Yummy And Nutritional Vegetarian Dinner






Looking for a meatless meal that satisfies, stop searching and try this new stuff. This is not exactly a recipe, but is supposed to attract you for the next veggie dish.

All you need to do is preheat your oven to 350 F. Then cut some veggies, herbs and mix them with olive oil. In this picture, you can see patty pans, peppers, onions and tomatoes. Also it is better to add fresh herbs like basil, parsley and oregano or whatever you like to have. You can also go for Mushrooms, eggplant, garlic and many other veggies that suits to work well.

Mix the selected ingredients above and wrap everything in foil or a baking dish. Bake at 350 F around 40 minutes or above. Drizzle with the best balsamic reduction and serve over rice, quinoa or simply have it by itself alone.


Tandoori Chicken Roasted With Butter


Ingredients Quantity
Chicken 1
Butter for batter 125 gm (approx.)
Butter for basting 125 gm (approx.)
Tandoori masala
Hot red chilli powder 5 gm
Kashmiri chilli powder 10 gm
Green chillies 20 gm
Ginger 10 gm
Garlic 10 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Grind tandoori masala and mix with butter.
  • Make incisions or slits on the breasts and legs of the chicken.
  • Marinade chicken in the mixture for 10 - 12 hours.
  • Bake in the tandoor, basting frequently with butter, till chicken is cooked.
Another method of cooking:
  • Remove when three-fourths done.
  • Fry in butter, return again to the tandoor for 3 - 4 minutes.
  • Keep basting till done.

Tasty Duck Roast With Fried Potatoes And Vegetables


Ingredients Quantity (For 6 - 8)
Plump duck 1 (about 1 kg)
Ginger 2.5 cm (1") piece
Garlic 6 flakes
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Pepper 1/4 tsp
Butter 15 gm
Oil 60 ml
Onions 115 gm
Tomatoes 225 gm
Kashmiri red chillies or red chillies 2 (seeds removed)
Sugar 1/4 tsp

Methods to Prepare:
  • Clean duck and keep it whole.
  • Grind ginger, garlic and pepper.
  • Apply on duck and prick with a fork to let the spices seep in.
  • Marinade in vinegar for half an hour.
  • Heat butter and oil in a large thick bottom pan.
  • Add sliced onions, ground red chillies and chopped tomatoes. Add duck and brown.
  • Add two to three cups boiling water and salt.
  • Cook tightly covered till duck is tender.
  • Add sugar and remove from fire.

Spicy Malabar Chicken Curry

Ingredients Quantity (For 6 - 8)
Chicken 1 (about 1.5 kg)
Coriander seeds 10 gm
Red chillies 3 to 4
Onions 225 gm
Coconut 1
Potatoes 500 gm
Curry leaves 2 springs
Peppercorns 6
Turmeric 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon 3 to 5 gm
Cloves 3 to 5 gm
Cardamoms 3 to 5 gm
Fennel 3 to 5 gm
Oil (coconut) 15 ml
Small onions 5 gm
Mustard seeds a pinch
Salt to taste
Ginger 5 gm
Tempering
Fat 15 ml
Red onion 5 gm
Cinnamon a small piece
Cloves (optional) 6

Methods to Prepare:
  • Clean and joint chicken.
  • Roast coriander, red chillies, peppercorns, turmeric, cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms.
  • Powder fine and ground into a fine paste with fennel.
  • Peel and slice onions. Peel and quarter potatoes. Peel and slice ginger.
  • Grate coconut and make three extractions.
  • Heat up oil. Fry small onion sliced and mustard seeds.
  • When seeds splutter add ground paste, chicken piece sliced onions and curry leaves.
  • Saute 3 - 5 minutes. Add salt, cover and cook on slow fire till chicken is nearly done.
  • Add third extraction of coconut milk, potatoes and ginger.
  • When potatoes are cooked add second extraction. Cook till gravy is fairly thick.
  • Add first extraction of coconut milk, bring to boil and remove.
  • Heat fat for tempering. Add sliced small onion and slightly crushed cinnamon and cloves. When onions brown, pour over curry mix well.

