Monday, March 26, 2012

DOUGHNUTS
Today ur gonna learn Doughnuts The File-ist way.......
For that u need this ingredients
INGREDIENTS
Maida(refined flour)250gms
Salt                     5gms
Yeast fresh          5gms
 Sugar                 25gms
Butter                 30gms
Eggs                    1nos
Milk                    70-100ml
Icing sugar           to dust
Oil                       for frying
  





Now that ur ready with all these items here is how u proceed....

Method
Dissolve the yeast and sugar in little warm water.
sieve flour ,add salt, egg and knead to a smooth dough with yeast solution and milk.
TIP:do not add the whole milk add little by little because you need a smooth dough not STICKY!!!
Introduce the butter into the dough and further knead it.(do not forget to cover it it some bowl)
Now keep the dough for fermenting for 20-30 mins.
In meantime get ready for frying take kadai put the oil sufficient for deep frying;Find a circular cutter(sought off) to cut it and another very small circular cutter.(should make something like these)
Now that ur ready with everything and dough is fermented (doubled its size) KNOCK back hard so that CO2 is out from the dough....
Roll the dough in 1" thickness and cut it into circular shape just like the 1 in the pic

Cut it and keep it in a tray dust flour on to it and keep for final proof(fermentation also mean proofing) for around further 20 min and by that time turn on the GAS!!!!
Deep fry in moderately hot oil until golden brown on both sides.....
Serve dusted with icing sugar.....
ENJOY!!!!!

Friday, March 23, 2012

Golden Chicken Fingers with Fries & Tartar Sauce

Alright .... this is a really  #awesome recipe ! SIMPLE & EASY to make....all you need is a bit of patience.

Ingredients

CHICKEN
  • Chicken (Boneless Strips)
  • Bread
  • bread crumbs
  • mustard
  • dark soy
  • Worcestershire Sauce
  • Pepper (White n black)
  • flour
  • egg (white)
FRIES
  • Potatoes 
  • Salt & Pepper
TARTAR SAUCE
  • Mayonnaise
  • onions
  • vinegar (synthetic)
AND A LOT  OF OIL !!! 

Start off by marinating the chicken strips in mustard ,soy, Worcestershire sauce ,Pepper and a few drops of lime(if you want to). Leave it aside . Grate some fresh bread slices in a bowl and add some breadcrumbs to that. Mix that shit up. and go bye bye xD 
 
Start off with the sauce by fine chopping some onion and put em in vinegar... .Leave that aside too ! 
Start cutting your potatoes (french  Fries style). Half cook them in boiling water and drain ! Now get ready to deep fry ! 
 
Heat a "Kadai"( kinda like a wok but has more depth)*File-ist Terminology* xD 
Add in your oil...let heat up... add your potatoes and watch the fire works ! After they cook remove em n toss in some salt n pepper. DON'T WASTE TIME ! start with your chicken .i want you to get two bowls ,one with your eggs & the other with the bread crumb mixture.Also get a plate with some seasoned flour
 
Roll  your chicken in the flour...dip it in the egg ...then coat with the breadcrumbs and pop in the Kadai ! fireworks again. Once their cooked remove em and plate up
 
Last thing remaining... squeeze out the onion from the vinegar and add em to you  Mayo . bit of chopped parsley if you like... mix it up ! your done ! 

Caramel Custard

  • Caramel Custard is one of the simple recipe's to do it.It can be done in few minutes.
  • INGREDIENTS :-
  • For Caramel
  • Sugar           25gms

  • For Custard
  • Eggs           3 nos
  • Sugar         50gms
  • Milk           500 ml
  • Vanilla         few drops

  • Method:- 
  • Take sugar in a pan n heat it up add little water so that it doesnt burn,Proffessional Chef's dnt add water.When the sugar becomes nice dark brown colour turn it off n put it in a round pan.keep aside.

  • For the custard take 3 eggs beat it with the sugar.After a while add milk mix it up and strain it in the pan with the caramel.

  • Now there is two ways by which u can cook it 
  • 1.Open flame:Take a bigger pan put water,put the pan with custard in it and cook it.
  • TIP:dont boil the water vigorously.

  • 2.Oven:Take a bigger pan put water,put the pan with custard in it and put it in the oven and cook it for 190c (375F) for 45 min.
  • Enjoy!!!!

Spaghetti Napolitana

Basically... there are two parts to this  #BEAUTY of a dish...
Spaghetti Napolitana  *#File-Style*
  1. The Pasta 
  2. The Sauce   
Ingredients
  • Pasta
  • tomatoes 
  • onion
  • pepper corns
  • cheese
  • bayleaf
  • parsley
  • tomato puree (for colour)
Salt and oil.... DUH !

So we start off by blanching our tomatoes in boiling hot water...leave em in for a minute or two
till the skin starts peeling off. Meanwhile i want you to get your Pasta ready. Take a big bowl (Handi) *thats what we call it . fill it with water and let it boil. Add in the pasta , sprinkle some salt. Let it go for a while

Now for the sauce... get your tomatoes out..peel the skin off..n start to chop them finely... (messy.. I know xD) .Fine chop some onions. Not get your pan ready.... Slap on some oil. Put in your bayleaf ,pepper-corns(crushed)..and onions. Fry that shit up real nice !!! then add in your tomatoes... let em cook.

Now go check on your pasta. If its cooked, drain out the water and keep it ready. Now back to the sauce.  i want you to add some tomato puree to give it that #RED colour.....sprinkle in some sugar to balance the taste. Check it for seasoning. More Salt & Pepper can be added if you want. Now add in your pasta and toss it up REAL GOOD !!!

Top it off with some grated cheese and chopped parsley ! TADA ! your done !