Saturday, July 9, 2011

Thousand Island dressing by Shireen Anwer



Ingredients:

Mayonnaise                               1 cup
Spring onion leaves                     1 tsp (finely chopped)
Capsicum                                  1 tsp
Freshly Ground Black pepper      1/2 tsp
Egg White (hard boiled)               2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Parsley (finely chopped)              1 tbsp
Stuffed Green Olives                   1 tsp
Chili Sauce                                1 tsp
Ketchup                                    4 tbsp
Salt                                          a pinch

Sugar                                        2 tsp (grinned)

Method
Mix all the things together in a bowl, thousand island sauce is ready.

Helpful Liquid Conversions

Volume Conversions: Normally used for liquids only
 
Customary quantity Metric equivalent
1 teaspoon 5 mL
1 tablespoon or 1/2 fluid ounce 15 mL
1 fluid ounce or 1/8 cup 30 mL
1/4 cup or 2 fluid ounces 60 mL
1/3 cup 80 mL
1/2 cup or 4 fluid ounces 120 mL
2/3 cup 160 mL
3/4 cup or 6 fluid ounces 180 mL
1 cup or 8 fluid ounces or half a pint 240 mL
1 1/2 cups or 12 fluid ounces 350 mL
2 cups or 1 pint or 16 fluid ounces 475 mL
3 cups or 1 1/2 pints 700 mL
4 cups or 2 pints or 1 quart 950 mL
4 quarts or 1 gallon 3.8 L   
Note: In cases where higher precision is not justified, it
may be convenient to round these conversions off as follows:
  1 cup = 250 mL
  1 pint = 500 mL
  1 quart = 1 L
  1 gallon = 4 L

Helpful Conversions

Weights of common ingredients in grams
 
Ingredient 1 cup 3/4 cup 2/3 cup 1/2 cup 1/3 cup 1/4 cup 2 Tbsp
Flour, all purpose (wheat) 120 g 90 g 80 g 60 g 40 g 30 g 15 g
Flour, well sifted all purpose (wheat) 110 g 80 g 70 g 55 g 35 g 27 g 13 g
Sugar, granulated cane 200 g 150 g 130 g 100 g 65 g 50 g 25 g
Confectioner's sugar (cane) 100 g 75 g 70 g 50 g 35 g 25 g 13 g
Brown sugar, packed firmly (but not too firmly) 180 g 135 g 120 g 90 g 60 g 45 g 23 g
Corn meal 160 g 120 g 100 g 80 g 50 g 40 g 20 g
Corn starch 120 g 90 g 80 g 60 g 40 g 30 g 15 g
Rice, uncooked 190 g 140 g 125 g 95 g 65 g 48 g 24 g
Macaroni, uncooked 140 g 100 g 90 g 70 g 45 g 35 g 17 g
Couscous, uncooked 180 g 135 g 120 g 90 g 60 g 45 g 22 g
Oats, uncooked quick 90 g 65 g 60 g 45 g 30 g 22 g 11 g
Table salt 300 g 230 g 200 g 150 g 100 g 75 g 40 g
Butter 240 g 180 g 160 g 120 g 80 g 60 g 30 g
Vegetable shortening 190 g 140 g 125 g 95 g 65 g 48 g 24 g
Chopped fruits and vegetables 150 g 110 g 100 g 75 g 50 g 40 g 20 g
Nuts, chopped 150 g 110 g 100 g 75 g 50 g 40 g 20 g
Nuts, ground 120 g 90 g 80 g 60 g 40 g 30 g 15 g
Bread crumbs, fresh, loosely packed 60 g 45 g 40 g 30 g 20 g 15 g 8 g
Bread crumbs, dry 150 g 110 g 100 g 75 g 50 g 40 g 20 g
Parmesan cheese, grated 90 g 65 g 60 g 45 g 30 g 22 g 11 g

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Arabian Rice


Ingredients

Rice (Soak) 250 gm
Garam masala powder ½ tsp
Oil 3tbsp
Salt 1 tsp

Black pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
Green chilies 3 strips
Yellow color few drops
chili garlic sauce1tb
chilli sauce 2tb 
ketchup 1tb mix all this is sauce for topping

Method:


Heat oil, adds soaked rice, and fry for a minute. Add salt, all spice powder, and 1. ¼ cup water. Cover and cook till rice water dries out. Remove 1 cup rice in a bowl. Add yellow color; add to the remaining white rice.dont mix just put them un middle . Add in green chilies. Leave on DAM for 10 minutes. Mix well before serving. 

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Chicken Salsa Rolls


Ingredients for Chicken: 

Marinate Boneless Chicken 1/2 kg with:
Salt 1 tsp
Black pepper (to taste)
Crushed red chillies 1 tsp
Crushed cumin 1 tsp
Crushed mint leaves
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Garlic paste 1 tsp
Lemon juice 4 tbs
Oil 1 tbs
pinch of Chinese salt
Soya sauce 1tsp

Method:


Put this marinated chicken on low heat & cover the lid.
Keep checking if the chicken is soft n well cooked. (You may need to add little water)

Salsa Ingredients:


Tomato paste of 2 tomatoes (You may simply add 2tbsp of tomato puree)
Garlic chopped 1 tbs
Onion chopped 2 tbs
Tomatoes chopped 1 tbs
Capsicum chopped 2tbs
Coriander leaves 1 tbs
Oil 1 tbs
Salt 1/2 tsp
Crushed red chillies 1/2 tsp
Tomato ketchup 2 tbs

Preparation:

Add oil in a pan
Then add tomato paste, tomato ketchup, & garlic chopped
Heat it until tomato is well cooked then add onion,tomato,salt,crushed red chillies & capsicum.
Heat it until your salsa seems to be ready....do not overcook it.....!

Tortillas Ingredients:
Flour 2 cups
Wheat flour 1 cup
Salt 1/2 tsp
Oil 2-3 tbs
Baking powder 1 tsp (leveled)

Method:
Mix all the ingredients and start to make the dough.
Make tortillas just like you make roti.

To Assemble:
 

Take one tortilla
Spread salsa on it
Add chicken on it
Roll it
 

This makes the most delicious rolls & most importantly the tortillas made using this method are very soft.

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