Tasty Mulligatawny Curry

Ingredients Quantity (For 4) Quantity (For 100)
Breast of mutton 500 gm 12.5 kg
Small onions 115 gm 2.8 kg
Garlic 5 gm 115 gm
Ginger 15 gm 340 gm
Cinnamon 2 gm 60 gm
Tomatoes 225 gm 5.65 kg
Water 1.8 litre 44.25 litre
Curry leaves a few a bunch
Seasoning and Thickening
Red chillies (without seeds) 5 gm 115 gm
Coriander 15 gm 340 gm
Cumin a pinch 20 gm
Fennel 5 gm 115 gm
Peppercorns a few 20 gm
Split bengal gram 15 gm 340 gm
Coconut milk (thick) 300 ml 4.5 litre
Turmeric a pinch 20 gm
Lime 1 20 - 25
Salt to taste 100 gm
Tempering
Fat 10 gm 250 gm
Red onions 5 gm 150 gm
Curry leaves a few 1/2 bunch

Methods to Prepare:
  • Cut mutton into neat pieces. Add all the first lot of ingredients and boil till meat is tender.
  • Roast and grind red chillies. Grind coriander, fennel cumin and peppercorns.
  • Roast bengal gram and grind well.
  • Mix all the ingredients with the coconut milk, turmeric, lime juice and salt.
  • Fry the onions and curry leaves in fat. Add to mulligatawny, stir well and remove from fire.

Spicy Lamb On The Bone

Ingredients Quantity (For 15 - 20)
Leg of lamb 1 (about 2 kg)
Mint 1 bunch
Garlic 1 pod
Green chillies 5 to 6
Lime 1
Large-sized onion 1
Potatoes 250 gm
Brinjal 250 gm
Tomatoes 250 gm
Salt to taste
Fat 50 gm

Methods To Prepare:
  • Saw the leg of lamb into four or five pieces leaving the meat on the bone.
  • Grind together mint, green chillies and garlic.
  • Add lime juice and rub over meat.
  • Melt fat in a shallow pan. Brown meat lightly.
  • Reduce fire and cook covered over slow fire, sprinkle a little water every now and then, and turning the meat over.
  • When nearly done, add onion cut into rings, peeled and sliced potatoes, tomatoes and small brinjals, cut into halves, with the skin on.
  • Cook till vegetables and meat are tender. The meat must be very well cooked and almost falling from the bone.
  • Add salt. Mix well and remove.

Tasty Mutton Rogan Josh

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Leg of mutton 50 gm 12.5 kg
Tomatoes 115 gm 2.72 kg
Coriander powder 10 gm 250 gm
Saltpetre 5 gm 100 gm
Fat 30 gm 500 gm
Kashmiri chillies (without seeds) 15 gm 225 gm
Ginger 10 gm 225 gm
Nutmeg a pinch 15 gm
Saffron a pinch 5 gm
Cumin a pinch 45 gm
Mace a pinch 15 gm
Garlic a few flakes 85 gm
Onions 115 gm 2.72 kg
Ratton jog a small piece 5 gm
Salt to taste 100 gm
Stock as needed as needed
Milk enough to dissolve saffron enough to dissolve saffron

Methods to Prepare:
  • Clean and cut meat into 2.5 cm (1') pieces with bones.
  • Chop onions grind kashmiri chillies, coriander, ginger, cumin and garlic.
  • Heat fat. Fry onion, add ground spices and fry well. Add tomatoes.
  • Add meat, half of the saffron and saltpetre.
  • Fry for about 5 minutes. Add stock, nutmeg, mace, salt and "rattan jog".
  • Cook gently till meat is tender.
  • When meat is cooked, add the red of saffron dissolved in a little milk.

