Labskaus

Labskaus is a northern German dish, popular in the harbor cities Hamburg, Lübeck and Bremen. It's basically mashed potatoes with beet and corned beef, garnished with pickled gherkins, rollmops and a fried egg.

Boil between 500 gram and 1 kilo potatoes. Mash potatoes with some warm milk and meat stock. Mix with 100 gram shredded (pre-cooked) beet, 1 table spoon of beet juice, one fried onion and 300 gram corned beef, cut in very small cubes (fried in pan and still warm). Add salt and pepper.

Because of the mashing, this dish can cool rapidly. Preheat the plates and make sure ALL the ingredients are warm, otherwise you'll end up with a cold labskaus on your plate. Leftovers can be heated in the oven and still taste great the next day.

Not all corned beefs are created equally. For the best result you need 'Deutsches Corned Beef' (German corned beef), which is more tastier since it's embedded in aspic.

Truita de patates

Heat plenty of olive oil in a skillet. Add 1 onion, finely chopped. Cook for 5 minutes.



Add 5 medium potatoes diced into small 1 cm cubes or chips. Cook for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.



Beat 4 eggs in a bowl and add salt to taste.

Drain potatoes and add them to the bowl with the whisked eggs. Clean out skillet.

Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to skillet and fry tortilla for 15 minutes on very low heat. Flip tortilla over to a plate. Clean skillet again and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Fry the other side for 15 minutes.

Bacalao con patatas

A very easy recipe. I don't speak Spanish but this is what I got from the video.

Boil sliced potato in salted water. Add a mix of olive oil, garlic and fresh parsley (use electric mixer) to the boiling potatoes. Add "colorante" to the potatoes. The recipe didn't specify what kind. It is orange when dry. Is it this product? Colorante Alimentario from Ducros. Maybe some real saffron is a better option.

In the meantime cover some large pieces of cod in flower and fry in olive oil.

When the potatoes are done add the cod to the pot and simmer for 7 minutes. Place on plate and add some lemon juice and fresh parsley.

Alu gobi आलू गोभी (potatoes cauliflower)

Gobi:



Aloo / alu:



Ingredients:
1/2 tsp amchoor powder
1  cauliflower, cut into florets
1 bunch chopped coriander leaves
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste (shred garlic and ginger to a paste).
2 green chill's.
1/4 cup oil
1 small onion
4  potatoes, cubed
1 tsp red chili powder
Salt to taste
3  tomatoes, chopped
3/4 tsp turmeric powder

Directions:
• Heat oil in a pan, saute cumin seeds, and ginger-garlic paste for a minute.

• Add crushed tomato,onion and green chilli and add turmeric cook till oil ozzes out.

 • Add rest of spices mixed in water (2 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp amchoor powder).

• Add poatoes. and cauliflower and salt. Fry for few minutes. 

• Lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until the vegetables are cooked.

• Sprinkle with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with naan, chapati or roti.