Hey brothers and sisters. I had this idea of starting a cookery club where we can swap recipes. It'd be sooooooo good cuz we're all from different parts of the world and we can share some of our fav dishes here. I know students living away from home miss home-made food. So why not try to make it yourself?!
I'm gonna start off with a really delicious and easy recipe. Anyone can make it. Don't let it put you off just cuz you've never even boiled an egg
I am only having to cook for myself these days, so it's all simple and quick to make food. That's when I had this idea. Brothers don't be put off by cooking. It's well worth the effort and if it makes you feel any better, just remember that the world's best chefs are men looooool
This recipe contains fishfingers. Don't let that put you off. wait till you taste it lol. My bro used to request me to make it for him when he was going out on day trips. So you can imagine it can't be as bad as the fishfingers make it sound.
Ok here goes...... (BTW, this is a snack, not a dish)
You will need: (for one person)
* 5 fish fingers
* half an onion thinly sliced
* 1 small tomato or half a large one finely chopped
* 3 table-spoons of cooking oil
* 1/4 teaspoon of chilli powder (or add to your taste)
* salt to taste
* pitta bread/bread/chapatti (heat last)
*frying pan (the best are the non-stick ones)
Method
* heat the oil in the pan and fry the fishfingers on one side and the onions on the other side.
* keep moving onions to prevent them from burning and when they turn brown, add the chopped tomatoes. Mix and allow to cook.
* check to see if fishfingers have browned and turn over.
Note: To check if fishfingers have cooked, break or lift the batter to see if fish is white. Raw fish will be a transparent colour. Cooked fish will be an opaque white.
* add the salt and chilli powder to the onion and tomotoes.
* once fish has cooked and tomatoes have melted. Using your spatula or blunt knife, cut each fishfinger into bite size pieces.
* Now mix everything in the pan together and cook for another min or two, on the lowest heat possible.
*while you wait, heat up the pitta bread, chapatti or whatever you will use.
Note: Do not heat bread.
*Allow the fishfinger filling to cool slightly cuz by now the smell will have made you hungry and you'll burn your mouth trying to eat it quickly lol.
Now just add the filling to your choice of bread and enjoy!
Some Tips
*If you like, you can put some salad in your bread or even add sweetcorn to the filling when cooking it.
* pitta bread can be warmed in a toaster.
* pitta bread is easier to handle when eating if cut in the middle to make two separate pockets, rather than the way they do it in take-aways.
We've all had our donners in pitta bread fall apart on us havent we? lol
I hope that looked easy. It really is If any brave sis or bro attempts this, let me know how it went lol. I've never tasted arabian, somalian, turkish or food from any other country for that matter, so I can't wait to see some of your recipes. LOl, I'm feeling so hungry now.
Dear Sister Nadia
really nice idea i also want same cause i also live alone and some time i cooking my self and some time eat out side.
i write my dish tomorow.
Your Brother
ive just joined here few days ago and jus came across this thread, i fink its a top idea, u might fink it's bit weird but i love cooking so inshA soon ill post some of my cooking tips etc.
A bowl (you don't actually eat this)
Half a teaspoon of salt
Half a teaspoon of chilli powder
A pot of yoghurt
Milk (optional)
Bhoondi (I don't know what the heck you call them in English, but they're kind of like Rice Krispies)
Soak bhoondi in small amount of milk until soft, in the bowl. Pour yoghurt into bowl. Mix in salt and chilli powder. Stir like mad. Add chopped tomatoes/cucumbers/onions as desired.
You can make it without milk by simply soaking the bhoondi in boiling water. Sorted.
boondi is made of besan(chick pea flour)...mixed with a lil salt...chilli powder...chat masala...and water...to make a thick paste...then these are fried by sieving thru a spoon which has holes in it...u know the one u use for frying stuff so that the oil comes out....hope that gives sommeee idea..
W'salaam
IF only i were a BIRD!!..aahh..but eating caterpillars???...:enough!:
Well I got the picture......also many ways of making it:
Boondi Raita
Ingredients [ Multilingual Glossary | Measurement Conversion ]
1/2 cup Gram-Flour(besan)
1-2 cups curd(dahi)
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds powder
1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder or 1 chopped Green Chilli
Oil for deep frying
Salt to taste
few Coriander-Leaves.
Instructions
First mix the besan, salt and water properly to form a thick batter.
Then heat the oil for deep frying.
