French American Soup

French American Soup


INGREDIENTS

2 cups beef broth
3 slices French bread
2 onions, halved and thinly sliced
1 pint heavy cream
Butter 1/4 cup
3 slices provolone cheese
3 slices Swiss cheese
salt and pepper to taste


DIRECTIONS TO COOK

First, Preheat oven to broiler setting. Melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan .Now add onions and cook until softened for about 6 minutes. Stir in the beef broth & heavy cream, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer, loosely covered, for about 18 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Top each slice of bread with one slice of provolone and one slice of Swiss cheese; place on a cookie sheet. Broil on top oven rack until the cheese browns and the edges of the bread are crispy for about 4 minutes. Now serve with ladle soup into bowls and top with one slice of the cheese topped bread

Goan dish: Chicken curry recipe made in Goa

Goan Chicken Curry Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon(s) oil
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 12 medium pieces (about 800 grams) of chicken
• ½ teaspoon(s) turmeric powder
• 2 cup(s) water
• salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon(s) tamarind pulp
• ½ teaspoon(s) equal mix of mace and nutmeg powders
  For the Paste
  
• 1 cup(s) grated coconut
• 10 whole dry red Kashmiri chillies
• 4 cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks of 1" each
• 2 tablespoon(s) each coriander and poppy seeds (khus khus)
• 1 teaspoon(s) each of blackpeppercorns, carom and cumin seeds
• 2 star anise (phoolpatri)
• 1 tsp garlic paste

Method

Dry roast the grated coconut in a non-stick pan on low heat stirring every now and then for about 3 minutes or till it is reddish-brown and aromatic. Remove onto a plate. In the same pan dry roast all other ingredients for the paste except the garlic briefly till they turn a shade darker and give off an aroma. Grind to a paste with the coconut, garlic and water as required to make a thick fine paste. Heat the oil in a thick-bottomed pan and add the onions. Saute on medium level for about 4 minutes or till they are browned. Add the chicken pieces and fry on medium-low heat for about 5 minutes or till golden on all sides. Add the ground paste and turmeric powder. Fry on medium-low heat for about 5 minutes ot till oil separates Add water, salt and mix well. Bring to a boil. Add the tamarind pulp and the mace-nutmeg powders. Cover and simmer low heat for about 12 minutes or till the chicken is fully cooked and tender

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Chicken Do Piaza

Chicken Do Piaza Recipe


Ingredients

* 3 lb. roasting chicken cut into bite size size
* 6 medium onions
* 4 fresh green chilies, seeded
* 4 teaspoons chopped garlic
* 1 1/2 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger
* 1 tablespoon ground coriander
* 1 tablespoon ground cumin
* 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
* 1/4 teaspoon ground clove's
* 3 tablespoons ghee
* 3 tablespoons oil
* 3 ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
* 1 cup water
* 3 teaspoons salt

Method

Thinly slice half the onions and set aside. Roughly chop the rest of the onions and put into electric blender with the chilies, garlic and ginger. Blend to a puree. Mix in the ground spices. Heat ghee and oil in a large saucepan and fry the sliced onions, stirring frequently, until they are golden brown. Remove onions from pan with slotted spoon. Add the blended mixture to oil remaining in pan mid fry, stirring until color darkens and oil appears around the edges. Add tomatoes, stir and cook until liquid from tomatoes is almost evaporated. Add the chicken pieces and stir well. Add water and salt, cover and cook for 35 minutes or until chicken is tender. Add reserved fried onions, cover and simmer 5 minutes longer. Serve with rice or parathas


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Refresh yourself with Watermelon Lemonade drink

Watermelon Lemonade

2 cups sugar
3 cups full of fresh lemon juice
2 cups watermelon puree
1/2 lemon
3 quarts cold water
Superfine sugar
Lemon slices to garnish


Mix sugar and lemon juice to dissolve, add water and stir the mixture now add the watermelon puree in and mix thoroughly or you can also keep the lemonade and watermelon separate like lemonade on the bottom and puree on the top, Now, before serving, rub rims of glasses with half a lemon. Dip rims in superfine sugar. Fill glasses with ice and Watermelon Lemonade. Garnish rims with lemon slices. Your Lemonade drink is ready now


additional instruction
Method to prepare Watermelon Puree:

Firstly, blend the seedless chunks of watermelon in a blender or with a hand mixer until the consistency is smooth and it is ready to use now, its simple

Recipe from Puerto Rico - White Cheese and Fruit Salad with Lemon

White Cheese and Fruit Salad with Lemon-Honey Dressing
(Ensalada de Queso Blanco y Frutas con Salsa de Miel y Limon)

This is a recipe from Puerto Rico, let see its ingredients and method of preparing the dish

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound Puerto Rican white cheese, cut into small pieces
1 ripe papaya
2 medium ripe mangoes
1 small ripe pineapple
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
4 tablespoons honey & fresh mint sprigs for garnish


Method:

First of all peel the fruit and cut into chunks, now combine the lemon juice and honey and pour it over fruit then toss well enough, after tossing well divide the fruit and cheese per serving in bowls, for garnishing you can use Mint, and here you favorite dish it ready to serve, yummmmmy! Happy Cooking!

Cocktail Recipe - A Bitter Canadian

A Bitter Canadian

Ingredients

Canadian Whisky,Angostura Bitters,Sweet,Sour Mix,Lemon

Quantities for one drink:

1 1/2 oz Canadian Whisky
2 Dashes Angostura® Bitters
4 - 5 oz Sweet And Sour Mix
1 Lemon Wedge

Blending Instructions:

Fill highball glass with ice, add whiskey, then fill with sour mix. Finish with 2-3 dashes of Angostura bitters and a squeeze of a lemon wedge

Chili Cheese Cubes

Chili Cheese Cubes

Ingredients

8 large eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese shredded
1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
8 ounces green chili peppers chopped
1/2 cup flour, all-purpose
3/4 teaspoon salt



Directions

Beat eggs 4 to 5 minutes until light. Add flour, baking powder, and salt in it and mix well. Fold in cheese and chilis. Pour into greased baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. upto 40 minutes. Cut into 2 inch squares. Serve it hot or cold its your choice

South Indian Sambar Recipe

Special South Indian Sambar

Ingredients for Sambar

1 cup yellow split peas or tuvar dal
2 cups water
1/2 cup tamarind pulp
1/2 cup water
1 green bell pepper, sliced
Chopped vegetabels and tomato
1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds
1 teaspoon yellow lentils (chana dal)
1 tablespoon unsweetened flaked coconut
2 dried red chile peppers
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 teaspoon cumin seed
1/4 teaspoon asafoetida powder
Sambar Powder

Method of cooking sambar

Cook the vegetables. Soak tamarind in hot water for 20 minute and take out from the water now. Take a pressure cooker put dal, vegetables, sambar powder, curry leaves and salt in it. After it is cooked serve hot with idli, dosa, vada or even with plain rice

Pork Barbecue

PORK BARBECUE RECIPE


Main Ingredients

600 grams of pork sliced
10 tablespoon of lime juice to marinate
Some chilly powder and Salt to taste

Items for garnishing

2 medium size onions. Cut it into onion rings
2 tomatoes cut it into round shape.
A punch of coriander leaves finely chopped
1 tablespoon of black pepper

Method to prepare

Take a bowl put the sliced pork in it. Marinate it with using lemon juice for about an hour time it will help to make the meat tender. After one hour add salt and chilly powder then grill it for 30 minutes in a griller. After that garnish the grilled meat with onion rings, tomatoes, corriender leaves, pinch of black pepper, and serve hot