Archive for the ‘vegetarian recipes’ Category

Caesar Chicken Salad

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Ingredients:

1/2 garlic clove
2 tbsp. plus 2 tsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. mayonnaise
2 tsp. grated Parmesan cheese
8 oz. skinned and boned cooked chicken, chilled and diced
1/2 c. diced chilled celery
2 tbsp. diced drained canned pimientos
2 tbsp. chopped scallion (green onion)
4 pitted black olives, sliced
1/8 tsp. each salt and pepper
4 chilled iceberg or romaine lettuce leaves

Directions:

Rub a medium wooden bowl with cut side of garlic clove and discard garlic; add lemon juice, mayonnaise, and cheese to bowl and stir to combine. Add remaining ingredients except lettuce and mix well; line serving platter with lettuce and top with chicken mixture.

Vegetable Curry

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Ingredients:

2 cups shelled peas
1 medium-sized cauliflower
½ cup mustard oil
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1 onion (peeled and
ground to a paste)
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 bay leaves
salt to taste
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
2 cloves
½” piece of cinnamon

Directions:

Grind all the ingredients for the spice paste. Cut the cauliflower into florets. Heat the oil and fry the onion paste together with the ginger-garlic paste till they are a light golden brown in colour. Lower the flame and add the bay leaves. Mix in the cauliflower pieces and the turmeric powder. Fry over a medium heat till the cauliflower is half cooked and turns a light golden brown. Lower the flame and mix in the shelled peas and the spice paste and 1½ cups of water. Cover with a lid and cook over a low flame till the vegetables are cooked. Serve hot with boiled rice.

Potato Salad

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Ingredients:

Red potatoes
Salt, pepper
Chopped onion
Canola oil
2 tablespoons of vinegar
Mayonnaise to taste
Lettuce leaves
Hard boiled eggs, sliced
Parsley

Directions:

Cut potatoes up and boil them until tender. Place them in a large bowl and cut them even smaller. Add salt, pepper and chopped onion. Add oil (canola oil for example).. Make sure all the potatoes have oil on them. Mix them with your hands. Place in refrigerator overnight. Remove and add about 2 tablespoons of vinegar and mayonnaise to taste. Taste and see if it has enough zing to it. If not, add a little more salt, taste again, if not zingy add another tablespoon of vinegar. Make sure you have enough mayonnaise to make it moist. To serve the salad: at the last moment place on nice platter or bowl. Stick some lettuce leaves around the sides with ruffles up. Make some hard boiled eggs and slice them with an egg slicer. Place these around the top of the salad. Sprinkle with parsley to add some color to the potatoes.