Fried Rice serve with bake chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken thighs-skinned-make a cut on the flesh.
• 1  1/2 tbsp carjun seasoning 
• 1 tsp lemon pepper
• 1 tbsp butter
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 1 cup chopped spinach
• 1/2 carrot. grated
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• 1 tbsp chopped onion
• 2 tbsp grind finely dried prawns
• 1 chilly-chopped
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp oyster sauce 
• 1 -1/2 tbsp fish sauce
• 4 tbsp oil

Method:

1. Marinate chicken with carjun seasoning and lemon pepper for 2 hours . 
2. Brush chicken with butter and bake in hot oven 250 C for 40 mins.
3. In a wok, heat oil, saute the garlic, onion, chilly and dried prawns till aroma.
4. Add the carrot and spinach. Stir till soft. 
5. Add egg and scramble and then add rice. Stir to blend well.
6. Season to taste. serve with bake chicken.

Make 2 -4 serving

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Chicken Patty Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp fast yeast
• 1 tsp sugar
• 6 tbsp warm water for yeast
• 3 cups flour
• 1/3 tsp vegetable oil
• Salt
• ½ cup yogurt
• Warm water
• 1 scrambled egg for surface

 Stuffing:

•  240 gms chicken nuggets.
• 4 tbsp oil for frying.
• ¼ cup ketchup.
• ½ tsp cumin
• ½ tsp coriander
• 1 egg

Method:

1. Mix the yeast, sugar and the warm water and keep it in a warm place.
2. Mix the flour, oil and salt well, add the yogurt and mix them well, add the yeast and warm water and  mix till it becomes proper (does not stick to the hand) then leave it for 1 hour till it becomes ready.
3. Cut the chicken nuggets to small cubes, and fry in the oil till it gets a little red.
4. Add the ketchup, cumin, and the coriander to the chicken, mix them and leave it for 3 minutes on light fire, then remove and leave to cool.
5. Spread knead with a rolling pin until it becomes (1/2 cm thick) then use a pastry cutter or cup to cut it into round shapes.
6. Take each piece and put the chicken stuffing on half of it, then fold the other part making it as half a circle, fold the edges and press them by a fork to seal the chicken inside.
7. Make small holes on the face using the fork and place in an oven tray lightly oiled. Beat the egg, and brush the surface then bake for 15 minutes, then put on the upper heat until the face gets a red color.
8. Take it out, cover with a sheet of cloth to keep it fresh till it cools.   

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Mutton Kabab

Kababs are most quick to cook and very delicious food. which is basically Pakistani food, and used mostly in weddings and parties. You must try it at home first then you decide.

Prep Time: 35 minutes

Baking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredient:

• 1 lb Lamb meat (boneless - chopped into 1/2 inch cubes)
• 1/2 tsp ginger paste
• 4 tbsp oil
• 1 medium onion
• 2 to 3 green chilies
• 1/2 garlic paste
• 4 Almonds
• 4 tsp plain yogurt
• 3 tbsp water
• A few leaves of coriander (finely chopped)
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. First of all grind the almonds and green chillies and mix them with the garlic paste, ginger paste and salt.
2. Now add this mixture to the yogurt and stir it throughly.
3. Put cubes of meat in a bowl and mixed yogurt over it. Leave it for 1 hour to marinate.
4. Then pour oil on a tawa or frying pan and spread marinated meat over it.
5. Cut the onions and layer it over the meat.
6. Add 3 tablespoon of water and cover the pan. Leave it to cook for fifteen minutes on a low light.
7. Take the lid off and stir the meat, put back the lid and cook for more 10 minutes.
8. If the meat is golden brown and oil starts to come out, its ready to be served, otherwise cook for further 5 minutes or till you feel the meat is tender.
9. Serve with coriander chutney or ketchup

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Saffron

 Saffron is used pretty extensively in Persian Cuisine. I love the smell of it and the beautiful deep yellow color that it gives rice as well as its delicate aroma.

Picture courtesy of FX Cuisine
There is a reason why Saffron is so expensive. Harvesting Saffron is no easy task. You get a little glimpse of it in the picture above taken by fellow blogger François-Xavier of FX Cuisine. I absolutely adore his blog and I am very sad that he doesn’t blog as often as he used to.  If you get a chance please go over and read about his adventure harvesting Saffron in Switzerland!!

This is how Persians usually prepare and use saffron in food. You have seen me do this before in pictures, but here is the step by step process.

This is all you need a mortar along with hot water.

I love this little little stainless steel Turkish coffee maker pot because I can use it to quickly boil up a small amount of  water for my saffron without having to use my kettle or a sauce pan.

In a mortar grind a pinch of saffron with a pinch of salt or sugar.  The addition of salt or sugar will make the process easier.

Place ground saffron in a small bowl and pour hot water over it. Make sure that you always use hot water as it helps release the aroma and works much better than room temperature water.

Stir well. Now you are ready to use the saffron in your recipe as needed.


If you don’t want to  bother with having to grind the saffron every time you use it, here are a couple of shortcut options.

Place ground saffron in a small spice bottle.

Add hot water to it and close the lid. Give it a nice shake.  Open the lid and let cool down to room temperature. Store bottle in the fridge and use as needed.

Alternatively, you can store your ground saffron in a small jar. I was given this jar by one of my aunts which came filled with ground saffron! I keep on reusing it as it is nice and small.

So there you have it! A couple of nice shortcuts to save time while cooking!

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Apricot Chicken With Almond Rice

Ingredients

• (350 g) Fairtrade basmati rice
• 1/2 tsp Fairtrade ground turmeric
• 12 Fairtrade dried apricots Zest and juice of 1 Fairtrade orange
• 1 3/4 oz (50 g) flaked almonds
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 6 chicken thigh fillets, sliced
• 1/2 oz (15 g) fresh coriander, roughly chopped

Method: 

1. Apricot chicken almonds make a great combination with rice.
2. To prepare apricot chicken with almond rice recipe make rice according to package directions. Just add turmeric into the water. When the rice is done drain them and leave aside to keep warm.
3. Put apricot in half of the orange juice. Let them soak for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes drain and set the apricots aside.
4. Chicken almond recipes require roasted almonds. Take a large deep frying pan and roast almonds in it for 2-3 minutes until golden. Take out and set aside.
5. Use same pan to heat the oil and sauté onion for 4-5 minutes on low heat. When the onion is soft put in the chicken. Increase the heat and fry for 6-8 minutes until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
6. Put in the cooked rice and apricots. Mix and season according to your taste.
7. Pour the left over orange juice in chicken almonds rice. Top almonds and herbs over chicken almond rice.  Serve the chicken rice almond casserole warm.

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