Scrumptious dishes

Minced meat tart

Ingredients
1 kg frozen short crust pastry

For the filling

1 kg lean minced meat
200 gms chopped coriander
200 gms onions
200 gms breadcrumbs
50 gms tomato paste
Black pepper and salt to taste
1 Egg for brushing

Method

Line a nine-inch, loose-bottomed pie dish with short crust pastry. Mix all the ingredients for the filling and spoon them in the pie dish. Cover the dish with remaining pastry sheets. Brush with egg and bake in a pre-heated oven at 240° C for 45 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. When done serve hot with salad.

Meat in mustard curry
Ingredients
20 gms oil

2 bay leaves
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp ginger/garlic paste
200 gms chopped onion
1 tbsp chopped green chillies
400 gms mutton cubes
100 gms mustard, ground
1 tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Water as required

Method

Sauté bay leaves and coriander seeds in a saucepan. Add ginger/garlic paste, onions and green chillies. Sauté for four minutes and add mutton and salt. Cook for ten minutes. Add water and the remaining ingredients. Cook till meat is tender. Serve hot.

Liver curry

Ingredients
250 gms mutton liver
250 gms finely chopped onions
5-6 tbsp butter
1 tsp ginger/garlic paste
½ tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp cashew nut paste
1 tsp onion seeds
1 tsp grated coconut
3 tsp yoghurt
½ tsp onion seeds

Method

Heat half the butter in a saucepan and sauté onion till golden brown. Add mutton liver and sauté well and keep aside. In another pan, heat remaining butter and crackle onion seeds. Add ginger/garlic paste, cashew nut paste, grated coconut, chilli powder and yoghurt. Sauté till oil separates. Add liver mixture, mix well and serve hot.

Muthi kebab

Ingredients


500 gms minced beef
100 gms almond paste
2 tsp raw papaya paste
4 tsp roasted and powdered gram pulse
4 tsp crushed fried onions
2 tsp ginger/garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp all spice powder
2 tsp yoghurt
1 tsp chopped mint
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp green chillies
½ tsp crushed black pepper
2 tsp butter
Salt to taste

Method

Mix all the ingredients, except butter and keep aside for two hours. Put the mixture in a pan and make a well in the centre. Place a smoking piece of charcoal in a small bowl of butter and place it in the well and cover the pan with a tight lid. Leave for three minutes then discard the charcoal piece. Make oblong kebabs by taking small portions of the mixture. Bake them in a preheated oven till golden brown. n