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Recipes

Charmaine’s Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients

3 ¾ cups Flour (Maida)

2 tsps (7gms) Act dry yeast

¼ cup light brown sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp all spice

¼ tsp nutmeg

1 ½ tsp salt

1 cup Milk

5 tbps butter

1 large egg

¼ cup candied mixed peel (optional)

½ cup dark or golden raisins

Method:

Take all the above ingredients and place in a large bowl then combine by hand to form

a soft dough. If using a stand mixer, combine all the dry ingredients first then add your

wet ingredients to this. The speed should be set at low speed. After it has formed into a

soft dough, cover the bowl with a lid and leave in a warm place to rise for 2 hours.

After 2 hours the dough should have risen to double its size, punch it down. Now form

your buns – each bun weights about 100gms (or you may choose the size as per your

preference). Once all the buns have been formed, place them on a greased tray and

leave to rest for another 1 hour.

Once the buns have rested for 1 hour – preheat your oven to 180 degree Celsius for 15

minutes.

While the oven is heating make a paste with ½ cup flour, ¼ cup water and 1 tsp

powered sugar, mix well to form a paste. Put this paste in a piping bag or zip lock bag.

Before piping the crosses on the buns, glaze the buns with egg wash. 1 egg and 1 tsp
water mix well, with the help of a brush glaze the buns well with this egg wash.

Now take the piping bag filled with the paste, cut the tip off the bag and form crosses on

all the buns.

Bake buns at 180 degree Celsius for 20 mins or till buns are golden brown. It may take

longer/less time depending on your oven.

Nina’s Party Dip

A dip I make that is loved by my guests :

Hang yogurt in a muslin cloth to drain the water,

Then put in a bowl, mix it well

Add salt

Black pepper

Add chopped walnuts for flavour n crunch

Mix it all and your dip is ready *Tip : do use a little extra salt & pepper to get that extra salt hit.

Mamma Marques’ green chicken curry

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken cut into medium pieces

Grind the below ingredients to a thick paste:

1 bunch fresh coriander

3 green chilies (less spicy)

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp jeera

1/2 tsp red Kashmiri chilly powder

4 -5 cloves of garlic

½ inch ginger

1 tsp fennel seeds

1 inch cinnamon

8-10 pepper corns


3 cardamoms

½ onion sliced

1 tomato

1 tbsp tamarind pulp (soak in a little warm water)

2 tbsp fresh coconut

½ tsp vinegar

½ tsp sugar

30-40 ml water

Saute

1 red chili (2 halves)

1 onion, sliced

A few curry leaves

2 tbsp oil

Salt as per taste

Method:

Wash the chicken well and keep aside. Grind the ingredients mentioned to a thick paste. In a cooking
pot, heat the oil and add in the curry leaves, onions and red chili. Saute the onions till golden brown.
Now add the chicken and fry well for about 10 minutess or till you see a nice golden color. Now add the
ground masala paste to the chicken and give it a good mix. Season it with salt as per taste. You could
add a little water as well. Let it cook on medium flame for about 20 minutes or until the chicken is
tender. Garnish it with a few coriander leaves.

Serve warm with bread, roti or steamed rice.

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