Friday, July 25, 2008

Pineapple spicy Thai lettuce Wraps

The first time when i had a shrimp lettuce wrap at P.F Chang the taste was too good,and it is very easy to make with very short time.after that i have seen this recipe in one grilling book,i tried immd;it turned very well.


You Need:
Pineapple cut into big chunks - 1/2 cup
Chopped Fresh cilantro - 1/2 punch
sugar - 1tsp
Chilli paste (sambal olek) - 2tsp
Fish sauce - 2tsp
Lettuce cut into round shapes - 15
Roasted and choped peanut - 1/4cup
Lime juice from 1 lemon

Direction:

Whisk lime juce,sugar,fish sauce and chilli paste in a bowl together till sugar dissolves;add peanut and cilantro and stir until evenly dressed with sauce.
When ready to serve add the pineapple into sauce mixture,meanwhile arrange lettuce wraps in a big plate;fill the lettuce wraps with 1tsp of pineapple mixture.Serve immd.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Whole Grain Veg- swril Bread

Whole grains are very healthy and also playing important role when we looking for diet.As unbelievably tasty bread as it is easy,this bread proves that we can make the whole grain bread with great flavors and taste.

For Bread:

Whole Wheat Flour - 2cup
All purpose Flour - 1cup
salt - 1tsp
sugar - 2tsp
Regular dry active yeast - 1pkd
Warm Milk - 11/4cup
canola oil - 2tbsp
Melted Butter - 2tbsp
egg - 1

For Filling:

Grated Mixed Vegtables - 11/2 cup
Onion Chopped finely - 1
green chilli very finely chopped - 2
Minced ginger and garlic(not ginger garlic paste) - 1/2tsp
salt - 1/2tsp
Jeera - 1/2tsp

Direction:

Grease bottom of loaf pan or cookie tray with shorting.

In small bowl add milk,yeast and sugar,cover it and keep aside for 15mins.In Large bowl mix flours and salt,add oil and egg ,add the milk mixture into flour bowl; sitr until flour is completely moistented and knead well for make good dough.Then keep aside for an hour.

Haet oil in a pan add jeera once it splutter add onion,salt,green chilli and minced ginger and garlic; fry for 5mins over low-medium heat,add mixed vegies cover and cook for another 10 to 15mins.let it cool completely.

After an hour roll out the dough using rolling pin or hand by 1 to 11/2 inch thickness as round or rectangular shape,spread the stuffing over the dough and drizzle some oil.

Roll the dough from one corner to another,seal it.then cover the stuffed dough,keep it some warm place for an another hour.

Heat oven to 350deg F .Bake 35 to 45 mins or top of bread is golden brown.Remove it from pan to wire rack.Brush top with melted butter.Serve with your favorite sauce.

This is my entry for Healthy Cooking - A Cookbook Giveaway Event

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Shrimp Lo Mein

Noodles are favorite food every one,especialy for kids,here i've tried simple chinese lomein.lo mein means simply sauteed noodles with our favorite combination of meat and vegetables.For this recipe u can use traditional chinese egg noodlesor any spaghetti shaped noodle.



You need:

corn strach - 1tsp
salt - 1/2 tsp
sesame oil - 1tsp(for toasted)
jumbo shrimp - 10
1baby bok choy - cut crosswise into 3-inch pieces.
bamboo shoots - 1/4cup sliced.
scallions - 3 (cut into 2inch pieces)
finely minced garlic - 1tsp
chicken stock - 1/4cup
oyster sauce - 2tbsp
soy sauce - 1tbsp
sugar - 11/2 tsp
bean sprouts - 1/4cup
peanut oil - 2tbsp+4tbsp
chinese egg noodles - 1pkd


Direction:

stir together in a bowl with cornstrach,salt and sesame oil,toss the shrimp in cornstrach mixture and let marinate for 10 to 20 mins.

In a another small bowl stri chicken stock,oyster sauce,soysauce and sugar.Cook noodles as per the direction in a pocked,drain and rinse under cold water until cool.drain again and toss thorougly with sesame oil.

Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat .when hot ,pour in 4tbsp of peanut oil swril around the wok until hot but not smoking.Add the shrimp quickly strring and flipping in the oil to separate the picecs,and cook lightly.drain seive or colander.

Reheat the wok over high heat.When hot,pour in 2tbsp of peanut oil swril until very hot but not smoking.Now add all the vegetables with garlic.stir and toss vigorously until the vegetables are well coated with oil,about 45 secs.Now pour the chicken stock mixture down the side of the wok.stir and cover,allowing the vegetables steam in the sauce for a min.uncover and add toasted noodles into the wok with shrimp.stir and toss about 30secs,add the bean sprouts and stir for about 30 secs.Pour into serving dish and sprinkle the black pepper corns.Serve immediately with hot chilli sauce.

This is my entry for AWED - Chinese

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Mango - Strawberry Smoothe

In summer days we always search in our kitchen to eat something or in our fridge to drink something...drinking juice is healthy than eating some junk snacks,but i always prefer to have sum fresh homemade drink,this is one of my favorite drink.



You need:

1/4 cup - Frozen yogurt
1/4 cup - Mango pulp or 1 fresh mango
5 - Fresh strawberrys(cut in to half slices)
1tsp - sugar

Direction:

Blend everything well in a blender,pass into glass cup.Add icecubes while serving.

This is my entry for Frozen Yogurt