Friday, 21 December 2012

Fish Tempura

                                Fish Tempura


Ingredients

Beckti fish (cut into fingers) ½ kg

Salt ½ tsp

White pepper ½ tsp

Ingredients for Batter

Egg 1

Oil ¼ cup

Baking powder ½ tsp heaped

Corn flour 2 tbsp heaped

Flour 3 tbsp heaped

Chilled water to make batter

Method

Marinate ½ kg fish fingers with ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp white pepper, make a medium consistency batter with 3 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp corn flour, ½ tsp baking powder, 1 egg, ¼ cup oil and chilled water as required, dip the marinated fish in batter, deep fry for 5 minutes till light golden, remove and re fry once again before serving.

Habshi Halwa

                                                   Habshi Halwa

Ingredients

Fresh milk (without boiling) 1 Liter

Samnak 2 tbsp

Flour 4 tbsp slightly heaped

Citric acid ¼ tsp heaped

Alum ground ¼ tsp

Sugar ½ cup

Ghee 2 tbsp

Brown color a pinch

Liquid glucose 1 tbsp

Nutmeg ground ¼ tsp

Mace ground ¼ tsp

Method

Put 3 cups of milk in pan, in reaming 1 cup milk add 2 tbsp samnak and 4 tbsp flour, mix well with whisk so no lumps remain, add this mixture to the milk in the pan and keep stirring well continuously with whisk, put this to cook on fire, stirring continuously till it starts boiling on the corners of the pan, in a small bowl mix together ¼ cup water, ¼ tsp citric acid and ¼ tsp alum, mix well, when milk slightly boiling remove pan from flame and add the dissolved mixture of citric acid little by little, wait till it curdles, do not stir if it does not curdled well and water does not comes on surface, in this situation add 1 more pinch of each citric acid and alum mixed in little water, now leave this mixture for 4 hours, add to it 1 tbsp ghee and 2 tbsp sugar, leave it for 4 hours, again put the pan to cook until ½ cup water left and remaining water dries, then add 3 tbsp of more sugar with pinch of brown color and left over 1 tbsp ghee, cook till mixture nearly dry, add ground nutmeg and mace. Also add 1 tbsp liquid glucose, mix well till glucose dissolves, remove in a greased 7 by 7 inches square pan, sprinkle almonds and pistachio on top, leave to set and cut into pieces.

National Chicken Mince Satay

                                             National Chicken Mince Satay

Ingredients

Chicken Mince 250 gm

Egg (beaten) half

Capsicum very finely chopped ½ cup

Garlic paste 1 tsp

Onion finely chopped 2 tbsp

National Seekh Kabab Masala 2 tbsp heaped

Corn flour 4 tbsp

Oil for shallow frying

Method

Squeeze out water from 250gm mince, mix in half beaten egg, 1 tsp garlic paste, ½ cup capsicum, 2 tbsp finely chopped onion and 2 tbsp National Seekh Kabab Masala, mix well, make small balls, flatten a ball on wooden skewers don’t make it too broad, press Satay on the 3 tbsp corn flour to coat both the sides, heat ¼ cup oil in non stick pan, pan fry 2 to 3 satay till light golden about 7 to 8 minutes. Serve with National Ketchup.

Churmy kay Laddu

                                            Churmy kay Laddu

Ingredients

Wheat flour ½ kg

Semolina 250 gm

Ghee ¾ cup

...Lukewarm water to knead

Gond (fried & crushed with hand) 1 ½ cup

Almonds ground ½ cup

Pistachio ground ½ cup

Caster sugar 1 cup leveled

Poppy seeds 1 tbsp

Melted ghee 2 cups

Green cardamom ground 2 tsp

Ground nutmeg ½ tsp

Ground mace ½ tsp

Method

Mix together ½ kg wheat flour and 250 gm semolina, add in ¾ cup ghee, mix slightly and knead to smooth dough with lukewarm water, keep aside for 1 hour, made into muthias, deep fry on slow flame for 15 minutes till light golden. Remove, cool and chopparise, add to it 1 ½ cup fried & crushed gond, ½ cup ground almonds, ½ cup pistachio, 1 cup caster sugar, 1 tbsp poppy seeds, 2 tsp ground green cardamom, ½ tsp ground nutmeg, ½ tsp ground mace and 2 cups melted ghee. Mix all well, make into round balls and roll in desiccated coconut.