Mutton Shahi Khorma

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Mutton 500 gm 12.5 kg
Onions 200 gm 5 kg
Poppy seeds 10 gm 225 gm
Almonds 5 gm 115 gm
Coriander 15 gm 340 gm
Ginger a small piece 85 gm
Kashmiri chillies 10 gm 225 gm
Cumin a pinch 30 gm
Sultanas 5 gm 115 gm
Fat 50 gm 1.25 kg
Coconut 55 gm 1.35 kg (8)
Curds 115 gm 2.8 kg
Garlic 2 cloves 55 gm
Cloves 2 gm 50 gm
Cinnamon 2 gm 50 gm
Cardamoms 2 gm 50 gm
Dried milk 5 gm 125 gm
Salt to taste 100 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Wash and cut meat into 2.5 cm (1' peice).
  • Grind poppy seeds, cumin, coriander, ginger, and garlic.
  • Remove seeds from red chillies. Soak in water and grind to paste.
  • Grate coconut and extract milk.
  • Soak dry fruits and nuts in water.
  • Heat fat. Fry sliced onions, cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms, then the ground spices.
  • Add meat and fry. Add beaten curds, water and salt, cook till meat is tender.
  • Add coconut milk, dried milk, sultanas and almonds. Simmer for a few minutes. Remove. Serve hot.

Tasty Hungarian Goulash With Caraway Dumplings

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Veal beef or mutton 500 gm 12.5 kg
Refined flour 10 gm 225 gm
Onions 115 gm 2.8 kg
Pepper to taste 15 gm
Salt 10 gm 100 gm
Capsicum 55 gm 1.35 kg
Fat 30 gm 225 gm
Tomatoes 115 gm 2.8 kg
Nutmeg a pinch 10 gm
Stock 590 ml 14.75 litre
Bay leaf 1 leaf 5 gm
Paprika 1 pinch 15 gm
Parsley 1 spring 30 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Clean and cut meat into even-sized cubes and dip in seasoned flour.
  • Remove seeds from capsicum, wash well, drain and chop. Chop onions. Saute onions and capsicum in heated fat.
  • Add meat and fry lightly on all sides.
  • Stir in blanched tomatoes, seasoning and remaining flour. Add stock and banquet garni.
  • Simmer gently till meat is tender.
  • Serve with caraway dumplings.
Caraway Dumplings

Ingredients
Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Caraway seeds 1/2 tsp 30 gm
Pepper a pinch 5 gm
Fat 30 gm 455 gm
Refined flour 55 gm 1.35 kg
Baking powder 1/2 tsp 45 gm
Salt a pinch 30 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Mix dry ingredients.
  • Rub in fat.
  • Add cold water and prepare a light dough.
  • Divide into walnut-sized portions and form into balls.
  • Cook in boiling water or stock for 25 minutes.

Tomato Mutton Chop Casserole

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Mutton chops 500 gm 12.5 kg
Carrots 115 gm 2.8 kg
Peas 115 gm 2.8 kg
Onions 115 gm 2.8 kg
Celery 55 gm 1.35 kg
Potatoes 225 gm 5 kg
Tomatoes 115 gm 2.8 kg
Stock 600 ml 14.75 litre
Pepper to taste 15 gm
Salt to taste 80 - 100 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Blanch and pierce the tomatoes.
  • Clean and slice carrots and onions and dice potatoes and celery.
  • Mix all ingredients together.
  • Put into a casserole dish. Cover and cook in a moderate oven till meat is tender (about 2 - 21/2 hours).

