Saturday, August 16, 2008

BIG announcement


Shrimp curry


A very unique recipe that is popular in south Asia is the shrimp curry that’s why I decided to search for some simple ingredients which are found in every house to create this delicious dish.


Ingredients:
- 500g of cleaned prawns
- 2 medium size onion
- 3 medium size tomatoes
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 cups of water
- 1 teaspoon of black pepper (powder)
- 2 teaspoon of oregano (powder)
- 1 teaspoon of cumin (powder)
- 1 teaspoon of Turmeric (powder)
- 2 tablespoon of salt (you can add more)
- Whatever amount of parsley and coriander you desire
- 1 small packet of tomato paste
- 1 small fresh hot red chili (optional)
- 1.5 tablespoon butter
- 5 tablespoons of olive oil (you can add more)

Method:
First boil the prawns with one tablespoon of salt for 10 min, then peel the three tomatoes and cut them in to small cubes, take two tomatoes from the three, mix them in the mixer with one tablespoon of salt a cup of water and the tomato paste, then keep the mixture a side, after that grind the onion, mash the garlic, cut the parsley, coriander and the red chili in to a very small pieces.
Get a medium sized pot, melt the butter then stir it with olive oil, add the onion, stir fry it until it is golden, then add the rest of the tomatoes with the garlic then continue mixing, add the prawns in to the pot after straining it, adding the seasonings and mix well, after that add the parsley, coriander, hot red chili and tomato mixture you prepared previously, mix all together, finally add the two cups of water mix very well then cover, when the curry becomes thickened that means its ready.

Cream of mushroom soup


One of the recipes that people keep asking for is a cream of mushroom soup; I worked on this for a couple of weeks, trying to create my own recipe until I reach not only the uniformly taste of this soup but also the flavor that can only belong to a homemade soup.

Ingredients
1- 1 mushroom can
2- 1 packet MAGGI mushroom soup
3- 1 medium size onion
4- 4 cups of water
5- 1 small packet of cooking cream
6- 2 tablespoon of butter


Method
First add the butter into a hot pan stir it until it melts, then chop the onion and cut the mushroom into a fine dice and add them to the butte, mix every thing together until the onion turns gold and the mushroom becomes semi brown, after that add the raw maggi mushroom soup, one cup of water in to a mixer then mix them for 2 minutes then add to them the mushroom and onion you did previously and mix for 30second, finally add the final mixture in to a pot adjust the heat of the stove to medium then stir, while stirring add the three cups of water and cream, keep stirring, when the soup starts to boil that means that the soup is ready

Additional ingredients
You can add lemon, pepper and bread crumbs to the soup if u want.