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A Subtle Dining Affair - Kebabs
1 tsp brown sugar
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp soya sauce
¼ tsp black pepper
1 tbsp BBQ sauce
1 tbsp vinegar
Method
For Asian Steak Kebab—
Add minced beef, ginger, garlic paste, tandoori masala, garam masala, salt, crushed red pepper, Hoisin sauce, black pepper, oregano, thyme powder, coriander leaves, crushed green chilli, chopped capsicum, egg and bread slice in a blender and blend them together. Leave them to rest for an hour in the refrigerator.
Once marinated, take the mixture out and shape them however you wish; you can flatten them into the shape of a regular steak, shape them into cubes or into meatballs.
Next, shift the patty to a grill pan, add oil to fry it and sear both ends for 3 minutes (to be served medium rear). Once cooked, smoke the steak kebab to give it a delicious smoky flavour.
For the vegetables—
Mix carrot, capsicum, onion, beans and oil and sear them together. Sear them together until they are crunchy on the outside (make sure you don’t burn them)!
For the sauce—
Add oil on a frying pan. Add crushed garlic to the frying pan and fry it for a couple of minutes. Next, add the rest of the ingredients (brown sugar, salt, soya sauce, black pepper, BBQ sauce, vinegar) and keep searing them together until the mixture starts to boil. That means your sauce is ready!
Plate the steak, along with the Asian steak kebab, vegetables and sauce and serve! You can have it with rice, vegetable or even naan; the choice is yours.
Such a delicious dish calls for a creamy, sugary blast of dessert in the form of a strawberry custard.
Strawberry custard
Ingredients
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp water
250g strawberries
1L milk
4 tbsp strawberry custard powder
½ cup fried cashew nuts
1 packet cream
½ cup raisins
4 bananas
2 cup biscuit crumbs
Method
First, we have to make the caramel by mixing ½ cup of sugar with 1 tablespoon of water. Put it on medium heat and move the sauce pan occasionally until the caramel is golden brown in colour. Instantly pour 1 litre of milk in that caramel. Mix it until the caramel dissolves into the milk properly (until you get no feeling of caramel sticking to the bottom of the sauce pan). Let it cool to room temperature.
Once the mixture cools down, mix 4 tablespoon of strawberry custard powder. Stir the mixture in medium heat, and stir it occasionally until it’s thick enough to stick on the spatula and the mixture coats the back of the spoon. Dip the spoon in it, run your finger along the back of the spoon and the indentation should remain. That indentation will not stay if the liquid is too thin.
Finally, let the mixture cool down again. After cooling, add fruits (banana, raisins and fresh strawberries).
While plating, add a layer of crushed biscuit mixed with melted butter at the base of the bowl (the process is similar to layering the base of a New York style cheesecake). Then pour the thick delicious strawberry custard onto the bowl and let it set in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, or overnight. The longer the time to set the better.
Photo credit: Syeda Kaniz Fatema Khan