Sambal sauce

Yesterday I had a craving for a pizza, I really had to eat it. I ordered my favourite one with a lot of cheese and salami and for the first time I ate it with sambal sauce instead of garlic. I have to admit, really, that it was the best spicy sauce that I've ever eaten! I checked a recipe immediately and I want to share it with you:

Ingredients

1/4 cup seeded dried hot red chilies

1/2 cup minced red bell pepper

1/3 cup minced onion

3 tablespoons minced garlic

2 tablespoons minced dried shrimp (or 1 teaspoon anchovy paste)

1/4 cup minced seeded fresh hot red chilies

2 teaspoons salad oil

3 tablespoons liquid tamarind concentrate (or lime juice)

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1. Soak dried chilies in 1/4 cup hot water until soft, about 10 minutes. Whirl mixture in blender until smooth.

2. In a 10-inch frying pan over medium-high heat, stir bell pepper, onion, garlic, dried shrimp, and fresh chilies in salad oil until vegetables are limp, about 3 minutes.

3. Stir in dried chili mixture, tamarind concentrate, brown sugar, and salt; cook 2 to 3 more minutes.

As you can see, it's really spicy but I definitely recommend it to those who like it as much as me. ;)

a gator-eat-gator world

It's a gator-eat-gator world - at least in Florida, where a large American alligator was videotaped this week chowing down on a smaller member of its own species. The grisly encounter was recorded by Alex Figueroa at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland on April 13. The larger gator was 11 to 12 feet (3.3 to 3.7 meters) long, Figueroa estimated. Although he has never seen such cannibalistic behavior in person, it is not unheard of in alligators, says Christopher Brochu, a professor at the University of Iowa who studies crocodilians."Gators are very opportunistic and will eat whatever they can find; anything that can fit down their throat is food," says Brochu. This includes other gators, alive or dead.

I know it's awful, sorry! While watching it what came to my mind was - "I wonder when people will start to eat eatch other? Maybe they have already been doing it." :D

Prairie Dog

Few weeks ago I watched a polish TV program called "Rozmowy w Toku". The topic was "Strange Pets" and one of the participants came with a prairie dog! I'm definitely in love with this little creatures and to be honest, I didn't know that they are allowed to be kept at home in Poland.
I watched a videoe with a prairie dog and I have to admit that his behaviour is very similar to the behaviour of a ferret which I actually have.

Vinted

Do you know what is vinted? 

It is a peer-to-peer marketplace to sell, buy and swap clothes. It allows members to communicate directly and has the features of a social networking service. As of December 2015, it had 11 million members, mostly between the ages of 14 and 25, on its free iOS and Android apps. It also reported a total of 22.3 million listings in December 2015.The company defines its mission to be “making second hand clothing the first choice worldwide”

How it works?

To sell on Vinted, members take a picture of an item, write a description and set a price. The item is then put into Vinted’s feed. The app has messaging features for buyers and sellers to communicate about purchases. Buyers pay inside the app and Vinted holds their money until the item is received.

Do you use this site? Make some purchases there or just exchange your clothes with other users? Well, I'm a big fan of vinted, because I can get there very very cheap and fashion clothes, which are sometimes new. I recommend this site to every woman who loves clothes just like me and don't want to spend so much money on them. 

Mexican tortilla

Today I would like to share with you the recipe that I found few days ago and which I absolutely love!

MEXICAN TORTILLA

Ingredients

For the mince:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 500g beef mince
• 1 mild red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 red pepper, deseeded and diced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoons ground coriander
• 2 tablespoon tomato purée
• 1–2 tblespoons mango chutney
• 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
• 1 small bunch fresh coriander, chopped
• salt pepper

To assemble:

• 3 large tortilla wraps
• 250g  mascarpone
• 100g mozzarella
• 100g cheddar

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160C.
2. Pour the oil into a large ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat, add the onions and fry for 3 minutes. Turn up the heat, add the mince and fry until brown, breaking the meat up with a wooden spoon and stirring occasionally.
3. Add the chilli, red pepper, garlic and spices and fry for 5 minutes or until all the moisture has evaporated and the mixture is quite dry. Stir in the tomato purée, mango chutney, tinned tomatoes and salt and black pepper. Cover with a lid, bring to the boil and transfer to the oven to simmer for an hour.
4. Remove from the oven and stir in half the coriander. Increase the oven temperature to 200C.
5. Spread a third of the cooked mince beef mixture over the bottom of the ovenproof dish and lay one tortilla wrap on top. Spread a third of the mascarpone (see tip) over the tortilla and sprinkle with a third of each of the mozzarella and Cheddar cheeses. Repeat twice more so you have 3 layers.
6. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until golden-brown and bubbling. Set aside for 5 minutes before serving and garnish with the remaining coriander.

I love mexican kitchen and I recomment to all of you to try to do this dish. It might seem like it's not really simple but it's also not so difficult to prepare. 

Enjoy your meal!