Vegetarian Isthew
Kerala, India
Ingredients:
• 1 cubed carrot
• 1 cubed potato
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup green peas
• 1 finely sliced onion
• 4 - 5 green chilies
• 1 tbsp each, crushed ginger & garlic
• 1/2 tsp, whole black pepper
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 cloves
• 3 cardamom
• 1 1/2 cup coconut milk
• Bay leaves
• Salt
• Coconut oil
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Method:
1. Heat oil in a deep bottom pan & splutter the
crushed spices.
2. Add the onion, ginger & garlic, curry leaves or bay
leaf & green chili.
3. Sauté for a few minutes till the onion becomes
soft / transparent, not brown.
4. Add the cubed vegetables & combine well.
5. Add thin coconut milk & salt and bring to boil.
6. Reduce heat; simmer and cook till vegetables are
tender; approximately 10 minutes.
7. Add thick coconut milk, cook for 5 more minutes,
then remove from fire.
8. Garnish with curry leaves fried in coconut oil or
ghee.
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Spiced Soy Chicken
China
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8 chicken thighs, with bone
4 cups chicken stock / water
1 cup light soy sauce
1/2 cup Chinese rice wine
1/2 cup dark soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 whole star anise
1 cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
6 peppercorns
4 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
1 thumb-sized ginger, peeled and smashed
1/4 tsp pepper
1 diced onion
1 diced medium carrot
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Method:
1. Wash chicken and pat dry.
2. In a deep pot over medium heat, combine
chicken stock, soy sauce, rice wine, brown
sugar, star anise, cinnamon, garlic, ginger
and pepper. Bring to a boil for about 5
minutes or until sugar is dissolved.
3. Add chicken, onion and carrot and boil
for about 10 minutes, occasionally basting
with liquid. Lower heat and simmer chicken
for about 25 to 30 minutes or until cooked
through. Turn off heat, cover and let chicken
stand in soy sauce mixture for about 1 hour
to further absorb flavours. Before service,
bring to boil, thicken with corn starch and
water paste and serve with baguette bread
or steamed rice.
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Turkish Beef Kebab
Turkey
Ingredients:
• 1 lb ground lean beef
• 2 cups sweet onions, chopped
• 1 lemon
• 4 - 6 garlic cloves
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tbsp hot paprika
• 1 tbsp freshly cracked black peppercorn
• 1/4 cup freshly chopped flat leaf parsley
• 3/4 cup olive oil
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Method:
1. Add all except the olive oil to a
food processor or blender. Blend
on high and slowly drizzle in the
olive oil to create an emulsion.
2. Mix in the ground beef and
make into 16 pieces -- 1 oz cakes.
3. Cook on the griddle or pan over
medium heat till done.
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Riz Au Lait
France
Ingredients:
• 4 cups milk
• 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract or
1 vanilla bean, scrapings
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup arborio rice
• 3 tbsp butter
• 2 egg yolks
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Method:
1. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil and cook
rice for about 2-5 minutes and strain.
2. Meanwhile warm up milk with vanilla,
cinnamon, sugar and salt added.
3. Bring to a light boil and add rice.
4. Cover and let simmer on LOW(!) for 30-45
minutes. The rice should be really soft for
this dish. Stir and check a few times to make
sure the rice doesn’t burn or stick to the
bottom.
5. Add butter and stir.
6. Add egg yolks, one at a time, and stir.
After a couple of minutes, it’s done.
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