Community Hub Westmead

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Join us for a free 'Hula Hoop fitness class' - Limited spots available please register #Westmead #CommunityHub #Sydney #Fitness #Health #Fitspo #Exercise #Wellbeing #HulaHoop #HoopDance #HoopFlow #Hooping #hulahooping #Dance #fitspiration (at Westmead Public School)

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Thank-You to all our wonderful volunteers! Love from the @communityhubwestmead! 💜 #Volunteer #Westmead #communitydevelopment #community #Sydney #primaryschool #book #covering 📖📓📘📙📕📚📒 #volunteering #volunteers #volunteerwork #westmeadpublicschool #NSW #NationalCommunityHubs #WestmeadCommunityHub #thankyou

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Refresh your Mind Body and Soul 💖🙏🏼🌻 ~ Wednesday 9.15am at the Westmead Primary School Dance studio @communityhubwestmead Gold Coin Donations Pretty Please! #reiki #alternativemedicine #Meditation #yoga #health #fitness #Wellness #Westmead #CommunityDevelopment #fitfam #fitspo #healthandfitness #healthy #lifestyle #karma #knowledge (at Westmead Public School)

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Delicious #food at our Hoping & Coping Day event yesterday! #yum

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Impromptu dance performance by a few wonderful parents at our Hoping & Coping Day event!

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Sev Usal. Ingredients: White peas- 2 cups Cloves - 4 to 5 Onion - 1 large Tomato- 2 medium Garlic - 3/4 wedges Ginger - 1-2 inch Green chilly - 4 to 5 according to taste Red chilly powder - as per taste Salt- as per taste Sev usal masala or any garam masala - 1 to 2 tbspn Veg oil - 2 to 4 tbspn Lemon - 1 Spring onion - for garnishing Sev - 50 gm for garnishing Tari - optional for more spicy flavor Round roll soft - 1 packet Method: - Soak the white peas overnight and then cook in pressure cook. Add cloves. - Make a paste of onion, garlic, ginger and green chilly in mixture . - Make separate tomato purée in mixture. - Take oil in sauce pan, heat up then add onion gravy in first. Cook until it becomes golden in colour. - Add usal masala (or garam masala) and red chilly powder in oil as per the taste and cook for a while. - Then add tomato purée in it and again let it cook for few mins . - Add white peas now and salt as per the taste. Add 3-4 cups of water now and bring it to the boil. - Add more or less water depending on how much consistency you want. -Let it boil for 5-10 mins and then switch off the gas. How to make Tari: - Heat up small amount of oil and add red chilly powder in it as per taste. - Add some of the Tari in usal gravy while it boiling and rest Tari you can use from top when you serve for additional spicy flavor. - Serve usal gravy in bowl,garnish it with sev(thick) ,chopped spring onion n lemon juice and enjoy dipping round rolls in the spicy gravy .

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Bisibele bhath A couple of weeks ago, the parents at Westmead Community Hub cooked up Bisebele bhath, which literally translates to “hot lentil rice”. Here is the recipe for this delicious, exotic dish. Ingredients: Rice - 2 cups Toor dhal - 2 cups Vegetables - Carrots (2), beans (15), potato (1), green peas (half cup) Onions - 2 Tomatoes - 3 Corriander leaves Curry leaves Tamarind paste - 1 teaspoon Turmeric poweder - half teaspoon Bisibelebhaath powder - 4 teaspoons Salt to taste Ghee - 4 teaspoons Khara boondi For seasoning - Mustard (half teaspoon), urid daal (1 teaspoon), small onions (10 in number), Hing powder, curry leaves, corriander leaves. Method: 1. Pressure cook rice, dhaal, turmeric powder, hing for 5-6 whistles with 10 cups of water. 2. In another cooker, pressure cook all the vegetables along with turmeric, salt and Hing. Add 2 cups of water for 3-4 whistles. 3. Once cooked, mix both together, then add Bisibelebhaath powder, tamarind paste, curry leaves, corriander leaves, salt, ghee. 4. Season in ghee. 5. Serve hot with boondi and ghee.

