Chicken Stir Fry

Ingredients:

• 4(4 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 3 tbsp Cornstarch
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp Ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
• 3 tbsp Cooking oil, divided
• 2 Cups Broccoli florets
• 1 Cup Sliced celery (1/2 inch pieces)
• 1 Cup Thinly sliced carrots
• 1 Small Onion, cut into wedges
• 1 Cup Water
• 1 tbsp Chicken bouillon granules

How to make Chicken Stir Fry:

• Cut chicken into 1/2” strips; place in a resalable plastic bag.
• Add cornstarch and toss to coat. Combine soy sauce, ginger and garlic powder; add to bag and shake well. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• In a large skillet or wok, heat 2 tablespoons of oil; stir-fry chicken until no longer pink, for about 3-5 minutes.
• Remove and keep warm.
• Add remaining oil; stir- fry broccoli, celery, carrots and onion for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender.
• Add water and bouillon.
• Return chicken to pan.
• Deep fry until thickened and bubbly.
• Chicken Stir Fry is ready.

Italian Giambotta

Ingredients:

• 1/4 Pound fresh mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
• 1 Pound penne pasta
• 4 Italian fryer peppers, sliced
• 1 Red bell pepper, small diced
• 1 Medium onion, diced
• 2 Ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 1 Baby eggplant, sliced
• 3 Medium potatoes, diced
• 2 Medium zucchini, sliced
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Olive oil as needed

How to make Italian Giambotta:

• Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil and add pasta to it.
• Cook till al dente for about 8 to 10 minutes or according to package directions.
• Remove it from the fire, drain and keep aside
• Take an iron skillet and heat a small amount of olive oil in it.
• Add onions and fry till translucent.
• Add rest of the vegetables, season with salt and pepper and bring it to a simmer, stir well and cover the pan.
• Let cook on a low heat for 20 minutes, keep stirring.
• Remove the cover and continue to cook vegetables till tender and no cooking liquid remains in the skillet for about 15 minutes more.
• Combine the cooked pasta with the Vegetable Stew, tossing till coated and heated through.

Cheese Toast

Ingredients:

• 2 Thick Bread Slices
• 100gm Cheese
• 1 Medium Sized Tomato (thinly sliced)
• Salt as per taste

How to make Cheese Toast:

• Preheat the grill to its highest setting.
• Meanwhile slice the cheese into thin slices.
• Place the bread slices in a baking tray and put it in the grill.
• After 4-5 min, remove the bread slices from the tray.
• Now place the cheese slices on the bread slices.
• Add tomato slices over the cheese slices, sprinkle salt over it, and cover with the other bread slice.
• Put the above again in the heated grill until it turns golden brown.
• Take it out and serve with tomato sauce.

Egg Bhurji

Ingredients:

• 6 Eggs
• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
• 1/2 tsp Ginger Paste
• 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 1/4 cup Frozen Green Peas
• 1 Onion (chopped)
• 2 Green Chillies (chopped)
• 1 Tomato (chopped)
• Fresh Coriander Leaves (chopped)
• 3 tbsp Vegetable oil
• Salt to taste

How to make Egg Bhurji:

• Beat eggs in a bowl; add salt and red chilli powder.
• Heat the oil in a non-stick pan.
• Add the green chillies, ginger paste and onions.
• Heat it until onions turn golden brown.
• Then add tomatoes and cook until tomatoes are soft.
• Add green peas and cook for another 3 minutes.
• Add beaten egg and mix well.
• Turn the eggs upside down to cook the other side well.
• Splash garam masala powder.
• Garnish with chopped coriander/cilantro leaves.

Caramel Custard

Ingredients:

• 4 Eggs
• 4 tbsp Sugar, heaped
• 2 Cups milk
• 3 tsp Sugar for caramalising
• A few drops vanilla

How to make Caramel Custard:

• Heat the sugar for caramalising in a baking dish for few seconds over low heat, till it melts and gets burnt.
• Turn the dish quickly and carefully to ensure that the caramel spreads equally over the bottom and sides of the dish, set aside.
• Beat the eggs well and combine milk, sugar and vanila essence to it.
• The sugar should dissolve fully.
• Now strain it to the caramalised dish.
• Cover the mouth of the dish with butter paper and place it in the pressure cooker for about 10 minutes.
• Let it cool and serve.

Garlic Prawns

Ingredients:

• 500 gm Prawns, large shelled
• 4 tbsp Garlic, crushed
• 5 tbsp Butter
• 5 tbsp chilli and lime salad dressing, lemons or lime juice, maybe used as substitute
• 1 tsp Marjoram
• 1 Big onion, sliced
• Freshly cracked black pepper and ground sea salt to taste

How to make Garlic Prawns:

• Heat pan on stove and melt butter in it.
• Combine onion and garlic with it, cook for about 30 seconds on high flame.
• Add prawns to it, mix well.
• Combine chilli and lime salad dressing or lemons or lime juice with it.
• Sprinkle marjoram over the prawns.
• Add black pepper and sea salt to it.

Watercress Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp Fresh lemon juice
• 3 tbsp Olive oil
• Salt and Freshly ground pepper
• 1 Large bunch of watercress

How to make Watercress Salad:

• Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil and salt and pepper.
• Add the watercress to the dressing and toss.
• Watercress Salad is ready.