Roast Chicken

Roast Chicken   Ingredients: Chicken with Skin 1Whole, Butterflied (Skin on) 1.5 Kg Cumin seed 1 tsp Coriander seed 1tbsp Dried Chilies whole 3 Ginger minced 1 tbsp Garlic minced 2 tbsp Hot Paprika 1 tsp level Lemon Juice Half Lemon Lemon Zest 1 Lemon Olive Oil 2tbsp Salt and Pepper to taste Method: Toast cumin seeds, coriander seeds and whole dried chilies in a dry frying pan until fragrant. Grind them in a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder into a powder. To make marinade: Combine spice mix with minced garlic, ginger, paprika, honey, lemon juice/zest, olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Butterfly the chicken...

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Mixed grain and herbs salad

Mixed grain and herbs salad Ingredients: Parsley Chopped ½ Bunch Mint Chopped ½ Bunch Cucumber Chopped in cubes 1 Capsicum chopped in cubes 1 Carrot chopped in cubes 1 Tomato Chopped in cubes 1 Pumpkin Seed ¼ cup Slivered almonds ½ cup Spring Onion Sliced finely 2 springs Currants ¼ cup Dressing Garlic Cloves Crushed 3 Lemon Juice 1 lemon Olive Oil ¼ Cup Sumac ½ tsp Salt to taste Method Combine ingredients to make salad To make dressing: Combine dressing ingredients and season to taste with salt, Dress the salad before serving to taste and if there is excess dressing , it can be stored in the fridge for up to a we...

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Roast pumpkin salad

Roast pumpkin salad Ingredients: Half a butternut pumpkin 400 grams Bulgarian feta 100 grams Pine Nuts toasted 40 grams Red Onion Sliced 2 Balsamic Vinegar 2 tbsp Brown sugar 1 tbsp Olive oil 2 tbsp Extra Olive Oil & Vinegar for dressing Method: Cut the pumpkin into cubes and put on a flat baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place in preheated 180c oven for 25 minutes or until the pumpkin is lightly browned. To prepare the caramelized onion, heat oil in a frying pan over a low heat. Add the onions to the pan with a good pinch of salt and cook very slowly for 20 minutes or until caramelized....

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Karhai butter chicken

Karhai butter chicken Ingredients Chicken 1 kg 20 pieces Yogurt ½ cup Almonds grinded 2 tbsp Chili powder 2 tsp Onion sliced 1 Fresh cream 4 tbsp Allspice 1 tsp Green cardamom grinded ½ tsp Ginger garlic 1 tsp Tomato purees 4 tbsp Salt 1 ½ tsp Butter 2 ounces Oil ¼ cup Coriander leaves 2 tbsp Green chilies 4 Method Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste, yogurt, almonds, chili powder, salt, tomato puree for 1 hour, heat butter and oil in a karhai, add sliced onion, fry for 5 minutes add marinated chicken, cook for 10 minutes, cover and cook for another 10 minutes lastly add cream, green cardamom powder, green chilies and...

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Melt in the mouth chocolate squares

Melt in the mouth chocolate squares Ingredients Chocolate 8 ounces Milk 1 cup Brown sugar 8 ounces Butter 8 ounces Caster sugar 8 ounces Eggs 4 separated Flour 16 ounces or 4 cups Soda by carb 2 tsp Ingredients for icing Butter 2 ounces Milk ¼ cup Icing sugar 1 cup heaped Coco powder 2 tbsp Method for squares Grease a large rectangular pan, place chocolate and mince with brown sugar in a pan, heat gently stirring until melted, heat butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy, beat in the egg yolks, fold in the sieved flour and soda along with the melted chocolate and milk mixture. Beat egg whites stiff fold carefully to the...

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Indonesian satey

Indonesian satey Ingredients Chicken fillet ½ kg Peanut butter 3 tbsp Lemon juice 3 tbsp Honey 2 tbsp Grated ginger 1 tbsp Garlic crushed 1 tsp Onion finely chopped 2 tbsp Curry powder 2 tsp heaped Crushed cumin 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Ingredients for peanut sauce Roasted peanut 4 tbsp Oil 2 tbsp Onion chopped 2 tbsp Ginger garlic 1 tsp Turmeric ¼ tsp Coconut milk ¼ cup Green cardamom grinded ¼ tsp Mango chatni 2 tbsp Lemon juice 2 tbsp Chili powder ½ tsp Peanut butter ½ cup Method for peanuts sauce Blend all the ingredients Roasted peanut 4 tbsp, Oil 2 tbsp, Onion chopped 2 tbsp, Ginger garlic 1 tsp, Turmeric...

