Christmas recipes

Dec 11, 2009

PLANNING to prepare fish this festive season? Why not try sweet and sour fish? Interested? Below is how to make it

Tantalise your family’s taste buds
SWEET AND SOUR FISH
By A. KYOTALENGERIRE

PLANNING to prepare fish this festive season? Why not try sweet and sour fish? Interested? Below is how to make it

Ingredients (1 serving)
 500g fish fillet
 200g diced pineapple
 1 spring onion
 2 tablespoons sugar
 4 tablespoons vinegar
 3 teaspoons Tomato ketchup
 1 teaspoon starch
 1 Green pepper, diced
 A pinch white pepper
 Wheat flour
 Vegetable oil
 Salt to taste
 Lime juice

Method
 Slice the fish fillet into fingers and sprinkle salt.
 Coat with flour
 Heat the oil and deep-fry the fillet to golden brown
 Sprinkle with white pepper and set aside.
 To make sauce, heat about three tablespoons of oil in the pan, add the green pepper and stir for one minute. Add lime juice, vinegar, sugar and tomato ketchup, cook until thickened and set aside.
 Heat one tablespoon of oil, add sauce and starch and stir.
 Add two tablespoons of fresh oil, add the pineapple chunks and stir for 1 minute.
 Pour sauce on the deep-fried fillet.
 Serve.

KABAB JEERA
BY AGNES KYOTALENGERIRE
WANT to give your family a treat, without overspending? Then the Kabab Jeera is just the snack for you. It is an Indian snack that is quick and easy to prepare.

Ingredients (serves 4)
 500g Mutton
 10g Cumin
 5g chilli powder
 115g onion chopped
 30g Fat
 1/2 teaspoon Red chilli powder
 1 teaspoon Shik kabab masala
 1 teaspoon Gara masala powder
 Coriander leaves chopped
 Salt to taste

Method
 Clean the mutton and mince it
 Roast the mince on low fire
 Add onions, cumin, chilli powder, coriander leaves and salt
 Stir to mix ingredients evenly
 Shape like sausages
 Fix on skewers and roast in a clay oven (tandoori) or charcoal stove. Roast until golden brown.
 Remove from skewers, chop to small pieces and serve with vegetable salad

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