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jenna68 - 2009-03-15 16:28:00

Indian Banquet My 50 head Indian buffet was a great success last night and the food was a real hit. Once I've recovered from total exhaustion I'll post the recipes if anyone's interested.

davidt4 - 2009-03-15 20:22:00

Davidt4 Please do. I'd be interested. Hope a good nights sleep will see you up & at the world again.

nanasee1 - 2009-03-15 21:18:00

Chickpeas with pumpkin & lemongrass serves 50
?1600g chickpeas soaked & cooked
16 medium-sized onions, chopped?, 1 1/2c groundnut oil, ?32 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced?, 200g fresh ginger,?24 large stalks of lemongrass?,6 tab ground coriander, ?6 tab ground turmeric?,the ground seeds of 48 cardamoms?,16 hot, red chillies?, 4 kg peeled and seeded pumpkin (about 8kg unprepared weight),?2 litres water, ?2.2 litres coconut milk?,8 tbsp yellow mustard seed?,3 bunches coriander.? (cont)

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:14:00

Chick peas etc (cont) Pour the oil into a deep casserole and add the onions,cook over a moderate heat until soft . Meanwhile, peel the garlic and the ginger, remove any tough leaves from the lemongrass, then make all three into a rough?paste in a food processor. Stir into the onion and continue to?cook. Add the ground coriander and turmeric, then peel and lightly crush?the cardamoms.??Add them, together with the fresh chillies, finely chopped.?Keep the heat fairly low and on no account allow ingredients to brown.??Chop the pumpkin into 2cm chunks, then add to the pan, along with cooked chickpeas and the stock. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer and continue to cook at a gentle bubble till the pumpkin is tender. Stop as soon as the flesh is yielding to the point of a knife. ??Stir in the coconut milk and simmer. Put a splash of oil into ?a pan and tip in the yellow mustard seeds. As soon as they start?to pop add them to the pumpkin, together with the leaves of coriander.?

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:16:00

Rogan Josh for 50 48 cloves garlic, very finely chopped
600g fresh ginger, grated
4 tab cumin powder
2 tab Madras chilli powder
4 tab paprika (not smoked paprika)
4 tab coriander powder
6 kg boneless lamb leg meat in 3cm pieces (or mutton or goat)
 
Mix well together and leave 2 hrs - overnight
 
3 c veg oil or ghee
6 onion finely chopped
36 green cardamom pods
36 cloves
12 cassia leaves
8 large cinnamon sticks
40 curry leaves
1200 ml plain yoghurt
3 tsp saffron strands
1 c hot milk
2 tab garam masala
2 tab salt
3 bunches fresh coriander
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davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:17:00

Rogan Josh (cont)
In large lidded pan heat oil over moderate heat. Add cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, curry leaves & cinnamon, fry 1 min. Increase heat and add meat and onion. Fry 5 min, stirring often. Reduce heat to low, cover & cook 15 min.

Uncover & cook 5 - 10 min until meat is dry. Add 100 ml water & cook until dry and oil starting to separate out. Fry 5 min, add 250 ml water, cover, cook gently 1 - 3 hours until almost tender. Check liquid occasionally. Should end up with very little liquid. Add salt.

Meanwhile heat milk and add saffron; leave to infuse at least 30 min.

Add yoghurt to meat & stir over heat until very hot. Add milk & saffron, stir in gently. Add garam masala, mix carefully. Take off heat and stand 10 - 30 min.

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:18:00

Sweet Potato & Eggplant Curry for 50 16 tab oil
6 tab mustard seeds
3 tab coriander seeds
3 tab cumin seeds
36 cardamom pods, crushed
4 c desiccated. Coconut
16 cloves garlic, crushed
3 tab chilli flakes
2 1/2 tab salt
16 large sweet potatoes peeled & sliced 1cm
16 med. Eggplants in 2cm chunks
240 curry leaves
1600 ml veg stock
5 tab tamarind paste
800 ml cream
2 c yoghurt
juice & zest 8 limes
2 c flaked almonds, toasted
2 c spring onions, finely sliced

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:19:00

Sweet Potatoe & Eggplant (cont)
In sauté pan heat oil, fry seeds until aromatic. Add coconut, garlic, chilli & salt, fry until coconut is golden. Add sweet potatoes, eggplants & curry leaves and fry 20 sec. Add stock & tamarind, simmer about 15 min until veges just cooked. Add cream & yoghurt, bring to a simmer, add lime. Sprinkle with almonds & spring onions, serve with rice.

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:20:00

Fish & Tomato Curry for 50 5 kg firm fish - trevally, hapuka, terakihi
1 ¼ c lemon juice
1 ¼ c cider vinegar
1 c oil
12 cloves garlic, crushed
5 med onion, chopped
2 tab powdered cumin
2 tab powdered turmeric
2 tsp chilli flakes
2 tab black mustard seeds
200g fresh ginger, grated
2 tab brown sugar
200g tomato paste
4 tsp salt
3 tab flour + 1 1/4 c water mixed
2000 ml crushed tomatoes

(25 Curry leaves if available)

Cut fish into 2 - 3 cm pieces, combine with lemon juice and vinegar & refrigerate 40 - 60 min.

Heat oil, saute onion and garlic 2 min until soft. Add spices, curry leaves, ginger and sugar, stir over med heat until seeds pop. Add tomato paste and salt and stir, then flour paste. Add tomatoes, simmer uncovered about 10 minutes until slightly thickened.

Add fish and marinade, stir over medium heat until fish just cooked - 5 min.

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:21:00

Okra and Snake Beans with Panch Phoran serves 50

4 kg okra, trimmed
70 snake beans trimmed, in 3cm lengths
18 tab oil or ghee
3 tab panch phoran
10 med onion, finely chopped
4 tsp powdered tumeric (or 200g fresh)
4 tsp chilli flakes
4 tsp salt
4 tsp garam masala

Heat oil and fry panch phora a minute. Add onion (and fresh tumeric if using) and stir until golden. Add spices, salt and okra, cook 20 min until tender. Add beans and cook a few minutes until bright green and tender.

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:23:00

The accompaniments I cooked 3.75 kg of Basmati rice in three large domestic rice cookers, there was some left over - maybe enough for 8 servings. I bought chutney and pickle - two jars each of Sharwood's Sweet Mango Chutney and Patek's Lime Pickle (med/hot). There was a little of the mango chutney left, but the lime pickle was greatly admired, and I think the crowd would have eaten up several more jars' worth...

davidt4 - 2009-03-16 12:27:00

up it goes .. :o)

jenna68 - 2009-03-20 06:37:00

and again :)

kaddiew - 2009-03-21 14:50:00

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jenna68 - 2009-04-01 06:55:00

Stuffed Lettuce 1 whole nice fresh lettuce, 1 250g tub cream cheese, 3T diced tomatoes, 2T diced Capsicum (all colours), 3T grated carrot, 1T chopped onion (white or red), 1T Worcester Sauce or chilli sauce (or both), 1/2t cracked pepper, pinch salt. Mix together all ingredients then peel and wash lettuce leaves. Spoon mixture into leave and roll. You can slice this up so it looks like sushi or serve as a whole roll on a plate.

lisa7 - 2009-04-01 12:10:00

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scholar54 - 2009-05-12 00:00:00

the stand by basic punch: mix 1/3 equal amounts of: fruit juice, lemonade and gingerale. its rather yum with cranberry juice and slices of lemon and orange with a sprig ot two of mint floating on top.

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