Monday, November 16, 2009

Thai Red curry fried rice

Thai red curry taste so yummy...the color of the paste looks so rich and hot...it give good texture to the food...


Ingredient-1

1 cup - Jasmine rice/basmathi rice/long grain rice(uncooked)

Ingredients -2

2 Nos - Egg
6 Pieces - chicken(Boneless)
1/2 No - Onion(Cut in to length wise)
1 No - Carrot(Cut in to length wise)
1 No - Capsicum(Cut in to cubes)
10 Florets - Broccoli

1/4 Cup  -Peas
1 Tbs - Red Curry paste(increase or decrease as per the need)
1 Tsp  - Soy sauce(or fish sauce)
1 pinch - Chili flakes
1 Pinch  - salt
Oil to cook

Method

Step1. Cook the Rice and keep aside let it cool down completely.
Step 2. Scrambled the eggs and keep it separately.
Step 3. In a wide pan add oil(may be around 3 tsp)
Step 4. Fry onion until golden brown
Step 5. Add 1 Tbs of red curry paste..and saute it for 1 to 2 mins...
Step 6. Now add the chicken pieces and cook ...add little bit of water so that it red curry paste doesn't burn or stick with the pan.
Step 7. Now add  pinch of salt and red pepper and 1 Tsp of soy sauce/fish sauce.
Step 8. Wait until the chicken is cooked..then slowly add the vegetables and cook for another couple of mintues..
Step 9. Don't over cook the vegetables...at this stage add the cooked rice and make sure it mix well.
Step 10. Red curry should be evenly spread in the white rice add little more oil..so that it won't stick to the pan or look dry.
Step 11. At this stage add the scrambled eggs..




Step12.. Garnish with green onion..

Note.

For my vegetarian friends u can also make red curry paste from scratch .Red curry paste has dried shrimp and  fish sauce..so avoid using store brought curry paste..
And rest making fried rice the procedure is same..avoid egg and chicken just add all the veggies..

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Veggieball Manchurian

I had some frozen veggie ball in my freezer for long time..so bored of eating it keeping it in oven....suddenly a bulb flashed ....why can't we try manchurian out of it....i tried and it taste awesome...



Ingredients

6 Nos - Veggie Balls
1/2 No - Onion(Cut it in to big pieces)
1/2 No - Capsicum(Green bell pepper cut in to big cubes)
1/2 tsp - Gingergarlic paste
1/2 tsp - Dark soya sauce
1/4 tsp - Vinegar
1/2 tsp - Ketcup
1/4 tsp - chilli flakes
salt to taste
cliantro to garnish

Method

Step1. Cook the veggie ball as per the instruction.(May be keep in the microwave for 1 minute.) and keep aside
Step2. In a wide pan heat oil and add gingergarlic paste and cook for 1 minute
Step3. Then slowly add the onion and bell pepper and fry for 4 mins...
Step5. Then add soyasauce,ketup and vinegar and little bit of salt..and chili flakes.
Step6. After 1 min of mixing it well add the veggie ball.
Step7. Add 2-3 tsp of oil...to avoid stickiness...
Step8. Check for the salt and spice if need add more..
Step9. Yummy yummy manchurian is ready.
Step10. Before ready to serve garnish it with cliantro and serve with smile...