Homemade Garlic paste / sauce

Homemade Garlic paste / sauce 

How to make Garlic Paste

Ingredients

1)      Garlic cloves- A medium pod of garlic ( 10-12 nos. are enough)

2)      Coarse Salt – a large pinch ( If coarse  or sea salt is not available use normal salt)

3)      Lime Juice – from 1 lemon

4)      Egg white – from 1 egg

5)      Oil – 1 cup- Canola oil, Corn oil, or other neutral-flavored oil.

Method

Peel the garlic and put it in a mini chopper or a blender add a large pinch of coarse salt or Sea salt, which helps grind the garlic into a paste.

Run the food processor or blender until the garlic is evenly chopped into small pieces. Stop whenever the garlic is thrown to the sides, and then scrape it back down to the center using a spatula. Continue the processes for some time till the garlic become too small in size.

Next is adding the lemon juice in to the garlic and pulse it again tills combined.

Another important step is adding the oil – do not add the oil at a time (Add half the oil in bit by bit.

A thin stream is not necessary, (what I mean is a reasonable steady pour is good). Likewise finish the oil until you've reached the texture you desire.

Now you will see the consistency change into something wonderfully creamy and light.

Check the taste at this stage and add salt and lemon juice according to your taste needs. (If necessary)

Final stage, Separate the white of one egg and blend into the garlic paste until smooth.

Your Garlic paste is ready to enjoy, use it with Arabic bread/chappathy/shavarma etc.

Homemade Garlic paste / sauce

Homemade Garlic paste / sauce 

How to make Garlic Paste

Ingredients

1)      Garlic cloves- A medium pod of garlic

2)      Coarse Salt – a large pinch ( If coarse  or sea salt is not available use normal salt)

3)      Lime Juice – from 1 lemon

4)      Egg white – from 1 egg

5)      Oil – 1 cup- Canola oil, Corn oil, or other neutral-flavored oil.

Method

Peel the garlic and put it in a mini chopper or a blender add a large pinch of coarse salt or Sea salt, which helps grind the garlic into a paste.

Run the food processor or blender until the garlic is evenly chopped into small pieces. Stop whenever the garlic is thrown to the sides, and then scrape it back down to the center using a spatula. Continue the processes for some time till the garlic become too small in size.

Next is adding the lemon juice in to the garlic and pulse it again tills combined.

Another important step is adding the oil – do not add the oil at a time (Add half the oil in bit by bit.

A thin stream is not necessary, (what I mean is a reasonable steady pour is good). Likewise finish the oil until you've reached the texture you desire.

Now you will see the consistency change into something wonderfully creamy and light.

Check the taste at this stage and add salt and lemon juice according to your taste needs. (If necessary)

Final stage, Separate the white of one egg and blend into the garlic paste until smooth.

Your Garlic paste is ready to enjoy, use it with Arabic bread/chappathy/shavarma etc.

Mushroom Pepper Roast

Mushroom Pepper Roast 

Mushroom Pepper Roast 

1)      Fresh Mushroom (cut in to pieces) – 250 Gram

2)      Soy sauce- 1 ½ table spoon

3)     chopped garlic- - 1 ½ tea spoon

4)     Chopped Ginger - 1 tea spoon

5)     Pepper powder- 1 ½ tea spoon

6)     Capsicum (cut in to thin strips) – 1 medium.

7)      Onion – 1 no.

8)     Salt – to taste

9)      Oil – 1 table spoon.

Method

Marinate mushroom with soy sauce and keep it for 10 minutes to marinate.

Heat oil in a large wok and add chopped ginger and garlic and sauté for a minute then add chopped onion till done then add capsicum and sauté for few for mints, finally add marinated mushroom and sauté in medium heat, if the mushroom produce water wait till it evaporate (with in few minutes it will become dry), Finally add ground pepper powder and salt and toss it with mushroom.  Your dish is ready to eat.

Home Made Ghee

Home Made Ghee

Homemade ghee from Butter

Homemade ghee from Butter

Things You need

1) Unsalted Butter – 400 gm ( or more)

2) 1 table spoon water( opional)

3) 1 pinch of salt(optional)

4) A heavy Bottomed pan

5) A fine mesh strainer

6) A glass jar.


