30Mar
Ingredients:
4 1/2 Cups Mashed Potatoes
3 Eggs
1/2 Cup Matzo Meal
1/4 Tsp. Pepper
3 Tsp. Salt
3 Large Onions
4 Tsp. Cooking Fat
Method:
Mix potatoes, beaten eggs, meal, pepper, and 2 tsp. salt. Brown onions in hot fat, and add 1 tsp. salt. Flatten small pancakes of the potato mixture in the hand. Cover with brown onions. Press another pancake on top. Roll in matzo meal. Fry in hot fat or bake in hot oven (400 degrees).
Servers 6 to 8.
Variations: Meat or liver mixture can be used instead of onions.
22Mar
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
5 cups (from about 3 pounds) coarsely chopped onions
4 minced garlic cloves
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons crumbled dried thyme
2 teaspoons paprika
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 cups red wine
6 pound beef brisket, first cut
3 cups beef stock or low sodium broth
1 cup orange juice
Method:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent and soft. Add the garlic, bay leaves, thyme, paprika, and salt and pepper to taste to the onion mixture. Cook for a few minutes more, and then deglaze the pan with the red wine. Cook for 5 minutes over high heat, and then let simmer while browning the brisket. Place a large heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the remaining oil and heat until very hot, but not smoking. Salt and pepper the brisket liberally. Add the brisket to the Dutch oven and brown quickly on each side, being careful when turning the brisket to avoid splattering oil. Add the onion mixture, the beef stock, and the orange juice. Place the lid on the Dutch oven but do not tightly seal, leaving it slightly ajar. Place the brisket in the oven and bake for 4 hours, or until tender. Remove the brisket from the oven and cool at room temperature for an hour in the Dutch oven. Remove the brisket from the Dutch oven and wrap tightly in foil. Refrigerate the brisket and onion mixture overnight. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees about an hour before serving. Slice the brisket against the grain and place in a baking dish to reheat. Skim the fat from the onion mixture and place in a food processor or blender. Process until a thick, smooth gravy is formed. Spoon the gravy over the brisket and cover loosely. Bake for 30 minutes or until ready to serve.
01Mar
Ingredients:
1 kg Rice
1 kg Mutton
10 gms Cardamom
10 gms Cinnamon
10 gms Cumminseed
10 gms Cloves
40 gms Ginger
20 gms Garlic
100 gms Green Chillies
50 gms Fried Onion
1 bunch Coriander Leaves
1bunch Pudina
2 Lemon
1/4 kg oil/margerine
Method:
Wash mutton and take it in a vessel.
Grind green chillies, ginger, garlic, spices, fried onion, and mix them all, then add this mixture to the meat. mix the stuff thoroughly. Leave the material for half an hour.
Take 2 litres of water in a vessel and put it on the stove.
When water boils well put the rice in the vessel. Take out the semi-cooked rice and spread it on the meat and spices mixture as a layer. Take some more rice and spread as second layer. Finally, spread the fully cooked rice.
Prepare a mixture of one cup of boiled water and 1/4 kg oil and spill it on the rice.
Now put a plate on the vessel and seal the edges with dough. Put the vessel on the stove, cook for 15 minutes on medium flame.
Then turn off the stove. Leave the stuff for 15 minutes.
Hyderabadi mutton biryani is ready to serve.
01Feb
Ingredients:
4 oz 85% lean ground beef
1 cup Green onions, with tops chopped
1 cl Garlic, minced
3/4 cup Chicken broth
2 tbsp (light) Soy sauce reduced sodium
1 tbsp Chile sauce
1 tsp Seasame oil
1/4 tsp Hot oil, (optional; see below)
1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
2 tbsp Cornstarch
2 tbsp Water
1 cup Bean curd(tofu), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Method:
Place ground beef, green onions, and garlic in a nonstick skillet and
cook, stirring quickly, until beef is browned. Stir in chicken
broth, soy sauce, chili sauce, oils, and red pepper flakes. Mix
cornstarch with cold water. Add to skillet. Cook. stirring
constantly, untill sauce thickens. Gently stir in bean curd. Contiune
to cooking over medium heat 3 minutes.