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Laiba Bilal Sheikh. Consultant Clinical Dietitian/Nutritionist • Food Scientist.
AREPAS 🇻🇪🍔 Recipe 👇🏻 It's a corn bun/pocket which can be filled with various fillings. It's a popular Venezuelan & Colombian Street Food.
Arepas:
2 cups cornmeal
Pinch of salt
1/2 warm water or more if needed.
Mix & knead until it's a dough ball. Rest for 5 minutes. Shape into 8-10 disks.
Fry each side for about 5-6 minutes. Cut a pocket in it very carefully to add filling.
Filling:
250g boneless chicken
1 tbsp cornflour
Salt & pepper
Mix all together & cook in 1 tbsp oil.
Fry 1 onion & 2 cloves garlic in oil.
Add 1 tsp each cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, brown sugar & salt to taste.
Add 1 crushed tomato, juice of 1 lemon, 1/4 cup orange juice (if available).
Let it simmer & add chicken. Cook for a few minutes.
Beans:
Fry 1 onion & 2 cloves garlic in oil.
Add 1 can red kidney beans or black beans, 1 tsp each cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper, salt to taste & 1 Bay leaf.
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Optional:
Garlic mayo.
Mashed avocado.
Olives & jalapeños.
17/04/2022
What could be better than having a glass of Kiwi Lemonade in Iftaar this Ramadan. 😍🍸
Just blend all the mentioned ingredients & voila! 🍸
02/03/2022
What could be better than having Chocolate Delight at the end of the day! 😍❤️
Here's another recipe which is easy to make and includes all pantry friendly ingredients. 😍
Do try it out and let me know how much you liked it. 💕 And don't forget to save, share, like & comment. Thanks. ❤️
07/01/2022
A super easy & pantry friendly recipe of Cheesy Garlic Bread!! 💛🤤🧄🧈🧀🥖
Do try it out and then let me know if you liked it. Also if you add or have tried any other ingredient in your garlic bread then let me know that as well in the comments section. 😃
26/12/2021
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26/01/2021
Chicken Fajita Loaded Fries 🍟😍
Recipe. 👇🏻
💢 Fajita Seasoning:
- Chilli powder 2 tbsp
- Cumin seed powder 3 tsp
- Salt 2 tsp
- Black pepper 2 tsp
- Paprika 1 tsp
- Mixed herbs 1 tsp
- Onion powder 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli flakes 1/2 tsp
Method:
- Mix all of the spices and store in an air tight container.
💢 Fajita Chicken Veggie mix:
- Boneless chicken strips 500 gm
- Crushed ginger garlic 1 tbsp
- Green/red/yellow bell pepper 2-3 (sliced)
- Onion 1 (sliced)
- Corns 5 tbsp (boiled - optional)
- Fajita seasoning 1 tbsp or as required
- Oil 2-3 tbsp
Method:
- Heat oil in a pan and add chicken and crushed ginger garlic. Cook for a while.
- When color of chicken starts to change, add fajita seasoning and cook for few minutes.
- Add a bit of water, cover the pan and cook till chicken is completely tendered.
- Take out chicken in a bowl and set aside.
- Heat oil in the same pan, add in vegetables and stir fry until they're a bit softened.
- Add chicken and mix gently.
- Turn off heat and set aside.
💢 Cheese Sauce:
- Butter 3 tbsp
- Flour 3 tbsp
- Milk 1 1/2 cup
- Cheddar cheese 3 slices (3 oz.)
- Fajita Seasoning tsp or according to your taste
Method:
- Melt butter in a pan and add flour in it.
- Mix well and cook on low flame for 3-4 minutes until color of flour starts to change.
- Add in milk slowly and stir continuously to remove all the lumps.
- Once the lumps are removed, turn off the heat, add in cheese slices and give it a good mix till cheese melts. Turn on heat if the cheese isn't melting or if there are any lumps remained.
- Add in seasoning, mix well, cook for a minute.
- Sauce is ready.
💢 French Fries:
- Potatoes 1kg
- Oil for frying
- Salt/Black pepper for seasoning
Method:
- Peel and cut potatoes and soak them in cold water for 30 minutes.
- Heat oil in pan. Add potatoes and fry until they're light golden brown.
- Take out in a dish, and remove excess oil with a napkin.
- Sprinkle salt/pepper.
💢 Assembling:
- Place a layer of half of the fries in a dish, top with sauce and fajita chicken veggie mix.
- Repeat another layer with remaining fries, sauce, chicken.
- Garnish with parsley.
💢 ENJOY 😋😍