Moa Fa'Asaina- Samoan Chicken#EatTheWorld

Samoan chicken also known as Moa Fa’asaina, Moa means chicken in the Samoan language. This is such a easy & delicious dish to have; this is another quick and easy recipe that you can enjoy with the family or with friends.

Recipe source International Cuisine, I liked this recipe. Did some variations, halved the recipe, and since I did not have dark soy sauce used the light soy sauce. This recipe tasted good. This is usually had with coconut rice, since I have already posted different recipes of coconut rice on my blog you can check the recipes for it below.
Ingredients 
For The Chicken

500 Grams Chicken with bones- used drumsticks & thighs
½ Cup Dark Soy Sauce
¼ Cup apple cider vinegar
1 Medium Onion - sliced
2 Big Cloves Garlic - finely chopped
½ Tablespoon Ginger - finely chopped
Salt & Black Pepper to taste
½ Tablespoons Tapioca Starch
1 Scallion/Spring Onion Greens - chopped to garnish
1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds - roasted to garnish - I did not add

Method 
For The Chicken

Season the chicken well with salt and pepper
Brown the chicken on all sides in a large Dutch oven.
Remove the chicken to a plate and drain all but a tablespoon or so of grease from the Dutch oven.
Sauté the onions and garlic and ginger in the Dutch oven, scraping up any bits from the chicken.
Return the chicken to the pan and add the soy sauce and vinegar, then add enough water to cover the chicken.
Continue to cook for another 20 minutes or so or until the chicken is cooked through.
Remove the chicken from the pan.
To Thicken The Sauce

Take 2 Tablespoons of tapioca starch in a bowl with just a touch of cold water to form a thick paste, Whisk this into the sauce.
Reduce the heat as the sauce begins to thicken and return the chicken to the sauce.

Enjoy this dish with coconut rice, This is a tender juicy chicken and you will definitely want to try this again. 

Coconut Rice Recipes 
Jamaican Coconut & Beans Rice 
Belizean Rice and Beans
Nasi Lemak  

Labels: International Cuisine, Samoa, Chicken, Soy Sauce, Apple Cider Vinegar, Main course, Eat the World

Check out all the wonderful Samoa recipes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Find out how to join Eat the World here and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!

For Eat The World we are sharing recipes of Samoa. 

Combating 'Blankness' with Moa Fa'Asaina by Culinary Cam

Keke Pua’a (Samoan Steamed Pork Buns) by Amy's Cooking Adventures

Moa Fa'Asaina- Samoan Chicken by Sneha's Recipe

Oka a'i A Day in the Life on the Farm

Homemade Mango Frooti#AlphabetChallenge

Mango is a summer fruit, many at times the fruit is ripe but the taste of it is sour. Then what do you do with the fruit? Here is a mango frooti recipe, wherein, you can use this ripe but sour mango. Do try it and enjoy a delicious homemade summer drink.
Ingredients 
To Blend
1 Cup Sour Ripe Mangoes Puree
½ Cup Granulated Sugar
½ Cup Water 
To Serve - Per Glass
¼ Cup Prepared Mango Puree
¼ Teaspoon Roasted & Coarsely Crushed Cumin Seeds
Mint Leaves
Kala Namak/Black Salt
A Pinch of Salt or to taste
Ice Cubes
400 Ml Water
Method
Blend all the given ingredients well.

Place this in a sauce pan and cook on medium low flame , add ¼ cup granulated sugar and keep stirring ( add sugar according to sourness of the mango) till it sugar melts and it come to a boil.  

Keep stirring till it thickens a little for about 3 -4 minutes. Take off flame and let it cool. 

Then strain/sieve it.

To Make The Drink
For One Glass/Per Serving

In the prepared mango frooti, add a pinch of black salt/kala namak and roasted & coarsely crushed cumin seeds. Mix it well.

In a glass add mint leaves, ice cubes,

mango frooti, water, 

roasted and coarsely crushed cumin seeds, kala namak to taste, mix well.

It's ready to serve. Enjoy!!

My Notes

Do add the roasted and coarsely crushed cumin seeds is gives a soothing and delicious taste to the drink.
Can store for 6 months in freezer.

