Shrimp in Yellow Curry

The main dish for the Thai theme kitchen made in the Richmond Community Kitchen is Shrimp in Yellow Curry.

You can use chicken for this recipe but make sure the chicken is properly cooked.

We served the shrimp in yellow curry with white basmati rice. You can check on how to cook the basmati rice here. The cooking time may be less white basmati rice than the brown basmati rice.
Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
  • 1 cup minced onion
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 1 red pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 teaspoon minced hot chili, or crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon curry powder, or to taste
  • 1 cup fresh or canned coconut milk
  • 1 1/2 to 2 pounds medium-to-large shrimp, peeled (we used frozen cooked shrimp that has been defrosted and pad dry)
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons nam pla (fish sauce), or to taste
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro or mint leave
  • 1/4 cup unsalted peanut


Source: this recipe is adapted from New York times cooking
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Fish & Veggies Baked in Parchment Paper

The South Arm Multicultural Community Kitchen made a main dish of fish and veggies.

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This Fish and Veggies Baked in Parchment Paper is a healthy and nutritious meal in a pouch.

Ingredients

  • 2 thick fish fillets
  • 1 small zucchini, or half of a medium zucchini, cut into thin matchsticks
  • 1 small carrot, cut into thin matchsticks
  • half of an onion, cut into thin slices
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, cut into thin matchsticks
  • 1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, plus more for garnishing

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Source: South Arm Community Kitchen

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Roasted Tilapia top with Sweet Bell Peppers (Mbisi)

Minoo invited me back to the South Arm Multicultural Community Kitchen as there is a participant from Congo sharing a couple of recipes from her home country.

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Marianne shared a Roasted Tilapia recipe in the kitchen. Marianne has been in Canada for five years; the first four years in Ontario and the last year in BC. She enjoys the milder weather of British Columbia.

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Marianne (third from left) is planning to attend cooking school here and she joins the community kitchen to gain experience working in the kitchen.

Ingredients

  • tilapia (Marianne had prepared 5 to 6 fish for the kitchen)
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  • 1 teaspoon garlic and ginger paste
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 3 teaspoons paprika
  • 2 cubes Maggi seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons Mustard Mesquite seasoning
  • 3 sweet peppers, cut into strips
  • 4 roma tomatoes, cut into chunks
  • 1 onion, cut into rings
  • salt to taste
  • 1 lemon for juice
  • vegetable oil

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Crab Puff

The main dish for the Gilmore Park Church Community Kitchen is a seafood dish. It’s a Crab Puff recipe from Martha Stewart.

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These Crab Puff will be a family favourite especially with kids. They are crunchy on the outside and creamy.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 shallots minced
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 4 ounces artificial crab meat, roughly chopped
  • 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/4 cup whole leaf flat-leaf parsley, for garnishing
  • 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
  • a pinch of cayenne pepper
  • coarse salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs
  • vegetable oil for frying
  • 2 tablespoons large brine-packed capers, rinsed and dried, for garnishing

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Source: Martha Stewart

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Causa (Peruvian Potato Dish)

The main dish that D’nis shared in the South Arm Multicultural Community Kitchen is a Peruvian Potato Dish called Causa.

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Here is what D’nis shared with us about her country of origin:

Peru is a country located in South America, with a population of 29 million. It has a democratic government. The area covers 1,285,216 km square. Peru borders Ecuador and Columbia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the south-east and Chile to the south. On the west is the Pacific Ocean with 3,000 km of coast. Peru in area is about 20 percent larger than British Columbia and has about 30 million inhabitants. Peru became an independent country in 1821, many years before Canada.

The geography varies from arid plains of the Pacific coast to the peaks of the Andes Mountains and the tropical forests of the Amazon basin.

The main spoken language is Spanish, although a significant of Peruvians speak Quechua or native languages. The mixture of cultural traditions has resulted in a wide variety of expressions in fields such as art, cuisine, literature and music.

Potatoes, tomatoes and corn are originally from the Andes, a gift to the world. Peru has more than 3,000 varieties of potatoes.

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The above dish is called Causa Rellena con Atun/Palta/Huevo Duro which is Yellow Potatoes with Tuna, Avocado and Hard Boiled Eggs. The name Causa comes from the Incan Quechuan word “Kausaq”, meaning “that which gives life”. During the colonial period in Peru, the newly arrived Spaniards adapted many of the native food and combined them with the food they brought from Europe, creating the distinctive Peruvian cuisine that exists today. Causa is one of these hybrid dishes: a combination of the ancient potato, avocado and aji amarillo that are all native to Peru, and the lime and garlic  imported from Europe. Hearty yet refreshing, cool yet mildly picante, Causa is an intriguing mix of the abundant flavours found in the region.

