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Cooking Recipes for Chinese, Indian & Pakistani Delicious Foods

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

TIKKA KEBAB

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Ingredients

    • 700g (1½lb) lean, large diced New Zealand Lamb (from any cut)
    • Juice of 1 lemon
    • 125ml (¼pt) natural yoghurt
    • 5 small onions, quartered
    • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
    • 5ml (1tsp) ground turmeric
    • 15ml (1tbsp) vinegar
    • 5ml (1tsp) caster sugar
    • 2.5ml (½tsp) salt
    • 5ml (1tsp) freshly ground black pepper
    • 2 green peppers, cored, seeded and cut into squares
    • Quarters of lemon for garnish

Hints & Tips

To serve: garnish with lemon and salad, or serve with nan bread and a curry sauce.

Instructions

1. To prepare marinade: Puree half of the onions, garlic and turmeric with the lemon juice, vinegar and yoghurt.
2. Put the lamb in a bowl, season with the salt, pepper and sugar, and pour on the marinade. Mix well, cover and refrigerate overnight.
3. Thread the meat onto the skewers, alternating with the remaining onions and green peppers.
4. Place under a hot grill or on a barbecue, and cook until tender. Be sure to turn the kebabs frequently.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Kerala Fish Curry

 
Kerala Fish Curry





Ingredients:

4 x 125g (4oz) skinless sole or plaice fillets (from Irish Sea stocks)

2tbsp light olive oil

1 medium onion, thinly sliced

1 large garlic clove, crushed

1 green chilli, slit lengthways, seeds in

2.5cm (1in) piece fresh root ginger, grated

1tsp ground turmeric

1tbsp garam masala or about 12 curry leaves

200ml (7fl oz) coconut milk

1tbsp fresh lime juice, white wine vinegar or tamarind paste

Banana leaves to garnish (optional)

1 lime, cut into wedges, to serve 4 people.





In short:

Preparation time:10 mins
Cooking time:20 mins
Total time:30 mins
Serves:4 people
Cuisine:Indian
Course:Main



Nutrition (per portion) 271 calories

16g fat (8g saturates)

9g carbs





Method

1 Roll up the fish fillets from head to tail and set aside.



2 Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and stir in the onion, garlic, chilli and ginger. Keep stirring over a medium heat for 5–7min until the onion is soft. Add the turmeric and garam masala (or curry leaves, if using) and fry for a further 1–2min.



3 Pour the coconut milk into the pan along with 200ml (7fl oz) water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer very gently, uncovered, for 7–10min until slightly thickened. The sauce should be the consistency of single cream. Stir in the lime juice, vinegar or tamarind. Check the seasoning and adjust if necessary.



4 When you’re ready to serve, lower the rolls of fish into the hot sauce gently to avoid splashing and simmer very gently for 1–2min until just cooked. Serve on a bed of basmati rice, in deep bowls lined with strips of banana leaves, with a wedge of lime to squeeze over.



GET AHEAD…

Make the sauce up to four hours ahead and gently reheat to simmering point before you add the fish.



COOK’S TIP…

Buy curry leaves and banana leaves from any Asian Cookshop/Food-Store

Spicy Butterfly Prawns


Spicy butterfly prawns


Spicy butterfly prawns

Ingredients

150g (5oz) natural yogurt
2tbsp curry paste
the zest and juice of 1 lemon
1tbsp freshly chopped coriander.
20 raw tiger prawns
lime wedges,
     

In short
Preparation time:
10 mins
Cooking time:
6 mins
Total time:
16 mins
Serves:
4 people
Cuisine:
Indian
Course:
Main
Nutrition (per portion)
  • 121 calories
  • 3g fat (1g saturates)
  • 4g carbs (3g total sugars)

Method

Preheat the grill to medium. Mix together yogurt , curry paste , zest and juice of lemon and coriander. Remove heads and shells of prawns, keeping the tails intact. Lay each prawn on its back and make a shallow slit lengthwise along the centre, taking care not to cut all the way through. Open out. Add the prawns to the yogurt marinade and gently toss to coat. Remove prawns and grill for 2–3min on each side until pink. Meanwhile, tip yogurt marinade into a small pan and heat for 2–3min until piping hot. Serve prawns with the sauce, some lime wedges , warm mini naans and a salad of cucumber, red onion and coriander.





