Thursday, February 17, 2011

Saffron Orange Moose !!

Ingredients:

2 mangos
½ cup of sugar
16 oz of Cream Cheese
1 cup (8 oz) of Sour Cream
2 pinches of Saffron
1 Tbsp of Milk
¼ tsp of Cardamom Powder
4 Tbsp Chopped Pistachios (Chopped)

Chick Pea Rice !! mhmmn

Ingredients:

800 grams of chicken.

8 onions.
1 cup yoghurt.
1 cup coriander leaves.
2 tomatoes.
2 green chillies.
1 teaspoon ginger, garlic paste.

1 teaspoon coriander and cumin powder.
1 teaspoon red chilli, black pepper, garam masala powder.
2 teaspoons lemon juice.
2 tablespoons butter and salt.


Method:


1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion over a medium heat for about 8 minutes, stirring until pale golden. Add the curry paste and stir-fry for about 1 minute.

2.Stir in the rice, then add the water, sweet potato, tomatoes and sultanas. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover the pan and leave on a low heat for 20–25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rice is just tender and the water has been absorbed. Add a little more water if the mixture becomes too dry before the rice is cooked.

3. Stir in the chickpeas and gently heat through. Stir in the coriander, season to taste and scatter with the cashew nuts before serving.

Onion Chicken ! !

In home ec we moved onto our second Indian Cuisine dish. For this we cooked onion chicken a nd chick pea rice. Below are the ingredients and methods for each :

Ingredients For Onion chicken:
8 chicken pieces (about 800g)
8 medium onion(s) cut into rings
1 cup(s) yoghurt
1 cup(s) coriander leaves
2 tomatoes finely chopped
2 green chilli(es) finely chopped
1 teaspoon(s) each of ginger, garlic pastes
1 teaspoon(s) each of coriander and cumin powders
1 teaspoon(s) each of red chilli, black pepper and garam masala powders

2 teaspoon(s) lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter (ghee) / butter / oil
salt to taste
finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing




Make cuts in the chicken pieces. Rub in the yoghurt and coriander paste. Mix in onion rings, allow to marinate for an hour in a tightly covered heavy-bottomed pan. Cook on medium heat for 12 minutes, till the chicken is almost cooked.
2. Add the butter and the rest of the ingredients. Fry on low heat for 6 minutes, till chicken is tender and well coated with the gravy. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.




Swim a Mile with a Smile !

Last Thursday a man came in to talk to us on Swim a mile with a Smile. His name was Brian Daly. I had heard of him before in 3rd year when myself and Rebecca C
were having a conversation in Business. This man had a very inspirational son called Ian Daly. Ian died of a brain tumour when he was ten and his parents founded an association to help keep their son alive, raise money for Barretstown and Crumlin but also to have fun. They set it up because their son enjoyed swimming but through hard times always had a smile on his face. For the above reasons I feel Ian is a very inspirational individual. This foundation is for a worthy cause and for that reason all Ty’s are partaking in the Swim a mile Challenge! I cant wait it should be very interesting and a day to remember !

Sometimes in April !!!

In religion over the past 5 weeks with Mrs. KB we have been discussing Armenian genocide. These classes have been very interesting because I never had heard of the term genocide before ! ! ! For the past few weeks she has been preparing us for a movie on Rwanda which is situated in Africa next to the Congo. Tomorrow we will be watching a movie called “Sometimes In April”. It seems very educational and interesting. I am really looking forward to it !!

Irish Dancing !!

Last week we had Irish Dancing classes with Mr.S. It was really good ! We were practicing for seachtain na gaeilge :) I haven’t done dancing for years. I was partnered with Sandra for this experience and she seemed to enjoy this experience as much as I did. We will continue on practicing our dancing after the mid-term due to the mock examinations taking place. I look forward to this ! ! Recently in irish we have been playing who wants to bea millionaire as gaeilge it is really fun ! A different but fun way of improving our irish grammer.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Start of school week !!!

Hey! it is the 4th of February. This week has been another eventful week in the life of TY’s :D Monday was a normal school day with classes as per usual. We had Mini- Company and discovered that we have a full page add in our Green Hero Magazine from Deco Bake, Damien’s Photos and The Designer Exchange. We are moving swiftly into our second issue. In tech we finished our mini alarm clocks and have began making the key holder as part of our Easter project. As you know our Tech group have got through to the semi –finals in the F1 Schools competition and we are currently designing the car for this competition.