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After a very busy weekend which involved a train trip to a birthday party located close to the border with Luxembourg I’m easing myself into my cooking week with meals that are easy to prepare. So here we have two meatless meals.

Yesterday we had Chickpea Curry (or Chana Masala) from frozen. I topped this with blanched julienned Kohlrabi leaves and added some Kurdish Yaprak Sarma (grape leaves usually stuffed with rice and herbs) that I had brought back from the party. Very satisfying.

https://www.copymethat.com/r/wWgpZXt0E/chickpea-curry-chana-masala/

Today we had Japanese Curry with added Kohlrabi cubes and freshly grated apple. One quarter was left over so I used it to decorate my dish ☺️ I’m usually lazy and use ready made curry cubes. If you want to make sure your meal is 100% meat free, you can buy a vegan version of those or even make the sauce yourself, it’s absolutely worth it.

https://www.copymethat.com/r/ojoJAHMsB/japanese-curry-from-a-roux/

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A close-up of my plate with the chickpea curry as described in the post.

A close-up of my plate with the Japanese Curry as described in the post.

We ate something new today, Japanese style Daikon Fritters. I saw this the other day and wanted to try because the insides looked so much like mochi. They were indeed very mochi-ish and moreish! Mind you, we used up a whole 750 g Daikon radish and only got 9 tiny fritters 🤣

With those we had, have a quick guess, yes, more of the homegrown kohlrabi, and of course rice and miso soup. I totally forgot about including a pickled food item as my son who created the raw fritters complained about a burning skin sensation after handling them. I made sure he took an antihistamine tablet and everything is fine now. I read up about possible allergies caused by radishes (daikon) and also potatoes and it seems that there is some potential with the raw items but once you’ve cooked them, the risk is minimal. We’ll have to watch this space. I think next time I will try to make the fritters of kohlrabi, that should also taste really nice. 😊

Recipe used:
https://www.copymethat.com/r/qyk3x8goea/daikon-fritters/

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A close-up of my plates and bowls with the meal as described in the post.

The uncooked daikon fritters on a plate, very white little things.

The fried and caramelised daikon fritters on a serving plate, now in an appetising brown golden colour.

I had two bags of meat filled Pelmeni in the freezer. One was finally used up last Saturday for my Pierogi Casserole recipe (hey, it’s all dumplings, isn’t it?!).

My husband created our Harissa spiced tomato sauce and I put it all together in the oven dish. As we still have several big kohlrabis on the balcony, I decided to cut half of one into thin slivers and added those. I used a lot more cheese (a mix of cheddar and Parmesan) this time and it worked so well that I updated the recipe afterwards.

Recipe:
https://www.copymethat.com/r/uMfB6eyL3/pierogi-casserole/

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The ready to eat casserole in the oven dish, with a side salad.

A close-up of my plate with the meal as described in the post.

Today I took a mediocre recipe I put together some years ago and gave it a complete facelift. It was worth it as we had a really nice tiger bean (black eyed peas) salad after that, much better than my original version. The ingredients stayed almost the same but I decided to fry beans, tomatoes and a Tagine paste with the shallots and garlic. Then I put all of that on roquette leaves, added oven roasted red pepper pieces and parsley and voilà, we had beany goodness. We ate this mainly in toasted pita breads but of course it would also be fine just on its own.

The Tagine paste was a ready made one, from a supermarket in the UK. I noted down all of the ingredients so that I can make some myself at some point. It’s easy to find recipes for Tagine spice pastes on the web.

I also like to use oven roasted red peppers from a jar, as the added vinegar gives them a nice tangy flavour.

Recipe:
https://www.copymethat.com/r/K04PxtbYH/tiger-bean-salad/

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The tiger bean salad in a beautiful blue Tagine style bowl.

A close-up of my bowl with the meal as described in the post.

I wanted to go out for lunch with a friend today but unfortunately she is poorly so I was at home pondering what to cook, something fast preferably. Considering that it’s Friday (usually Japanese food day here) I settled on Japanese rice with scrambled eggs and stir fried vegetables. For days like this there is always a bottle of Tonkatsu sauce in the fridge (even though homemade is infinitely better), so I didn’t have to think about sauce.

I cut up a carrot, spring onion, Napa cabbage and Kohlrabi leaves, stir fried and seasoned them lightly with just a little soy sauce and sesame oil. Then I scrambled the eggs and added the vegetables back in before the eggs had set so that everything would stick together a little. I fried a little more to make sure there was no more uncooked egg and then served all of this on top of the rice in a bowl. I also added some toasted sesame seeds and a few leftover pieces of spring onion and Napa cabbage.