 

Mixed Vegetable Curry


Mixed Vegetable Curry


Mixed Vegetable Curry

Ingredients

450g (1lb) small potatoes or sweet potatoes
225g (8oz) each spinach, carrots, cauliflower and French beans
225g (8oz) tomatoes
6 garlic cloves
50g (2oz) creamed coconut
1 onion
30ml (2tbsp) vegetable oil
4tbsp (60ml) mild curry paste
5ml (1 level tsp) salt
15ml (1 level tbsp) black mustard seeds
Fresh coriander
     

In short
Preparation time:
25 mins
Cooking time:
45 mins
Total time:
70 mins
Serves:
4 people
Cuisine:
Indian
Course:
Main
Nutrition (per portion)
  • 350 calories
  • 20g fat (9g saturates)
  • 24g carbs

Method

1 Boil potatoes in salted water for 10min (peel and chop the sweet potatoes into bite-sized pieces). Drain and set aside.
2 Wash spinach thoroughly, drain well and roughly chop. Peel and slice carrots; divide the cauliflower into bite-sized florets. Trim the French beans.
3 Finely chop the tomatoes and garlic. Coarsely grate the coconut and slice the onion.
4 Heat the oil in a large sauté pan, add onion and garlic and cook for about 5min, stirring occasionally. Add the coconut and curry paste and cook, stirring, for 1min. Add tomatoes and cook for 3–4min until the mixture resembles a thick paste.
5 Add carrots, potatoes, cauliflower, salt and 150ml (1/4 pint) water (no more than this as the thick sauce will thin out).
6 Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 15min, then add beans, spinach and mustard seeds. Cook for 10min or until the vegetables are cooked.
7 Adjust seasoning if necessary, then garnish and serve.

COOK’S TIP

To use dry spices rather than curry paste, combine 12.5ml (21/2 level tsp) ground cumin, 10ml (2 level tsp) ground coriander, 2.5ml (1/2 level tsp) turmeric and 5ml (1 level tsp) each chilli powder, garam masala and paprika. Fry for 1min; add with coconut at step 4.

350cals; 20g  fat (of which 9g saturates); 24g carbohydrate; no added sugar per serving

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Chicken Curry with Rice

Curried Chicken with Rice


Curried chicken with rice

Ingredients

1tbsp olive oil
6 spring onions, sliced
5cm (2in) piece fresh ginger, grated
2 celery stalks, chopped
4 x 125g (4oz) skinless chicken breasts, sliced lengthways
1–2tbsp medium curry paste (we used Bart Medium Moglai paste)
400g can reduced-fat coconut milk
150ml (¼ pint) hot chicken stock
250g (9oz) purple sprouting broccoli, chopped into florets
  

In short
Preparation time:
15 mins
Cooking time:
25 mins
Total time:
40 mins
Serves:
4 people
Cuisine:
Indian
Course:
Main
Nutrition (per portion)
  • 310 calories
  • 19g fat (10g saturates)
  • 6g carbs

Method

1 Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the spring onions, ginger and celery for 5min.

2 Add the chicken and curry paste and fry for 5min until golden. Add the coconut milk and chicken stock and stir. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10–12min, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked.

3 Add the broccoli and simmer for a further 2min until the broccoli is tender.




 




Tandoori Style Chicken

Tandoori Style Chicken

Ingredients

4 skinless chicken breasts (or other pieces of meat although cooking time will vary with different meats or fish)
1 lemon (squeezed)
1/4 tsp of salt.
1 small pot of natural unsweetened yoghurt
1 tbspns malt vinegar
1/2 tsp of cumin powder, ginger powder, chili paste (found in tubes like tomato puree.
1 tspn coriander and garam marsala
6 cardamons - roughly crushed.
2 cloves of garlic minced
Colouring:  For those that worry about additives you can use beetroot juice to colour the chicken a redder colour (or you can you use red food colouring) Optional extra:  2 tbspns of Pataks Tandoori Paste. 

For the garnish: 
Iceberg lettuce shredded and onion rings. quartered
Prepare, marinade and cook - it's as easy as 1,2,3!

In short
Preparation time:
20 mins
Cooking time:
30 mins
Total time:
50 mins
Serves:
4 people
Cuisine:
Indian
Course:
Main

Method

1. Score the chicken breasts cross wise - sprinkle with salt and lemon juice.  Leave to marinate for half an hour covered in the fridge Whilst in fridge - mix yoghurt, vinegar, spices and chilli paste, garlic beetroot juice together - add patak tandoori paste if used Mix well and poor the mix over the chicken breasts - return to fridge and leave to marinate for as long as possible and preferably overnight.