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Last Thursday we made spinach and feta pastizzi. It was a delicious and simple snack to make along with the sauce. All the participants had a chance to make and enjoy their own pastizzis! Total Time : 40min Prep : 20min; Cook: 20min Ingredients: - 1 bunch of spinach - 1/4 pound firm feta cheese coarsely crumbled - 4 Garlic cloves - About 20 grinds black pepper - Small dash nutmeg - Flour for dusting - 1 (10 by 9.5-inch) piece of packaged puff pastry Method: - Preheat the oven to 220 degrees - Thaw frozen spinach in microwave according to package directions or by running under warm water. Drain spinach, squeezing the excess liquid from it. - Chop garlic cloves very finely (mince the garlic) - With a fork break down the feta cheese in a bowl until finely crumbed - In a bowl, mix the spinach, feta, garlic, pepper and nutmeg together. - Flour a clean, dry countertop or other flat working surface. Lay out the puff pastry on the floured surface. Flour the top of the dough. Roll out the puff pastry until it is half as thick (about 1/8-inch) and about 24 by 12 inches. Trim edges to size if necessary. Cut into 3-inch strips crosswise and lengthwise, making 32 (3-inc) squares. Make sure the squares are well floured then stack them in a little pile. - Imagine each square you work with is separated in half by a diagonal. Place a couple teaspoons of filling in he top half. Dip a finger into a bowl of water and moisten the edges of the top half. use a fork to seal the edges. Place finished pockets on a non-stick baking sheet and bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown and puffy. Serve warm. To make the sauce: - Chilli paste - Masterfoods BBQ sauce Mix in a small sauce bowl. Dip pastizzi in bowl. and voila! Delicious!

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Community Hub Survey @ Westmead Public School

Hi all,

Community Hubs is a national project that enables all migrant families to come together to create opportunities and a sense of belonging within your community. There are currently 15 Hubs across NSW schools with 15 hub leaders who work closely with the community.

Each Hub provides different services and opportunities depending on the community’s needs. To assist me in understanding the community and its needs, I’m conducting a survey where your feedback is necessary to further development of the Hub and what is offered to the community.

Please click on the Community Hub survey for Westmead Public School in the green area (above). All feedback is confidential and greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Liza Moscatelli

Community Hub Leader - Westmead Public School

Phone: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

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Today we prepared Vegetable Biriyani, Potoato Mushroom curry and Raitha. It was delicious and spicy. It was really a perfect meal. Here is the recipe. For Biriyani the ingredients are.... carrots - 2 french beans - few onion - 1 green chillies - 2 ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp Biriyani Masala-2 tsp Rice - 2 cups water - 3 cups oil - 3 tbsp salt - 1 1/2 tsp Method: Take a heavy bottom pan, pour oil, fry the onions, green chillies, add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes. Then add carrots, beans and then salt and biriyani masala. fry few minutes and add the rice and water. Let it cook till the rice is done. Potato and Mushroom curry Onion -2 potato - 3 mushroom - 4 ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp garam masala - 1/2 tsp green xchillies -2 oil - 2tbsp turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Method: Take a heavy bottom pan and pour oil. Add onion, green chilli, ginger garlic paste and saute it for 5 mins. Then add all the chopped vegetables. Add turmeric powder, salt, garam masala powder. and saute it, till it gets tender. serve hot.

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This was probably the most fun cooking group so far. We made spring rolls! There was no saucepans in our facility so one of the participants invited us over to her place nearby and we made spring rolls there. We also made tea and sat outside in the beautiful warm sun on the balcony enjoying 80 spring rolls! lol.

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The second week of cooking we made pizzas! We received a donation of dough and also bought mini pizza bases. We each made our own pizzas with whatever toppings we liked. Eggplant, tomato, fresh basil, olives, pepperoni & ham (for Liza), garlic, pesto basil, basil leaves, chilli and more!

Pre-heated the oven on 220 degrees, then popped it in the oven for about 15minutes reduced to 180 degrees and voila!

They were so delicious!

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Thursday Cooking Group: Pasta & Salad

We made vegetarian penne pasta with eggplant, carrot, tomatos. We all know how to make pasta and salad. But many asked me for the salad dressing recipe. So thought I'd share with you.

Dressing:

- 60ml Balsamic Vinegar

- 40 ml Olive Oil

- 1/2 teaspoon Salt

- 1 teaspoon Pepper

- 1/2 teaspoon Raw sugar

- 1 tablespoon Oregano (dry or finely chopped)

- 1 tablespoon Basil (dry or finely chopped)

- 1/2 teaspoon Garlic (optional only)

Stir until sugar & salt dissolves. Let it sit for 15mins. Then stir again. Pour over salad.

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