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Kookoo Sib Zamini (Potato Patties)
Kookoo Sib Zamini
In Persian cursine, kookoo refers any type of fried vegetable with egg. Kooko sib zamini are fried potato patties. These can be served as an appetizer or a side dish with any meal. When making the potato dough, incorporate up to, but not more, than 1/2 cup of flour if the dough is too wet.
Ingredients
- 5 medium potatoes cubed and boiled
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 cup flour
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Mash the potatoes in a large bowl.
- Mix in the salt, pepper, turmeric, and eggs.
- Mix in the flour.
- Heat up cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Drop heaping tablespoops of the potato dough into the oil.
- Fry for 5 minutes a side until the patties are golden brown. Drain on paper towel.
Shrimp Stuffed Avocado
Shrimp Stuffed Avocado
Stuffed avocados are a popular appetizer and snack all over Colombia and South America. These avocados are stuffed with a simple shrimp salad made of red onion, cilantro, parsley, salsa rosada, and obviously shrimp. Serve these as is or over shredded lettuce. These are even great as a main course.
Ingredients
- 1 avocado
- 8 cooked shrimp 31/40 count, peeled and deveined
- 3 tbsp red onion finely diced
- 2 tbsp cilantro finely chopped
- 2 tbsp parsley finely chopped
- 1/4 cup salsa rosada
- juice of half a lime
- cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Mix together all of the ingredients that are going into the avocado.
- Slice the avocado in half. Remove the pit. Squeeze a little lime juice on each half and season with salt and pepper.
- Equally distribute the shrimp salad over each of the halved avocado. Garnish with more cilantro.
Salsa Rosada
Salsa Rosada, aka pink sauce, is popular all over Colombia and South America. It is used as a dipping sauce and pairs well with seafood. It is kind of similar to a remoulade sauce. Try dipping fried plantains in it.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 tsp tabasco
- 1/4 tsp lime juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients together.
Thai Egg Salad
Thai Egg Salad
When you think of an egg salad, you think of the plain hard boiled eggs and mayo. Well, that’s lame as fuck. When Thai people think of egg salad, they think of this amazing appetizer of hard boiled eggs sliced in half then topped with a simple mix of shallots, lemongrass, cilantro, green onion, and dried shrimp. A sweet/sour/salty/spicy dressing is then spooned over the eggs. They look almost like fancier deviled eggs, but light years better.Here’s a couple of tips when boiling your eggs. Make sure that there is enough water in the pot to completely cover the eggs. Get the water boiling before the eggs are added in. Lower the eggs one by one into the water with a large spoon. Once the eggs are in the boiling water, set a timer for 8 minutes; no more no less. As soon as the eggs are done boiling, immediately run cold water over the pot in the sink for 10 minutes. You can add them to an ice bath of water if you want to go that route. The easiest way to peel hard boiled eggs is to put them back in the pot. Shake them in the pot, allowing the shells to crack into one another. Do this for 10-15 seconds. Believe it or not, the shells peel off in 1 piece. Sounds crazy, but it works. Haven’t found an easier way, especially when you have a large amount to peel.So give this egg salad a try. You’ll never want the mayo version again and you’ll change the way you think about deviled eggs.
Ingredients
- 3 chicken or duck eggs hard boiled
- 2 tbsp shallots finely chopped
- 1 green onion finely chopped
- 1 tbsp lemongrass finely chopped
- 2 tbsp dried shrimp pulsed in a spice grinder
- 1 tbsp cilantro finely chopped
Dressing
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp palm sugar finely chopped
- 2 thai chilies finely chopped
Instructions
- Mix the dressing ingredients together. Set aside.
- Mix together the shallots, lemongrass, cilantro, green onion, and 1 tbsp of the ground dried shrimp.
- Cut the hard boiled eggs in half
- Add the salad on top of each of the eggs. Spoon the dressing over each of the eggs. Sprinkle the remaining tbsp of ground dried shrimp over the top.