Mutton Cooked With Haricot Beans

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Mid neck mutton of lion chops 500 gm 12.5 kg
Fat 30 gm 455 gm
Carrots 115 gm 2.8 kg
Turnips 115 gm 2.8 kg
Haricot beans 30 gm 680 gm
Onions 55 gm 1.35 kg
Refined flour 15 gm 340 gm
Pepper a pinch 15 gm
Salt 10 gm 100 gm
Stock or water 590 ml 14.75 litre

Methods to Prepare:
  • Soak haricot beans overnight.
  • Cut meat into even-sized pieces with bone.
  • Heat fat and fry meat.
  • Remove meat and add sliced onions and fry.
  • Pour off fat.
  • Add stock and seasoning. When hot, add meat.
  • Simmer till meat is nearly done.
  • Blend flour with water. Add to meat and cook for a few minutes, stirring all the time.
  • Cut carrots and turnips into cubes and cook with previously soaked haricot beans.
  • Put meat in centre of a hot dish with beans and garnish with vegetables.

Ragout Of Mutton

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Breast of mutton 55 gm 12.5 kg
Refined flour 30 gm 680 gm
Onions 115 gm 2.8 kg
Carrots 225 gm 5.65 kg
Celery 30 gm 680 gm
Turnips 55 gm 1.35 kg
Fat 55 gm 1.35 kg
Tomato paste 225 gm 5.65 kg
Salt to taste 100 gm
Pepper to taste 15 gm
Stock 590 ml 14.75 litre

Methods to Prepare:
  • Cut mutton into 2.5 cm (1") cubes and dip in seasoned flour.
  • Saute carrots, turnips, chopped onions and celery in hot fat.
  • Add mutton and fry till all the surfaces are sealed and brown.
  • Remove excess fat. Add tomato paste and simmer gently.
  • Add stock, season, stir well and cook gently till meat is tender.
  • Now thicken gravy by adding remaining flour blended in water.

Scalloped Gobi or Cauliflower

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Cauliflower 450 gm 11 kg
Milk 225 ml 5.9 litre
Refined flour 15 gm 340 gm
Butter 15 gm 340 gm
Onions 55 gm 1.35 kg
Parsley 1 spring 2 bunches
Butter for dotting 10 gm 200 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Boil cauliflower in salted water.
  • Prepare white sauce using flour, butter, milk and cauliflower liquor.
  • Add grated onions and chopped parsley.
  • Arrange cauliflower in pyrax dish.
  • Pour sauce over. Sauce should cover the cauliflower completely.
  • Dot with butter and bake in quick oven or under a griller to brown top.

Tasty Duchess Potatoes

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Potatoes 225 gm 5.65 kg
Eggs 1 8
Hot milk 30 ml 475 ml
Butter 15 gm 340 gm
Salt 10 gm 100 gm
White pepper a pinch 15 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Peel and boil potatoes till tender.
  • Strain and mash or sieve.
  • Stir the fat into the hot sieved potatoes.
  • Mix well, add beaten egg and milk.
  • Add seasoning.
  • Fill forcing bag and squeeze mixture out on to a greased baking sheet in the shape of roses or pyramids.
  • Brush with beaten egg or melted butter.
  • Bake in a quick oven till brown, at 205 degree Celsius (400 degree Fahrenheit) or Gas mark 6 for 10 minutes.

Aloo Hongroise With Parsley

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Potatoes 450 gm 11 kg
Tomatoes 115 gm 2.8 kg
Onions 115 gm 2.8 kg
Salt 10 gm 100 gm
Paprika 5 gm 115 gm
Stock as needed as needed
Parsley 1/4 bunches 2 bunches
Fat 15 gm 225 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Boil Potatoes in the skin. Peel.
  • Cut onto roundels.
  • Slice onions and fry.
  • Add paprika and blanched tomatoes.
  • Add potato roundels and salt.
  • Put the whole thing into a pyrex dish (as for scalloped potato). Add little stock if necessary.
  • Cook in a slow oven till potatoes are tender and moisture reduced. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve hot.