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Chicken sizzler

Chicken sizzler  Ingredients Chicken breast fillet 4 Vinegar 2 tbsp Ketchup 4 tbsp Wooster sauce 1 tbsp Mustard paste 1 tsp Salt and pepper ¾ tsp each Ginger garlic 1 tsp Oil 2 tsp Ingredients for sauce Garlic crushed 1 tsp Flour 2 tsp Tomato paste 3 tbsp heaped Chili sauce 1 tbsp Water 1 cup Oil 1 tbsp French fries and onion rings to serve Method Marinate chicken fillet with salt, pepper, mustard vinegar, ketchup, Wooster sauce and ginger garlic, heat 1 tbsp oil fry chicken fillet for 5 minutes till tender and remove. In the same frying pan add 1 cup water, tomato paste, chili sauce, in another pan heat 2 tbsp oil, fry...

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Tropical fruit cake

Tropical fruit cake  Ingredients Flour 2 cups Oil 1 cup Sugar 1 cup Eggs 4 Baking powder 2 tsp Baking soda ¼ tsp Salt pinch Pineapple essence ½ tsp heaped Butter milk ½ cup Fruit cocktail syrup ½ cup Fruit cocktail Can 1 medium, crushed without syrup Cinnamon powder ½ tsp Banana 2 ripe chopped Desiccated coconut ½ cup Almonds chopped ½ cup Red and green glazed cherries ½ cup chopped Method Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, mix in salt, chopped nuts and glazed cherries, and coarsely blend fruit cocktail without syrup. in a mixing bowl beat oil, sugar, eggs and essence don’t over beat, fold in cinnamon powder, flour...

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Methi wala keema

Methi wala keema Ingredients Mince ½ kg Oil ½ cup Potatoes 2 peeled and cubed Fresh methi leaves 250 gm Onion 1 cup chopped Tomatoes 3 sliced Peas ½ cup Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp heaped Coriander leaves 2 tbsp Turmeric ½ tsp Chili powder 1 ½ tsp heaped Roasted and crushed cumin 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp heaped Allspice ½ tsp Green chilies 3 chopped Tomato puree 2 tbsp Method Heat oil fry onion light golden add ginger garlic paste, turmeric, chili powder, cumin, coriander powder and salt, add mince, fry well, cover and cook for 15 minutes, add tomatoes, potatoes, peas, tomato puree and green chili, also add fenugreek...

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Podina chicken

Podina chicken Ingredients Chicken 1 kg 16 pieces Ginger finely chopped 2 tbsp Garlic finely chopped 1 tbsp Cinnamon 1 stick Black cardamom 2 Salt 1 ½ tsp heaped Oil ½ cup Water 1 cup Onion 2 finely sliced Tomatoes 3 finely sliced Mint 1 bunch Green chilies 6 Coriander leaves finely chopped 3 tbsp Chili powder 2 tsp Coriander powder 1 ½ tsp Cumin powder 1 tsp Allspice ½ tsp Method Cook chicken in a pan with ginger garlic, cinnamon, black cardamom, salt and 1 cup for water until half done, heat oil fry sliced onion until golden, and remove, add the cooked chicken to oil, fry for 2 minutes with chopped tomatoes, cumin, coriander,...

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Garlic filled rolls

Garlic filled rolls Ingredients Flour 12 ounces or 3 cups Salt ½ tsp heaped Sugar 1 tbsp Butter melted ¼ cup Oil 2 tbsp Egg 1 Yeast 2 tsp Milk powder 2 tbsp Garlic powder 1 tsp Garlic paste 1 tsp heaped Finely chopped parsley 1 tbsp heaped Method Knead flour with salt, sugar, oil, yeast, egg, milk powder and Luke warm water into soft dough, knead well until soft and elastic, cover and leave to rise in a warm place until doubled. Punch down dough, roll into a medium size oblong, spread with butter, garlic paste, parsley, roll up like a Swiss roll, cut into 1 inch thick pieces, place in muffin tin, don’t press it down, cover and...

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Beef with peppers

Beef with peppers Ingredients Undercut thinly sliced ½ kg Salt ½ tsp + ½ tsp White pepper ½ tsp + ½ tsp Soya sauce 1 tbsp + 2 tbsp Corn flour 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp Egg white 1 Onion thinly sliced 2 Capsicum thinly sliced 1 Green chilies sliced 4 Mushrooms 4 sliced Carrots 1 thinly sliced Oil ¼ cup Garlic crushed 1 tbsp Chili sauce 1 tbsp Vinegar 1 tbsp Oyster sauce 2 tbsp Stock 1 cup Method Marinate undercut with salt, pepper, soya sauce, egg whites and corn flour for 15 minutes and deep fry, remove. Heat oil fry crushed garlic till light golden add in all the vegetables, fry for 2 minutes add all the sauce and seasonings with fried...

