Last Year’s Recipes/Photos

Indian Spring Rolls

So this is one of my Mom’s traditional appetizers she used to make when I was young. My Aunt and Uncle were coming over one day in the afternoon, and Mom was like, what should I make. Came up with some ideas, and then the idea for Break Pakoras just popped up….and I was like “bread pakoras”….and then it hit me…”Ohhhh yeaaaa….I haven’t had those in AGESSS”.

And here it is. This is a great appetizer. It is a piece of bread stuffed with spicy potatos, rolled in its shape like a springroll and fried. Yes, yes it is heavy in the oil department, but once in a while, you are allowed to cheat. They are great on a nice sunny but clowdy day;)

Enjoy!!

Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients:

6 Piece of white bread
2 Medium sized potato
1 Small onion
1 Green chili pepper
Small handful of peas
1/2 Tablespoon cumin
Mint and basil if you would like
Salt-pepper to your desire

Process:

Step 1

-Boil potato or microwave them until nice and soft.
-Cut into small cubes or crush the potato
-Set aside

Step 2

-In frying pay, add 2 tablespoons oil(your choice. I use Olive for veggie). Add cumin, onions and peas
-Cook until peas change color, add salt pepper etc(add any other spice if you desire)
-Turn stove off, mix potatoes with peas, onions and cumin

Step 3

-Take bread and cut all the crust off. In water, soak all 4 edges of the bread and then squeeze the water out of the bread with your hand. Basically just make the bread a bit flat.
-Place bread down and add the potato mixture diagonally, fold over so it becomes a triangle and roll the bread in your hand until it becomes a bread roll like seen in the picture.

Step 4

-Warm oil so it is very hot, and just add them to the oil one by one until they turn golden brown

Deep fry until golden brown.

** This goes well with green mint chutney or even take some Ketchup, add some hot sauce and mix. You can even cook these in advance, freeze them and when ready, pop them in the oven and you are good as golden;)

Southern Inspired Salad

So one weekend, I had family over from England and Alabama. We got carried away with the Alabama accent, so we decided to make this wonderfull salad.

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 0
Yield: 6-8 People

Ingredients:

• 1 Head of romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 Cup of corn (we used frozen)
• 1 Tomato, chopped
• 1 Green pepper, chopped
• 1 Red pepper, chopped
• 1 Onion, chopped
• 2 Green onions, chopped
• 5 Pickled beats, chopped
• Handful of green olives
• Salt/pepper

STEP 1:

Have a nice big salad bowl ready. Layer with romaine lettuce, green peppers, red peppers, onions, tomatoes, green onions, corn, beats, olives.Simple as that. Have any salad dressing you like. We just used a simple ranch dressing with Cajun spices. You can always make your own as well….which I will show you how in another recipe.

Hope y’all enjoy now

Shrimp infused in Jalapeño Oil

Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 7-8 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 Cloves garlic
• 1 Tablespoon whole peppercorns
• 10 Seeds and membrane of a Jalapeño pepper. Basically anything inside the Jalapeño pepper you don’t use.
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• 1 Lime, squeezed
• 1/2 Cup extra virgin olive oil
• 30 Medium sized shrimps

Step 1

Combine all ingredients together in a blender and add 1/2 of the 1/2 cup of olive oil. Blend until it turns into a nice paste. Then add the rest of the oil and pulse until it forms into a Jalapeño oil.

Step2

Take a large zip lock bag, place shrimp in bag and add oil. SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE until all shrimps are coated and let sit for 30 mins.

Step 3

You can grill them, bake them, stir fry them…any way you want. I like to put the shrimp in a foil bowl and let sit on the BBQ until they are simmered. Takes about 10 minutes.

Step 4

…EAT

Cheers!

Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients:

• 4 Chicken breast, boneless and skinless
• 4 Tablespoons Tandoori powder
• 1 Lemon, squeezed
• 2 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 Tablespoon turmeric (Haldi)
• 1 Tablespoon garam masala
• 1 Tablespoon hot chili flakes or powder(you can add more if you like if REALLY HOT)
• 1/2 Tablespoon Cumin(Jeera)
• 1/4 or 1/2 cup yogurt…or cream(make it into a nice paste)
• Salt and pepper

This is my own take to Tandoori chicken. I really wanted to try something different, rather than adding just Tandoori powder and salt and pepper. So I just went into my spice area and picked a few different spices and went forward. Try it out…I loved it, especially making the chicken on the BBQ….but I just didn’t BBQ…I smoked it….and OHHH did it taste amazing

Step 1

Rinse Chicken and pat dry. Take the lemon juice and marinate chicken with it for 10 mins and add salt and pepper. Let sit and mix your spices.

Step 2

Mix all your dry spices together. Try a bit of it and see if it needs anything else. If not, mix spices with yogurt or cream. Make it into a paste and add to the chicken. Make sure chicken is well covered. If you feel that 1/4 of a cup may be less, add more yogurt op cream until you have the right consistency. Let sit for at least 4 hours…or 8 or even 24 hours. However long you would like to. I marinated mine for 2 hours because I was anxious to try it.

When you cook the chicken, make sure you keep the leftover paste so you can baste your chicken.

You can bake this or BBQ it….That simple and easy….and soooo yummy

ENJOY!!

BBQ Tandoori Sizzler Pizza

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 25
Yield: 4 People

Ingredient:

• 2 Boneless Chicken breast
• 1 Lemon
• 2 Table spoons of Olive oil
• 1 Clove of garlic, minced
• 4 Tablespoons of tandoori powder
• 1 Green Pepper – Sliced
• 5 Button Mushrooms
• 1 Red onion, sliced but not to thin
• 1 Bottle of your fav. BBQ sauce

Process:

Step 1

CHICKEN

In a bowl, squeeze the lemon juices with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the minced garlic and the tandoori powder. Mix until it has become a paste/marinade. Take a ziploc bag and add chicken and marinate to the bag and mix. Let marinate for an hour, 2,3 or for 24 hrs. It is up to you. For this recipe, I usually let it sit for an hour.

Step 2

Add some olive oil, just so that veggies are coated, and grill on the BBQ until you start to see grill marks. I would say 3 mins on each side. Use your judgment.

Take off the BBQ and let rest. (You can do both the veggies and chicken at the same time)

Now place the Chicken on the BBQ and let it cook. You want to have some sort of charred marks on the chicken. Makes the taste even more better. (you can also do this with chicken that is already marinated from the stores)

Step 3

Have the dough ready. Put some olive oil on the dough, top and bottom. Instead of using tomato sauce, use BBQ sauce. I like to use a chipolte sauce for a nice kick. You can use whatever you like. Add on the grilled veggies, cheese(fresh mozzarella) and chicken on top. Put it in a 350 degree oven for 20-30 mins or until golden brown and you are good to sizzle:)

Let me know how this works out