Monday, 16 March 2009

Minced Meat Curry


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A dish that gives you the option to use either beef or mutton. I personally feel it will always taste better with either of these red meat.
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Ingredients:-

- 200g potatoes
- 100g onions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 10g ginger
- 2 tbsps cooking oil
- 250ml water
- 250g minced meat
- 7-8 pcs curry leaves
- 3 tbsps green peas
- 4 tbsps unsweetened plain yoghurt
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Spices:-

- 2 tsps ground coriander
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground tumeric
- 1 1/2 tbsp chilli paste
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Seasonings:-

- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
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1. Peel potatoes and cut into 1cm cubes. Peel onions and garlic and chop finely. Peel ginger and grate finely.
2. Mix onions, garlic, ginger well with oil in a wok for about 3 minutes.
3. Add spices and stir well for another 2 minutes. Stir in potatoes and water. Cover and continue to cook for another 3 minutes.
4. Stir in mince meat, curry leaves and Seasonings and cook for another 5 minutes and continue stirring.
5. Stir in green peas and unsweetened plain yoghurt for 2-3 minutes.
6. Serve.

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French Beans with Egg

A dish I picked up from my mom while growing up. Mind you, my mom is an absolutely fabulous cook. She bakes and cooks almost anything under the sun!
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Ingredients:-
- French beans
- 3 cloves of garlic (diced)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 tsp chicken stock powder
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1/4 bowl water
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1. Heat up oil.
2. Once oil is semi hot, add diced garlic and fry for 1 minute.
3. Add French Beans and stir fry.
4. Add water and chicken stock powder.
5. Add beaten eggs and continue to stir fry.
6. Serve
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See? A simple meal........
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