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Peri peri chicken spiral

Peri peri chicken spiral  Ingredients Spiral pasta boiled 2 cups Chicken 1 breast thinly sliced Oil 2 tbsp Peri peri sauce 4 tbsp Onion chopped 3 tbsp Garlic crushed 1 tbsp Parsley chopped 1 tbsp Crushed red pepper ½ tsp Black pepper crushed ½ tsp Salt ½ tsp Tomato paste 2 tbsp Cream 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp Method Heat oil fry onion and garlic till light golden, add sliced chicken with salt, pepper, tomato paste, peri peri sauce and ½ cup water, cook till chicken done, fold in spiral pasta with cream, parsley and parmesan cheese, serve hot with garlic bre...

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Strawberry cream flan

Strawberry cream flan Ingredients for flan Butter 4 ounces Flour 4 ounces Strawberry essence ½ tsp Milk ¼ cup Pink color few drops Sugar 4 ounces Baking powder 1 tsp heaped Eggs 3 Ingredients for filling Strawberry juice 1 cup Corn flour 1 tbsp heaped Eggs 2 separated Sugar 3 ounces Butter 1 tbsp Strawberry essence ½ tsp Pink color few drops For decoration Fresh cream 1 cup whipped Strawberry slices 1 cup Method for flan Grease a 8 inches flan tin beat butter and sugar until creamy add in 1 egg at a time, beating well, alternating with sieved flour and baking powder, add milk with strawberry essence and color, mix well, pour...

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Oven Chicken & Vegetables Parmesan

When you don't want to cook, but you still want to eat, you need a few easy, no fuss, one-dish dinners. We all need a few of those. Just toss the ingredients together and pop it into the oven. Dinner in 45 minutes!  For the two of us, I used about 4-6 red potatoes, quartered, and 1-1/2 C baby carrots...no peeling needed. You could also use small new potatoes,cut in half. Toss it with a little olive oil and salt & pepper.  Spread the vegetables along the edge and add 2 boneless breasts to the center. Rub these with olive oil and season...

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is my favorite way to eat oatmeal. In a cookie!Warm cookies and cold milk, what a perfect combination! A favorite after school welcome home treat. I bake up one cookie sheet at a time.After the batter is mixed, I roll them into little balls. I store them in a container in the refrigerator. That way I can then bake up as many as we want at a time. Fresh baked warm cookies, anytime! It's extra easy if you have a stand mixer. If not, a hand mixer works for most of the steps.Adding the oatmeal, chocolate chips and chopped pecans last.You will have a stiff batter. You can also do this part by hand with a good spatula or wooden spoon.I...

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Vengayathal Thovayal / Spring Onion Chutney

Scallions or spring onion greens are the essential part for garnishing soups and many asian foods. But what happens to the white part of the spring onions. I try to sneak them in place of regular onions whenever possible. This chutney is one such way where you can make the best use of spring onions.Ingredients:Spring onion - 1/2 cup - chopped light green and white partUrad dhal - 1-1/2 tspDry red chillies - 2 (see notes below)Grated Coconut - 4 tbspTamarind - size of a marbleSalt - to tasteOil - 1 tspMethod:Soak the tamarind in 2 tbsp of water. Heat 1/2 tsp of oil and fry the chopped spring onions until wilted. Remove and set aside to cool. Heat...

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Crispy fish in chili sauce

Crispy fish in chili sauce  Ingredients Fish fillet 400 gm Flour ½ cup Corn flour 3 tbsp Egg white 1 Water to make batter Oil for deep frying Ingredients for sauce Oil ¼ cup Salt ½ tsp Ginger julienne 1 tbsp Crushed garlic 1 tsp Ketchup ½ cup Chili sauce 3 tbsp Vinegar 1 tbsp Soya sauce 1 tbsp Sugar 2 tsp Method Marinate fish fillet with salt and pepper ½ tsp each, make batter with flour, corn flour and egg white, and water, dip fish fillet into batter, deep fry for 5 minutes until golden, remove and keep aside. Method for sauce Heat oil add chopped ginger garlic, fry till light golden add in all the sauce, fried fish pieces,...

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Honeyed pineapple chicken

Honeyed pineapple chicken Ingredients Boneless chicken ½ kg cubes Salt ½ tsp + ½ tsp White pepper ½ tsp + ½ tsp Corn flour 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp Egg white 1 Capsicum 1 cut into cube Carrots 1 cut into small cubes Onion 1 cut into small cubes Crushed garlic 1 tbsp Oil ¼ cup Honey 2 tbsp Soya sauce 1 tbsp Pineapple chopped 1 cup Green onion 2 thinly sliced Chicken stock 1 cup Method Marinate chicken with salt, pepper, corn flour and egg white for 15 minutes and deep fry, heat oil add crushed garlic with all the vegetables, seasonings, sauces and stock, cook till boiling add pineapples, fried chicken, lastly thickens the sauce with corn...

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