Tired of cramming up your Iftar table with the usual, traditional recipes every year? Fret not, as this Ramadan we are here to sort out your daily Iftar and Seher menu with a diverse yet lip-smacking assortment of dishes.
Thai-style Tempura
Ingredients:
- Tofu (cubed) 1 cup
- Bean sprouts (small pieces) 1 1/2 cup
- Potatoes (cubed) 1 cup
- Red capsicum (cut finely) 1
- Tomato (cubed) 1
- Spring onions (cut finely) 3 stalks
- Green chilli (cut finely) 1
- Oil 1 cup
- Spring onions, tomatoes, green chillies - for garnishing
Sauce Ingredients:
- Cornflour 1/2 cup
- Refined flour (sieved) 1 cup
- Baking powder 1 tbsp
- Cold water 1 cup
- Sugar 1 tsp
- Soya sauce 2 tbsp
- Eggs 2
Method:
- Take a bowl and mix all sauce ingredients in it thoroughly.
- Add in all ingredients for the tempura except oil.
- In a wok, put oil and heat it. One by one fry one tbsp of tempura each till golden and remove.
- To garnish, add diced spring onions, tomatoes and green chillies.
Cheese Meatballs
Ingredients:
- Beef mince 1/2 kg
- Onion 1
- Egg 1
- Breadcrumbs 1 cup
- Mozzarella cheese (cubed) 500 grams
- Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp
- Black pepper powder 1 tsp
- Paprika 1 tsp
- Mustard paste 1 tbsp
- Worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp
- Garlic (chopped) 2 tbsp
- Salt 1/2 tsp
- Mixed vegetables as a side
Method:
- In a bowl, mix egg, onion, parmesan cheese, black pepper, paprika, bread crumbs, garlic, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, oil and salt with the beef mince.
- Make meatballs with a piece of mozzarella in between of each.
- Grease an oven-tray; place meatballs on it and bake in a pre-heated oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes, remove.
- In a wok, stir fry vegetables in 1 tbsp of oil.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve with meatballs.
Chicken and Walnut Salad
Ingredients:
- Chicken breasts 250 grams
- Yogurt (whipped) 1/2 cup
- Walnuts (powdered) 4 tbsp
- Bread pieces (fried) 1 slice
- Cucumber 1
- Tomato 1
- Fresh milk 1/2 cup
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Salt 1/2 tsp
- Lettuce leaves for garnishing
Method:
- Cut chicken breasts in cubes.
- Heat oil in frying pan, cook chicken until tender and remove
- Mix all ingredients except chicken and bread in a bowl
- Place yogurt mixture in a serving dish. Place chicken on top of yogurt.
- Put bread pieces on one side and decorate with lettuce. Serve.
Chicken on Roasted Potatoes
Ingredients
- 300 grams of chicken mince
- 3 potatoes
- 3 green chilies
- 1 egg
- 1 tomato
- 1 onion
- 1 red capsicum
- 2 tablespoons of parsley
- ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
- ¼ bunch of mint leaves
- Oil for frying
- Salt as required
- Green olives for garnishing in the end
Method:
- Heat oil in a wok and slice potatoes into round chip-like shape.
- Add the sliced potatoes into the pre-heated oil.
- Put mince, onion, capsicum, green chilies, mint leaves, parsley. Egg, black pepper, tomato and salt in a blender and blend.
- Set the fried chips on an oven tray and put one tablespoon of the blended mix on each chip.
- Put the tray in an oven pre-heated at 200 degrees centigrade for ten minutes. Garnish olives on top and devour the delicious snack.
Potato and Peanut Cutlets
Ingredients:
- 2 boiled potatoes
- ½ cup friend and crushed peanuts
- ½ cup boiled kernels
- 1 finely chopped capsicum
- 1 beaten egg
- ½ cup fresh milk
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoons crushed red chilies
- 1 tablespoon crushed pomegranate seeds
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Oil for frying
Method:
- Mash the boiled potatoes and add peanuts, corn, milk, pomegranate seeds, red chilies, salt, capsicum and mix thoroughly.
- Shape the thick dough into small cutlets and coat them first with egg and then with breadcrumbs.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry the coated cutlets till they turn golden.
Onion Kebab
Ingredients
- ½ kilograms beef mince
- 1 fried onion
- 1 onion
- 4 green chilies
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 ginger medium sized
- ½ teaspoon powdered nutmeg and mace
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon powdered hot spices
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon red chili powder
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 4 tablespoon roasted gram flour
- 125 grams kidney fat
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Salt as required
Method:
- Put mince, onion, coriander and green chilies in a blender and blend.
- Add the rest of the ingredients in the blender after blending the first batch and put it in a bowl.
- After that add fried onions and shape the dough like mixture into long kebabs.
- Put the kebabs on a greased oven tray and bake for 12 minutes at 200 degrees centigrade in a pre-heated oven.