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By :  migrator
Update: 2017-01-22 07:57 GMT
(L to R) Vegetable pulao and Choco mousse (Down) Panacotta with Scandinavian white choco berry balls

Chennai

VEGETABLE PULAO

Ingredients:

2 cups of long grain rice

1 cup green peas

1 carrot

3-4 green chilies, slit

1 large onion

1 piece of cinnamon

3-4 green cardamom, lightly crushed

3-4 cloves

½ tsp of cumin seeds

1 tsp of minced garlic

2-3 tsp of salt

A small bunch of coriander leaves, for garnish

2 tbsp of ghee or oil

Instructions:

  • Cook the rice for pulao and set aside.
  • Slice the onions and slit the chilies.
  • Chop the carrot
  • Heat the ghee or oil in a wide pan and add the sliced onions
  • When the onions begin to brown, add the cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom
  • Stir fry until the onions turn brown
  • Add the minced garlic and mix it while frying
  • Add the carrots, green peas and green chilies and mix well with salt
  • Cook on a low flame, covered, until the vegetables are soft
  • Mix in the rice and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve

Recipe: Chef Deena Dayalan, Executive Sous Chef, The Residency Towers

PANACOTTA WITH SCANDINAVIAN WHITE CHOCO BERRY MOUSSE BALL

Ingredients:

Fresh cream – 1 litre

Milk – 630 ml

Sugar – 300 gms

Gelatine – 15 gms

Orange crush – 50 ml

Kiwi crush – 50 ml

Orange / Lemon zest – 2 gms

White choco – ½ kg

Whiptop cream – ½ kg

Blueberry compote – 100 gms

Preparation:

  • Double boil the fresh cream, milk. Add sugar to the mixture.
  • Melt gelatin and keep aside.
  • Mix gelatin with the above mixture and separate into three equal portions. 
  • Mix orange zest, lemon zest and orange crush in each portion.
  • Mix kiwi crush in one quantity
  • Pour the mixture in glass cup in flag theme and set the panacotta in chiller for 2 hours
  • Mix white chocolate, whip top cream and berry compote together and set aside in the chiller. Scoop the mousse and keep on the top of panacotta.
  • Serve chilled at 4 degree Celsius

Recipe: Chef Lawrence Amalraj, Executive Chef at Feathers hotel.

CHOCO MOUSSE

Ingredients:

For the mousse

White chocolate - 1/2 cup

Egg whites - 2

Icing sugar - 3 tbsp

Whipped cream - 1/2 cup

Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp

Pistachio essence and color - 1/2 tsp

Orange essence and color - 1/2 tsp

For brandy snap

50 gms butter, chopped

½ cup soft brown sugar

3 tbsp golden syrup

½ cup flour

½ tsp ground ginger

Method:

  • Whisk the egg whites till hard peaks are formed. Keep aside.
  • Whisk the cream and mix the icing sugar to it.
  • Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler or microwave and let it cool.
  • Mix the whisked egg whites, white chocolate and the cream together in lightly. 
  • Now divide the mixture into three parts and mix the respective essence and colours. Pipe them in three different brandy snap. Refrigerate.
  • For the brandy snap
  • Preheat oven to 180°C fan bake and line 3 oven trays with baking paper. 
  • Combine butter, sugar and golden syrup in a pot and cook over medium heat, stirring, until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Set aside for 5 minutes.
  • When slightly cooled, stir in the flour and ginger. Drop heaped teaspoonful of mixture onto prepared trays, leaving lots of room for spreading. 
  • Bake for 5 minutes or until bubbling and a deep golden color. Remove from oven and allow to cool flat on trays. 
  • Once crisp, store until needed in an airtight container with a baking paper or waxed paper divider in between the layers. If desired, serve with whipped cream and fresh fruit and dust with icing sugar.

Recipe: Chef Anand, Turyaa Hotel

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