Lemon Oat Meal Cookies

                                           Lemon Oat Meal Cookies

Ingredients

Butter 8 ounces

Egg yolk 1

Sugar 1 ¼ cup

Flour 1 1/3 cup

Oats 1 1/3 cup

Lemon peeled 1 tsp

Lemon essence ¼ tsp

Cream cheese 3 tbsp heaped

Salt a pinch

Ingredients for topping

Egg 1

Flaked almonds ½ cup

Sugar as required

Method

Beat 8 ounces butter, 3 tbsp cream cheese and 1 ¼ cup sugar until light and fluffy, add in the 1 egg yolk, ¼ tsp lemon peeled and ¼ tsp lemon essence, combine the 1-1/3 cup flour, 1-1/3 oats and pinch of salt, gradually add to the cream mixture and mix well, drop by table spoons 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheet, brush with beaten egg, sprinkle with sugar, topped with ½ cup flaked almonds, bake on no.4 180 degree C for 15 minutes till lightly brown. Remove on wire rack.

Collates

                            Collates

Ingredients

Melted chocolate 100 gm

Fresh cream 1/3 cup

Glazed cherries as required

Method

Boil 1/3 cup cream, add 100 gm melted chocolate, keep stirring and refrigerate chocolate mixture until its thick enough to pipe. Pipe mixture into foil cases, put piece of cheery, refrigerate before serving.

Mexican Chili Pizza

                    Mexican Chili Pizza


Ingredients for Pizza Dough

Flour 8 ounces

Instant yeast 1 ½ tsp heaped

Salt ½ tsp

Sugar 1 tsp

Powder milk 2 tbsp

Salt ½ tsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Egg 1

Ingredients for Filling

Roasted mince 1 cup

Chopped onion 3 tbsp

Sweet corn ½cups

Capsicum chopped 1

Tomato 1 chopped remove seeds

Crushed red pepper 1 tsp

Grated cheddar cheese ¾ cup

Grated mozzarella cheese ¾ cup

Oregano leaves 1 tsp

Olives sliced 2 tbsp

Mushroom sliced 2 tbsp

Pizza sauce 3 tbsp

Ingredients for Pizza Sauce

Tomato blended 4

Tomato paste ½ cup

Oregano leaves ½ tsp

Crushed red pepper 1 tsp

Salt ½ tsp

Orange red color pinch

Oil 2 tbsp

Crushed garlic 1 tsp

Method for Pizza

In a bowl mix together 8 ounce flour, 1 ½ tsp yeast, 1 tsp sugar, 2 tbsp oil, ½ tsp salt, 2 tbsp powder milk and 1 egg, knead into a soft dough with Luke warm water, and leave it in a warm place to rise for ½ hour, put dough in a greased dough cover and leave it to rise for 1 hour, pre heat your oven to 200 degree C, spread pizza dough on 10 inch pizza plate, brush with pizza sauce, sprinkle 2 tbsp cheddar cheese, top with 1 cup mince, 3 tbsp chopped onion, 1 tomato, 1 capsicum, ¾ cup mozzarella cheese, 1 tsp crushed red pepper, 1 tsp oregano, and lastly grated ¾ cup cheddar cheese. Cover and leave it to rise for 30 minutes then bake for 25 minutes until golden.

Method for Pizza Sauce

Blend 4 tomatoes, heat 2 tbsp oil fry 1 tsp crushed garlic till light golden, add in ½ cup tomato paste, cook till boiling add 1 tsp crushed red pepper, ½ tsp salt and pinch of color, cook tills sauce thickens cool and use as required.