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Locally Grown Fish Selection in Carrefour, Dubai

No Slow Cooking?

Above is my kitchen for the next 2 weeks, i.e., from mid June to early July. I will be out of my laboratory kitchen into this one above where there is no slow cooker nor a rice cooker. Instead I will be doing a lot of baking, steaming and boiling. Okay, a little bit of sauteing and frying as well, but I promise I will try and eat healthy.

Baked Salmon with Provence Herbs

A very simple dish, if done right, brings out the natural flavor of salmon.

Salmon fillet
provence herbs
lemon salt, oregano and pepper

1. Grease the baking dish with butter
2. Combine the provence herbs, lemon salt, oregano and pepper
3. Place on the salmon fillet
4. Bake until done

Serve with potatoes.

Shrimp ala Tropicale

This recipe, as usual, contains everything from the fridge that I hate to waste. We bought one Kenyan mango that was so sour the frown in our faces stayed on for about 2 days.

1 Kenyan mango, mashed - the star of the recipe
1 kg shrimps, peeled
thinly sliced ginger
purple onions
lemon salt and crushed pepper
butter

1 tsp honey
rosemary

1. Combine the shrimps, lemon salt and crushed pepper. Set aside.
2. Mix everything else, except the rosemary, and blend well into a paste. It should be malleable almost like dough.
3. Place 1T of butter in the frying pan. Once melted, place the mixture into the pan and saute on low heat.
4. Add the honey.
5. Add the shrimp and saute on low heat until the shrimp is ready.

Serve with white rice.

Baked Sweet Yam

It sound simple but this is too delicious.

1. Slice the yam slightly in the center.
2. Place in a baking pan.
3. SLow bake on 200 degrees for 30 minutes or when ready.
4. Allow to cool.
5. Remove the skin and serve au naturel.

Steak with Ginger Butter Reduction

2 pcs of rib-eye steak
worcestershire sauce
thinly sliced ginger
lemon salt, oregano, pepper
butter

1. Marinade the rib-eye steak with worcestershire sauce. Allow to sit.
2. Grease the baking pan with butter.
3. Combine the ginger, lemon salt, oregano, pepper and slightly melted butter.
4. Place the mixture on the steak. Spread evenly on both sides.
5. Bake to taste.

Serve with boiled potatoes with provence herbs.