Sunday, August 8, 2010

Prawns in Garlic Butter Salad


I have started to enjoy salads so much that every week i almost crave for one if i dont eat one. So here is a simple butter garlic garden salad with prawns that i made that tasted awesome.

Prawns in Garlic Butter Salad
Ingredients
8 Large Prawns
2 Cup Broccoli
2 Cup Green Beans
1 Cup Sweet Corn
1 Avocado
3 Cup Iceburg Lettuce
1 Onion
1 Cup Sweet Bell Pepper Sliced
1/4 Cup Cherry Tomatoes
6 Garlic Cloves
1/4 Spoon Oregano
1/2 Spoon Black Pepper Powdered
1 Lemon
Mozzarella Cheese for garnishing
Salt to taste
Butter

Method
  • Heat pan and add in broccoli and green beans with some butter. Cook till they are smoky in color. Mix in salt to taste and keep aside.
  • In same pan add in sweet bell pepper and some more butter and cook it for a while.
  • When pepper seems almost done add in sliced onion, salt to taste and cook till onions turn light brown.
  • Mix it with green beans and broccoli and keep aside.
  • In same pan add in prawns and garlic diced coarsely and some butter and cook them turning often on low-medium heat till prawns are done. Mix in salt and keep aside
  • Microwave sweet corn for two minutes and keep aside
  • Divide the lettuce into two bowls.
  • Add in half mixture of green beans, brocolli, pepper and onions in each bowl.
  • Add in diced avocado half in each bowl.
  • Add in prawns and garlic dividing half in each
  • Add in cherry tomatoes and corn half in each bowl.
  • Sprinkle lemon juice, black pepper powder and oregano half in quantity on each bowls contents evenly.
  • Garnish it with shredded mozzarella cheese

Notes
I used Lemon as the dressing instead of ranch or anything else. If you like you can add ranch or other dressing that you like. But i thought the salad tasted awesome just with natural flavours from lemon.
Except prawns i cooked everything else on high flame giving it a crunchy texture. For prawns i added them on high heat and then reduced the heat so that i could give them smoky taste and color yet cook them nicely.

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Guacamole


The first time i ate guacamole at Chipotle, i fell in love with it.. Then i searched for recipes and came up with this perfect one. Tasted awesome and finished in few minutes :)

Guacamole
Ingredients
3 Avocados
2 Spoon finely chopped Onion
1 Spoon finely chopped Tomato
1/4 Spoon finely chopped Green Chili
1 Garlic Clove
Handful of Coriander Leaves
1 big Lemon
Salt to taste

Method
  • Scoop out avocado and dice them in the bowl.
  • Add in onion, tomato, green chili
  • Add in finely chopped garlic clove and coriander leaves.
  • Add in Lemon juice and salt to taste.
  • Mix well, smashing it a bit and serve

Notes
I didn't smash the avocados completely so that i could get pieces of it while eating.
Consume quickly as otherwise avocados would turn brown as they are high in iron contents.

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Strawberry Sorbet


When I got Ice-cream maker recently, i was confused whether to make sorbets first or fresh mango ice-cream.. Both being my equally favorite icy treats.. Well mango won the battle since i had the ingredients easily available. But today when I went to Costco, i made sure to buy lots of strawberries to make this one. I am glad I did.. Its tasting yummy and definitely helping in beating this heat..

Strawberry Sorbet
Ingredients
600g Strawberries
2 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
1/2 Cup Corn Syrup

Method
  • Dice the strawberries into four pieces or more if bigger in size and add in the bowl.
  • Add in sugar and lemon juice and mix well.
  • Keep in refrigerator overnight
  • Next morning, add in corn syrup and pulse the mixture in the mixie.
  • Add the mixture to the ice-cream maker and start the machine
  • After around 30 minutes, take out and store in container for 2-3 hours. Serve as it is or with mint leaves.

Notes
I didnt grind the mixture but instead pulse it so that when eating the sorbet i could have smaller pieces once in a while in the mouth. It did wonders.
You could chill the mixture for an hour or two as well instead of overnight.

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