DIY Food and Cocktail Recipes

DIY Food and Cocktail Recipes

A wholesome meal and a scotch cocktail to go with it from the comfort of your own home. What else can one ask for? Here’s a chef’s special Goan fish curry and rice recipe to try at home. To compliment this meal, a beautiful Black & White cocktail that makes for a great brunch [or lunch] serve. Black & White Spritzer Ingredients Black & White Scotch whisky 45 ml Orange juice 20 ml Fresh lime juice 15 ml Ginger ale 90 ml Method Add fresh lime juice, orange juice & whisky into the glass Add ice stir well and top t up with ginger ale Garnish it with orange zest Tomato Rice This is an ideal recipe to use leftover rice in a delicious manner, with the most minimal and basic ingredients. Ingredients -: Refined oil: 2 tablespoons Black Mustard seeds: 1 tsp Methi (fenugreek) seeds: 1/2 tsp Whole dry red chilies: 3 pc Curry leaves: 10 pc Chopped tomatoes: 4 nos. Red chili powder: 1/4 tsp Whole black pepper: 1/2 tsp Salt: to taste Method -: * Heat oil well for 2 to 3 minutes. * Add the mustard seeds and let them splitter * Now add Methi seeds, whole red chilies and curry leaves and sauté for a minute * Add chopped tomatoes, salt, black pepper and red chili powder and sauté well for 3 to 4 minutes on low flame * Add the rice. Sauté well. Check seasoning and serve hot. * You can serve this with dals, or light curries. * Stay safe. Stay home and wash your hands. Goan Fish Curry Ingredients-: Fish: 1 kg cut into pieces (I used bekti). Marinate this with the juice of one lime, salt and a pinch of turmeric for 15 minutes. Kashmiri red chilies / ordinary red chilies: 10 pc. (Soaked in water for 15 mins). Red chili powder: 2 tsp. Turmeric powder: 1 tsp. Chopped fresh coconut: 1/2 cup. Coriander seeds: 4 tsp. Chopped onion: 1 pc. Sliced onion: 1 pc. Cumin seeds: 1 pc. Sliced garlic: 5 cloves. Tamarind water: 1/2 cup. Tomato purée: 2 pc. Green chilies slit: 1 pc. Coconut milk: 1 cup. Salt: to taste Method -: Take a blender and grind the chilies, red chili powder, fresh coconut, Coriander seeds, chopped onion, turmeric powder, garlic, cumin seeds and water to make a smooth paste. Heat oil in a pan and sauté the sliced onions till they are golden brown. Add the spice paste and sauté for 6 to 8 minutes. Once the oil begins to separate from the paste add 5 cups of water, salt, tomato puree, green chilies and cook for another 6 to 8 minutes. After 6 minutes, add the fish and let it cook for 4 minutes. Taste and see if you want to add coconut milk or not. I add the coconut milk according to how tangy I want my curry to be. Add the coconut milk and let the fish cook for another 4 minutes. Check seasoning and serve. DIY Food and Cocktail Recipes

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