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English anyone!

2011-05-04T00:55:00.001+05:30

Since the 1st post on this blog there has been nothing posted here other than recipes. Well, its certainly not that we won't be posting recipes anymore. We will be back to our usual job of posting "around-the-world-tasty-recipes" from tomorrow.

But then... what to do today?!? The title reads "English anyone!" But what does it mean and how does it have (if any) relation to recipes?

Without any further beating about the bush, let me just tell you what I am here to tell you:

The longest coined English word is actually a name of a dish!!! However you will not find it in a dictionary. It is an ancient Greek transliteration. An ancient Greek comedic playwright Aristophanes in his play Assemblywomen (Ecclesiazousae), created a word of 183 letters. This word describes a dish. And this word is made by stringing together its ingredients.

And here is the word:

Lopadotemakhoselakhogameokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiokara-bomelitokatakekhymenokikhlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokep-halliokigklopeleiolagōiosiraiobaphētraganopterýgōn.

Quite a biG word isn't it?!?

Baked Alaska

2011-05-02T20:59:00.000+05:30

Ingredients

1 1/2 quarts neapolitan ice cream, softened
9 by 5 by 1/2-inch piece chiffon cake
8 ounces sugar
4 ounces light corn syrup
2 ounces water
4 ounces pasteurized egg whites, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch kosher salt

Directions

1.Line a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap.

2.Place the softened ice cream into the loaf pan and spread evenly.

3.Place the piece of cake on top of the ice cream, press down lightly, and place the pan in the freezer for 1 hour.

4.After an hour, combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a 2-quart saucepan and place over high heat. 5.Stir just until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Clip on a candy thermometer and bring the mixture to 240 degrees F.

6.While the syrup is cooking, place the egg whites, salt, and vanilla into the bowl of a stand mixer and, using
    the whisk attachment, whisk the eggs on high speed until they reach medium peaks, 4 to 5 minutes.

    When the sugar syrup reaches 240 degrees F, remove from the heat and, with the stand mixer on low
    speed, slowly and carefully pour the syrup in a thin steady stream into the egg white mixture, being careful
    not to come in contact with the whisk. Once all the syrup has been added, increase the mixer speed to high and whisk until stiff peaks are formed and the mixture has cooled, 8 to 10 minutes.

7.Remove the loaf pan from the freezer, turn upside down onto a heatproof serving platter, and remove the plastic wrap. Completely cover the ice cream cake combo with a 1-inch layer of meringue all around, sealing the meringue to the pan around the bottom edge.

8.Use a propane torch to brown the meringue all over. Serve immediately. May be frozen once the meringue has browned.

Bacon, Black Pudding and Goats Cheese Pizza

2011-05-02T15:34:00.000+05:30

Bacon, Black Pudding and Goats Cheese Pizza

Ingredients

1 prepared Pizza Base
2-3 slices streaky bacon, sliced
50g/2oz goats cheese
A few sprigs of Thyme
1 tbsp. sieved tomato or 2-3 sliced tomatoes
2-3 slices black pudding, cooked & crumbled

Procedure

1.Preheat the crisping dish and cook the bacon and black pudding on HIGH for 3 min.
2.Spread the sieved tomato or tomato slices over the base.
3.Crumble the black pudding and the goat's cheese.
4.Sprinkle the bacon and black pudding over the tomato, then add the cheese and thyme.
5.Re-heat the Crisping Dish and cook on HIGH for 6-10 min.
or until cheese is bubbling and base is crisp.

Serves 1-2

Bacon Fried Rice

2011-05-02T09:36:00.000+05:30

Bacon Fired Rice

Ingredients

Bacon
white rice
eggs
green onions
Lawry's seasoning
Kikoman soy sauce

Procedure

The ingredients have been scaled to 1 servings. These directions are for 1 servings.

Cook bacon
Drain oil
Fry the rice, then scoop into a bowl to cool off
Add Green onions, kikoman soy sauce and Lawry's seasoning

Sugar Roasted Ham

2011-05-01T10:48:00.000+05:30

Sugar Roasted Ham

Ingredients :
2 kg (4 ½ lb) un-smoked gammon or bacon joint, soaked overnight
750 ml (1 ¼ pints) boiling water
2 tbsp clear honey
3-4 tbsp demerara sugar

Procedure:
Drain the gammon and place in a large bowl. Pour on the boiling water, cover and cook on hihg for 20 minutes, turning the meat halfway through cooking. Drain off the liquid, wrap the meat in foil and leave to cool, then remove the rind.

Brush the fat with the honey and press on the sugar to coat well. Place in a shallow baking dish and cook on high for 15 minutes, turning the dish round 2 or 3 times during cooking if necessary; if any of the sugar coating starts becoming too brown, cover with very small pieces of foil, secured with wooden cocktail sticks. Wrap in foil and leave to sand for 10 minutes.

Serve hot with mashed potato and steamed broccoli, or cold with salads.

Serves : 8-10

Preparation Time : 60 mins

Creole Chicken and Rice Casserole

2011-04-30T20:35:00.002+05:30

Chicken and rice casserole recipe is a Creole chicken and rice casserole with green bell pepper, onion, celery, and tomatoes.

