Mediterranean Cous-Cous Salad for a Special Party

It was my friend's (Sneza) birthday!
Best compliments to her family for organising such a perfect party - I had so much fun! Theme was '1001 night'. Food was great - I took only a few pictures, and so was entertainment...boys did excellent job!
I was asked to make Mediterranean Cous-cous salad...



Ingredients (for a large salad):
2 cous-cous packs (500 g each)
2 medium eggplants, cut into matches
(salt, pepper, flour and oil for frying eggplants and zucchinis)
2 zucchinis, matches
2-3 spring onions, sliced
1-2 red capsicums, from jar, cut into small pieces
1 jar (250-300 g) sun dried tomatoes, drained
2 small jars artichokes, drained
1 jar pitted Kalamata olives (350g+), drained
salt and pepper to taste
olive oil
Favorite herbs (parsley, oregano, mint, thyme, basil...)roughly chopped
Method:
Prepare cous-cous according to instructions on packet. Keep it aside.
Season eggplant and zucchinis with salt and pepper, dust with flour. Fry until golden; take out on absorbent paper.
Mix all other ingredients with cous-cous add fried vegetable. Season to your taste. Dress with herbs and olive oil.



Mediteranska Kus-kus salata

...napravljena za moju prijateljicu Snezu i njen rodjendan. Sve pohvale njenoj kcerki i ostalim clanovima porodice za organizovanje tako perfektne i zanimljive zabave - meni je bilo SUPER! Tema je bila '1001 noc'; hrana (uspjela sam slikati samo dio toga) i zabaljaci fenomenalni - bravo decki!

Potrebno (za veliku ciniju salate):
2 pakovanja kus-kusa (500 gr svako)
2 srednja patlidzana, sjecena kao pomfrit
2 tikvice, isto sjecena
(so, biber, brasno i ulje za przenje gore navedenih)
2-3 mlada luka, sjeckana
1-2 crvene paprike, kisele, sjecene
250-300 gr polususenog paradajza
2 manje tegle articoka
1 (350 gr) tegla Kalamata (Grckih) maslina
so i biber prema ukusu
maslinovo ulje
Zacinsko bilje (persun, bosiljak, majcina dusica, origano, nana...)
Nacin:
Pripremite kus-kus prema instrukijama na kutiji.
Posolite i pobiberite patlidzan i tikvice, protresite u kesi sa brasnom, pa przite u ulju dok ne porumene. Izvadite i stavite na upijajuci papir.
Pomijesajte sve ostale sastojke sa kus-kusom i przenim povrcem. Zacinite prema ukusu, zatim pospite zacinskim biljem i maslinovim uljem.


THANKS GUYS!!!

Basic Potato Salad

...also, For my post on 'Dinnerstyle' go to
http://www.dinnerstyle.com.au/food-blog-recommendation-jasnas-kitchen-creations/

This type of salad is mostly served in Mediterranean countries. It's easy to prepare and makes perfect accompany with fish.

Ingredients:
4-6 potatoes (one large for each person - red ones are the best)
350 g green beans
salt and pepper
1 garlic clove, crushed
Olive oil and white wine winegar (3-4:1)
parsley leaves for garnishing
Method:
Peel and cook potatoes and beans. Slice potatoes, mix with beans. Pour olive oil and vinegar into a jar; salt and pepper to taste, add garlic and shake well (I prefer 4 parts of oil to 1 part of vinegar). Pour this dressing over the salad; garnish with parsley leaves. Enjoy warm or cold.
To this salad you can add anything from your fridge (hardboiled eggs, olives, onion, mayonese, other herbs...)





Osnovna krompir salata

...takodje, za moj post na 'Dinnerstyle' kliknite na
http://www.dinnerstyle.com.au/food-blog-recommendation-jasnas-kitchen-creations/

Potrebno:
4-6 krompira (crveni - jedan veliki za svaku osobu)
350 gr mahuna
so i biber
1 ceno bijelog luka, protisnuto
maslinovo ulje i vinsko sirce (3-4:1)
lisce persuna za posuti
Nacin:
Skuhajte oguljeni krompir i mahune. Izrezite krompir, pomijesajte sa mahunama. Uspite ulje i sirce u teglu (Ja uvijek koristim 4 dijela ulja prema 1 dijelu sirceta), zacinite solju i biberom; dodajte bijeli luk. Dobro protresite teglu, pa prelijte ovo preko salate. Pospite persunovim liscem.
Sluzite toplo ili hladno.
Ovoj osnovnoj salati mozete dodati bilo sta iz vaseg frizidera (kuhana jaja, masline, luk, majoneza, drugo zacinsko bilje...)

Salmon with Mediterranean Dressing and Crispy Potato Wedges

Olive oil, lemon juice and chopped parsley are used as 'dressing' for fish mostly in Dalmatia (Croatia), Italy and Greece, but also in other Mediterranean countries, along with some more spices.

Ingredients:
4 salmon fillets (1 per person), or fish of your choice
4 large potatoes
salt and freshly ground pepper
oil for frying
rocket or other salad leaves for serving
Mediterranean dressing-
small bunch of parsley leaves, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
1/2 cup olive oil, extra virgine
Method:
Peel, cut into wedges and boil potatoes for 10-12 minutes; take out of water and cool it slightly.
Heat some olive oil into a pan,season fillets and cook each side for few minutes (skin side first). Add more oil into pan, heat and fry seasoned potato wedges until golden and crispy.
Place fish and potatoes onto plate, add salad of your choice. Mix all ingredients for dressing, spoon over fish and salad. Enjoy!


Losos sa Mediteranskim Prelivom i Hrskavi Krompirici

Maslinovo ulje, limunov sok i persunovo lisce se kao preliv za ribu uglavnom koristi u Dalmaciji, Italiji i Grckoj, mada i druge Mediteranske zemlje slicno koriste uz dodatak vise zacina.

Potrebno:
4 fileta lososa (1 po osobi) ili riba vaseg izbora
4 veca krompira
so i biber
ulje za przenje
rokula ili slicna salata
Mediteranski preliv-
mali svezanj persinova lisca, sjeckan
2 cena bijelog luka, protisnutog
sok i korica 1/2 limuna
1/2 solje djevicanskog maslinovog ulja
Nacin:
Ogulite, izrezite krompir i kuhajte ga 10-12 minuta u zasoljenoj vodi. Izvadite i ostavite prohladiti.
Zagrijte malo ulja u tavi, zacinite ribu i przite dok ne porumeni (strana sa kozom prvo). Dodajte jos ulja pa przite i krompir, dok ne porumeni.
Stavite ribu i krompir na tanjir zajedno sa salatom. Pomijesajte sve sastojke za preliv, pa kasikom prelijte ribu i salatu. Uzivajte!