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Berlin’s Ostbahnhof is almost done. The last years it was always very cramped on the platforms as there was lots of scaffolding going all the way up to the roof. All that’s left now are the red things and bags with sand and gravel. Finally.

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Looking at an ICE train on another platform.

We noticed the name of the train, Lübbenau/Spreewald. A place we’ve been to as some of my husband’s relatives are from that area.

A view along the tracks that are covered by the lovely rounded steel frame roof. Ample of light is coming in through glass panes.

A photo from 1956 that displayed at the platform. It shows a railway worker who collected luggage to be stored away for the journey.

Whenever I’m in Berlin I have to take a photo of the Berlin TV tower to show that it still exists - but this time I discovered it in the wrong direction, as a reflection in the window of an office building opposite of the hotel.

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Narrow office building windows reflecting the blue sky and nice weather clouds. The middle one shows the top of the Berlin TV tower. It’s blurred, probably because of multiple window panes.

A wider shot of the same narrow office building windows reflecting the blue sky and nice weather clouds. The middle one shows the top of the Berlin TV tower. It’s blurred, probably because of multiple window panes.

It’s been a week, we were away for most of that, in Berlin for my mother-in-law’s birthday. Today was my first day back to proper cooking.

I went back to an easy family favourite, turmeric lemon fried rice with some wurst dressed like German Currywurst, a Bratwurst with wild garlic which would have been nice as is but the family voted for the addition of ketchup and Garam Masala. I also added a simple tomato salad.

The rice also had a few unique items: there were fresh jalapeños in the fridge, I used them instead of a green bell pepper, and I had saved the leaves from a bunch of red radishes that I got yesterday.

Pretty tasty as always! 😄

Recipe used:
https://www.veganricha.com/turmeric-lemon-rice/

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Tomatoes and sausages arranged so that we have a very happy yellow rice face 😀

Hamburg port and the old tunnel under the river Elbe from 1911 which is still in use for pedestrians and cyclists.

Day trip to Hamburg earlier this week.

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The entrance building to the old tunnel under the river Elbe.

On our way to the concert house Elbphilharmonie to enjoy the views from the plaza level.

Day trip to Hamburg earlier this week.

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The Elbphilharmonie from the outside at the roadside,

Going up the escalator through a bent shaft.

Impressions from the warehouse district Speicherstadt, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.

Day trip to Hamburg earlier this week.

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Dark red brick buildings at a canal at the Speicherstadt.

Dark red brick buildings at a canal at the Speicherstadt. A boat and a bridge in the background.

Dark red brick buildings at a canal at the Speicherstadt. This one is the old customs office with an old customs ship.

A small dark red brick building called Fleetschlösschen at a canal at the Speicherstadt.

After a lot of rainy and windy jet stream weather the sun has come back and it’s warm here today (33°C). Not really the perfect day for fried potatoes, the heat at the hob was quite something. Luckily I had assistance from my son which made the whole experience a lot more bearable. We managed to produce a nice potato dish with a side of herbal quark. ☺️

(I’ve only recently learned that ジャーマンポテト (jaaman poteto = German potatoes) is the Japanese name for fried potatoes (what we call Bratkartoffeln), and I’m still flummoxed by the fact that it’s not ドイツポテト(doitsu poteto) as doitsu is the proper Japanese word for German/deutsch. It must have been introduced by an English speaking person. 🤷🏼)

Recipe used:
https://www.copymethat.com/r/RVsEy8WSD/pan-fried-potatoes-from-boiled-potatoes/

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The fried potatoes in the frying pan, ready to be eaten.

Yesterday we had friends over and served them a mainly Greek style dinner. The Gigantes Plaki (giant white beans with tomato sauce) were especially well received and I agree they had turned out to be just right. This was a family effort and in the end we had all of this on the table:

Tomato rice
Greek salsa with honey and feta
Non-Greek Tandoori style chicken 😅 but it worked well
Gigantes Plaki

Plus some extra non-homemade items:
Tsatsiki
Olives
Ajvar
Pickled Jalapeños

For dessert I served homemade waffles with vanilla ice cream and blueberries.

The bean recipe:
https://www.olivetomato.com/tender-greek-roasted-beans-in-tomato-sauce-gigantes-plaki/

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This Indian Lucknowi Biryani from Vegan Richa is a great rice bake. It takes some time but is essentially easy to make. It’s full of flavour and enough as it is. I was wondering originally whether we need anything to eat with it but simply forgot. I think a tomato salad would have worked well but as I said, a side dish wasn’t really necessary.

https://www.veganricha.com/lucknowi-biryani/

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The biryani in the oven dish, ready to be eaten.

