Celery And Peas Braised Recipe

Ingredients:
2 cups celery slices, 1/4-in. thick
1/3 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 package (10-oz.) frozen peas

Preparation Method:

In 2-qt. casserole combine vegetables, butter, water and salt. Cover. Microwave at High 6 Minutes. Stir. Add peas. Cover. Microwave at High 6 to 8 Minutes, stirring after 4 minutes. Makes 6 servings.

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Goan Chicken Curry

Items Required

8 medium sized pieces (about 800 grams) of chicken
2 big onion(s) finely sliced
2 bay leaves
4 green cardamoms crushed
2 green chilli(es) slit
1 tablespoon(s) tamarind paste or pulp
2 teaspoon(s) each of vinegar and sugar
2 cup(s) water
2 tablespoon(s) oil
salt to taste

For Vindaloo Marinade
1 teaspoon(s) each of cumin and coriander seeds
½ teaspoon(s) each of mustard seeds, black pepper and turmeric powder
2 whole red chilli(es)
2 cloves
½” piece cinnamon broken
2 teaspoon(s) each of ginger, garlic pastes

Preparation Method

Roast the ingredients for the Vindaloo marinade except for the turmeric powder and the ginger-garlic pastes, till you get a pleasant roasted aroma.

Allow to cool and grind. Mix in the turmeric powder.

Make cuts on the chicken pieces and rub the powdered spices and ginger-garlic pastes all over them nicely.

Allow to marinate for a few hours preferably or atleast an hour if in a hurry.

Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pan. Fry the bay leaves and cardamoms for a few seconds.

Add the sliced onions and fry till they are light brown in color.

Add the chicken along with the marinade and fry on medium level for about 3 minute(s) or till the chicken has lightly browned all over

Add the slit green chilli(es),water and salt. Cover and cook on low level for about 30 minutes or till the chicken is fully tenderised.

Add the tamarind paste or pulp. Mix well. Simmer on low heat for about 5 minutes. Add the vinegar and sugar.

Adjust the balance of sweet and sour as required.

TIP: Traditionally Goans like to have generous proportions of hot, sweet and sour tastes in this dish. However, these tastes can be toned down according to indiviual preferences.

Serves 4.

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Microwave Wheat Halwa

Items Required

250 g Whole wheat
625 g Sugar
2 cup Water
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
15 nos Cashew nut
Cardmom powder
125 g Ghee
Red food color

Preparation Method

Soak wheat for 12 hours.Grind in a mixie adding 1 cup water. Strain through a seive to get a thick milk.

Grind again adding 1 more cup of water and strain again. You will be left out with only the husk in the seive.take a bowl add wheat milk,sugar ,cardamom powder and ghee.set microwave oven for 30 minutes.stir every two to three minutes.

Heat a pan add ghee and add sliced cashew nut and roast it.After 10 minutes add these roasted cashew into the bowl.stir well again microwave it .stir every 2 min.after 10 mins add food color and stir well.place the bowl into microwave oven.

Stir every 2 mins.after 10 mins halwa is ready.grease the plate.spread this halwa into the greased plate.After a minute slice it.

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Corn Flour Halwa

Items Required

1/2 cup Corn Flour
1 cup Granulated Sugar
A pinch Saffron(optional if using the artificial color)
6 to 7 pods Elachi (Take out the seeds and grind to a coarse powder)
A pinch Orange Red Color (Optional )
A handful Pistachio nuts chopped (Any kind of chopped nuts is fine)
3 tbsp Ghee
4 cups Water

Prepartion Method

Take Corn Flour in a Microwave safe bowl. Preferably a little big. I used the corning ware big size.

Pour 2 Cups of Water. Whisk well until there are no lumps.

Mix in the sugar and whisk until even distribution.

Add the Saffron.

Microwave on High for 2 minutes. Stir and again Microwave on High for 2 minutes. Repeat this until the conflour’s raw smell goes. If you think the content is thickening too quickly, add little water and stir until even distribution and again.

Microwave for 1 or 2 minutes, or until the content becomes a little semisolid and the Corn Flour raw smell disappears completely.

Grease a dish with Ghee and add the remaining Ghee, Ground Elachi and the chopped nuts to the content and stir until even distribution.

Cook again for a minute or two in microwave.

The consistency will resemble a jelly, somewhat semi solid, trying to set.

Immediately pour the content in the greased dish

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Microwave Cheese Grill Toast

Items Required

4 Bread slices ( White or brown )
1 Onion chopped in small bits
2 Green chillies chopped
1 Tomatoes chopped in small bits
1 small Capsicum chopped in small bits
Tomato sauce
Mozarella cheese (grated)
Mustard powder
Oregano
Salt to taste

Preparation Method

Start the microwave at the Pre-heat temperature of 250 degrees C.

In the meantime prepare the slices. Smear a layer of tomato sauce.

Then sprinkle grated mozarella cheese on it.

On top of it add a dash of chopped onions, green chillies, tomatoes, capsicum.

Sprinkle mustard powder, oregano and salt to taste.

After the microwave gets pre-heated, it gives a time of 10 min to get the ingredients ready.

Then push the stop button. Do not use the crust plate as ithe toasts would get soggy otherwise.

On the other hand put the metal rack and place the bread slices in such a manner that at a time 4 slices can be grlled.

Select the microwave+convection button at 600 deg C for 4 min.

Let it stand for a minute.

Enjoy the snack!

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Ricotta Cheese Burfi

Items Required

1 container Ricotta cheese
1 container Milk powder
1 container Sugar
1/4 cup Chopped pista and almond
1 PinchSaffron
3 or 4 Cardamom
Food color – Green or yellow
2 tbsp Butter

Preparation Method

First cut the tinda from top in sqr and deseed the tindas and then grind together til,nariyal,groundnut and mix the ingre together and fill the tindas and close them with their respective square pecies.

Then take the oil in a pan appox 3tblsp and heat it and sputter the sarso and add little haldi ,chilli powder in the tadka and add the stuffed tinda and the remaining masala and then add one bowl of beated curd and cream to it and keep it in the microwave and cook it for 10 min.

Next morning drain onions and pack them in a sterilised jar.

Put all the spices in vinegar and microwave for 6-8 minutes, until the vinegar starts bubbling.

Let it stand for 5 minutes, then strain it onto the onions in the sterilised jar.

Cover only when the ingredients become cool.

Leave for 2 weeks after which they will be ready for consumption.

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