Labels: Homemade, Mango, Juices, Summer Fruits, Alphabet Challenge

Let's take a look at the recipes being shared today with Alphabet "H"

• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Asian Beef Bowls 
• Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Baked Homemade Buttery Herb Croutons
• Blogghetti: Copycat Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning 
• A Messy Kitchen: Dutch Hagelslag 
• Mayuri’s Jikoni: Grilled Halloumi Salad 
• Sneha’s Recipe: Homemade Mango Frooti 
• Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Honey Mustard Breaded Chicken 
• Culinary Cam: Huckleberry & Earl Grey Tea Cakes 
• Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Hurricane Popcorn 
• Food Lust People Love: Smoked Herring Spread  

Sourdough Carrot Bread#BreadBakers

A delicious sourdough fresh carrot juice crusty, moist with a tender crumb bread perfect for sandwiches. This is super easy to make and has whole wheat flour, no oil or eggs. Just basic ingredients of water flour & carrot juice, naturally colored bread.
Ingredients
340 Grams All Purpose Flour
100 Grams Whole Wheat Flour
300- 305 Grams Carrot Juice
10 Grams Salt
100 Grams Active Sourdough Starter
Method 
For The Active Sourdough Starter Feeding method see here.
To Make the Carrot Juice

Take 500 grams carrots, peel and chop them into small pieces. Place this in a blender jar with 300Ml water. Blend at low speed for 30 seconds.
Slowly increase to high speed until the mixture is completely pulverized into a liquid. Pour the liquid into a nut milk bag or just using the thinnest cloth you have or a sieve. Strain into a glass. Measure and use the amount required for the dough.
To Make The Main Dough

After the starter has reached it's peak, begin mixing all of the wet ingredients into a mixing bowl, adding the flour last. Mix water, milk, honey, olive oil, starter, and salt together until well combined. Then, add the flour and whole wheat flour. 

Mix until a shaggy dough is formed. Cover up the bowl of dough with a kitchen towel and let it rest for an hour.
Stretch & Folds

- Perform the first set of stretch and folds. Stretch an edge of the dough up into the air and fold it over the top of the dough. Turn the bowl and grab another edge of the dough and do the same. Repeat this process, stretching and folding until you feel the dough tighten and resist stretching( about 8 turns). Then cover the dough and let it rest for 30 more minutes.
- Perform two more sets of stretch and folds with 30 minutes of rest in between the sets.
Shaping The Bread

After the last set of stretch and folds, flip the dough over in the mixing bowl so that the smooth side is facing up. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and let it rise at room temperature for 4-8 hours (if you are in a warm country like India it make take between 2 -3 hours depending on temperature of the kitchen). This step is commonly called the first rise, or bulk fermentation.

Once the dough has doubled in size, place the dough, sticky-side-up, on a lightly floured counter. Stretch the dough out into a rectangle, Fold the third of the dough closest to you inward, and then stretch the dough out to the sides. Fold the right, and then left sides in toward the center. Fold the top of the dough inward, and then wrap the bottom part of the dough over it all.  If you want, you can make pre-shape and set aside for 15 minutes and then make a final shape.

Work this into a round shape, and place seam side up in a proofing basket lined well with flour.
Cold Proof

After transferring to Banneton, or well lined bowl or basket. Let rise the dough overnight in the refrigerator. You can keep this cold retard up to 18 to 24 hours. 
Score and Bake

When you are ready to bake preheat oven to 220°C and place a metal cake pan or any metal pan onto the bottom rack of your oven. You will put boiling water into this hot pan later to add steam to the oven.

Transfer the bread to a lined pan of Sourdough French Bread into the middle rack of the oven and pour a cup of boiling water into the metal pan on the bottom rack. Steam will fill the oven and allow the bread to expand as it bakes, giving it a better crust.

Let the bread bake for 20 minutes, then remove the pan of water. Rotate the bread pan and turn the heat down to 200°C and bake for an additional 25- 30 minutes, or until the bread has a brown color on the crust that you like. Let the bread cool on a wire rack for 20-30 minutes before slicing into the bread. 

A perfectly baked Sourdough Carrot Bread.

Serve slices with olive oil or butter, enjoy!
Labels: Sourdough, Carrot, Bread Bakers, Breads, International Cuisine, Eggless

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely bread by following our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated after each event on the #BreadBakers home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.
We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. 

This month’s theme is Carrot / Easter Breads.

• Carrot and Thyme Sourdough Boule by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Cozonac - Romanian Easter Bread by A Messy Kitchen
• Crushed Pineapple Carrot Quick Bread by Food Lust People Love
• Sourdough Carrot Bread by Sneha’s Recipe
• Sourdough Carrot Raisin Loaf by Zesty South Indian Kitchen
• Whole Wheat Carrot Bread by Karen’s Kitchen stories

Stuffed Makhani Anda Paratha With Homemade Frankie Masala#SundayFunday

Paratha is an easy breakfast, lunch or dinner recipe. Have a Stuffed Makhani Anda Paratha which is protein packed and super healthy, it as has eggs, made with whole-wheat flour and a Homemade Frankie Masala which adds an extra oomph, what would one want more for a nice breakfast or a meal in itself. Stuffed Makhani Anda paratha, is stuffed buttery egg paratha, an easy Indian brunch or meal in itself made with egg-stuffed in chapati dough rolled and cooked on a griddle.