Keep the butter in room temperature for some time (so that you can cut the butter easily).

Cut the butter in pieces and keep aside

Take a heavy bottomed pan and add the butter in to it.

Make sure to keep the heat medium and let it melt slowly until completely melted.



Once the butter is melted, you will find the fat separating from the milk solids.

It will start foaming and bubbling. At this point, lower the heat.

The bubbles will gradually get smaller and smaller

Soon there will be less bubbles and more foam.

The next stage is the milk solids will start to brown.at this stage just sprinkle 1 table spoon of water in to the boiling ghee followed by a small pinch of salt.( I prefer my ghee in a grainy texture than watery , if you don’t like grainy texture don’t sprinkle water or salt in tit)

When the bubbling and foaming stops, the milk solids turn deep brown and fall to the bottom of the pan and the Ghee itself become a golden in color.

Remove from heat and let it cool.

Strain the Ghee using a fine strainer and

Filter this into a clean glass container.

Homemade Chicken Pizza crust

 Homemade Chicken Pizza 

Homemade Chicken Pizza crust


Ingredients:

Making the Dough (step -1)

1) Lukewarm Milk – 1 cup

2) Yeast – 1 table spoon.

3) Sugar – ½ teaspoon.

4) Baking Powder – ½ teaspoon.

Making the Dough (step -2)

1) All-purpose Flour – 3 cups.

2) Olive Oil – 4 Table spoon

3) Salt – ½ Teaspoon.


For the Toppings


1) Onion – 1 no ( Chopped)

2) Seedless Black olives – As required( Chopped)

3) Bell Pepper ( Capsicum) – Green & Red – as required ( Chopped)

4) Boneless Cooked Chicken Breast- As required

5) Fresh Mush Rooms – As required( Chopped)

6) Pizza Sauce -3-4 Table spoon

7) Mozzarella Cheese- As required( shredded )

8) Pepper Jack Cheese- As required( shredded)

Method

For the yeast mix

Take a large bowl and combine all (Step -1) ingredients and mix it slightly, then keep it for about 10 mints (covered) until raised up.

For the Dough

Take a large bowl, add flour, salt, oil & the yeast mixture.

Mix well using a spatula then knead well by hands 7-10 mints. (Secret- I have used stand mixer to make the dough).

Put the dough on a dry -clean bowl and rub some oil on the top of the dough and cover it with a large plastic wrap, then leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 1-1 ½ hour or until the dough is double in size.

Take the dough and pat into a round shape either roll out with a dough  roller or pat it on to your pizza baking tray with your hands. Slightly stab with a fork on the patted dough to remove the air bubbles.

Finally spread the pizza sauce on your base, then put shredded mozzarella cheese, then your vegetable’s and cooked chicken one by one evenly till the ingredients finished(don’t put too much toppings). Finally add the shredded pepper jack cheese on the top of your pizza crust.

Bake the pizza at 240 degree Celsius for about 12-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the crust is in golden brown. Remove the pizza and let it cool for 5 minutes before slicing. 

Egg Roll - (Omelette Roll)

Egg Rolls Recipe

Egg Rolls Recipe

Ingredients

1) Eggs- 3 nos.

2) Milk - 1 tablespoon

3) Carrot - 1 tablespoon ( finely chopped)

4) Onion - 1 tablespoon ( finely chopped)

5) Curry leaves or Spring onion- 1 table spoon ( finely chopped)

6) Green chilly – ½ teaspoon ( finely chopped)

7) Salt – As required

8) Black pepper powder – As required

Method


Crack the eggs into a large bowl and add in milk and salt, whisk it until combined well

Finally add chopped carrot, onion, spring onion, green chilly and pepper powder and stir well.

Lightly grease a non-stick frying pan with oil, heat the pan in low flame, then pour ½ of the egg mixture very thinly and cook it until half done.

Roll up omelet half way up to the middle. And if there is not enough oil, lightly grease the pan again. And pour again ¼ egg mixture to the side of unrolled omelet. And cook until half done. And roll again half way up and move the egg roll to the center of the pan. And add in the remaining egg mixture if any.

