Neethu's Kitchen To Yours: February 2011

Friday, February 25, 2011

Chicken Salami Sandwich with healthy Cucumber Spread


Ingredients

1/2 Onion, thinly sliced
1/2 Zucchini, thinly sliced
2 Chicken Salami
1 fat free cheese slice
1/2 Tomato, Thinly Sliced
1/2 Red Bell Pepper, thinly Sliced
2 Slices of Brown or White Bread
A Pinch of Pepper and Salt



Cucumber Spread

1 tblsp Olive oil
1/2 tsp Vinegar
1 cup Low Fat yoghurt
2 tblsp sour cream
2 Garlic cloves
Cucumber, peeled and diced
1tsp chopped Dil
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Directions

1. Prepare the Spread by mixing Olive oil, garlic, vinegar, salt and pepper. Whisk Yoghurt and Sour cream. Add the olive oil mixture to the yoghurt mix. Add the cucumber and dill and mix well.




2. Spread it on both slices of bread. Layer it by adding cheese first, chicken salami, tomatoes, bell pepper,onions, sprinkle some pepper/salt and then another slice of chicken Salami. Press it with your hands and cut the Sandwich into two.


3. Have it With Orange Juice.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Mutton Chops in your mouth goes "Chow Chow Chop Chop"




Ingredients

1 kg Mutton Chops
2 tblsp Freshly Grounded Pepper 
2 tsp Garlic chopped
4 tsp Garlic Thinly Sliced
2 Chillies, Sliced
2 tsp Coconut oil
Salt to taste

Onion Sauce

20 Small Onions, Thinly Sliced
Mutton Stock


Directions

1. Marinate the mutton Chops with the above ingredients . Add 1/2 cup wate, Mix Well and pressure cook for 30 minutes.
2. Separate the mutton chops from the stock. Pan fry and then sprinkle some pepper powder while frying. 
3. Take another pan. Add some oil and sliced small onions. On low flame, slowly caramelize the onions until golden brown.
4. Add the onions to the left over stock from the cooked mutton chops and cook till it thickens for about 5 minutes. Grind them well in a mixer. Voila, your simple Onion Sauce is ready.
5. Serve the mutton chops with the Sauce.



GooseBerry "Wine is like Bottled Poetry" ;))



Ingredients

2 Kg Gooseberry (washed)
2 Kg Sugar
1/4 kg Sugar for Syrup.
2 Cinnamon Stick
3 cloves

Directions

1. Get a earthenware or Bharani thoroughly washed.
2. Add  all the ingredients layer by layer. Close the lid. It would be better to close the lid with a large piece of cloth on top of the lid and tie it air tight.
3. After 25 Days, open the lid and add Sugar Syrup. Prepare the syrup by boiling  1/4 kg sugar with 1/4 litre water.
4. On the 45th day, Strain the Gooseberry mix using any thin cotton fabric. Transfer this to another Glass Jar.
5. Mix half and half of wine with sprite or water chilled. Enjoy it with Mutton Chops. ;))