An Afghan Macaroni dish, recipe by Ramin who runs a cooking channel on another platform - I’ve been eyeing up his fantastic food for a while now 🤩

I think I never prepared Afghan cuisine before and I would have never expected the first one to be a pasta dish 🤣 We really liked this one a lot, the lemony quark cream as a first layer on the plate made it really refreshing. Next you add the pasta shells and then the meaty tomato sauce (the sauce was like a chilli with kidney beans). On top you put a little homemade turmeric/garlic oil, dried mint and chopped fresh coriander. The coriander simply shone on it. I didn’t even notice the kidney beans (not a big fan 😅), it was that good!

It’s easy to make and there is a written up recipe in German on Ramin’s video post. If you would like an English version of this, see below, I made one for my own recipe notes.

Since I’m cooking Indian food a lot, this wasn’t a challenge at all, we always have chilli, turmeric, ground coriander, fresh coriander and dried mint in the house. But I had to get lactose free quark because that’s where I draw a line for my slight lactose intolerance.

Recipe in English:
https://www.copymethat.com/r/nyvuw12ffd/afghan-macaroni/

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The same plate minus the sauce and toppings, just pasta on quark.

The Look 360° Panorama crane looks higher than it is and the seat looks softer than it is but the view was great!

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We’ve finally spotted the crane behind the hotel at Maschsee.

The cranes fours cabins are moving two at a time.

The seat was more like a table. The photo on it promised softness, like a sofa, but, alas, it was just a photo of upholstery.

We went up the Look 360° Panorama crane stationed in front of the stadium during Hanover‘s Maschseefest. Great views!

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Neues Rathaus and more of the city centre.

Turning further west towards Calenberger Neustadt und Linden.

What to do when the frozen fish has simply disappeared?! 😫 I cursed and put alternative ideas into action 🤔

I replaced the fish with seasoned tofu fillets and Chinese dumplings and added the sauce from the Chinese style fish recipe which consists only of soy sauce, mirin and some olive oil.

There was also rice and, you might be able to guess it, kohlrabi and kohlrabi leaves from my balcony. The freshly harvested kohlrabi is just wonderful! I cut a bit of it into really thin and narrow slivers, boiled those in salted water, added the julienned leaves after a while too. The almost translucent kohlrabi worked so well with the sauce too, never expected that!

The recipe I wanted to use: https://salu-salo.com/steamed-fish-fillet/

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An almost translucent sliver of kohlrabi on my fork held above the plate.

Meatless Monday was quite easy. A while ago I received an interesting Indian spice blend which of course is long gone but I did write down the contents and the steps. Today I used a different Indian spice blend that needs to go (because it’s not as fragrant any more as it should be) and just looked at the ingredients of that one and decided to simply add whatever was missing from the first one. Then I followed the steps I had noted down to make the masala (spice bland in oil), added my basmati rice (mixed again), then water, topped this up with vegetables (carrot and yes, kohlrabi and julienned kohlrabi leaves 😅) and cooked it like simple steamed rice (plus 5 minutes). At the same time I fried a paneer like cheese in a frying pan. I got out our jars with chutneys and bingo, a very nice pilau rice was created. 
Recipe used: https://www.copymethat.com/r/v5F2IakIu/pilau-rice-with-biryani-pulav-masala-spi/
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From what I’ve gathered over the years from making traditional style Japanese home cooked meals with many dishes: they look grander than they are 😅 There is a method to this with a lot of leftovers and overlap from day to day that makes it easy to have this many different things in front of you. The secret is big portions and fridge space.

You can make this way of eating easy by preparing bigger amounts of every side dish every time and then eating them up over several days. When one is used up you make a new one, again to use for several days. Many of the typical Japanese side dishes are pickled or fermented items, no need to warm them up. So you might end up with having to make rice, possibly a fresh protein dish, and another side dish on any single day. If you are lucky it’s only rice. Then you add the leftovers and voilà, there is a full spread.

Today was a day on which I started with the rice in the rice cooker, then I opened the fridge, got out two containers, one with cabbage salad (I added more seasonings yesterday evening, much better today), the other with marinated mushrooms (yes… 🤪). I have a stack of tins with Korean kimchi so I got one of those out too. I opened all of the containers so that the food had a chance to warm up a little. Over night I had marinated pork fillets in Shio Koji, ginger and garlic, they went into the oven. The fillets came out looking very pale, so I put them in the frying pan for a couple of minutes but even that didn’t change anything. Despite that they were very juicy and tasted nice. In the meantime I blanched fresh okra and put them in a mix of soy sauce and ginger. Minimal cooking.

Alas that was it again, all Japanese side dishes produced by me this week have now been consumed.

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