Whats Cooking at Karangi Kitchen

[Cookie Monster]

Beautiful work Doug.

Some amazing meals in this thread. Great inspiration to get my oven finished asap.

Keep up the good work

Matt

[OscarA]

Agree with you 100% Matt, Doug is a legend.

[Karangi Dude]

Pita Bread

I make pita bread dough the same as would pizza dough, except I add 1 teaspoon of raw sugar and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. I ball them into balls of about 180 to 200gms, cover them and let them rest and rise for 30mins or so pending temperature.
I roll them out on a well floured surface to about 5mm thick and about 300mm round.
I cook them at pizza temp just until they puff up, I then turn them over and cook the other side just enough to add a litte colour (a few seconds) Pita is best when they are pale and soft, not at all brown and crisp, just before I take them from the oven I place the peel on top to knock out the air out and flatten them.
I place them on a cooling rack to cool before I inividually wrapp them to freeze.
When I am ready to use them I put them in the oven to just warm them enough so they are soft and easy to split open, or I might spray them with a little oil and put them on a griddle to just crisp them up ready to serve with your favorite dips

[Karangi Dude]

Lamb and Spinach Slow Cooked Curry

Dice lamb and prepare curry as per your favorite recipe, I start my curry on the stove top in a cast iron pot, I then put it in a completly saturated oven at 100c for about 10hrs.

Serve with fluffy rice, poppadoms (or pita bread heated and brushed with garlic butter) and minted yogurt or chutney if you prefer.

[Karangi Dude]

Thanks Matt and Oscar,

I am glad you guys are enjoying this thread, it gives me great pleasure to hear that people are getting some inspiration from the dishes that I post.
There are a lot of dishes that I cook in the WFO that don't get a mention as I forget to take photos, but when I do those dishes again hopefully I will remember to take photos so I can put them up on this thread

[Karangi Dude]

Gourmet Pizzas

Moroccan Spiced Chicken with Baby Spinach, Buffalo Mozzarella and Sour Cream

Dice chicken, roll in flour seasond with Moroccan spices and saute in a pan with a little olive oil just until golden (about 75% cooked through) drain on kitchen paper.
Prepare dough as normal then spread with a little buffalo mozzarella and the chicken, cook as per a normal pizza, after taking the pizza out of the oven spread liberally with baby spinach and finish with a few dollops of sour cream.

Dutch Cinnamon Apple with Honey Butter

Slice apple and toss in a little lemon juice then par cook (I put it in the microwave for a few minutes) and set aside, in the meantime melt some butter with honey then brush on prepared dough and spread the apple evenly arround the pizza, sprinkle with Dutch cinnamon and raw sugar cook as per a normal pizza and serve with a dollop of double cream

[Gary Mots]

Doug, man, my mouth is watering just looking at your pictures, thanks for all the recipes and photo's they are very inspirational.

[cus]

Doug,

You have inspired me to try a pork roast for mothers day this Sunday. I have already tried just crackle by itself and was a little skeptical about the no oil, but it worked a treat.

Thanks and wish me luck all....

Marcus

[Karangi Dude]

Thanks Gary you are very kind,

It's my pleasure, I am happy that you enjoy the thread.

[heliman]

Fantastic looking recipe!

Thanks for sharing pics of the great cooking you are doing in your oven!