Cool Recipes

[vivi]

teeodd i will be definitely adding these punds to my waistline!!

[Brimful-Asha]

Herbed Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken

I have got another contribution to make, its a fusion between Continental and Oriental Sweet and Sour Chicken( Sorry all my recipes are just chicken cos thats the only meat i eat,you can change it to whatever meat you want)

I was even feeling creative enough to take a pic of it when i made it last night!

Ingredients-Serves 4

- 2/3 cup uncooked long-grain white rice/ alternately you can have roast potatoes with it, I havent had rice with it yet!

-1 1/3 cups water

-6 tablespoons olive oil

-6 tablespoons soy sauce

-6 tablespoons honey

-3 tablespoons distilled white vinegar

-1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme

-1 1/2 teaspoons ground paprika

-1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

-1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

-1 teaspoon ground black pepper

-4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. Mix rice and water in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes, until rice is tender.

3. In a medium bowl, blend the olive oil, soy sauce, honey, and vinegar. Mix in the thyme, paprika, cayenne pepper, allspice, and black pepper.

4. Place chicken breasts in a medium baking dish, and coat with the olive oil mixture.

5. Place chicken in the preheated oven, and, basting occasionally with the olive oil mixture, cook 30 minutes, or until no longer pink and juices run clear. Serve over the rice with remaining olive oil mixture or with the roast potatoes.

Trust me it taste much better than it looks im not one for presentation

[Carmit]

ice

put water in a cube and freaz 4 a day

[vivi]

carmit thats a wonderful invention-think if we could use that in drinks-wonderfully groundbreaking-a good thing to try in the summer here- it does it itself in the winter

sumi- itried the biryani today-with lamb not chicken-but it was storming 6*********

[Brimful-Asha]

OOOOo lalala viv yay my recipe is a success
carmit dont mock us pls


Ok heres another contribution by aunty Sumitra Unfortunately I do not have an image for this one because the last time i made it was before i bought my digital camera!


Dam Aloo (aloo means potato in Indian, so yea its an indian dish)

Ingredients-Serves About 4-6

-450g/ 1 lb small potatoes, preferablly new

-1 medium onion

-4 tablespoon oil

-about 1 teaspoon chili powder

- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

-25g/ 1 oz root ginger, peeled and ground to a paste( i just use ready made ground ginger )

-1/2 teaspoon sugar( i usually use demerara cos the dish has a brown theme)

-salt to taste

-150 ml/ 1/4 pint of water

-1 1/2 teaspoon garam masala

-my mom usually adds yoghurt and curry powder to make it more curryish but i prefer it just like this

-chopped coriander leaves to garnish(optional)



Instructions

-Peel the potatoes and cut them into even-sized pieces. Boil them until just tender.

-Grind the onion to a fine paste and fry them until lightly browned. Stir in the chili powder, turmeric, ginger, sugar and salt. Fry for 1-2 minutes without letting the mixture burn, then add the water(make sure water is always pre-boiled). When the water begins to simmer, stir in the potatoes, cover and cook until the gravy has thickened. Sprinkle with garam masala and remove from heat. Garnish with coriander leaves ad serve and enjoy!

[Mulan]

this is Thai food "Bu Choop Pang Tawt (Crunchy Fried Crabs) "


½ pound small sea crab
2 tablespoons corn flour
1 egg
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
oil for deep frying


Mix the corn flour with the egg, salt, light soy sauce and black pepper. Clean the crabs and put into the flour batter. Heat oil to 375°F, add the crabs and fry for 5 to 7 minutes until golden brown. Remove and drain on kitchen paper.


Serve With sweet chile sauce, tomato, and cucumber.

[Brimful-Asha]

mmmmmmmmmm sounds yummy Mitty Ill be sure to try it out

[vivi]

we cant get the small crabs here- but its a good recipe to remember when we travel to more exotic places- come with more thai recipes mitty -i love thai food!

