Herbed lamb cutlets is a top favourite starter of Kiwis. Do try this and enjoy New Zealand’s cuisine at your place …

Ingredients:

FOR MARINATION

• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 tbspn cracked black pepper
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of oregano
• A pinch of thyme
• A pinch of basil
• 1 garlic clove minced
• ½ tspn freshly grated ginger

FOR CUTLETS

• 8 lamb cutlets
• 6 tbspns olive oil
• An onion thinly sliced

Procedure:

-Wash and pat lamb cutlets with a clean kitchen towel. In a bowl mix all the ingredients given for marination. Pour this mixture or lamb cutlets and mix well. Refrigerate for 2 nights.

-Heat olive oil and fry onions in it. When they are dark brown take them out leaving the onion flavoured oil in the pan.

-Now place 3 cutlets at a time and cook them on very low flame, nearly 15 minutes per side or until they are well done.

-Arrange them in a serving dish and serve hot with any one of your favourite dip.

Outcome:

Tasty herbed lamb cutlets are ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Whenever they become dry while cooking add a tbspn of left over marinade.

-Serve immediately.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily as a starter.

Tropics and Berries is a healthy fruit dessert made up of mango chunks and bite size strawberries, do try this and make your summer evening exotic and refreshing …

Ingredients

• 2 sweet mangoes but firm (washed)
• 1 pint strawberries (washed and clean)
• 1 can thick cream (approx. 1 cup)

Procedure:

-Beat the cream well until light and fluffy. Add icing sugar while beating if desired.

-Wash and pat strawberries with a clean kitchen towel. Take off their leaves cut them into halves vertically.

-Wash mangoes and tidily take off its peel with a smooth thin sharp knife and then cut it into chunks.

-Arrange both the fruits in a wide dish.

-Fill the piping bag with whipped cream and decorate your dish as desired and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

-Serve chilled after meals.

Outcome:

A healthy though rich dessert is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Cut the fruits neatly.

Servings:

This will serve 6 persons easily.

Its a very quick version of Fusilli salad, all you need is cream, sour cream, some veggies and boiled pasta and look your salad is ready …

Ingredients:

• 1 pkt fusilli pasta
• 1 ½ cup sour cream
• 1 cup creamy mayonnaise
• ½ capsicums sliced thinly
• 1 red chilli deseeded and chopped fine
• 2 tbspns full cream
• Some salt
• Some cracked black pepper
• 1 tspn dried crushed parsley / few sprigs of parsley finely chopped

Procedure:

-Boil 2 – 4 litres of water and add dried fusilli pasta. Boil well and strain. Keep under running cold water for few second and separate them with your fingers. Keep them aside for 2 minutes or until all the access water is drained.

-In a deep mixing bowl combine, salt, black pepper, sour cream, cream, capsicum, red pepper, mayonnaise and parsley and mix well. Now add boiled fusilli and mix well.

-Keep in refrigerator and then transfer it to the serving bowl and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty and lavish salad is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Mix all the things properly.

-This salad is valid up to 8 hours. Refrigerate once made.

Servings:

This will serve 6 – 8 persons easily.

Make your day Special …

Ingredients:

• ½ lettuce bud broken into pieces
• 1 tin of boiled chickpeas
• A quarter of red bell pepper sliced thin
• A quarter of orange bell pepper sliced thin
• A quarter of green bell pepper sliced thin
• Some cracked black pepper
• 1 ½ cup sour cream
• 2 tbspns full cream
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• Any dried crushed herb of your choice

Procedure:

-Mix all the sauces and seasonings in a deep mixing bowl and add boiled chickpeas (drained) and all other salad items.

-Mix well and transfer it to the serving bowl and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty salad is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-It will stay fresh up to 6 hours.

Servings:

This will serve 6 – 8 persons easily.

Make your day …

Ingredients:

• An apple deseeded and sliced thinly
• ½ can of boiled chickpeas
• ½ capsicum thinly sliced
• 1 Lebanese Cucumber sliced thinly
• Some cracked black pepper
• 1 ½ cup sour cream
• 2 tbspns full cream
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 6 tbspns boiled sweet corn (drained)
• Any dried crushed herb of your choice
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 tbspn thick cream
• ½ cup mayonnaise

Procedure:

-Mix all the sauces and seasonings to make a fine dressing.

-Add all the vegetables and fruits and mix well.

-Transfer it to the serving dish and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty salad is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Mix everything well.

-Consume within 6 hours.

Servings:

This will serve 6 persons easily.

Potato Salad is a unique Italian salad which is made up of rich creamy mayo, sour cream or Greek style yogurt and full cream seasoned with some cracked black pepper and dill. Do try this and make your day …

Ingredients:

• 4 potatoes boiled and diced
• 1 ½ cup sour cream
• 2 tbspns full cream
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• Few springs of dill chopped
• Some cracked black pepper

Procedure:

-Combine all the ingredients given above except potatoes and mix well.

