Meen Moily

Here's a recipe for meen moily i got from one of my profs. Lovely dish, and surprisingly simple

Meen Moily

Beckti in haldi+salt+vinegar marinade

Onion + hing + ginger+ garlic+ Gr. Chilli+ Haldi in coconut oil

Coconut Milk

Fish+salt

Sliced Tomatoes after cooking

Grilled Beef with dipping sauce

180 grams beef steak, good quality

Sauce 1: Sesame dipping sauce

Kikkoman soya sauce: 1/3^rd cup

Mirrin: 3 tbs

Sugar: 2 tbs

Sesame oil: 2tbs

Sesame powder/crushed and dried sesame seeds: 1 tbs

Grated Garlic: 1 tbs

Sauce 2: Ginger Dipping Sauce:

Soya Sauce: 1/3^rd cup

Sake : 1/3^rd cup

Sugar: 2 tbs

Vegetable oil: 2tbs + 1 tsp.

Grill the beef till medium rare or as desired. Rest it. Cut into cubes and serve with dipping sauce.

Lamb chops in sesame sauce:

4 kg lamb chops, neatly cut. Good quality lamb chops are needed.

For the Sauce:

1 litre water

Kikkoman thick soya sauce: 200 ml

2 tbs Garlic Paste: I suggest using fresh crushed/minced garlic rather than the packaged pastes. Always.

Sesame oil 2 tbs

Sesame seed paste 1 tbs

100 gms chopped spring onion

1 tsp ajinomoto (Optional)

7 green chillies finely chopped

Mix all the ingredients and marinate overnight.

Saute in the frying pan on high heat at first to seal in the juices. The reduce to med heat and cook till done as desired. Halfway through, add the sauce/marinade and reduce.

Season to taste.

Sprinkle the lamb chop with sesame seeds before serving.

Ohitashi Salad:

Chilled spinach salad

Spinach: blanched, chopped and chilled

For the sauce:

4 tbs Dashi

Mirin: 1 tbs

Cooking Sake: 1 tbs

Kikkoman Soya: 1 tbs

Hondashi ( Japanese fish stock) 1 tsp

Mix thoroughly, season to taste with salt.

Mix in the chilled spinach.
Note: This salad was surprisingly tasty, especially for a spinach salad.

Note: about Sake

Please note, all the sake mentioned in the recipes here is cooking sake.

Gyouza

(Dumplings)

Chopped onion: 50 gms

Shiitake mushroom chopped: 50 gms

Cabbage chopped : 50 gms

Spring onions chopped: 30 gms

 Pork/beef/prawn/chicken: chopped and fried.

Sake 2 tbs

Mirrin 2 tbs

Sesame oil 5 tbs

Kikkoman soy sauce 2 tbs

Chilli oil 2 tbs

Miso paste 1/5 tbs

Vinegar 1 tbs

1 tbs Ajinomoto : Optional

Little salt and pepper, to taste

A little ginger and garlic paste

Mix together thoroughly. Stuff inside a dumpling/wonton wrapper, can be store bought, or i will provide a recipe for dimsum wrappers later on.

Once the dumpling is ready, lightly very shallow fry it gently, taking care not to break the delicate wrapper, almost sauté it.

Yum Pak Krob

( Crispy Vegetables-Thai)

Carrots, babycorns and mushrooms- Diamond/quartered,  even pieces

Coat in cornflour and deep fry.

For the sauce: It should be sweet, sour and spicy.

Chicken aroma, sugar syrup, lemon water, salt water and thai bud chillies chopped.

Mix thoroughly till the proper taste is achieved.

Spring onions, coriander/cilantro and onions finely chopped.

Mix the fried vegetables, the sauce and the chopped veg till it is properly coated.

Season to taste.

Garnish with crispy fried onions.