Chapli Kebab

Ingredients

Beef mince ½ kg Tomatoes 2 Onion 2 Green chillies 5 Coriander leaves ¼ bunch Butter 2 tbs Gram flour 3 tbs Egg 1 Coriander 2 tbs Anar daana 2 tbs Red chilli crushed 2 tbs Turmeric powder 1 tbs Garam masala 1 tbs Salt to taste Oil ½ litre

Dish up a protein powered main course with a nutritious salad or lightly steamed vegetables

Method

Add all the spices in the mince. Add chopped vegetables. Add egg and garlic to the mince mixture and mix well. Shape into kebabs and fry in a big pan. When it turns golden brown on both sides, lift it out and serve.

Lasagne strips with spicy chicken

Ingredients

Chicken breast ½ kg Green capsicum 1 Red capsicum 1 Green chillies 3-4 Ginger 1 Garlic 3-4 cloves Oil 3tbs Lasagne sheets 3-4 Green onion 2 Carrot 1 Soy sauce 1 tbs Worchester sauce 1 tbs Chilli garlic sauce 2tbs Boiled tomatoes (sliced) 2 Crushed red chillies 1tsp Salt to taste Black pepper powder ¼ tsp Corn flour 2 tbs Oil for frying

Method

Marinate sliced chicken with salt, black pepper and corn flour. Deep fry, and keep aside.

Boil the lasagne sheets and cut them in strips. In a pan add oil, ginger, garlic, green chillies, capsicums, green onions, carrots and boiled eggs; also add sliced tomatoes and let it cook for two to three minutes. Then add fried chicken and lasagne sheets into it.

Now add salt, crushed red chillies, chilli garlic sauce, Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce. Let it cook for one to two minutes on high flame.

Mix well and serve.

Grilled tabana fish

Ingredients

Fish 1 large Ginger garlic paste 2tbsp Red chilli powder 2-3 Tomato paste 2 tbs Green onion 1 Lemon juice 2 tbs Oil 2-3tbs Black pepper, crushed 1tsp Red chilli powder 1tbs Turmeric powder 1tsp Salt to taste White pepper powder ¼ tsp Black pepper powder ¼ tsp Onion paste 1

Method

Wash and mark cuts on the fish at equal intervals and set aside.

In a bowl add green chilli paste, onion paste, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, crushed red chilli, black pepper powder, turmeric powder, white pepper powder, crushed black pepper and salt. Then add tomato paste. Now marinate the fish with this mixture for an hour.

Cover the fish with aluminium foil and bake at 200 C for 15 minutes.

Mutton chops salsa

Ingredients

Garlic paste 1tbs Mutton chops ½ kg Oil 3tbs Lemon juice 1tbs Water 1 cup Green chillies 3-4 Tomatoes 4 Onion 1 pc Red chillies, crushed 1 tsp Parsley ¼ bunch Mint leaves 2 tbsp Salt to taste Black pepper powder ¼ tsp Worchester sauce 2 tbsp Tabasco sauce 1 tbsp

Method

Firstly, marinate the chops with salt, black pepper, garlic paste, lemon juice and shallow fry on low heat. When the colour turns brown, add blanched tomatoes, mint leaves, green chillies, onion, parsley and let it cook for two minutes, then add water and let it cook on low heat.

After 20-25 minutes add crushed red chillies, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco sauce, and let it cook on high flame. When the gravy dries, take it off the stove. Serve hot.

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, June 5th, 2016