Monthly Archives: October 2009

Asian Pepper Chicken With Carrots

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Asian Pepper Chicken With Carrots is an easy – to – make, light and healthy curry which consumes very less time and items than other curries and is super delicious, do try this and enjoy the taste of Asia …

Ingredients:

  • 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • some salt
  • 2 cups water
  • 7 tbspns premium, high quality asian soy sauce
  • some curry powder (optional)
  • 4 tbspns olive oil
  • 1 tspn black pepper
  • 1 medium sized carrot (washed and peeled)
  • 1 capsicum
  • 1 big or 4 small green chillies

Procedure:

-Cut chicken breast into strips, roughly chop green chillies and capsicums and slice carrots diagonally.

-Heat some oil in a skillet or a shallow pan and stir Fry chicken with all of the seasonings For 5 minutes.

-Add half of the soy sauce and some water and stir. Let it simmer on medium high heat For sometime and when very little amount of water remains, add vegetables and remaining soy sauce with some more water.

-Stir and simmer.

-After 10 minutes, serve it hot with boiled rice or steamed jasmine rice.

Outcome:

Tasty, lovely and light asian pepper chicken with carrots is ready to be served.

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Tips:

-Do not overcook the vegetables, dont let them lose their stiffness.

Servings:

This will serve 2 persons easily.

Gujrati Dhokla

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Gujrati Dhokla is a vegetarian Gujrati dish which is quite Famous in India and is easily available in all of the Indian restaurant …

Ingredients:

  • 350gms Gram flour
  • 1 cup yogurt (Stirred)
  • 1 tsp Green Chilies (paste)
  • 1 tspn Ginger (paste)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 Lemon juice
  • ½ tspn turmeric powder
  • 1 tbspn Oil

FOR TAMPERING

  • Few Curry leaves
  • 1 tspn Mustard Seeds
  • 2 tspn Oil
  • Some Coriander leaves (chopped)
  • 4 green chilies (vertically slit)

Procedure:

-In a bowl add gram flour (besan), yogurt and water.

-Mix well and make a smooth batter. The batter should be of thick consistency.

-Add salt and set aside for 4 hours covered with a lid.

-Take the ginger and green chili paste and add to the batter. Also add turmeric powder and mix well.

-Keep the steamer or cooker ready on gas.

-Grease a baking dish (it should fit in the steamer or cooker).

-Now in small bowl take baking soda, 1tspn oil and lemon juice and mix well.

-Add this to the batter and mix well.

-Pour the batter into the greased pan and steam for 10-12 minutes or till done.

-Cool for some time and cut into big cubes.

-Heat little oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves allow to splutter. Remove and pour it over dhoklas.

-Garnish the besan dhokla with coriander and slited green chilies.

-Serve with coriander chutney.

Outcome:

Tatsy Gujrati Dhokla is ready to be served with chutneys and everything.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Cook well.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons.

Portuguese Style Charcoal Chicken

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Portugese Style Charcoal Chicken is a charcoal – Flame grilled succulent chicken which is very Famous here in Western Australia and mostly its available at Halal Food Outlets and believe me its awesome, try and let me know your remarks …

Ingredients:

  • 1 chicken size 20 skinned

FOR PORTUGUESE SAUCE

  • ½ cup chilli garlic sauce
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup tomato purree
  • ½ tspn dill
  •  ¼ cup chopped celery
  • 2 tbspns capers
  • 3 tbspns chopped onions
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • ½ tspn thyme
  • 2 tbspns stuffed green olives
  • ½ tspn Tabasco sauce
  • 2 tbspns worchestershire sauce
  • 1 tspn seasoned instant tenderizer

Procedure:

-Wash and pat chicken with a kitchen towel. Now Either divide it into 4 pieces or do Frogging. The process of Flattening chicken like quails is called Frogging. This is done by cutting the chicken From the breast joint and by straightening the legs.

-Place your chicken in a shallow tray.

-Now to prepare sauce, combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed For about 5 minutes.

-Pour this mixture all over the chicken and keep it aside For 60 minutes.

-Grill it on charcoal grill For about 30 minutes each side or until done. Turn Occasionally.

Outcome:

Serve this tasty Portuguese style chicken with rice or with pita bread.

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Tips:

-Blend all the ingredients until they Form a smooth paste.

-Marinade For 60 minutes or more.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Satay Chicken Sticks

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These satay sticks are made according to my recipe and preferences but I have given you a plenty of choices, you can change it accordingly but my recipe is Ayesha’s Kitchen’s recipe, do try this and let me know …

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg boneless chicken breasts or thighs
  • 4 – 6 tbspns satay sauce*
  • 2 tbspns olive oil

Procedure:

-Take chicken breasts or thigh meat, I prefer breast piece because its odourless, low in cholesterol and pure white meat, well you can take thigh meat because it is very moist and very juicy, up to you, wash and pat with a kitchen towel.

-Chunk them.

-Marinade them in half of the satay sauce. Well here I have said 4 – 6 tbspns, that is up to you, if you like satay sauce than 6 tbspns otherwise I prefer 4 tbspns because I don’t like it much. I use it just For adding a peculiar satay taste.

-Marinade it For 20 minutes.

-Now pass skewers* through them, one skewer For 5 – 6 pieces.

-Now grill them in a preheated oven For 20 minutes or on charcoal grill or in a Frying pan with a tbspn of olive oil For 30 minutes, but the best part is on charcoal grill.

Outcome:

Now serve it hot on sautéed vegetables bed with a drizzle of the remaining satay sauce.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Marinade well.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

 

*Refer to glossary

Boiled Egg Sandwich

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Boiled egg sandwich is I think a perfect breakfast …

Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 bread sliced
  • Some butter
  • Some salt and pepper

Procedure:

-Boil eggs in salted water For around 10 – 20 minutes. Remove shells and cut them into rings.

-Toast bread (very light) and apply some butter.

-Place the eggs between the two slices and enjoy you egg sandwich. 

Outcome:

Tasty and easy-to-make, less time consuming egg sandwich is ready to be served.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-See egg tips on “Tips” page.

-Use soft and unsalted butter.

Servings:

This will serve 1 person easily.

Rigate Bolognese

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Spaghetti Bolognese is a Bolognese sauce based dish, which is very tangy and very tasty, its easy-to-make, do try this and let me know your remarks …

Ingredients:

  • 1 jar or 575g Bolognese sauce
  • ½ kg beef mince
  • 1 pkt hollow pasta noodles or any pasta of your choice (rigate)
  • ½ capsicum chopped
  • ½ onion chopped
  • 1 tbspn soy sauce
  • ½ tspn black pepper
  • 4 tspns dry parmesan
  • 4 tbspns olive oil
  • 4 sprigs of coriander chopped

Procedure:

-Heat olive oil in a wok and stir Fry beef mince in it. After 5 – 10 minutes add Bolognese sauce and mix. Now add chopped onion and capsicum along with all the other ingredients.

-Boil pasta as prescribed on the back side of its packet. Drain thoroughly.

-Now in a serving plate place some boiled pasta and then scoop some Bolognese mixture on it, top with some coriander leaves and serve hot with some dry parmesan.

Outcome:

Tasty and easy Spaghetti Bolognese is ready to be served.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-See noodles/ spaghettis tips of tips page.

-See Bolognese sauce recipe by clicking it in ingredients’ list.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.