Showing posts with label asian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asian. Show all posts

March 14, 2015

Chinese Peanut Noodles


These noodles were on my menu pretty much once a week when I first went vegan because they are easy to make and pretty tasty. :) You can eat them with a fresh, green salad on the side, or add cooked/ roasted veggies. For instance, roasted green asparagus is delicious with it!

February 17, 2015

Spicy Asian Noodle Salad



This is another recipe by Attila Hildmann. It's a spicy asian noodle salad with (almost all) raw veggies, which tastes amazing :) And it is actually easier than you would expect from the list of ingredients!

February 12, 2015

Spicy Szechuan Lettuce Wraps


The inspiration for these lettuce wraps came from an appetizer I had (before I was vegan) at Cactus Club in Vancouver, CA. It is a spicy chicken lettuce wrap and tastes mindblowingly amazing (no exaggeration). Since I wouldn't want to live without these for the rest of my life, I knew I had to try and reproduce a vegan version of those wraps!

January 21, 2015

Vietnamese Summer Rolls "Pink Mint"

Here it is! My heavily anticipated first recipe. ;)

And I chose something special. Meaning, particularly hard to make (at least when making it for the first time). I decided to make summer rolls. And I went a little crazy.






















































Ingredients:

For the Spicy Peanut Dip:
90g peanut butter (1/3 cup)
2 cloves garlic (I used one that was pickled in chili oil)
1cm piece of ginger
1 mini dried chili (spicy)
2 tbsp. maple syrup
2 tbsp. lime juice
80ml water (add to taste)



For the rolls (about 6):
1 package vermicelli (glass noodles)
rice wrapping paper
1/3 cucumber
1 carrot
1 avocado
bamboo sprouts
parsley
purple cress (if you can find it- makes the rolls look cooler and adds spice)
(if you like, also kale)

For "Pink Mint" rolls, add:
some beetroot juice + a few slices of pickled beet
mint leaves
(if that is too crazy for you, just use the vegetables listed above, but I would recommend you to try something new!)



Instructions:

Spicy Peanut Dip:
1. Chop the garlic & ginger, if you like sauté it in sesame oil to bring out more flavor
2. Mix all ingredients in a blender, adding water at the end until you are happy with the texture

+ as a second sauce I use the Sweet Chili Sauce you can buy at the grocery store


Summer Rolls "Pink Mint":
1. Prepare the vermicelli (soak them in boiling water for a few minutes)
2. Cut the vegetables into sticks
3. Soak the first rice wrapping paper in hot water, then spread it out on a clean surface
4. Place a handful of vermicelli in the middle, then color them with the beetroot juice, so they turn pink. Add the other vegetables and herbs to form a pile
5. Now fold the rice paper to close the roll, and it is important to roll them tight! (But be careful not to rip the paper) I first folded the lower half upwards, then the sides inwards and lastly the upper part downwards (if that makes any sense). In the end it doesn't matter, as long as the rolls are tightly closed.
6. Cut the rolls in half for easier handling. Enjoy!








My conclusion: I am not a fan of food that is hard to eat. I just don't like having to focus more on how I eat something than what I am eating. And the rice paper still grosses me out just a little too much. So I probably won't be eating summer rolls again for a little while…But maybe you like them better? If you tried my recipe, what did you think?



German recipe:

Zutaten:

Für die Erdnusssoße:
90g Erdnussbutter
2 Knoblauchzehen (ich habe einen benutzt, der in Chiliöl eingelegt war)
1 cm Stück Ingwer
1 Mini Chilischote (scharf)
2 EL Ahornsirup
2 EL Limettensaft
80ml Wasser (nach Belieben)

Für die Sommerrollen (ca. 6):
1 Packung Glasnudeln
Reispapier
1/3 Gurke
1 Karotte
1 Avocado
Bambussprossen
Petersilie
lila Rettich Kresse

Für "Pink Mint" Rollen, hinzufügen:
etwas eingelegte rote Beete & Saft
Minze


Zubereitung:

Erdnussoße:
1. Knoblauch & Ingwer hacken, eventuell kurz in Sesamöl anbraten
2. Alle Zutaten in einem Mixer pürieren, das Wasser am Ende nach Belieben hinzugeben, bis die gewünschte Textur erreicht ist

+ als zweite Soße nehme ich süße Chilisoße aus dem Supermarkt

Sommerrollen "Pink Mint":
1. Die Glasnudeln vorbereiten (ein paar Minuten in kochendem Wasser einweichen)
2. Das Gemüse stifteln/ schneiden
3. Das erste Reispapier einige Sekunden in heißem Wasser einweichen und dann auf einer sauberen Fläche ausbreiten
4. Darauf in der Mitte eine Handvoll Glasnudeln platzieren und mit Saft der roten Beete färben. Vom Gemüse und den Kräutern etwas auf die Glasnudeln legen
5. Jetzt das Reispapier falten, um die Rolle zu schließen- dabei ist es wichtig, dass ihr sie so fest wie möglich rollt, ohne dabei das Papier zu zerreißen. Ich habe zuerst die untere Hälfte nach oben gefaltet, dann die Seiten nach innen und dann die obere Hälfte nach unten.
6. Die Rolle halbieren, damit sie leichter zu essen ist. Guten Appetit!