Fish Patties

Fish Patties is considered as a short-eat food in Sri Lanka. Fish Patties is also a favourite food item during birthday parties and occasions. You can substitute fish and used minced chicken or beef. My hubby and daughter loves patties, so once in a way I try to oblige them, but it takes time so Patties is not a recipe you can try when you are in a hurry. Don’t whine it is actually a delicious treat once you make up your mind to try it.

Ingredients - Patties
½ lb. (250gm) flour
2 ozs. Margarine or pastry margarine
1 teaspoon lime or Lemon juice
2 egg yolks or 1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
4-5 tablespoon cold water

Ingredients – Filling for Patties
½ lb. (250gm) Potatoes
½ lb. (250gm) Fish
1 big onion chopped
2 green chilies chopped
1 capsicum chopped
2 sprigs curry leaves
2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon pepper powder
2 tablespoon vegetable oil

Recipe - Patties
Sieve the flour and baking powder together. Add salt and mix well. Mix the margarine using the fingertips until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Beat the egg and mix in to the flour. Add water and mix well and bind together to shape into a dough. Rest the dough ½ in the refrigerator.


Recipe - Filling for Patties
Boil the potatoes with the skin. When its thoroughly boiled peel off skin and mash them roughly. Boil the fish adding a pinch of salt and pepper. You can use Tuna or Seer Fish. If you are using the pre-cooked canned fish it is not necessary to boil them. Clean the bones of the fish and pound them.

Place a wok on the stove and pour oil. Fry onion, curry leaves, capsicum and green chilies. Add the mashed potato and Fish. Mix in well. Add salt and pepper.
To make the patties roll out the dough and cut rounds.

Keep each round on top of a patties cutter. Place a spoonful of curry and fold in. If you do not have a patties cutter nevertheless cut rounds and place a spoonful of filling fold in and secure the edges using fork. Place the patties on a floured plate. Deep fry in hot oil by turning both sides.

Noodles with Vegetable and Egg

Noodles with Vegetable and Egg is a quick and easy to make dinner recipe. You may substitute Egg with boiled chicken or beef. This dish serves 3 people.

Ingredients
15 oz. (400gm) Noodles
2 eggs
5 oz. (150gm) grated carrots
5 oz. (150gm) chopped leeks
4-5 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic
2 sprigs curry leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Recipe
Cook the Noodles according to the instructions on the packet. Leave to drain. Mix with a little cold water and drain again.
Place a wok on the stove and pour the oil. Add chopped garlic, curry leaves, carrot and leeks and fry until the carrots are cooked.
Break the eggs into a small bowl. Add a pinch each of salt and pepper. Beat it up. Put some oil on a frying pan and make an omelette. Turn the omelette over the other side. Slide the omelette into a plate and cut strips. Add to the vegetables. Add salt and pepper, mix in the cooked Noodles. Serve immediately with tomato sauce or ketchup.

Vintage Car Embroidery

Vintage Car Embroidery

I have done this Vintage Car design on my little sons’ baby shirt. I think this Vintage Car design is very cute than the modern car patterns and think it came out all right. Let me know what you think.

• Sketch the design onto the cloth and fit the cloth into frame and tighten.
• Stitch the body of the car using red silk thread and satin stitch. The bumper in yellow silk thread and satin stitch. The hood in blue silk thread and satin stitch.
• The railing from the hood is done in yellow silk thread and outline stitch.
• Stitch the seat and steering wheel in black silk thread.
• Stitch the outline of the body of the car and bumper using black silk thread and back stitch.
• Finally stitch the wheels using black silk thread in chain stitch and straight stitch for the rim.


I am hoping to post the design patterns as a tutorial in future posts. In the meantime if you do have any question, please leave a comment.

Chili Potato Tempered

Chili Potato Tempered is a quick easy dish. It can be used as an accompaniment with rice, noodles, pancakes or even roti. This potato recipe is a hot and spicy Sri Lankan dish. If you would like to tone it down, reduce the amount of chili powder or add a bit of pepper powder instead of chili.

Ingredients

4 large potatoes
2 big onions chopped
1 large tomato chopped
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 green chilies chopped
1 capsicum chopped
1 tablespoon chopped Maldive fish
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 cloves garlic
2 sprigs curry leaves

Recipe

Wash the potatoes put them on a pot and cover with water, add 1 teaspoon salt and bring to boil.
Peel the potatoes cut them into pieces and place aside.

Place a wok on the stove, add the vegetable oil and heat it up. Add chopped garlic, curry leaves and onions. Add the green chilies, capsicum and Maldive fish and keep stirring. Add the tomatoes, chili powder and finally the potatoes. Mix well and coat the potatoes with the tempered onions.