Sri Lankan Roti

This is one of my favourite foods. I eat it on its own but it goes well with meat curries or chick pea curry.

Ingredients (Serves 3)
5 cups plain flour
1 cup shredded coconut
1 onion finely diced
10 curry leaves finely cut
1 large green chilli finely cut
1/4 teaspoon salt
~1 cup water
Oil for frying

Method
1. Mix flour, coconut and salt together.
2. Mix in chilli, curry leaves and onion.
3. Slowly add  water until you are able to form a ball.
4. Knead the ball until you get tired. (A good 10 minutes.)
5. Cover with a damp towel and leave for at least 30 minutes.
6. Separate dough into 6 balls.
7. Flatten balls with your hands or rolling pin into circles about 5mm thick.
8. Preheat frying pan on medium heat and lightly oil it.
9. Fry for about 1 minute one side and 30 seconds the other until they brown.

Notes

• It's important to have chilli, onions, curry leaves cut quite finely so you don't end up biting into big chunks.
• You can freeze extras and microwave them to eat later. 

Microwave Caramel Pudding

This is a yummy, quick dessert.

Ingredients (Serves 2)
2 tablespoon sugar
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method
1. Place 1 tablespoon sugar, with a splash of water in 2 cups/ramekins.
2. Microwave each cup until sugar syrup turns amber colour. (See note)
3. Beat egg, milk, sugar and vanilla.
4. Pour pudding mix into each cup
5. Microwave on medium heat until set. (Takes about 60-90 seconds)
6. Cool for 20 minutes.
7. Serve warm or put in the fridge, for a chilled dessert later.

Notes

• The first time, requires a bit of patience to work out the right timings for your own microwave.
• Making the caramel can be tricky. Microwave in bursts of 30 seconds. Once sugar starts changing colour microwave in bursts of 5-10 seconds. 
• You can also put all the sugar in one cup and make the caramel in that cup and then divide it. This is often easier as the sugar won't burn as quickly.
• To tell if the pudding is set, run a knife or a spoon down the edge of the pudding, if it is still runny microwave it again. Its normal to have some condensed water around the edges but if it looks milky then the pudding has not set completely.

Microwave Coffee Pudding

This is a super simple microwave recipe, for coffee lovers.

Ingredients (Serves 2)
Shot of coffee
1 cup of milk
1 egg
3 teaspoons sugar or more to taste

Method
1. Microwave milk for 1 minute and mix in sugar
2. Beat egg and then mix in milk
3. Mix in coffee
4. Pour into ramekins, or small glasses and microwave for about 2 minutes on medium setting.
5. Stop microwaving once pudding is set and starts bubbling on top.
6. Let it cool for at least 20 minutes.
7. Serve warm or put in the fridge to have it chilled later.

Notes

• The microwave time is variable just watch carefully to make sure it is set. Skewer should come out clean when it is set. You may have a bit of condensed liquid around the edges, which makes the pudding look as though it has not set. If the liquid is watery it is set if it is milky then you need to microwave it for a bit longer. 

Mushroom soy baked barramundi

Simple, healthy and yummy!

Ingredients
I barramundi fillet
2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup mushroom diced finely
1 5cm piece of Ginger sliced finely
1 red chili sliced
1/2 a carrot sliced
Canola or other cooking oil
Sheet of Baking paper/Foil large enough to tightly wrap fish

Method

1. Preheat oven at 220°C
2. Mix soy sauce, mushroom, ginger, sugar together
3. Place piece of foil or baking paper, large enough to tightly wrap the fillet on baking tray
4. Lightly coat with oil
5. Spread 1/2 soy sauce mushroom mix on foil.
6. Place fish on foil, cover with remaining soy sauce mix.
7. Top fish with sliced chili and carrot
8. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until cooked, (Fish should flake off when poked with a skewer, fork etc