Transfer the egg roll to a cutting board. Please wait until it cool off. Now slice into round bite-size pieces and enjoy.

Fish Manchurian Dry

Fish Manchurian Dry

Fish Manchurian Dry

Ingredients

1) Fish pieces cubed (I used king fish) - 500 gm s.

2) Big Onion-3-4 nos.

3) Spring onions chopped - 4 tbsp

4) Green chilli diagonally sliced- 4 nos.

5) Capsicum chopped - 1 no.

6) Ginger minced- 1" piece.

7) Garlic cloves chopped - 6 nos.

8) Dark soya sauce- 4-5 tsp.

9) Red chili powder – ½ table spoon.

10) Vinegar- 1 table spoon

11) Pepper powder- 1/4 tsp

12) Lime juice – 1 table spoon

13) Salt- 1 tsp

14) Oil- 3 tbsp

15) Egg – 1 ( Beaten)

16) Bread crumbs – As required


Method

Marinate the cleaned fish with little salt, pepper powder, 1 teaspoon soya sauce and lime juice and keep aside.

Beat the egg and keep aside

Combine chilly power with vinegar and keep aside.

Dip the fish pieces in the beaten egg and roll it over with bread crumbs

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the fish pieces till slight golden brown, and drain the fried fish pieces on paper towel.

Next to prepare sauce

Heat 3 tbsp. of oil in a pan when hot, add chopped ginger, garlic and sauté for few seconds then add diced onion for a mint, then add chilly paste for few more seconds. Then add soya sauce, now lower the heat and add fish pieces. Then stir fry until the fish pieces are coated well with onion mixture, finally increase the heat and add chopped capsicum and spring onion stir for few more seconds and remove from fire. Serve hot with fried rice or your choice of food.

Breakfast Boiled Egg Wrap

Breakfast Boiled Egg Wrap 

Breakfast boiled egg Wrap

1) Boiled egg – 1 or 2

2) Mayonnaise – 1 table spoon

3) Chopped tomato – 2 table spoon

4) Chopped lettuce – 2 table spoon

5) Shredded Mozzarella Cheese – 2 table spoon.

6) Salt and pepper – if required

7) Sandwich roll ( Tortilla)

Method

Slightly warm the tortilla in a flat pan and place it in a clean plain surface or chopping board, spared the mayonnaise on the tortilla and place the boiled eggs on center of the tortilla, then add chopped lettuce, chopped tomato and finally put the shredded cheese over it , if required sprinkle little salt and pepper .

Last but not least, fold the sides of the tortilla and roll up little tightly from one end to another. Micro wave the wrap for about 30 seconds and your wrap is ready to eat.

Chicken Sandwich

Chicken Sandwich

Very easy recipe for making and tastes great. A perfect breakfast to start a day.

Ingredients

1) Boneless chicken cut into small pieces- 250 grams

2) Mayonnaise -5- 6 table spoon ( I used low fat mayonnaise)

3) Cabbage - Finley chopped 2-3 table spoon.

4) Spring Onion- Finley chopped 4 table spoon.

5) pepper powder- 1 Teaspoon

6) Salt -for taste

Method

Cook the chicken in a pan with little water and salt till it's done. Once the water disappears add pepper powder and roast the chicken for few minutes. Then keep the chicken for cooling.

Pulses the chicken twice in a grinder (do not make a fine paste). Then transfer the chicken in to a bowl and add mayonnaise and chopped vegetables and mix well.

Spread the chicken paste evenly on bread pieces and cut it as desired.

Zaatar

 

I have acquired many middle eastern tastes from the past 10 years as a resident of UAE , like Shawarma, Falafel , Hummus, garlic paste, Mutabel, tabouli, finally Zaatar .

Wonder what I am talking? As a blogger & a food lover I like to make authentic recipes irrespective of any barriers!!!!

My hubby made me crazy about the hot Zaatar bread made by Lebanese restaurants.

So finally I decided to make it at my kitchen and started searching for the green mixture ( Zaatar) which is poured over the bread.

I called my friend & colleague Ms. Mariam to know more about this recipe , she told me Zaatar is a Palestinian and Lebanese delicacy , UAE also acquired that taste from that countries.

