I made a very healthy and nutritious meal for me and my gals. It was turkey sausage stirfry topped with cheese,tomato and onion in wraps served with a side of slaw and roasted sweet potato.
Now I pan fried the sausages in a little basil infused Rapeseed oil then I seasoned.....this really added flavour to the very wholesome and healthy turkey sausages.
Suffice to say we all loved it!! So go on and give it a try!!
My mate had chicken tikka pita pocket with salad and sweet potato fries. The fries and salad were lovely, as was the garlic sauce over the chicken however the chicken was not chicken tikka, more like fried spiced chicken!
The place was spotless, great staff and reasonable price with a super menu selection.
Yep you read correct......my upmarket crayfish carbonara made with penne pasta, chopped ham, lots of cream and crayfish tails spiced up with my hot chilli pickle and salt n pepper to taste. All for under a fiver and enough to feed a hungry family of four!!! Ps it was amazing mmmmm.....
I made a really luxuriant and rich twist on bangers and mash which my girls and I really loved!!! It's not for the really health conscious as it is loaded with creamy goodness, but we all need to indulge once in a while.
So I pan fried my sausages with onions, made mash potatoes and scallions which was creamed with double cream. I also made a garlic mushroom Stroganoff and halogen ovened sweet potato slices topped with my homemade fiery chilli pickle.
Absolutely delicious!!
I was extremely honoured to be invited last evening, to the launch event for:
Tulsi Restaurant, 51 High Street, Holywood, BT18 9AB
Tulsi is also known as Holy Basil and can be found all over the Sub Continent. It is cultivated for religious, medicinal and essential oil use especially in Auyurvedic medicine and is also used in traditional Hindu ceremonies. The Tulsi plant is not uncommon in many Hindu households- it is truly an elixir of life.
The very name Tulsi personifies purity and authenticity and this was very evident in the whole experience, right from the decor, the welcome and hospitality to the intimacy of surrounds and of course the traditional and very authentic North Indian cuisine. There was also some fantastic live music by Noel.
The four partners have certainly put a lot of love and effort into bringing Tulsi to our shores, having been in N Ireland for over ten years. Indeed Chef Ram is a seasoned campaigner and in race horse terms is a pure thoroughbred when it comes to professional and superb chef skills. He has had extensive training in major 5 Star Hotels in New Delhi and Hong Kong before coming to Belfast over ten years ago. His ethos is perfection in quality ingredients and cooking methods, always seeking out genuine, authentic menus.
After a meet and greet drinks reception we were seated and served a sharing non veg platter consisting of:
Samosa, mint chutney, malai chicken, chicken skewers with sweet chilli sauce, mixed vegetable pakora and lettuce-my mouth is watering as I write this!!!! This selection showed me that Chef had it spot on and that this was as good and genuine as the food I've eaten in India!! Roll on the mains....
For our main course it was buffet service and again we were spoilt for choice:
Clockwise from the soft, fragrant garlic nan I had Thai vegetable curry, cucumber salad, butter chicken, ghosth bhuna, daal makhani, aloo gobhi all served on aromatic pilau rice. This was pure and wholesome with none of the excess oil, artificial colours and sugar which is evident in many restaurants near and far. We had a rich and delicious Gajar Ka halva, which is a carrot dessert and topped off the meal fittingly.
In short the food was delicious, true and authentic.......so enough said pay them a visit and experience the real Indian Cuisine.
I would argue that this is certainly in the top 5 proper Indian restaurants in Northern Ireland and has a huge thumbs up from me!!!
I cooked my chicken sausages, by FitFodder, which my wife got me from Balmoral Show for dinner last night.
I cooked the 6 sausages in my halogen oven for 15 minutes on 200oC, turning over a couple of times and slicing length wise to finish. Now I've tasted other chicken sausages before and these are comparable. My wife did say they tasted differently from the Ines at the show which were cooked in a George Foreman. I felt that, although very lean, they missed a tad of flavour, hence the addition of sauces as per pictures.
The major upside is that they were lean and held there shape very well, coloured well and were moist!! I had to add salt and pepper to flavour. All in all a good product with room for enhancement.
My wife brought me three new and interesting products to try from this years Balmoral Show.
The first was a pack of 6 seasoning blends called the Tower of Power from The GymChef. These are an assortment of blended spices and/or herbs that can be used as rubs, marinades or equally can be mixed with yoghurt, mayonaise or creme freche for delicious healthy dips.
The second item was a Himalayan Rock Salt cooking slab/chopping board.
These are sold by Mountain Salts and can be found for purchase in CastleCourt Belfast. The health benefits are fantastic (see above link) and I will use mine more for chopping as the salt has a natural anti microbial action and can flavour food.
Lastly on my list are two packs of sausages. These have a high meat content (75%) of chicken and of turkey and are very lean. These are manufacturered by FitFodder and available online.
These will be great for the health conscious among us and I will cook them up and see how they taste.....mouths watering already!!
