Soy Free Recipes

Soy Free Recipes

Chicken salad

Ingredients:

• 2 cooked chicken breasts
• One-fourth cup homemade mayonnaise
• Half cup dried apricots
• Few water chestnuts
• 1 tablespoon each of (whole or powdered) coriander, cumin, fennel, cardamom and pepper
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. In a bowl, combine chicken, apricots and water chestnut.
2. Add mayonnaise and mix.
3. If using whole spices, roast them a bit and then grind them to powder.
4. Mix thoroughly to coat it evenly over the ingredients.
5. Add salt and served chilled.

Curried lentils with sweet potato

Ingredients:

• Two tsp vegetable oil
• One medium sliced onion
• Two cloves garlic,
• 1 tablespoon chopped ginger
• One tsp each of ground cumin and curry powder
• One large sweet potato, peeled and diced
• Two cups dried lentils
• Four cups vegetable broth
• Two tablespoon tomato paste
• 5 ounce baby spinach or regular spinach
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. In a pan heat the oil. Add onion, garlic, ginger, and the masala and cook till softened.
2. Add sweet potatoes, then lentils, vegetable broth, and tomato paste and cook till the lentils are tender. Add salt.
3. Stir in spinach and cook for a couple of minutes.
4. Garnish with cilantro / coriander leaves and yogurt.
5. Serve with steamed rice.