Sautéed tofu and vegetables with chilli sauce and sweet basil.

Time : 16 minutes

Ingredient for one person

Rice
Tofu
1 piece of courgette
1 onion
1 or 2 garlic cloves
3 chillies (if they are not too strong, if you use Thai chilli, one is enough according to my level of tolerance)
Fresh sweet basil
A few garden orache leaves or spinach if you can´t pick any garden orache.
Salt
1 small piece of ginger
1/2 tea spoon of curry powder (turmeric, coriander, cumin)
1 small piece of cucumber
Some lettuce or other kind of greens
Oil

Preparation

While boiling the rice, grind the chilli(es), garlic and ginger in a mortar, add some oil (olive oil or whatever you like) and salt.

Slice all vegetables and the tofu, stir fry it first and when it becomes a bit crusty, and the courgette and onion, fry a few minutes.
When the vegetables are a bit soft, add the garden orache, chilli paste with the sweet basil (I use the leaves and stems), some salt if needed, quickly mix, fry two or three minutes.

Serve with some cucumber slivers, lettuce and a dressing you like.

Banana dahl with soygurt and rice.

Time : about 30 minutes

Ingredients for two persons

2 cups of rice+ 4 cups of water

4 cups of red split lentils + 8 cups of water

1 well ripe banana

1 onion

1 piece of leek

1 small piece of fresh ginger

4 big garlic cloves

A few tea spoons of curry powder (my mix was : 1/2 tea spoon of turmeric, 1/2 tea spoon of coriander, 1/2 tea spoon of cumin, 1/4 tea spoon of mustard seeds powder, 1/4 tea spoon of ground fenugreek, chilli powder, 1/4 tea spoon of cardamom powder)
1 spoon of soygurt
Salt
Pepper
Paprika or chilli powder
Oil (olive or sesame) - optional

Preparation

While cooking the rice, slice the banana, onions, garlic, leek and add them to the 8 cups of water and lentils in a pot and all the spices and some salt, boil gently for about 30 minutes.

When ready, serve the rice, dahl and one spoon of soygurt on top of it with ground black pepper and paprika (or chilli powder), you can add one spoon of oil on top of it.

Another way to make it is to fry the onions, leek and minced garlic and then add a slice banana with the spices, once the banana has malted, add water, lentils, salt and let it gently boil.