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Roast Beef

Roast Beef

(Marinated & roasted beef chunk sliced & served as is or in sandwiches with Mayo or diced up & stir-fried with vegs of your choice

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PrepTime : Serves : Cook Time
30 Min 4-6 45 Min

Ingredients:

1kg beef silver roll
2 large onions chopped
5 large dried red chilies
2 thin cinnamon sticks an inch each
6 cardamoms
1 tsp pepper pwd
2 tbsp garlic ginger paste
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp peppercorns
1 tsp cumin pwd
2 tsp salt


Cooking Instructions:


Marinate the meat roll in 1 tsp salt salt, pepper pwd & half the g-g paste. Heat oil in a large pressure pan. Fry onions till brown, Add garlic ginger paste & salt - fry well. Add chilies & whole spices & cook for a minute. Add the meat chunk & toss some spices over & around it - gently lfy & turn over after a few minutes & repeat tossing the spices over till the meat changes color evenly from red to ligh brown. Add 1 cup water or enough to just cover the meat chunk & raise heat to max. Close the pressure cooker & cook until the 1st whistle, then simmer for 40 mins. Remove the meat chunk when the pressure is all out of the cooker. Slice the meat into 1cm thick slices or thinner & put them back into the cooker. Cook open on medium heat till the gravy is more or less absorbed or evaporated. Use the slices to make roast-meat sandwiches with mayo &/or ketchup or just serve as a side dish with your meal. Ta-Da!

Alternative: Cube the meat chink & make a stir fry with some fried onions, garlic, diced potatoes, bell-peppers, herbs & tomato/soya sauce to have with pasta or rice! Yum-Mo!

Banana pudding

Banana Pudding

(Chilled dessert recipe for a trifle pudding with layers of banana, wafers & pudding.)
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PrepTime : Serves : Cook Time
15 Min 8 4.5 hrs

Ingredients:

60-70 vanilla wafers
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
2 cans (12 fl.oz. each) evaporated milk
2 beaten large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp butter
5 ripe but firm bananas - cut into 1/4"slices
1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed.


Cooking Instructions:


Line the bottom and sides of a 2.5 quart glass bowl with 40 wafers. Combine sugar, cornstarch & salt in a medium saucepan, Add milk & stir to dissolve cornstarch & sugar. Whisk in the eggs & add butter. Cook on medium heat & when it begins to thicken, simmer for 1 min, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add vanilla extract & leave to cool. Pour half of this over the wafers & layer with half the bananas followed by remaining wafers. Combine the remaining pudding batter & bananas & spoon over the wafers - refrigerate for 4 hrs min. Serve chilled.

Spicy-Jack Mac-n-cheese with Broccoli

Spicy-Jack Mac-N-Cheese with Broccoli

(Spicy and creamy macaroni and 4 cheeses with healthy broccoli bites)
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PrepTime : Serves : Cook Time
15 Min 8 30 Min

Ingredients:

2 cups dry elbow macaroni
2 cups chopped broccoli
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded pepper-jack cheese
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 can (12 fl.oz.) evaporated milk
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp breadcrumbs
olive oil

Cooking Instructions:


Preheat oven to 350deg. Lightly butter a 2.5quart casserole. Cook macaroni as per insruction on the pack & add broccoli in the last 3 mins of boiling. Before draining, add 1/4 cup olive oil. Drain & set aside when pasta is cooked. Add all ingredients to the drained macaroni except 1/4 cup parmesan cheese & breadcrumbs. Pour the mix into the casserole. Mix the breadcrumbs & parmesan cheese & sprinkle over the casserole. Cover toghtly with aluminum foil. Bake for 20mins. Remove foil & bake again for 10 mins until the top is lightly browned.

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