August 18, 2005

Seafood salad

Ingredients
2 oz freshly cooked or canned crabmeat, drained
2 oz freshly cooked or canned shrimps, drained
1 large, unpeeled red apple diced,
3 green pepper cut into pieces,

1/2 tbsp lemon juice
4 slices lemon
Lettuce leaves
Parsley
Curry sauce
3 tbsp light sour cream
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
1/8-tbsp curry powder
1 tbsp chopped green onion

Method
In a bowl, mix together crabmeat, shrimps, diced apple, green pepper pieces and lemon juice. In a separate bowl, mix all curry sauce ingredients. Refrigerate both. Just before serving, mix the curry sauce and the seafood mixture. Arrange lettuce leaves onto individual plates. Evenly top with seafood mixture and decorate each plate with a slice of lemon and parsley.

Prawn pakoras

Ingredients
12-15 medium sized prawns
3 green chillies
1tbsp ginger
3-4 garlic cloves
1/4th cup coriander
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp all spice powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp gram flour
1 tsp Chinese salt
3 tbsp capsicum
2 tbsp onion
2 tbsp Soya sauce
3 tbsp spring onion
1 1/2 cup oil
1/4 tsp pepper powder
Pinch of sugar

Method
Mix all the ingredients for the batter. Dip the cleaned prawns in it and deep fry. When it turns reddish brown, drain and remove. In a pan heat oil, add chopped garlic and when it turns to golden brown, add chopped ginger, green chillies, onions and capsicum and toss them well. Add the fried prawn with salt, pinch of sugar, pepper powder, Chinese salt and Soya sauce. Toss it well adding a little water. When half cooked, add the spring onions and mix well. Serve hot.

Crab soup

Ingredients
50 gms sweet corn
2 tbsp ginger
8 cloves of garlic
½ tsp of black pepper powder
1 tsp of lemon juice
1 carrot
1 tsp salt
250 gms of crabmeat
3 tbsp of cornflour
4 cups of crab stock
2 beaten eggs
2 tbsp of oil

Method
Dice the carrot into small pieces. Fry crushed ginger and garlic in oil. Add carrot, crabmeat, lemon juice, black pepper powder and salt. Then add prepared stock and sweet corn into it and boil. Mix the cornflour in half cup of water and add to the boiling soup. Add the beaten egg, stirring continuously. Bring to a boil and remove from fire.

Fried lobsters

Ingredients
5 lobsters
4 egg whites
4 tsp tomato sauce
For the masala
1 tbsp ginger
1tsp of pepper
8 cloves of garlic
½ tsp of turmeric
Salt to taste

Method
Clean lobsters without removing the tail. Grind ingredients for the masala. Marinate the lobsters with it and keep for half an hour. Beat the egg white with tomato sauce well. Dip the lobsters in the egg mixture and fry in oil till golden brown.

Fish pulao

Ingredients
400 gms rice
500 gms boneless fish
115 gms onion paste
5 gms ginger
2 tbsp green chilli paste
10g pepper corns
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
250 gms oil
50 gms potatoes

Method
Cut the fish into pieces and mix with onion paste, salt, green chilli paste and pepper powder. Deep fry in oil until golden brown. Heat half of the oil in a pan, fry rice with potatoes, turmeric and ginger for a few minutes. Add sufficient water to the rice and cook till it’s three-fourths ready. Add fish pieces, mix well and cook the rice until it is done.

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