Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Balti Chicken

Ingredients 1 kg chicken cut into 11\2 inch pieces 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 inch cinnamon stick 2-3 - black cardamoms 2 - bay leaves 1 large onion, thickly sliced 1\2 kilogram tomatoes, chopped 6-7 - green chillies 2 tablespoons ginger, finely chopped 2 tablespoon garlic paste 1 teaspoon red chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1\2 cup oil



 Method


Place the chicken, black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaf in a large pot. Add enough water to make the chicken tender. Heat oil in a shallow frying pan or karahi. Add onions and stirring frequently fry for 5 minutes or until soft. Add tomatoes, green chilies, ginger, garlic, red chili powder, salt and mutton. While stirring frequently fry on high heat for few minutes, then reduce heat to medium, cover and cook for 15 minutes until the oil begin to separate. Garnish with coriander leaves, diagonally cut green chilies and thin Julienne's ginger. Serve hot with Nan.

Kabab in red sauce

Ingredients (serves 4)
1 cup Basic tomato sauce
 250g beef mince
 1 small bell pepper
 1 small onion black pepper to taste
 2/3 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
Cooked pasta, to serve


 Method

Make Basic tomato sauce.
Meanwhile, combine mince, bell pepper, half the parmesan, and salt and pepper in a bowl.
Mix to combine. Roll heaped teaspoons of mixture into 40 balls.
Add meatballs to the sauce for the last 10 minutes of cooking time.
Cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until thickened and meatballs are cooked through.
Serve with pasta. Top with remaining parmesan.

Mango Juice

Ingredients
 250 gms Mango
 1/2 Lemon
 100 gms Sugar
150 ml Water Mint Leaves to Garnish

 Preparation
1. Boil the water & sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Leave it to cool to form a syrup.
 2. Peel the mango and chop it finely.
3. Put the mango pieces in a blender, squeeze the lemon juice in aswell, add the syrup and blend together until the mango is liquidized.
 4. Chill in the fridge until you are ready to serve.
5. Serve cold with a sprig of mint to decorate.

Omelette with Greens

Ingredients
Butter -5 – grams
Chopped coriander – 1 – springs
Chopped onion – 10 – grams
 Chopped tomato – 10 – grams
 Eggs – 4
Green chillies – 5 – grams
Pepper to taste Salt to taste


 Method
 Beat the eggs & mix all the ingredients.
 Pour over a hot griddle with butter or oil, flip over cook for few more min serve hot.

Chicken Malai

Ingredients
500 gms. chicken (cut into pieces)
 1 cup cornflour
 1 tsp. garlic paste
 2 tbsp. curd
 2 cups ghee
 1 plastic bag
 1 tsp. ginger paste
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tblsp vinegar
 1 tsp. black pepper
 Salt to taste.

 Method
 Soak the chicken pieces in curd, salt, vinegar, ginger and garlic for 12 to 16 hours.
 Put cornflour in the bag with little salt and black pepper.
 Add pieces of chicken removed from the marinade
Shake the bag well with chicken, cornflour, salt and pepper in it.
Heat the ghee to a high temperature in a deep pan.
 Then gradually lower few pieces of chicken and fry them golden brown on a very strong fire.
 For frying the second lot of chicken pieces the fat should be heated again to a high temperature.
 Serve it hot with green salad