Pizza Dough - I

We like to make pizzas. We especially like to make 'thin crust' or crunchy pizzas... This is one variation.

Makes 3(?) 9" pizza crusts (with some leeway on the sides)

15 EetLepels zelfrijzende bloem
1 ei
10 EL water
8 EL olijfolie

Meng bloem en ei. Meng de olie lepel bij lepel. Dan kneed in het water lepel bij lepel.

Dal Bhat

While in Nepal the Belgian and I really liked Dal Bhat. In my Dutch class there is a guy from India who was asking me about Nepal and Dal Bhat came up. I may or may not have eventually gotten myself invited over, or invited myself over, but either way a few weeks later the Belgian, myself and the German girl from class were over at the Indian guy's house to learn to cook Dal Bhat.

It should be known that this is only the rice and lentil part of what we saw in Nepal to be a complete set meal. I guess the other parts of the set will have to come later?

1/2 cup dal for 1 cup rice
dal:water :: 1:1.5

1 sm onion / person -> strips
1 clove garlic / person -> sm. chunks
1/2 tomato / person -> diced

start to pre-cook dal in pressure cooker
start to cook rice

oil to coat the bottom of a fry pan and heat
add handful of whole cumin to hot oil -> cook until cumin is lightly tanned ->
add garlic cook -> cook until golden brown ->
add ~1/4 tsp. tumric powder / person
add ~1/2 tsp chilli powder / person
add onions -> soft
add tomatoes -> cover with lid and let simmer

when lentils are cooked add contents of pan to the lentil pot -> mix well

OPTIONAL:
melt lump of ghee / butter / oil in a pan
add cumin seeds -> cook until tan
add some more chili pepper
mix well, add to dal pot

Waffles - Bewaarwaffles I

It's hard to be a good Belgian. Luckily it's easy to make Belgian waffles!

'Keep Waffles' -- they stay good for 2 weeks or so in a dry place. Awesome! Recipe from the Belgian's parents, found on a cupboard door...

makes ~ 40 waffles; also able to be baked directly after dough completion

Droog mengsel van:
1 kg bloem
600g suiker (-100g!)?
5 packjes vanillesuiker
1 packje vanillepudding
1 eet lepel maagzout

daarna aan toevoegen:
700g gesmelten boter
10 eieren
1 blikje gecondens. melk OF 2dL soyamilk

2 a 3 uur laten ofstijven (lieft 1 nacht)

naarna bakken

Waffles - Brusselse I

Being a good Belgian is hard. Luckily making waffles isn't.

Brusselse waffel met bruin suiker ** Brusselse waffles usually have only trace amounts of sugar and have a topping of some kind with them (ice cream, jam, preserves, chocolate...). These ones are very good plain, but still go well with a topping if desired.

250g bloem
1/4L melk (soya)
3 eieren, eiwit en dooier
100g suiker (bruin)
8g suiker (vanille)
75g olie

Meng alles minus de eiwiten en de vanillesuiker. Eiwitten met de vanillesuiker apart opkloppen. Roer de eiwitten zacht met alle andere.