Ingredients

For the Dough
2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour 

Salt to taste

Water as needed
For the Stuffing

3 Egg - boiled , peeled & grated
2 Medium Boiled Potato - Grated - for binding 

1 Teaspoon Heaped Homemade Frankie Masala
1 Green Chilly - finely chopped 

2 Tablespoon Chopped Coriander leaves 

Salt To Taste 

½ Teaspoon Roasted Cumin powder 

¼ Teaspoon Garam masala powder
1 Tablespoon Heaped Mayonnaise 

1 Teaspoon Chilled Butter - grated 

Method

For The Stuffing

Boil the eggs and refrigerate them for 2 hours at least ( this makes a it easy to grate it).
Grate boiled eggs and potatoes. Mix all the given ingredients for the stuffing well. Taste for seasonings or add as required according to your taste. 

Make equal size balls.
For The Dough

Take the flour, salt into a large bowl, mix well, add water little at a time and knead it into soft smooth  dough. Keep it covered for at least 20 minutes. Then divide the dough into ball smaller than the size of the filling.

Take a ball of dough roll it into a small circle add the stuffing in between

then close it remove any excess dough.

Press the edges using hands and just roll edges of the paratha.

Roll it into a medium thick paratha, dusting the work surface with flour generously. Place each paratha on a parchment paper or a brown paper ( this become easy to lift and place it on the griddle, chances of the paratha breaking is nil).

Heat a griddle / tawa, when the griddle is hot then just the paper along with paratha and place it on the griddle and take off the paper. Let this cook on medium low flame till one side is done then flip it and and cook the other side, brush a little butter on both sides, till golden brown spots appear. 

Take this on to a serving plate. 

Enjoy with yogurt, pickle or ketchup. A delicious and filling brunch.

Homemade Frankie Masala

2 Tablespoon Red Chilly powder
2 Tablespoon Amchur powder
1 Tablespoon Chaat Masala
2 Tablespoon Coriander Powder
1 Tablespoon Cumin Powder
1 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
½ Tablespoon Salt
Method

Mix well and ready. I use this in many of my recipes, this is as good as an all purpose chapati masala which adds an extra oomph to any dish you prepare.

Refrigerate this masala for better shelf life, to retain it flavor and color. 

Lables: Breakfast, Egg, Mashed Potatoes, Whole Wheat Flour, Paratha, Indian Breads, Main course, Stuffed Flatbreads, Healthy, Breads, Homemade, Frankie Masala, Masala

• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Canned Smoked Salmon Dip 
• Karen's Kitchen Stories: Cinnamon Nut Roll Coffee Cake 
• Amy's Cooking Adventures: Resurrection Rolls 
• Culinary Cam: Smoked Salmon Bagel Brunch Bar 
• Sneha's Recipe: Stuffed Makhani Anda Paratha With Homemade Frankie Masala 

Baked Beans Bruschetta#SundayFunday

A simple bruschetta recipe with baked beans served on  slices of French or Italian bread.  This   Italian appetizer / breakfast bruschetta is pronounced  as“brusketta”.  As such there is no specific recipe for  making this,  you can make your own version with leftovers  too.  This was our cheesy, filling, quick morning breakfast.

Ingredients
1 French Loaf - cut into 1-inch thick slices
1 Cup Baked Beans
1 Small Onion - chopped
1 Small Green Bell pepper / Capsicum - chopped
1 Teaspoon Heaped Italian seasoning
Grated Cheddar cheese as required
1 Tablespoon Chopped Coriander Leaves
Salt to taste
1 Teaspoon Oil 

Method

Preheat oven at 200°C with both the elements on.
In pan heat the onion sauté the onions till soft and translucent add the bell pepper and baked bean, with the Italian seasoning and sauté for a minute. Taste for salt add if necessary, take off flame and cool it a little.

Arrange the slices of the bread on a lined baking tray. Spread the baked  bean mixture on each slices equally and the  grated  cheese on all and sprinkle  a dash of Italian seasoning.

Grill all the slices in a tray for 5 minutes on grill mode in preheated oven at 200°C or till the cheese melts.

Ta..da..  breakfast is  ready .

You might also like to look at this recipe
Cheesy Bruschetta 
Labels: Breakfast, Appetizer, Kids delight, Baked, French Loaf,  Bruschetta, Baked Beans, Italian seasonings, Italy, International Cuisine, Sunday Funday

For Sunday Funday we are celebrating National Grill Cheese Month, check the recipes shared..

• Baked Beans Bruschetta by Sneha's Recipe
• DIY Grilled Cheese Bar by Culinary Cam
• Grilled Cheese and Avocado by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Grilled Provolone with Turkey, Prosciutto, Spinach, and Jalapeños by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Home Cured Corned Beef and Gruyère Toasties by Food Lust People Love
• Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese by Amy's Cooking Adventures