Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bean Soup Recipe

INGREDIENTS

French beans, diced 1/2 cup
Onion and garlic paste 1 tsp each
Water 5 cups
Tomato puree 1 cup
Lemon juice 1 tsp
Butter 1 tbsp
Pepper 1/2 tsp
Parsley for decoration
Salt to taste

Directions

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Fry the onion paste to a transparent stage. Add the garlic paste and the beans. Fry briefly. Add the tomato puree and lemon juice.
Add the water. Season well with the pepper and salt. Simmer, covered, till the beans are cooked. Serve hot, topped with the parsley.

Tomato Soup Recipe

INGREDEINTS
1 kg tomatoes
2 sticks cinnamon
2-3 cardamoms
4 slices of bread (cut into cubes)
2 tbsp corn flour (dissolved in water)
1 cup chicken stock
1 tsp Chinese salt
1 tsp chili sauce
1 tsp Soya sauce
2 tsp oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Boil tomatoes with a cup of water along with cinnamon and cardamoms. Boil until soft.
Blend in a food processor. Transfer the mixture in a pan and add seasoning, corn flour and chicken stock.
Bring to a boil until it becomes thick. Fry bread pieces in oil.
Serve hot with fried bread.

Vegetable Soup Recipe

INGREDIENTS
Onion 1 peeled and chopped into pieces
Potato 1 peeled and chopped into pieces
Tomatoes chopped into pieces 3-4
Corn flour
(depending on the quantity of water) 1-2 tbsp
a little milk
Worcestershire sauce, salt, lemon, pepper
Directions
Put vegetable in a pot and boil for 1 hour. (Enough water should remain after boiling so that consistency is thin). Liquidize and strain.
Dissolve corn flour in a little milk and thicken the soup. Flavor with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce according to taste.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

GOLA KABAB

Ingredients
-1 kg. beef mince
-1 tsp ginger paste
-1 tsp. garlic paste
-1 tbsp. unripe papaya
-1 tsp cumin
-1 tsp garam masala
-1\4 tsp mace
-1\2 tsp ground green cardamom
-1 egg beaten
-4 tbsp yogurt
-2 tsp salt
-2 onions
1. Heat the oil in a sauce pan. Add the onions and stirring frequently, fry for about 10 minutes to a deep golden color 2. Put the onions in a blender or food processor with all the other ingredients except mince and blend to paste.3. Put the mince and the paste in a bowl. Knead the mixture really well for a few minutes with your hands until the mince hold its shape and is soft and pliable.4. Break off large pieces of the mince and shape them into tennis ball sized balls. Insert the skewers in the centre of each ball, then carefully wrap each ball with thread. Brush the kababs with oil. Put skewers carefully over a gentle charcoal flame. Cook for 5 minutes until pale brown on each side. Remove from skewers and serve at once.

Chicken Potato Kabab

Ingredients
- 1 chicken, cut into pieces
- 2 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1\4 cup water
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1/2 Kg. Potatoes, boiled
- 2-3 green chilies, crushed
- 1\4 cup fresh coriander leaves, chopped
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 cups bread crumbs
- Oil for frying

1. Put chicken, soy sauce, water, salt and black pepper in a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat for about 20-25 minutes until the chicken is tender. Remove chicken and keep aside to cool slightly. Discard any left over water in the saucepan. 2. Remove bones from chicken and chop with a sharp knife. Mash potatoes with a potato masher or fork. 3. In a large bowl place together, mashed potato, chopped chicken, green chilies and coriander leaves and mix well. 4. Make round or oval shaped Kababs with 2 tablespoons of chicken mixture.5. Dip kebabs first in beaten egg then coat the both sides with bread crumbs.6. Place a heavy based frying pan over medium heat and add enough oil to cover the surface by 1\2 inch. Reduce heat to low and fry 3-4 kababs at a time to a crisp golden color, turning them once.7. Serve hot with tomato sauce or Chutney.

Chicken Boti

Ingredients
- 1 Chicken cut into 16 pieces
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1\4 cup natural yogurt
- 1 tsp. garlic paste
- 1 tsp. ginger paste
- 1 level tsp. cumin powder
- 1 level tsp. garam masala
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 1 level tsp. coriander powder
- 1 level tsp. chat masala
- 1 level tsp. salt
- few drops of red or yellow food coloring
- oil for basting
- lemon wedges and onions for decoration

1. Place the chicken pieces in a large bowl and rub the lemon juice. Cover and leave to marinate for about an hour. 2. Put yogurt in a small bowl. Add ginger, garlic, cumin, garam masala, chili powder, coriander, chat masala, salt and food coloring and mix well. 3. Place the chicken in a medium bowl. Pour the marinade over the chicken pieces and coat them liberally with the yogurt mixture. Cover and leave to marinate at room temperature for about 5-6 hours or over night in a refrigerator. 4.Thread the chicken pieces closely on metal skewers and grill the chicken over hot charcoal, Basting once or twice at the end of the cooking time. Alternatively, Place the chicken in a shallow baking pan, arrange them in a single layer. Bake in a oven at 325F, (170C) or gas mark 3. Roost for 25- 30 minutes. Basting frequently and Turing once or twice to brown the both sides.5.Decorate with lemon wedges and onion rings. Serve with poodinay ki chutney and Raita.

Bihari Kabab

Ingredients
- 2 kg beef pasanda (thin sliced about 2- 3inches wide 4 inches in length)
- 2 tsp correinder(dhaniya) powder
- 2 tsp red pepper powder
- 2 tsp garam masala powder
- .2-3 medium size onions paste
- 4 tbsp mustard oil
- 1 cup yogurt
- 2 onion medium size sliced fried brown and hand crushed- salt as to your taste
- 1 small kacha(raw) papaya grinded

Mix well all the above ingredients and the beef with your hand. leave to marinate for about 6-8 hrs in the fridge. then put the meat in the skewers( folded in layers).Close held together. put the meat over heated charcoal turning it regularly till meat is barbecued from all the sides. serve it hot with paratha and raita.