PEPPER MINCE AND POTATOES WITH KEDGEREE
Recipe for Pepper Mince and Potatoes
Ingredients
½ kg Mince (Beef or Mutton)
2 big Onions chopped
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
2 green chilies chopped finely
2 tablespoons oil
Salt to taste
2 teaspoons pepper powder
2 Potatoes boiled and chopped
into small pieces
Heat oil in a pan and fry the chopped garlic and
onions till golden brown.
Add the green chilies, turmeric powder, pepper powder
and sauté for 3 minutes.
Add the mince
and salt and mix well.
Cook on low heat for about ½ an hour till the mince is
cooked and all the water evaporates. Add the Potatoes and mix well.
Simmer on
low heat for 3 more minutes.
Recipe for Fish and Boiled Eggs Kedgeree
½ kg good fleshy fish cut into
thick fillets
2 cups raw rice or Basmati
Rice
4 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon ghee or butter
3 onions sliced finely
3 green chillies sliced
lengthwise
4 tablespoons Moong dhal or
Tur Dhal (Or any other lentils)
3 cloves
2 small sticks of cinnamon
1 teaspoon cumin powder
100 grams Sultanas or Raisins
(Optional)
3 tablespoons chopped
coriander leaves
2 Bay leaves
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon chillie powder
1 tablespoon lime juice /
lemon juice / vinegar
6 whole peppercorns
4 hard-boiled eggs cut into
quarters.
Wash the fish and cook it in a little water along
with the bay leaves and salt for about 5 minutes or till the pieces are firm.
Strain and keep aside. Add sufficient
water to the left over fish soup to get 6 cups of liquid. Remove the bones and skin from the boiled
fish and break into small pieces. Wash the Rice and dhal and keep aside.
Heat the oil in a suitable vessel and sauté the
onions, cloves and cinnamon lightly. Add the slit green chillies, whole
peppercorns, cumin powder and chillie powder and sauté for a few minutes. Add
the rice and dhal and mix well. Now add 6 cups of the soup, limejuice /
vinegar, sultanas, chopped coriander leaves and salt and cook on high heat till
boiling. Reduce heat and simmer covered till the rice and dhal are cooked and
slightly pasty. Gently mix in the cooked fish, butter / ghee and the
hard-boiled eggs. Cover and let the rice draw in the fish for a few minutes.
Serve hot or cold with Chutney or Lime Pickle.