Creole Chicken and Rice Casserole

Ingredients

2 cups cooked rice
2 cups cooked diced chicken
1 tablespoon butter
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green pepper
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 can (14.5 ounces) tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

1.Put cooked rice in a buttered 2 1/2-quart casserole.
2.Place chicken over the rice.
3.Heat butter in a skillet sauté onion, green pepper, and celery until tender.
4.Add tomatoes, salt and pepper; simmer for 10 minutes.
5.Pour sauce over chicken and rice.
6.Cover and bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes.
Serves 4 to 6.

Chicken Biryani

2011-04-30T14:19:00.001+05:30

Chicken Biryani has been an all time favorite with us Indians.
Here is a microwave variant of the dish.

MIcrowave Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients

 
Rice    1 cup 
Water   1/4 cup 
Chicken  250 gms in small pieces 
Curd     100 Gms 
Garam masala   1 tablespoon 
Red color a pinch   dissolved in a teaspoon

Method

Cook the chicken, 1 tablespoon of water, curd, garam masala and salt at medium mode for 10 minutes.
Add rice along with the required amount of water and cook on high for 16 minutes.
Cover it well.
Add the color on top and garnish with fried onions and serve hot.

Vegetable Hakka Chowmein

2011-04-29T21:10:00.002+05:30

One of the most popular food items that are found today.

Ingredients
For boiling :
1 cup noodles,
4 cups water,
1 tsp oil,
1 tsp salt
For frying :
2 spring onions(shredded),
2 carrots (shredded),
5-6 beans (shredded),
2 capsicums,
2-3 dry red chilli (flaked),
1 cup cabbage (shredded),
5-6 baby corn (sliced),
5-6 garlic flakes (crushed),
2tsp oil,
2 tbsp tomato sauce,
1 tbsp vinegar,
1 pinch ajinomoto,
Salt, pepper to taste.

Procedure
1) In a big microwave safe bowl add water, oil and salt. Boil for 7-8 minutes at 100% power.
2) Add noodles and boil for 6-7 minutes at 100% power. Stir in between.
3) Strain the noodles and wash under running cold water so that the noodles do not stick to each other. Keep aside.
4) In another microwave safe bowl, add oil and all the shredded vegetables and microwave for 4-5 minutes at 100% power.
5) Add soya sauce, tomato chilly sauce, vinegar and ajinomoto. Stir it.
6) Add boil noodles to it and mix it. Microwave for 2minutes at 80% power.
7) Serve hot.

Variation
1) A non-veg variant of the vegetable chowmein can be made also. Small chicken cubes and small prawns can be used.
2) To make the chicken chowmein, take small pieces of the chicken in a microwave safe bowl and boil it at 100% power till the pieces tender. Add the chicken pieces along with the shredded vegetables in step #4 and proceed as per direction.
3) If you want to use prawn, then de-vein the prawn and wash thoroughly and before adding the vegetables in step 4 add the prawns and microwave for 304 minutes at 80% power and then add the vegetables as mentioned in step 4. Then proceed as directed.

Chocolate Brownie With Chocolate sauce

2011-04-29T21:02:00.002+05:30

Easy to make and heavenly taste.
Brownies are an all time favorite. This recipe will serve you with yummy brownies in
just over 5 minutes.
All courtesy goes to the device named Microwave cooking:
Ok.Having said much,let us get down to business,
Here is the recipe for the Brownies.

Ingredients:

3 eggs
1 cup oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
11/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup cocoa powder
melted chocolate for topping

Procedure

Beat sugar, eggs and oil in a large bowl.
In another bowl mix together the powders and add this mixture to the eggy one.
Mix, till no big lumps are visible.
Grease a big salad(glass) dish and pour the mixture into it.
Put in the microwave for 7-8 minutes or until a fork inserted comes out clean.
Take out and decorate with molten chocolate.

Chicken Reshmi Kebab

2011-04-29T13:18:00.002+05:30

Among all the kebabs Reshmi Kebabs are one of our favorites at EazzyChefs.

Chicken Reshmi Kabab

Ingredients

1.500gms Chicken
2.100gms curd.
3.2 tablepsoons of ginger+garlic paste
4.3 big green chillies.
5.1tbsp garam masala.
6.1 tsp of pepper.
7.2 Lime.
8.Few sprigs of coriander(for garnishing)
9.2 tablespoons of molten butter.

Procedure

1.Wash and cut up the chicken into small cubes.
2.Mix all the ingredients other than lime and mix well.
3.Now squeeze the juice of a lime into the mixture and mix well.
4.Marinate for 4 to 5 hours.
5.Melt the butter in a microwaveable bowl for 30 seconds in microwave mode.
6.Preheat the microwave to 200 centigrade in convection mode.
7.Place the chicken pieces on grill rack and brush with butter.
8.Now place in into the oven and set the time to 18 minutes.
9.Take out every 5 minutes and brush with butter.
10.Check out after 18 minutes,if chicken is still little uncooked then cook for another 2 minutes.
11. Take out and garnish with lemon juice and coriander leaves.
12.Serve hot with any favourite sauces.