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Beverages & Desserts

Beef items, Non-Veg Recipes, Savouries/Starters/Appetizers

Kerala Beef Puffs in disguise

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There it is… My Daring Baker’s challenge – Danish Braid. It looks lovely, doesn’t it, or is it just me? I am so happy that I got to finish my challenge, and it’s almost perfect. It is supposed to have chocolate or sweet fruit filling but here I have spicy beef veggie filling. Now I can say that I love my spicy danish pastry puff a lot!!

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Ingredients

Pastry puffsheets – 2 nos

Beef(ground) – 1 lb

French cut green beans- 1/2 cup

Grated carrot -1/2 cup

Green chillies chopped – 2 nos

Garlic crushed – 4 nos

Ginger crushed – 1 piece

Red onion thinly sliced – 1/2 of one

Meat masala – 1/2 tsp

Cooking oil – 1 tsp

Salt – As reqd

Cilantro/Curry leaves as reqd

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Method

Beef Filling

1)Heat oil in a pan.

2)Fry thinly sliced onions to light brown, then add ginger-garlic ,green chillies and meat masala and cook for 2 to 3 minutes

3)Add ground beef and cook for 20 minutes

5) Saute the vegetables separately in oil and add to beef mixture.

Puff Pastry Shaping- Danish braid

1)Divide the thawed frozen pastry into two equal pieces. Roll out half of pastry on a lightly floured surface into a 9-inch (25 cm) rectangle.

2)Spread beef filling in the middle third of the pastry of rectangle.

3)Cut 1-inch (2.5 cm) wide strips on either side of remaining pastry. Fold strips on each side alternately over filling to create a braid.

4)Place pastry onto a parchment lined baking sheet.

WHISK together egg and water and lightly brush top of pastry.

PREHEAT Oven to 375 degrees

BAKE for 20 to 22 minutes or until pastry is golden.

REMOVE baking sheet from oven and let cool slightly. Enjoy with chilli sauce or ketchup!!!!

Indo - Chinese Cuisine, Savouries/Starters/Appetizers, Special Recipes

Spring Rolls / Pan Rolls

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No words to describe this starter. It is absolutely delicious! Pan Rolls have a universal appeal and element of surprise once you bite into this delicious cylindrical shaped wonder! Stuff them with vegetables, noodles and /or cooked and shredded meats and you can do wonders with it. Pan Rolls sometimes known as Spring Rolls are just worth the effort. Thanks to my Mother In Law who taught me every step of this recipe.

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Ingredients:

For Pan cake Batter

2 cups All purpose flour
1 Egg
Salt to taste
Water as required

For the stuffing:

2-3 Spring onions, chopped
2 tsp Green chilli sauce
1 Tbsp Chopped ginger
1 Tbsp Chopped garlic
1/2 cup Carrots cut into thin strips
1/2 cup Cabbage, thin strips
1 cup Cooked shredded chicken
1/2 cup French cut green beans
1/2 cup Green bell pepper thin strips
2 tsp Soy sauce
Pepper
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

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Juice/Milk shake/Cocktails

Ripe Mango Shake

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Mango is rich in a variety of phytochemicals and nutrients. The fruit pulp is high in prebiotic dietary fiber, vitamin C, polyphenols and provitamin A carotenoids.

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Ingredients

Ripe Mango – 2

Cold Milk – 1/2 cup

Chilled Water -1/2 cup

Cardamon – 2

Sugar – 1 cup

Directions

1 Peel off the skin of the mangoes and chop the mangoes into small pieces.

2 Grind the chopped mangoes with chilled water in a juice blender and strain it.

3 Add milk,cardamom and sugar to the strained mixture and blend again.

4 Pour the mango shake to juice glasses and garnish with cashewnuts and raisins.

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Juice/Milk shake/Cocktails

Cherry juice cocktail

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Health benefits of cherry juice

According to researchers from the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT, cherry juice can reduce muscle pain and damage induced by exercise. It may benefit for people with gout and arthritis.

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Serves 2-3

Ingredients

Vimto Syrup 3 tsp

Sugar 2 Tbsp

Sparkling soda 1/2 cup

Fresh Cherries 1 cup

Ice cold water 1/2 cup

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