LID: Vegetable Manchurian

Ingredients:

carrots
cabbage
zucchini
potato
sprouts
green chili
capsicum

2 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp pepper powder or chili powder
coconut oil for frying
non iodized salt if desired
1 tbsp sesame oil

Procedure:

1.  Chop all vegetables.
2.  In one bowl mix all vegetables, cornflour, sesame oil, pepper powder and salt.  mix very well.
3.  Form into balls.  do not add water as the vegetables have enough water to stick it together into balls.
4.  Deep fry in coconut oil.
5.  Make dip using white vinegar or balsalmic.

LID: Squashkra (squash okra) mash

Ingredients

any herb powder (provence, thyme, parsely etc)
mustard seed powder
ginger powder
garlic powder
a little bit of chili powder
pepper
okra
squash

egg white (if desired for keeping the squash together)

Procedure:

1.  Steam the okra/
2.  Boil the squash.
3.  Mash the okra and squash together.
4.  Add all herbs and powder etc.
5.  Add egg white to keep them together
6. Mix
5.  Heat olive oil in pan.
6. Scoop a spoon of the mixture and fry.

LID veggie fritters

Low Iodine Diet Veggie fritters

Ingredients

1 medium zucchini
1 medium sweet potato
1 medium carrot
1 medium potato
2 egg whites
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
canola oil for deep frying

balsalmic vinegar + any herbs and pepper for dipping

Procedure

1.  Peel all the vegetables especially potato as potato skin is high in iodine.

2. Using the peeler, scrape all the vegetables and put them in one bowl.

3. Chop the parts that cannot be scraped with the peeler into small cubes.

4.  Mix together with egg, a little pepper, onion powder, ginger powder and garlic powder.  Alternatively, use onion, garlic and ginger.

5.  Heat canola oil and deep fry the fritters to your desired size or shape.

Enjoy with balsalmic dip.

Beans and basil (LID)

Ingredients:

2 cups Bean sprouts
1/2 cup green beans
chili powder
ginger powder
rock salt (not iodized)
onion
garlic
olive or canola oil for sauteing
1/2 cup water
basil leaves fresh

Procedure
1.  Wash bean sprout and beans.  Cut beans into three parts.
2.  Heat olive or canola oil.
3.  Saute onion then garlic.
4.  Add chili powder, ginger powder and rock salt.
5.  Add green beans.
6.  Simmer.
7.  Add bean sprouts.
8  Simmer.
9.  Remove from heat.
10.  Add basil leave on top.

Day 12: A very lazy day

Friday is fasting day during this lent for catholics here in Dubai.  In the morning, I did not eat or follow any meal on the food list of the perfect diet.  When I arrived home in the afternoon, I drank a cup of milk and a glass of water.  I watched the movie The Impossible, the true to life story of a family during the phuket, thailand tsunamin in 2004.  Then, i watched Zero Dark Thirty, another true story of the fall of usama bin laden.  That was about it and then i fell asleep until maybe 8:30 p.m.  I did not feel hungry but forced myself to eat salad and oolong tea.  Caren arrived and we cooked another healthy option recipe calle UKOY.  

Recipe for Ukoy (shrimp and vegetable fritters) in herbs 

Ingredients:

1 egg

1 cup of flour

1 cup of water

bean sprouts

carrots

shrimps 

herbs of your choice (parsley, oregano, tarragon etc.)

salt and pepper to taste\

Olive oil for frying

Procedure:

Put flour in mixing bowl

Add egg

Add water

Mix together

Season with salt and pepper to taste

Add carrots, bean sprouts and shrimps

Fry in olive oil 

use vinegar and garlic as dip