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Ingredients

  • 8 Yukon Gold potatoes (about 2 to 3 pounds)
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 limes, juiced
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or butter
  • 2 can tuna, drained
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 ripe avocado
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • chili paste to taste
  • parsley for garnishing

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Peru is famous throughout South America for its food. As a major fishing nation, fish is abundant. The primary ingredients found in nearly every Peruvian dish are rice, potatoes, pork, lamb, and fish. Most of these meals include one of the different kinds of aji, or Peruvian hot pepper. The main variety are yellow aji pepper, red aji pepper and red rocoto pepper.

Chicken, pork and lamb were introduced to Peru 500 years ago, when Spaniards came to America. Other ingredients, like potatoes, were already being grow in the Peruvian Andes and were taken by the Spaniards back to Europe.

Today, more than 200 varieties of potatoes can be found in the Lake Titicaca area. They range in color from purple to blue, from yellow to brown. Sizes and textures vary as well. Some are smalls as nuts, others can be as large as oranges.

Source: D’nis

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Potato Salmon Patties

Colleen prepared a seafood dish for the South Arm Seniors Kitchen. It was brought up in the previous kitchen that we seldom cook seafood in the kitchen. One of the main reason is the cost. So, for this kitchen, Colleen picked a recipe which uses can salmon which is low in cost.

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This is a great recipe to use leftover food like mashed potatoes and salmon.

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Tuna Salad with Cannellini Beans, Red Onion and Tomatoes

Minoo served a Tuna Salad along the dips and chips at the South Arm Community Kitchen.

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Cannellini beans go well with tuna in this salad. This is an easy to make salad with canned tuna and cannellini beans from the pantry.

Ingredients

  • 1 x 6-ounce can tuna, drained
  • 4 small tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 1 1/4 cups cooked cannellini beans or canned beans (rinsed if canned)
  • 1 small red onion, peeled, halved and very thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil, coarsely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Fish Taco

A member of the Gilmore Park Church community kitchen requested for fish recipes in her feedback form. So, Minoo came up with two fish recipes for this week’s kitchen.  One of the recipe is Salmon and Potato Chowder which I had blogged about two years ago.

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The other fish recipe is Fish Taco. This is an easy and fun recipe where you can involved your kids to participate in assembling their own meal. You can vary your toppings to your preference.

Ingredients

White Sauce

  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce or to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon lime juice

Fish Taco

  • 4 x 2oz Mahi Mahi fillet or any other white fish
  • cilantro, finely chopped
  • green cabbage, thinly sliced
  • Tomatoes, diced
  • Lemon or lime juice
  • Corn or whole wheat tortillas

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Minoo brought up the issue on eating fish that are sustainable. The consumption of fish over the last century has drastically reduced the fish population and this has an effect om the world’s marine ecosystem.  So, we should make a conscience choice in choosing a sustainable food source to preserve the food chains that we depend on. Here is the Canadian Seafood Guide to help Canadians purchase ocean-friendly seafood. If you want to learn more about sustainable seafood, here is a link for your reading pleasure.

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The above is the sustainable logo on packaging that we can look out for.

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Hoisin Baked Salmon

For the main course, Minoo prepared a Hoisin Baked Salmon. We seldom have seafood recipe in the community kitchen because of the cost of seafood. However, there are many requests to have fish recipes as the members are more health conscious and would like to include more fish in their diet as recommended by the Canadian Heath food guide.

Salmon is an oily fish and it’s rich with protein, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D.

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This Hoisin Baked Salmon is a simple and luscious way to prepare salmon. Hoisin sauce is made with ingredients starches (such as sweet potato, wheat or rice), water, sugar, soybeans, white distilled vinegar, salt, garlic and red chili pepper. It does not contain fish despite the name which literally means seafood.

Hoisin sauce is typically used a dipping sauce or spread on Chinese pancake or used as marinates for chicken, etc.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds salmon steaks or fillets, rinse and pat dry
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • 1 cup hoisin sauce
  • 2 scallions, chopped for garnish

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Source: Minoo

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Dace Fish Soup

For the second dish, Emily made a simple Dace Fish Soup in the South Arm Community Kitchen. It is very common to have soup in a Chinese meal.

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This Dace Fish Soup is made with dace fish paste which can be bought from Chinese groceries store. Napa cabbage and oyster mushrooms add sweetness to the soup. This soup can be made in 15 minutes.

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You can buy Dace fish paste in most Chinese groceries like T&T, Great One Supermarket, Great Value Asian Supermarket, etc.

You may substitute the dace fish paste with various meat balls.

Ingredients

  • Dace fish paste
  • Napa cabbage (suey choy), cut into 1/2 inch section
  • oyster mushroom, shred into fairly large pieces
  • carrot, grated
  • cilantro, chopped
  • 1-inch of ginger, minced
  • salt to taste
  • white pepper to taste
  • sesame oil

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