Next i called my another Palestinian friend Hanna to know much about Zaatar ( she revealed to me that , she is lazy in cooking ,where as her mother is a wonderful cook ) and i asked her where can I find that Zaatar mix , she informed me not to worry about the mix and she can bring it for me. Next day she sent me the herb mix along with a special pure olive oil

When I reached home I can't stop my urge to make the recipe instantly, unfortunately the flour was not enough to make the dough so I tried the Zaatar on an Indian rice batter (Dosa batter).

Once again thanks to Hanna and her wonderful mother for the nice gift.

Recipe would be posted soon

Tempura – A Japanese delicacy

Tempura

 

 

 

 

“Tempura” is one of the popular Japanese dishes. It needs very quick cooking time with very less ingredients.

Believe me it tastes “Awesome”.

Ingredients

1) Plain Flour – 1 cup

2) Baking Soda- 1 teaspoon.

3) 1 cup chilled Water ( Should be chilled)

4) 1 Egg- Lighly whisked

5) Salt- for taste.

6) Oil – For deep-fry

7) Large /jumbo prawns- 15 nos. Cleaned/ tails left intact.

How to make the batter

Take a mixing bowl , sift the flour and baking soda, then add the water and egg to it and whisk, let it be still lumpy (Rigorous whisking is not required- do not over mix the batter)

Place the bowl over a large bowl filled with iced water.

Method

Heat oil in a deep wok till it attains a medium high temperature.

Then add evenly batter coated prawns in to the oil for 3-4 mints only or until its turns golden brown.

Serve hot with desired souse.

Italian Pasta Salad

 

 

Italian Pasta salads

1) Italian pasta fusilli - 2 cup

2) Chopped boiled potato - 1 no.

3)Onion chopped-1 no.

4) Bell pepper chopped-1 no.

5) Carrot chopped - 1 no.

6) Cooked sprouted chick peas /normal cooked. Chick peas- 1 cup.

7) Chopped lettuce leaves- 1cup.

8) Chopped tomato ( remove seeds) -1 1no.

9)Olives -2table spoon.

10) Salad oil/Olive oil -1 table spoon.

11) Apple Cider vinegar -1 1/2 teaspoon.

12) Mayonnaise- 1 1/2table spoon.

There are many variations to make this salad tasty according to personal choice, non veg lovers can add shredded chicken/cooked fish/ boiled egg etc.

Veg lovers can add broccoli, mushroom etc....!

Take a big vessel and mix the ingredients one by one and toss it with mayonnaise , cider vinegar and salad oil,

Pasta salad is ready to serve, you will simply love this recipe for sure.

A BEST HOMEMADE RECIPE - HUMMUS

Hummus is one of the most widely eaten and popular foods of the Middle East.

What is Hummus? - A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini (Sesame seeds) lemon juice and garlic.


You can buy hummus from any grocery or supermarket in UAE that’s good, But once you make it the right way at home, you will love it.
You'd think that making perfect hummus would not be easy………..Believe me it is so easy as a normal dish…………..

Ingredients

1) Raw Chickpeas ( Kadala/chana) – 1 cup
2) Garlic clove – 1 no.
3) Tahina paste – 3-4 table spoon( make sure you buy a good quality Tahina)
4) Olive oil – 2-3 table spoon
5) Salt – to taste
6) Fresh pepper powder – ½ teaspoon
7) Red chilly powder – 1- 2 pinch
8) Cumin seeds powder – 1 pinch only( optional)
9) Lime juice – from 1 lime
10) Parsley leaves or coriander leaves – chopped for garnishing
11) Water – for smoothening the paste

Method
Soak the chickpeas in water overnight. Pressure cook the chickpeas with sufficient water until it soft & done. And keep aside to pressure off.

Take a blender add cooked chickpeas, 3-4 table spoon of tahina, salt, lime juice, pepper powder, cumin powder, red chilly powder, chopped garlic and olive oil with little water and grind it well until it become a smooth paste. If the paste is too thick add more water and also add salt or tahina if necessary

Garnish the hummus with chopped parsley leaves and olive oil.