What is the best food dish you have ever made, and can I have the receipt?

Question

What is the best food dish you have ever made, and can I have the receipt?

Answer 1

Aloe Jam

Cut the older leaves from the stem where the leaves are thickest

Place upright with cut end to the bottom so that as much sap can drain as is possible. Stand for a day or so...

Trim point edges and tips so that the portions that are left would all be about 10 mm thick, otherwise the pieces are too thin tomake jam from...

Cut the white or transparent pieces in to about 30 mm squares and peel each one from top to bottom

Soak in clean water for a few hours, and rinse under running water when done. There must be no yellowy bits left afer rinsing.

Prick each portion well with a fork

Lie overnight in lime rich water by adding 2 table spoons of lime powder to the water that covers the aloe. Lime is generally available from pharmacies.

Idealy you would dissolve lime in warm water before adding to aloe portions.

Next day, rinse aloe portions again in running water

Weigh out the following;

For every 2,7 KG aloe, you would use 3.2 KG sugar

About 4 table spoons of lemon juice is handy because it would preven jam turning in to sand sugar.

Boil aloe for about 30 minutes in clean water and drain.

In the mean while, do the syrup...

Add the portions of aloe one by one so that the sypur does not stop boiling

Allow to simmer for about 1 ½ hours until aloe portions become transperant and the syrup thickens.

Stand the aloe portion in the syrup over night so that the aloe can absorb the syrup.

Next day, remove the aloe while heating the syrup again. Replace the aloe portions back in to syrup once it is heated.

Bring to the boil.

Place the aloe portions in to hot, sterilized bottles and cover with syrup before sealing.

Answer 2

This recipe is easy, but you need to watch the timing for the piece of meat you buy.

Roast Lamb.

2.5kg Leg of lamb

1 Clove garlic, sliced

1T Rosemary

Lemon juice

Salt & black pepper

Preheat oven to 200C (400F)

Cut small slits in lamb and insert the garlic. Rub meat with rosemary and lemon juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Place meat in roasting pan and roast, uncovered, for 20 minutes.

Reduce heat to 170C (340F) and roast for 20 minutes per pound.

Serve with minted pan gravy.

Answer 3

Here is the recipe

Shahi Paneer

Ingredients

    * 250 gms paneer(Cottage Cheese)

      For gravy

    * 4 large tomatoes, chopped

    * 1 onion, chopped

    * 1/3 cup milk or thick cream

    * 1/4 cup curd

    * 11/2 tbsp cornflour, dissolved in 1/2 cup water

    * 1 tbsp tomato sauce

    * 1/2 tsp chili powder

    * 1/2 tsp pepper powder

    * 1/2 tsp garam masala (Mixture of spices like clove, black piper, cinnamon, cardmom etc)

    * 1.5 cm ginger chopped

    * 2 black cardamoms, crushed

    * 1 green chili, chopped

    * 2 tbsp ghee (Milk Fat)

    * 3 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped for garnishing

    * Salt

Method

    * Cut paneer into finger shaped pieces; deep fry & keep aside

    * Heat ghee, add onions, ginger, green chili & black cardomoms; fry until the onions turn light brown.

    * Add tomatoes, add curd, saute for some time. Remove from heat.

    * When cool, grind to a puree, add water if needed.

    * Add cornflour paste, stirring continuously.

    * Add salt, chili powder, pepper powder, garam masala powder and tomato sauce.

    * Cook till the gravy is thick.

    * At the time of serving, heat gravy, add paneer, add the cream or milk and lastly the coriander leaves.

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