Red pepper chicken
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Ingredients
Chicken wth skin ½ kg
Easy and quick cooking recipies using beef, chicken, fruit and veggies
Green chillies 6
Garlic paste 1 tbsp
Green onion 1
Corn flour 2 tbsp
Oyster sauce 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder 1 tbsp
Black pepper powder ½ tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil 2-3 tbsp
Oil for frying
Method
Beat chicken with a mallet to flatten and make it thin. Marinate the chicken with garlic paste, salt, red chilli powder and corn flour half an hour. Deep fry the marinated chicken and keep aside.
Chop the green chillies in julienne shape and, in a separate pan, fry them till the colour changes. Then add green onion, oyster sauce, black pepper, salt with a cup of water, and cook until veggies are cooked but crunchy.
Add chicken to veggies.
Add corn flour in some water to thicken the gravy. Turn off heat and serve.
Sweet fried rice
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Ingredients
Boiled rice 300gm
Pineapple 1 tin, chopped
Cocktail fruit 1 cup
Eggs 2
Raisins 50gm
Oil ¼ cup
Black pepper powder ½ tbsp
Soy sauce 2 tbsp
Sugar 4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Method
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Preheat the oil and fry eggs like scrambled eggs. Add fruit cocktail, pineapples, raisins and sugar and let it cook for two to three minutes. Then add the boiled rice, salt, black pepper and soy sauce and cook on high temperature. Mix well.
Sweet fried rice is ready to serve.
Dry green fish
Ingredients
Fish fillet ½ kg
Lemon Juice 3 tbsp
Salt To taste
Black pepper powder ¼ tsp
Oil 3-4 tbsp
Bread Crumbs 2 tbsp
Garlic paste 1 tbsp
Chopped coriander ¼ bunch
Capsicum half
Green chilli 3-4
Method
Marinate fish with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Chop vegetables and add garlic paste. Add half of the quantity in the fish along with the bread crumbs, and put aside the rest.
In a pan add oil and shallow fry the marinated fish till it turn light golden in colour. Now add remaining vegetables. As the fish turns completely golden, squeeze lemon over it.
Yummy dry green fish is ready to serve.
Kebab with creamy sauce
Ingredients
Beef undercut ½ kg
Onion 2 pcs
Green chilli 4 pcs
Coriander ¼ bunch
Butter 2 tbsp
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt To taste
Sauce
Milk ¼ litres
Black pepper powder ½ tbsp
Butter 2 tbsp
Fresh cream 2-3 tbsp
Flour 1-1/2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Method
In a chopper, add beef, onion, green chilli, salt, tomato paste and coriander. Chop finely. Shape into finger-sized kebabs.
In a pan, add oil and shallow fry kebabs.
Now in another pan, put butter and flour. Let it melt into paste and then add the milk. When the milk turns thick add fresh cream, salt and black pepper. The sauce is ready.
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Spread the sauce over kebabs and serve.
Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, April 3rd, 2016
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