Showing posts with label Stir Fry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stir Fry. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Singaporean Rice


II'll be sharing a recipe for Singaporian rice with u today,
and i'm not even sure if there is such thing as Singaporian Rice in Singapore :D
But I made it today, And enjoyed every bite of it.

This is not my recipe, its a recipe by a great chef/designer and the person who inspires me to cook
Farah Jahanzeb Khan.
You can check out her group here.
I've adjusted the recipe and the ingredients slightly to suit my taste.

This recipe has a lot of prepping and a lot of steps, 
you'll have to be in the kitchen for a long period of time. 
But in the end, when you are done and you come to table for dinner, you'll be happy
and when you can a bite of this, you'll want to make it again !! :D

So yea that sums it up to how delicious this dish really it !

Ingredients :
(For the Gravy)
1/2 kg of boneless chicken
1 inch piece of ginger
5-6 cloves of garlic
1 cup of tomato puree
4-5 tbsp of tomato ketchup
2 tbsp of Soy Sauce
1 tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce
1 tbsp of Vinegar
Salt to taste
1 1/2 tbsp of Red Chili flakes (adjust according to taste) (Farah Jahanzeb used Paprika powder instead of this)
1/2 tsp White Pepper
2 tbsp of Brown sugar
2 cups of Chicken Stock
1/2 tsp of Chinese Salt
2-3 Green Chilies (sliced)

(For the Rice)
750 gms of Rice.
1/2 tsp of Ginger Garlic paste
Green part of about 4 Spring Onions
1 Carrot
1 Capsicum
1 tbsp of Soy Sauce
1 tbsp of Chili sauce
1 tbsp of Vinegar
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp of freshly ground Black Pepper
1/2 tsp of Chinese Salt

(For the Vegetable Stir fry)
1 Capsicum
1 Carrots
1 Onions
(you can use any veges you like, like cauliflower, cabbage, corn)

(For the Mayo Sauce)
1/2 cup of Mayonnaise
1 tbsp of Chili Sauce
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp of Black pepper

Spaghetti : 1/2 packet boiled.
Fry 3-4 cloves of garlic till golden.

Method:

(For the Gravy)

Cut Chicken in cubes

Roughly chop ginger and garlic.

Heat a little oil in a wok, stir fry chicken with a pinch of salt and black pepper

...when cooked, take out and keep aside.

In the same wok heat around 2 tbsp of oil, add ginger garlic. When fragrant...

...add tomato puree, tomato ketchup..

...salt, red chili flakes, white pepper, Chinese salt, brown sugar...

...soy sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire Sauce. Mix.

And let cook for 2 3 minutes.

Add chicken stock and the fried chicken (taste and adjust seasoning at this point). Cook till thick and delicious.

In the end add sliced green chilies. 
The gravy is DONE !! yay !!

(For the Rice)

Boil rice. Drain and keep aside.

finely dice the vegetables.

Heat about 3-4 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add ginger garlic paste. Saute till fragrant.

Add the vegetable and fry on high heat for a minute. Add the sauces, salt, black pepper and chinese salt.

Add the rice and mix.

(For the Vegetable Stir fry)

Cut the vegetables as desired :D

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a wok, add the vegetables and stir fry with a pinch of salt on high heat. 

(For the Mayo Sauce)

Add everything in a bowl

and mix !!! 

Now for Assembling.

Fill the rice on the base in the dish in which you are going to serve

...than a layer of chicken gravy..

...Stir fried vegetables...

... spaghetti...

Fried garlic..

Mayo sauce...

Top it of with sev if you like.





Enjoy!!!

Tips : You want everything to be hot at the time you serve than this is how you'd proceed.
1st : Boil the spaghetti and rice.
2nd :  while they are boiling chop up your veges and everything.
3rd : make the gravy.
4th : make the mayo sauce.
(these steps can be done like an hour or two before serving)

Now you have to work fast.
5th : make the rice base.
6th : heat the gravy while you are making the rice.
7th : stir fry veges and directly add on top.
8th : heat the boiled spaghetti in the microwave for a minute and add.
9th : fry the garlic and add.



Submitting this recipe at Midweek Fiesta.

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Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Stir Fried Beef and Vegetables



Eid Moo-barak!!

Eid Al-Adha is an important religious event celebrated by the Muslims worldwide to remember the willingness of Hazrat Ibrahim (SAWW) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah, before which Allah provided him with a sheep to sacrifice instead.

It is celebrated every year on the 10th day of Zilhaj, according to the Islamic calender.

Meaty delights are all over the place this Eid. 

So as for what 'I' wanted to make, well, i wanted to make many things, my mind was whirling with ideas, so i came up with a few things. One of which was this stir fried beef.

Okay
lets get down to it than!
The quantity of ingredient is up to you.
You can 1/2 the recipe easily.
Ingredients: 
Beef Tenderloin/undercut :  1 1/2 kg
Carrots : 1/2 kg 
Capsicum : 1/2 kg
Onion : 1/2 kg
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tbsp
Green chilies : 7-8 finely chopped
Salt : to taste
Black pepper : 1 tbsp
Soy sauce : 6-7 tbsp (adjust according to taste)
Chili sauce : 5-6 tbsp
Vinegar : 3 tbsp
Ketchup : 5-6 tbsp
Chinese Salt : 1 tbsp
Red chili flakes : 1 1/2 tbsp
Sugar : 3 tbsp

Here's How its Done:


Cut the Beef into strips. Thinly slice carrots, capsicum and Onions.

Mix together Soy sauce, Chili sauce, Vinegar, Red chili flakes, chinese salt, Salt, Black pepper, Ketchup and Sugar. Keep aside.

Heat a wok a high flame, add 2 tbsp of oil. When the oil is hot add the Vegetables. Stir fry for a minute or two on high heat with a  little bit of salt and pepper. Take out and  keep aside.

Add 3-4 tbsp of oil in the same wok, when hot add ginger garlic paste and finely chopped green chilies. When fragrant, add the beef strips.
Cook till the beef is tender and the water evaporates.

Add the prepared sauce. Mix.

Add the fried vegetables. Mix 

Serve immediately !
Submitting this recipe to Food Corner: Midweek Fiesta