Archive for the ‘Non-veg items’ Category

SWEET AND SOUR PORK

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Ingredients:

    250 gms pork cut into 1” cubes

  • ½ cup onions
  • ½ cup carrots
  • ½ cup cucumber
  • 1 small capsicum cut into ½” cubes
  • 2 flakes garlic-minced

    Batter

  • 1 Egg beaten
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 2 tbsp cornflour

    Marinade

  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper

    Sauce

  • 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tsp soya sauce
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 ½ tbsp water
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 1 ½ tbsp cornflour

    Procedure:

  • Mix the ingredients of marinade with pork
  • Mix the ingredients of batter and coat the pork with it
  • Heat oil in a pan and drop the pork cubes in it, fry until well done, over medium heat
  • Fry the carrots, cucumber and onion and capsicum for a min and drain
  • Mix all ingredients of the sauce
  • Heat 4 tbsp oil and fry the garlic
  • Add the ingredients of the sauce mixed together, stirring continuously
  • Simmer on low flame until thickened
  • Add pork and vegetables and mix them well.

Serve hot along with salt and pepper.

Note: Serves 4-6

LAMB IN 5 SPICE POWDER

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Ingredients:

  • ½ kg boneless lamb- cut into 1” sqr pieces
  • 1 onion- chopped, 1 cup water
  • 4 tbsp soya sauce
  • 2 tbsp sherry or wine
  • 1 tbsp sliced or shredded ginger
  • 1 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp 5 spice powder- Grind together equal parts of pepper corns, cinnamon, clove, fennel and star anise to a fine powder
  • 1 spring onion greens- finely chopped

    Procedure:

  • Heat 6 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker, add mutton and onion. Stir fry for 8-10 mins
  • Add soya sauce, sherry, ginger and 5 spice powders. Mix well
  • Add water, cook covered on low heat for about 20 mins after 1st whistle
  • Add honey and spring onion greens to it and mix well

Serve hot with steamed rice or noodles

Note :Serves 4

MONGOLIAN BALLS IN GINGER SAUCE

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Ingredients

    Balls

  • 250 gm Lamb mince (Keema)
  • 3 spring onions – finely chopped with greens
  • ½” piece ginger – finely chopped
  • 4-5 flakes garlic – crushed and chopped
  • 1-2 green chillies – finely chopped
  • ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp pepper, ½ tsp ajinomoto
  • 2-3 tbsp soya sauce, 2 tbsp rice wine
  • ¼ cup cornflour, ¼ cup plain flour (maida)
    Coating For Balls

  • 1 egg – lightly beaten
  • ¼ cup cornflour

    Sauce

  • 3½ tsp ginger paste
  • 2 onions- chopped
  • 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp tomato ketchup,2 tsp soya sauce
  • 2 cups stock
  • 2¼ tbsp cornflour mixed with ½ cup water

    Procedure

  • Mix the ingredients listed for the balls thoroughly
  • Shape this into small balls
  • Mix egg & cornflour, Dip the balls lightly in the mix.
  • Heat oil in a wok or kadhai and deep fry the meat balls on low heat until golden brown all over and keep aside
  • For the sauce, heat 4 tbsp oil in a kadhai,Add ginger paste
  • Cook on low flame for 1-2 minutes
  • Add the chopped onion, cook till golden
  • To it add salt and pepper and stir fry for a few sec
  • Add soya sauce, tomato ketchup and the prepared stock and give one boil
  • Add the balls
  • Add cornflour paste, cook till the sauce starts to get thich,check the contents and remove

Serve hot…

Dry Chilli Chicken

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

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Ingredients:

  • 6-8 green chilli -cut lenghtwise
  • 1-2 spring onions cut into 2 pieces
  • 3 tbsp of oil
  • 500 gms of boneless chicken-cut into 2″size pieces
    MARINADE

  • 4 tbsp of soya sauce
  • 1 tbsp of vinegar
  • 2 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste
  • 1/2 tsp of salt and ajinomoto
  • 2 tbsp of sherry
  • 1 tsp of red chilli powder

    Procedure:

  • The chicken pieces are marinate in the marinade for about 2 minutes
  • Heat oil in a pan,green chillies are fried out and remove
  • Then add the marinated chicken pieces along with the marinade in a pan.Fry till it dries up
  • Then mix this with the fried chillies and serve it with spring onions

Note:For 9 individuals

Chicken Manchurian

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

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Ingredients:

  • 250 gms of chicken which is cut into 1” square piece
    EGG BATTER

  • 1 ½ tbsp of cornflour
  • 1 ½ tbsp of flour
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 tsp of salt
  • 1/2 tsp of pepper
    MANCHURIAN SAUCE

  • 2 tbsp each of crushed garlic and ginger
  • 2 tbsp of crushed green chillies
  • 2 tbsp of chopped spring onions
  • 2 tbsp of oil
  • 1/2 tsp of salt
  • 1/4 tsp of sugar, pepper and ajinomoto
  • 2 cup of chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp od soya sauce
  • 1 ½ -2 tbsp of corn flour
  • 1 tsp of sherry

    Procedure:

  • All of the contents in the egg batter is mix together
  • Chicken pieces is then dipped into this egg batter for around 1 hour
  • Allow all the chicken pieces to deep fry till golden brown under a medium heat . Keep aside
  • An oil is heated in a wok and then we lightly fry garlic and ginger.And then add green chillies and spring onions
  • By reducing the heat , add chicken stock,soya sauce and seasoning
  • Cook for 2-3 minutes
  • A mixture of corn flour with water is added and give it a boil
  • Add fried chicken and cooked it for 1-2 minutes
  • Serve it hot

Note: Serve it for 4 individuals

Chicken Capsicum

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

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Ingredients:

  • 3 capsicum shredded
  • 2 tbsp of oil
  • 200 gms of chicken
  • 4 flakes garlic-crushed
  • 2 tbsp of shredded bamboo shoots
  • 1/2-1 tsp of sugar
  • 1/2-1 tsp of chilli powder
  • 1/2 -1 tsp of ajinomoto
  • 1/2-1 tsp of pepper
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp of sherry
  • 1 tsp of soya sauce
  • 1 tsp of corn flour dissolved in ¼ cup water
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 2-3 spring onions which is finely chopped

    Procedure:

  • 2 tbsp of oil is poured in a frying pan and heat it.Then reduce heat and add chilli powder to it
  • Fry a little by adding garlic and then add chicken pieces.Fry to a pale color
  • Now add chopped spring onions and fry for a minute and then add bamboo shoot and then fry for 1 minutes
  • Reduce heat
  • Add chicken stock,1tsp of salt,sugar,ajinomoto,soya sauce and pepper to the pan and let it cook for 5 minutes
  • A mixture of cornflour and water is then added to the pan by reducing heat and stir constantly
  • Add capsicum and further heat it for 3-4 minutes
  • Serve it hot

    Note:Serve for 4 individuals