrumbs are added till you have a kinda pasty mixture.
• Shape the mixture into patties of your desired shape and size (using wet hands to shape the patties might prevent them from sticking to your fingers. You could also spoon out some patties onto a surface with flour on them and sprinkle some flour over the patties before picking them up and shaping with your hands)
• Heat some oil in a frying pan and place your patties in the pan leaving them to fry for a while before flipping over.
• Slice you burger bread/bun in half (horizontally) and if you choose to have a sauce, spread some on the inner side of the bottom half of the bun then place your patty over it then your cheddar cheese then the tomatoes, lettuce, onions, a bit of sauce again (if you choose to have it) and then the top half of the bun (in the order mentioned).

Bon appétit! :)