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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Home Made Hummus (No Tahini Sauce) With Poached Egg
Ingredients:
Hummus:
1/3 Cup Chickpeas
2 Tsp Berbere Powder (or according to taste. If you don't have Berbere Powder, which is an Ethiopian spice, Use Paprika or just chili powder)
2 Tsp Chili Powder (or according to taste)
2 Tsp Cumin Powder
2 Garlic Cloves
Olive Oil (as needed)
Pepper Flakes (according to taste)
Salt (To taste)
Tahini Sauce (if you have it use as needed)
Pita Bread
1 Egg or More (Poached)
Soak the Chickpeas overnight in a bowl of water covered. Next morning drain the water and put chickpeas in a pressure cooker dish and add enough water to cover the chickpeas and cook for three to four whistles. You can also just cook the chickpeas on the stove top with boiling water but this will take twice as much time.
Once Chickpeas are cooked drain the water (don't throw the drained water out, but keep it aside). Now add the Chickpeas, Berbere Powder, Chili Powder, Cumin Powder, Garlic and Tahini Sauce (optional) and grind in a food processor. The grinding process takes a while so take your time. Slowly start adding olive oil and the drained water to help smooth out the Chickpeas occasionally stopping to scrape and mix the Chickpeas in the food processor so that everything is incorporated properly . Usually 1/3 cup of Olive oil and a cup of the water should do. Incorporate both slowly in intervals and grind till you get a smooth thick consistency. Add the salt and grind once more. The Hummus should be thick but smooth at the same time.
Transfer the contents to a bowl, add some olive oil on top and some Red Pepper Flakes as a garnish. Refrigerate till chilled and then enjoy it with toasted Pita bread and a Poached egg.
Why the Poached Egg, Pita bread with Hummus go together, I don't know. I made this for breakfast this morning and it was delicious. If you don't eat eggs, then have it with a cold cucumber salad. Mind you I did not have Pita bread, but had store bought Pizza base (technically a round piece of whole wheat bread but here they call it a Pizza base, which I cut into triangular slices and toasted and it was pretty darned good. So if you don't have or cant get Pita bread, eat the hummus with whatever you like).
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Potato fry stuffed with Keema
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
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Tamarind Chicken with Spinach in a Tomato spiced sauce
Hey all finally got a new recipe and its delicious for all the chicken lovers out there.
There are alot of steps to this, so please follow carefully and all should be fine.
Ingredients:
4 to 6 tomatoes boiled and peeled
1 tbs Geera seeds
1 tbs mustard seeds
1 inch Ginger chopped finely
Indian standard about 4 garlic pods, western standard about two large chopped finely
1 tbs Danya Powder to taste
1 tbs Geera Powder to taste
1 tsp Garam Masala
1/2 tsp cumin powder
3 tbs oil
4 to 5 cups spinach
Ghee
sugar
4 chicken breasts
Marinade for the Chicken:
Soya Sauce (however much you want)
worsterchire sause (however much you want)
1 tbs Danya Powder
1 tbs chili powder
1 tsp garam masala
touch of salt
2tbs Tamarind Powder also known as dry Tam or you can use liquid Tamcon
Mix up the marinade in a small cup and set aside. Now butterfly the chicken breasts and smash each one till they are flattened out and tenderized. Pour the marinade on all four chicken breasts on both sides and rub it in well. Set the marinated chicken aside in the fridge up to 2 hours or you can leave overnight.
Now in a nonstick pan heat up some Ghee and add the spinach. Once spinach has wilted and it will do so fairly quickly add about a tsp of sugar (this brings down the acidity level) give it a quick stir and set aside.
For the Sauce:
Boil the tomatoes till the skin starts to crack. Turn the heat off remove the tomatoes,peel and chop up into small bits, not too fine though.
In another nonstick pot or pan (please beware that the pan needs to be deep enough for both the chicken and the sauce later on) on low to medium high heat, heat up 3 tbsps oil. Add the mustard seeds and once they start to pop add the geera seeds. Stir till Geera seeds start to change colour, add the ginger and garlic. Stir and fry for a few minutes. Now add the Danya, Geera and Cumin powder stir and mix well. Now take the chopped tomatoes and add this to the pan continuing to stir. Bring it to a simmer and then lower heat and cook for about ten minutes covered. You can add any extra marinade used for the chicken at the end and just add it to the tomatoes. Add salt to taste and garam masala powder in the end, cook for another 5 minutes or so. If you want the liquid to reduce uncover and cook on high.
Now for the chicken:
Once chicken has marinated for a couple of hours, take the spinach and add a bit of spinach to each of the chicken breasts. Now roll the breasts and seal them with toothpicks or you can sew together so that they are completely sealed. In a nonstick pan heat up enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan on high heat. Once hot (you should hear a sizzle when you add the chicken)put all four chicken breasts in and fry both sides till they are a golden brown colour. Do not over cook the chicken, you just want that colouring on both sides. Turn the heat of and carefully remove the chicken and add the pieces jently to the sauce. You will then need to add some water (enough to cover the chicken pieces till they are almost covered). Turn heat on, bring to a boil, cover and cook on low for about 20 minutes. The tomatoes will add more water content to this, so if it is too liquidy, just uncover in the end and cook on high for another 5 to ten minutes. If the chicken is fully cooked through remove the chicken pieces and just reduce the liquid.
Remember to remove the toothpicks and or thread used to bind the chicken, serve with rice and enjoy!
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