2. When you are ready to cook - heat the oven at Gas Mark 4 for approximately half an hour (depends on size of chicken breasts. When lifting chicken breasts on to baking tray - leave a small covering of marinade on the chicken - allows the chicken to be juicy and tender and doesnt dry out. 

3. Bake until the meat is completely cooked - insert a knife deep into the flesh to double check if in doubt - no fluid should come out when cut if fully cooked and there should be no pinkness to the central flesh.  Warm nan bread, and serve with vegetable curry or perhaps dahl. Garnish with lemon quarter and lettuce. Optional bowl of  mango chutney as a side accompaniment.













Thursday, April 8, 2010

Cooking Recipes for Chinese, Indian & Pakistani Delicious Foods

Delicious Cooking Asian Recipes-Easy Methods:


1. Lamb or Beef Kabab ( Indian & Pakistani Boti Kabab )



Ingredients ( for 6 Skewers ):



1/2 kilo Lamb or Beef boneless cut into 1 inch pieces, 2 cup coriander powder, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 1/2 teaspoon red-chilli powder, 1 teaspoon ginger paste, 1 tablespoon yoghurt and 2 tablespoon oil.



Method:-



Soak Lamb or Beef meat pieces in boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes. Drain water and use grinder to grind all remaining items ( from above ingredients ) from onions to salt to a fine thick-paste. Mix this thick paste with yoghurt and then coat meat pieces with it. Keep aside in a covered pan at room temperature for about 2 hours. Thread the meat pieces lightly on metal/steel-round rods or Skewers. Finally grill it till meat is tender and remove skewers from the grill. Serve hot with tomato-ketchup and French-fries/potato-chips.





2. Fish Curry ( Indian & Pakistani Recipe )



Ingredients:



1 kilo fish ( large variety ), 2 teaspoon turmeric powder, 2 teaspoon red-chilli powder, 2 teaspoon salt, 1 medium onion, 2-inch size ginger piece, 4 medium green chillies chopped, 2 teaspoon mustard powder, 5 to 6 tablespoon yoghurt beaten in a cup, 1 medium sliced onion, 3 tablespoon oil, and 2 teaspoon hot-spices ( garam masala )



Method:-



Thoroughly clean and wash fish pieces ( cut thick ). Apply salt, red-chilli poder, turmeric powder to all the pieces/slices of fish evenly/thoroughly and keep for about 10 to 15 minutes.Grind onion and ginger to a fine paste in an electric grinder. Add in this, green chillies, mustard powder, beaten yoghurt and mix well with onion&ginger fine paste. Smear this yoghurt-mixture all over fish pieces and let the fish soak for about 25 to 30 minutes.Heat oil and fry sliced onion till it gets golden-brown. Add soaked fish pieces along with yoghurt-mixture. Bring to boil by covering the pan and simmer till the fish is cooked ( done ). Add hot-spices ( garam masala ) and continue cooking on low temperature on stove for few minutes ( say 10 to 15 minutes ). Remove from stove and serve hot with boiled rice.Note: All above ingrediens should be available in your local Indian/Pakistani/Chinese-shops including Garam-Masala ( hot-spices ).





3.Fish with Masala ( Spices ) in Banana Leaves



Ingredients:



1 medium pomfret ( or any kind of fish ), 1/4 cup desiccated coconut, 2 stalks coriander leaves, 4 gree chiilies, 3 flakes garlic, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 1 medium onion, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 banana leaf, 1 tablespoon lemon juice.



Method:-



Thoroughly clean and wash fish, and cut about 1/2 inch thich slices. Sprinkle salt and leave aside for 10 to 15 minutes. Ground all the ingredients to a fine paste. Mix lemon juice and 1 tablespoon oil in it. Apply on the fish slices. Cut banana leaf into 10X10 inches pieces. Wash and wipe, both sides lightly grease each of the banana leaf on one side..Place a slice of fish on greased side of the banana leaf and wrap separately each slice of fish. Secure up with a piece of string. Heat one tablespoon oil in a frying pan. Arrange wrapped slices in it. Cover and cook over slow heat for 5 to 10 minutes. Turn over and cook for another 5 minutes, or more. Serve hot in a plate.Note: To make a whole fish apply paste and wrap it in a large piece of banana leaf and follow the methods.