Take a sieve with large holes and gradually pour the batter through it in the oil.
Fry the boondis for few seconds till golden brown and crisp.(Keep the flame on medium).Keep aside.
Now in a bowl, take the dahi and beat well to form a smooth paste.
Add to it,salt, cumin powder,Red-Chilli-Powder or chopped Green-Chilli and mix well.
Just before serving , add the boondi, mix well and then garnish it with Coriander-Leaves.
i watched this on ready steady cook ages ago and tried it myself.... it was amazing because the sponge was really soft and spongy.... and it takes about 15 mins to make...
Ingredients
55g/2oz butter
55g/2oz self raising flour
55g/2oz caster sugar
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
3-4 tbsp milk
½ tin cherries, drained
butter to grease
flour to dust
Method
1. For the pudding, put the sugar and butter into a food processor and blend to combine.
2. Add the flour and baking powder and blend briefly.
3. Add the egg and blend again.
4. Drizzle in just enough milk to loosen the mix to make it just pourable.
5. Grease a medium sized heat proof bowl with butter and dust with flour.
6. Shake out the excess flour.
7. Put the cherries in the bottom of the bowl.
8. Pour the batter into the bowl and cover with cling film.
9. Microwave for 5-6 minutes (check with microwave cooking guidelines).
10. Leave to sit for one minute then turn out onto a plate.
11. Put the cherry juice in a pan and simmer to reduce and thicken slightly.
12. Pour this over the sponge and serve
got another one for coffee lover (like myself!)....
Ingredients
For the chocolate mousse
55g/2oz chocolate
120ml/4fl oz double cream, lightly whipped
8-10 sponge biscuits
120ml/4fl oz double cream, lightly whipped
grated chocolate to garnish
For the coffee sauce
3 tbsp instant coffee
120/4fl oz double cream
Method
1. Break up the chocolate and put into a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water. Ensure the bowl is not touching the water.
2. Melt the chocolate gently.
3. Take some of the chocolate and pipe a handle shape onto some greaseproof paper.
4. Chill in the fridge.
5. Fold the cream into the rest of the chocolate in the bowl.
6. Take a chefs' ring with a diameter of 8cm/3in.
7. Cut the biscuits to length and line the ring so that they sit about 2cm/1in above the top of it.
8. Fill the ring with the chocolate mousse.
9. Pipe the lightly whipped cream onto the chocolate mousse.
10. Sprinkle with grated chocolate.
11. Attach the handle with some cream.
12. Heat the double cream and coffee to make the coffee sauce and drizzle round the edge
never actually tried it myself but will do inshallah when i can be bothered
ive just joined here few days ago and jus came across this thread, i fink its a top idea, u might fink it's bit weird but i love cooking so inshA soon ill post some of my cooking tips etc.
WElcome bro, nah it's not wierd a bro liking cooking. It's wonderful! Hope to see some nice recipes from yourself inshaAllah.
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U people just gotta give them names....It's like havin children, but not givin them names...LOL
they sounds better if they have names
looolzzz very funny Fozley bro!!
Tnx for the raita recipes brothers. There are so many and it's nice to know a few of them jazakAllah. So does anyone know how to make bengan=aubergine raita?
WElcome bro, nah it's not wierd a bro liking cooking. It's wonderful! Hope to see some nice recipes from yourself inshaAllah.
looolzzz very funny Fozley bro!!
Tnx for the raita recipes brothers. There are so many and it's nice to know a few of them jazakAllah. So does anyone know how to make bengan=aubergine raita?
i dont know if theres already a thread on recipes or not.
Anyways, i know that there are people here from just about everywhere, especially you who have southeast Asian origin. I've tried some paki food in a restaurant and its really good. If anyone here has any recipes for food that they would like to share, please post them here. If anyone has the recipe for biryaani, please post it cuz i really want to know how to make it cuz its really good.
well im bangali sooooo when i go out with my family or friends i definetly dont go for desi foods!!!....i have to go for other types of food like Afghani or spanish....or trini....but definetly no desi..why go out to eat desi when i can just get that at home right.....
ok ok sooo u wanna know how to make Biryani hmmm...well lemme tell u the secret.............use this...lol thats it..
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If any brave sis or bro attempts this, let me know how it went lol. I've never tasted arabian, somalian, turkish or food from any other country for that matter, so I can't wait to see some of your recipes. LOl, I'm feeling so hungry now.
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