Saturday, September 7, 2013

Lasagnia

Lasagnia

Lasagna
Ingredients:

Lasagna sheets 1 packet 
Parsley chopped as required
Ketchup to decorate
Oregano 1 tsp 

Meat sauce: 
Oil 2 tbsp 
Mince ½ kg 
Flour 2 tbsp 
Water 1 cup 
Tomatoes, chopped 4 
Onions, chopped 2
Garlic cloves, crushed 2 
Crushed red chilies 1 tsp
Tomato puree 4 tbsp
Capsicum, chopped 1
Mushrooms, sliced 4-5 
Sugar 1 tsp 
Salt and pepper as required

White Sauce :

Butter 2 oz 
Flour 2 oz 
Milk 2 cups 
Chicken cube 1 
Mustard 1 tsp 
Black pepper 1 tsp 
Cheddar cheese grated 6 oz 
Mozzarella cheese, grated 6 oz 

Method: 

For the meat sauce, heat oil, add mince and cook till brown. Add flour and sauté, add tomatoes, onions, garlic, tomato puree, crushed red chilies, sugar, salt, pepper and water and cook till mince is done. 
Five minutes before removing from fire, add mushrooms and capsicums. 
For the white sauce, melt butter, add in flour, chicken cube, mustard, pepper and remove from fire and add milk, let cook and whisk till smooth and thick. 
In a large deep greased dish, layer lasagna sheets, earlier boiled in salted water and drained. Pour half of the meat sauce and put lasagna sheets again, white sauce, sprinkle half of the cheese and keep layering till the top of the dish. 
Lastly add remaining cheese, sprinkle oregano. 
Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes or till the cheese is melted and golden. 
Decorate with ketchup and chopped parsley and serve.

Chicken Mince Samosa

Chicken Mince Samosa

Chicken Mince Samosa

Ingredients for chicken mince:

Chicken Mince 1 kg
Ginger Paste 1 tbsp
Garlic Paste 1 tbsp
Chopped Onions 5 – 6 large
Chopped Coriander 1 cup
Chopped Mint 1 cup
Green Chilies As per taste
Garam Masala Powder 2 tsp
Salt As per taste
Crushed Black Pepper 1 tsp
All purpose patti For filling
Oil For frying

Ingredients for Samosa Patti

Plain Flour 1 kg
Salt as per taste
Water as required 
Oil 7 tbsp

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together into medium consistency dough. Now make balls and roll the balls and slightly cook on griddle.

Method for chicken mince:

Boil mince with green chilies, black pepper, ginger paste, garlic paste and salt. Keep aside once boiled. In a separate saucepan, add a little oil and sauté chopped onions until the color changes to pale white. Add boiled mince, remaining green chilies, coriander and mint leaves and quickly mix it before removing from heat.
Once the mince filling has cooled down, take the all purpose patti to make the samosas.