4. Chicken Chow Mein:



Ingredients:



1 kilo Chicken,, 3 cups water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 medium onion, 1 dessert spoon oil, 1 cup bean, 2 cups chicken stock, 1 teaspoon soya sauce, 100 gms noodles, 1-2 table-spoon cornflour, 4 table-spoon water, 1 capsicum, 1 carrot and 1 piece small cauliflower.



Method:



Clean & cut chicken in small/large pieces and wash thoroughly. Add water & salt and cook chicken till it is almost done. Drain& keep the chicken stock aside. Remove the bones & cut cut chicken-flesh in 1 inch strips. Heat oil in a pan & fry chicken pieces. Then add onion slices & fry. Add capsicum, carrot & cauliflower pieces. Finally add chicken soya sauce & blended cornflour. Boil till mixture thickens. Remove from stove (fire). Boil noodles with salt & water till it is tender. Place the hot noodles in a serving dish. Pour chicken mixture on the noodles & serve with chilli-sauce.



5. Chinese Fried Rice:



 Ingredients: ( For 8 Servings )



3 cup rice, 2 tablespoon salt, 4 tablespoon oil, 100 gms peas, 2 medium sized dices carrots, 1 medium size sliced onion, 100 gms cabbage, 100 gms spring onions, 1 capsicum, 125 gms boiled boneless chicken ( 1 cup ) and 1/2 teaspoon Ajinomoto. All vegetables cut into small pieces. 2 eggs, a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon oil


Method:


Beat eggs & salt. Heat oil & cook an omelette with beaten eggs. Cool & cut into small pieces. Heat oil in a pan and fry sliced onions, shredded chicken, capsicum, peas, carrots, cabbage and spring onions. Add salt & soya sauce and cook for 5 minutes. Add rice and 4 cups of water to vegetables mixture. When rice is almost done and water is dry, remove from stove (fire). Serve hot with chilli sauce. In a serving dish arrange omelette piece on top of rice and spread chilli sauce.



6. BBQ Chicken with Sauce:



Ingredients:



1 Chicken cut into 4 pieces. 1 1/2 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste, 1 tablespoon yoghurt, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 medium onion, 2 lemons, 2 tablespoon cumin seeds powder, 2 tablespoon corriander seeds powder, 2 tablespoon red chilli powder,2 tablespoon oil and 2 teaspoon salt.



Method:



Clean & wash chicken pieces thoroughly. Rub 1 teaspoon salt and make slits in Chicken-breast and leg portions.Grind or mix all spices in yoghurt, lemon juice and vinegar. Apply it on chicken pieces. Refrigerate over night or merinate at least 8 hours in cold temperature. Apply oil and grill it till done. Serve with barbecue sauce.How to make Barbecue Sauce: Take 2 onions, 2 tablespoon oil, 1 capsicum, 1 cup tomato ketchup, 2 tablespoon vinegar, 2 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 teaspoon mustard powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Heat oil in a pan and add onion slice & capsicum shred. Cover the lid & cook till its soft. Add all other ingredients and mix well. Boil it for few minutes. Remove and cool the BBQ-sauce. Serve with chicken pieces





7. Roasted Mutton Lamb:



Ingredients:



1 1/2 Kilo mutton lamb, 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste, 1 teaspoon Indian Garam-Masala (Hot-Spices), 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon lemon-juice, 2 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 cup yoghurt, 2 onions chopped, 4 cardamoms, 2 tablespoon raw papaya, and 3/4 cup oil.



Method:



Fry onion in oil till it gets brown. Drain off and chopped. Mix all the ingredients and apply on lamb. Make slits with knife. Marinate lamb for 4 hours. Pre-heat oven and bake for about 30 to 45 minutes or until lamb-meat is tender. Brush with oil and again put it in the oven till lamb-meat gets light brown. Serve with potatoes chips and tomato ketchup.



8. Spring Chicken:



Ingredients:



1 medium size chicken ( cut into 4 pieces ), 1 cup cornflour, 3 tablespoon Arrots powder, 2 tablespoon soya sauce, 2 teaspoon Chinese salt, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 cup water.



Method:



Clean and wash chicken pieces thoroughly. Boil chicken with salt, cook it till tender. Mix cornflour, arrots and Chinese salt in 1 cup water to make a paste. Dip chicken pieces in the paste. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry till chicken pieces get brown. Serve with onion rings, tomato and cucumber slice.