[Mulan]

Shrimp Grilled in Banana Leaves

300 grams (about 10.5 ounces or 2/3 pound) Goong Fawy see note below
3 tablespoons scallions/green onions, chopped
3 tablespoons cilantro, choped
loose banana leaves
2 large dried chiles, seeds removed and soaked in water
4 tablespoons lemongrass, chopped
1 teaspoon galangal, finely chopped
½ teaspoon fresh tumeric, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground salt
1 teaspoon gapee (shrimp paste)


Make a chile paste by crushing and pounding the chiles in a motar and pestle until it is fine paste. Wash the shrimp until clean. Put in a strainer to drain water. Mix shrimp with chile paste, green onions and cilantro. Mix gently and divide into three portions. Tear banana leaves about six inches wide and clean thoroughly. Lay the leaves next to each other. Add a scoop of the shrimp mixture to one side of the leaf. Fold over into a square packet and secure with a bamboo toothpick.


Grill the shrimp packets over low heat charcoal until done.

[vivi]

mitty i feel like im in thailand- i can get all these ingredients- so im going to have a go at this in the week-time to get the barbie out

[Carmit]

OOOOo lalala viv yay my recipe is a success
carmit dont mock us pls


Ok heres another contribution by aunty Sumitra Unfortunately I do not have an image for this one because the last time i made it was before i bought my digital camera!


Dam Aloo (aloo means potato in Indian, so yea its an indian dish)

Ingredients-Serves About 4-6

-450g/ 1 lb small potatoes, preferablly new

-1 medium onion

-4 tablespoon oil

-about 1 teaspoon chili powder

- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

-25g/ 1 oz root ginger, peeled and ground to a paste( i just use ready made ground ginger )

-1/2 teaspoon sugar( i usually use demerara cos its the dish has a brown theme)

-salt to taste

-150 ml/ 1/4 pint of water

-1 1/2 teaspoon garam masala

-my mom usually adds yoghurt and curry powder to make it more curryish but i prefer it just like this

-chopped coriander leaves to garnish(optional)



Instructions

-Peel the potatoes and cut them into even-sized pieces. Boil them until just tender.

-Grind the onion to a fine paste and fry them until lightly browned. Stir in the chili powder, turmeric, ginger, sugar and salt. Fry for 1-2 minutes without letting the mixture burn, then add the water(make sure water is always pre-boiled). When the water begins to simmer, stir in the potatoes, cover and cook until the gravy has thickened. Sprinkle with garam masala and remove from heat. Garnish with coriander leaves ad serve and enjoy!

its the olny 1 i could think of

[Mulan]

Steamed Spicy Fish in Banana Leaves

1 ½ pounds fillet of freshwater fish, cut into small pieces
3 tablespoons instant red curry paste
1 cup coconut milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
2 red prik ki nu, cut into long strips
½ tablespoon minced galangal
½ tablespoon kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
3 tablespoon sweet basil leaves
2 tablespoon coriander leaves
5 10 inch by 6 inch banana leaves
10 toothpicks


In a food processor, blend the fish with curry paste until mixed well. Remove. This becomes the fish paste. In a mixing bowl, mix the fish paste with coconut milk, egg, salt and minced galangal. Stir until all blended well. Separate the fish paste into 5 portions.


On each banana leaf, place 1/5th of the sweet basil leaves, and top with one portion of the fish paste. Sprinkle with 1/5th of the kaffir lime leaves and fresh chiles. Fold the banana leaf to wrap all the mixture into a rectangular shape. Secure the edges with toothpicks. Repeat until all the fish paste is finished.


Steam the fish in the leaves in a steamer for approximately 20 minutes. Remove and charcoal-broil until the banana leaves become dark. Serve when hot.

[vivi]

were going to be opening a cyber restaurant at this rate

i tried the potaoes-with yoghourt i must say- storming!!!!
damn things

[Brimful-Asha]

well in that case carmit thanks for the contribution?

oooo vivi yea? my moms gonna love u then i always complain when she does the yogurt version

[Carmit]

i know its not very good but im 9 for heack sake