Geeks can cook too!

[MetalRenard]

I've started this thread since it's become apparent that a few of us here like to make fine food and enjoy a good meal. Basically it's a place to share recipes and cooking tips, techniques, habits, all about making good food.

Get Cooking!

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I'll start you off with a recipe!

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My mixed origins (my father is Syrian from Damascus, and my mother English from London) mean that I've had the opportunity to try many different types of food and I tend to use Yoghurt and lemon a lot (though rarely together). I'm going to start by sharing this recipe with you (and just to disprove my previous comment, it involves yoghurt and lemon!).

My first recipe is Syrian. It is Vegitarian! It's a "poor man's meal" but often these are the best. It takes 20 mins to prepare. Simple but delicious!

Ingredients:
- Corriander
- Green beans (still in their pods)
- Olive oil (extra virgin, 5 table spoons)
- Garlic (1 clove)
- Salt (to taste)
- Yoghurt (to taste)
- Lemon (One)
- Bread (Usually eaten with Pitta)

Pre-preparation:
Choose your beans wisely! They need to be young and small otherwise they will be stringy and unpleasent to eat. If they are stringy you need to take them out of the pod but the dish is tastier with the pods.

Preparation:
Step 1
To begin, you need to wash the beans, cut off the ends (about 1cm) then chop them up to 2-3cm pieces (1 inch). Put the olive oil in a pan over a gentle flame then place the prepared beans/pods in the pan. The idea is to make them sweat, not cook them. The oil will fry the outside and make the inside moist. This needs to cook for 15 mins approx. Crush the garlic now but don't put it in the cooking. Garlic must always be crushed 5 mins before cooking.

Step 2
After it's been cooking for 15 minutes, test the beans. If they're ready, add a pinch of salt, put the garlic in along with chopped corriander and half a lemon's juice. Take it off the flame immediatly, do not cook the corriander.

Step 3
Serve on a plate with bread, yoghurt and more lemon to be added to taste.

Bon Appetit!