Celebrating Heritage Day with Food!

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Mpho Image.pngIn celebration on Heritage Day (24 September), ADSA member Mpho Tshukudu and food writer Anna Trapido, authors of the wonderful cookbook EAT TING, share one of their many ‘traditional recipes with a modern twist’ with us!

EAT TING will make you fall in love with timeless African flavours – while also improving your health and well-being. Lets celebrate our heritage and get cooking:

Modernised Dikgobe Salad of Red & White Sorghum, Fennel & Radish

Ingredients

(Serves 8)

2 cups wholegrain sorghum (red, white or a mix), rinsed

salt

1/2 cup cowpeas or letlhodi (mung beans)

1 large fennel bulb, cut lengthwise into thin slices

2 tbps olive oil

freshly ground black pepper

1/3 cup orange juice

1/4 cup lime juice

1 shallot or small onion, finely chopped

2 tbsp chopped fresh dill

1 tsp finely grated orange zest

1/2 cup olive oil

5 large radishes, thinly sliced

1/4 cup olives, pitted and halved

2 tbsp finely chopped fennel fronds

1/2 cup fresh dill sprigs

Method

Place sorghum in a pot, add water to cover by about 3cm and season with salt. Place cowpeas in a separate pot and add water to cover. Bring both pots to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until tender and water is absorbed (about 45 minutes to 1 hour). Add additional water to the cowpeas if needed. Preheat the oven to 200˚C. Toss fennel slices and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a medium bowl to coat. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Spread fennel slices out in a single layer on a baking sheet. Roast until fennel is crisp-tender and beginning to brown in spots, about 18 minutes. Cool on baking sheet.

Whisk orange juice, lime juice, chopped shallot, dill and orange zest in a medium bowl. Whisk in 1/2 cup oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set vinaigrette aside.

Mix cooked sorghum and cowpeas in a salad bowl; add fennel and juices on baking sheet. Add radishes, olives, fennel fronds and dill sprigs. Drizzle vinaigrette over and toss to coat.

GI is lowered by the ascorbic acid in the fruit juices.

Nutritional values per serving

Energy: 834,6 kJ

Carbohydrate: 25,6 g

Protein: 6,3 g

Fat: 9,9 g

Unsaturated fat: 8,5 g

Saturated fat: 1,3 g

Fibre: 2,6 g

 

Sustainably Farmed Kob Stuffed with Fennel & Orange

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Next up in our NutritionConfidence recipe series is a simple and tasty fish recipe from Chef, Vanessa Marx. This recipe is perfect for a gourmet meal that is also good for your health. An added bonus is that sustainably farmed kob is also good for the environment.

Our dietitians say:

There are many benefits to eating fish more often. Fish includes key micronutrients: mineral phosphorus, selenium, potassium, iodine, zinc and magnesium and vitamins B2, B12 and D.

The South African Healthy Eating Guidelines emphasise the importance of fish intake – it should be at the top of your list when choosing a protein for a meal.

The aim should be 2 – 3 portions of fish per week.

RECIPE

Makes 4 portions

1 whole sustainably farmed kob

1 medium fennel bulb, sliced

1 orange

1 lemon

20 g dill

20 g chives

30 g butter

50 ml olive oil

Salt & black pepper

Tin foil

– stuff the belly of the fish with the sliced fennel, chives and dill

– slice half of the orange and half of the lemon

– stuff the slices of citrus into the fish

– use the remaining half of the orange and lemon for the juice, and squeeze the juice over the fish

-rub the outside of the fish with butter and drizzle with olive oil

– season with salt & pepper

– wrap the fish up in 2 layers of foil

– place on the braai over medium to low coals for about 15 minutes, then turn the fish for a further 15 minutes

– unwrap the fish from the foil, taking care to reserve the juices which you can use to dress the fish when serving.

The nutritional value serves 4:

Energy: 1459 kJ

Protein: 23.7 g

Carbohydrates: 9 g

Total fat: 22.5 g

Fibre: 4 g

Sodium: 788 mg

To download the recipe card, visit http://www.adsa.org.za/Public/Recipes.aspx