-When everything is mixed properly add diced boiled potatoes and mix well.

-Transfer it to the serving dish and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty and lovely potato salad is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Mix everything well.

-It will stay fresh up to 9 hours.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Grabba Egg breakfast is lovely, believe me …

Ingredients:

FRIED EGG

• An egg (whole)
• 2 tbspns olive oil
• Salt and pepper to season

FOR VEGETABLE SCRAMBLED EGG

• An onion (small) (chopped)
• A small tomato (deseeded, chopped)
• 2 green chillies (chopped)
• 2 springs of coriander (chopped)
• ½ capsicums (chopped)
• 4 tbspn olive oil
• Some salt and pepper

Procedure:

-For boiled egg, heat 2 tbspns of olive oil in a non stick frying pan, crack an egg and let it settle. Cook on very low heat until its stable. Do not turn or pour over hot oil on t.

-Lift and place it in the serving dish. Season.

-Heat oil for scramble egg and fry onions, tomatoes and other vegetables until they lose their stiffness. Add seasonings and crack rest of the eggs. Mix well until they are cooked.

-Place it with the fried egg and serve hot with some toasted white bread.

Outcome:

Tasty grabba egg breakfast is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Heat oil to the medium level when making fried egg.

Servings:

This will serve 1 person.

Southern Style Fried Chicken Breast Sandwich is a wonderful sandwich, try this and enjoy …

Ingredients:

FOR CHICKEN BREAST

• 2 chicken breasts single piece boneless
• ½ cup buttermilk (4 tbspns Greek style yogurt + 4tbspns milk)
• ½ tspn of chicken stock powder
• Some salt and crushed black pepper
• A pinch of oregano
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• Oil for frying

FOR SANDWICH

• 4 bread slices (thick)
• Some lettuce broken into pieces
• A cheese slice
• Some whipped sour cream (OPTIONAL)
• Some creamy mayonnaise
• Some tomato sauce
• Some basil leaves (OPTIONAL)

Procedure:

-Marinade chicken breasts in buttermilk for around 3 hrs.

-Combine bread crumbs with all the seasonings and adjust according to your taste. Heat oil in a deep fryer.

-Now coat the chicken breasts well with crumbs and deep fry until they are done.

-Toast bread lightly and apply some sour cream, place lettuce and basil leaves, drizzle some sauce and mayonnaise, place fried patty and cheese slice and cover it with the other bread slice.

-Slice and serve with some hand cut chips and tenderloins.

Outcome:

Tasty and healthy chicken sandwich is ready.

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Tips:

-Fry the chicken breast on low heat.

-Toast bread lightly.

Servings:

This will serve 2 persons.

Kashmiri Chai (Pink Tea) is a lovely, smooth and silky hot beverage that is usually served in Pakistan on any happy occasion after meals. Do try this and make your day …

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups water
• 4 cups milk
• A pinch of saffron strands
• 2 tbspns green tea leaves
• 1 big cardamom
• 1 big piece of cinnamon
• 2 cloves
• 3 almonds
• 4 green cardamoms crushed
• Some salt
• Sugar to taste
• 1 small very small drop of pink food colour (OPTIONAL)

FOR GARNISH

• Crushed or slivered almond
• Crushed or slivered pistachios
• Some mixed dried fruits

Procedure:

-In a saucepan, add all the ingredients given above except milk and for garnish and bring to a boil.

-Boil well for 10 minutes.

-Add milk and boil again.

-Strain this mixture and pour it into 4 cups.

-Place some mixed dried fruits on the saucer and garnish the tea with some crushed pistachios and almonds.

Outcome:

Tasty and lovely Kashmiri Chai is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Use full cream milk for best results.

-Avoid using salted or roasted pistachios and almonds.

-Add a very little drop of pink food colour only if desired.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Sheer Khurma is one of the favourite dishes of Pakistan which is specially served on Eid Days (Muslim Event). It is a sort of vermicelli pudding but enriched with dried fruits and nuts. Do try this and dont forget to tell me your remarks …

Ingredients:

• 1 litre full cream milk
• Sugar to taste
• 4 green cardamoms crushed
• ½ pkt. Roasted vermicelli
• Some edible silver foils (chandi ka warq)
• 4 – 8 sultanas
• Some slivered almonds and pistachios
• Very few strands of saffron (OPTIONAL)
• ½ cup dried dates (some sliced thick and some shaved)(deseeded)

Procedure:

-Boil milk with crushed cardamom and sultanas. Add vermicelli, saffron, and sugar and sliced dried dates.

-Mix well until the vermicelli tends to lose its stiffness and comes to a boil.

-Transfer the whole stuff into a deep dish and garnish with some silver foil, shaved dried dates, almonds and pistachios.

-Refrigerate or serve as it is.

Outcome:

Tasty and lovely sheer khurma is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Be careful while boiling the milk.

-Serve chilled.

Servings:

This will serve 6 persons easily.