Scalloped Potatoes

Ingredients Quantity (For 4 Packs) Quantity (For 100 Packs)
Potatoes 450 gm 11 kg
Refined flour 15 gm 340 gm
Butter 15 gm 340 gm
Milk 295 ml 7.37 litre
Onions 115 gm 1.36 kg
Parsley 1 spring 45 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Boil and peel potatoes and cut into thin round slices.
  • Prepare white sauce, add chopped parsley and grated onions.
  • Arrange sliced potatoes in a greased pie dish.
  • Pour sauce over it. Dot with butter and bake in a hot oven till top is browned.

Neapolitan Mousse

Ingredients Quantity (For 4) Quantity(For 100)
Milk 500 ml 8.85 litre
Eggs 2 30
Gelatine 15 gm 215 gm
Cream 15 gm 340 gm
Cherries 10 gm 225 gm
Sugar 55 gm 1.35 kg
Coffee, almond, raspberry essence and pink and green colouring as needed as needed

Methods to Prepare:
  • Soak gelatine in little water for 5 minutes
  • Separate yolks and whites of eggs.
  • Beat yolks and sugar thoroughly. Add soaked gelatine.
  • Warm milk and pour over the mixture.
  • Put in to a double sauce pan over flame and cook until gelatine dissolves and mixture thickens like crusted. Do not boil.
  • Remove from heat and divide evenly into three bowls.
  • Flavor one with coffee essence, one with almond essence and one with raspberry essence. Tint with green and pink (colour should be pale).
  • Divide stiffly beaten egg whites into three and fold in one part into each bowl.
  • When mixture is cold, set in layers in refrigerator.
  • Decorate with wiped cream and cherries.

Mawa And Almond Pudding

Ingredients Quantity
Hariali mawa 100 gm (1/2 cup)
Milk 100 ml (1/2 cup)
Eggs 2
Grated almonds or cashew nuts 40 gm (1/2 cup)
Almond essence a few drops
Sugar 75 gm (1/2 cup)
Gelatine 8 gm (1 level tbsp)

Methods to Prepare:
  • Separate egg yolks and whites
  • Blend the mawa, milk, egg yolks, sugar and nuts in the blender for 5 minutes.
  • Add essence. Add dissolved gelatine to the well blended mixture and whip over ice.
  • When the mixture is semi-solid, lightly fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and pour into a greased gelly mould.
  • When set, turn out and garnish with glace cherries and silvered almonds.

Diplomat Pudding

Ingredients Quantity (For 4) Quantity (For 100)
Milk 250 ml 5.75 litre
Gelatine 10 gm 250 gm
Eggs 2 50
Sugar 60 gm 1.35 kg
Sultanas 20 gm 500 gm
Currants 20 gm 500 gm
Angelica 20 gm 500 gm
Wafer biscuits 20 gm 500 gm
Glucose biscuits 20 gm 500 gm
Cherries 20 gm 500 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Cream together egg yolks and sugar till light and fluffy.
  • Pour milk over. Return to heat and cook to a custard consistency.
  • Remove from heat. Add gelatine dissolved in a little warm water. Mix well.
  • Cool and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
  • Decorate bottom of greased jelly moulds with some angelica and cherries. Fill half.
  • Put a layer of glucose biscuits dipped in fruit juice.
  • Put some currants over. Fill with remaining mixture. Set in refrigerator.
  • Turn out when cold and decorate with wafer biscuits, and remaining fruits.

Tasty Salmon Loaf With Spanish Sauce

Ingredients Quantity (For 4) Quantity (For 100)
Salmon 500 gm 12.5 kg
Celery 115 gm 2.8 kg
Onions 115 gm 2.8 kg
Butter or margarine 30 gm 250 gm
Milk and salmon liquor 100 ml 2.5 litre
Breadcrumbs 200 gm 5 kg
Salt to taste 80 - 100 gm
Pepper a pinch 15 gm
Lime 1 10
Egg 1 20
Court bouillon

Methods to Prepare:
  • Clean and boil salmon in Court bouillon(recipe given below)
  • Drain but reverse liquor. Remove bones, skin and flake.
  • Melt fat and fry finely chopped onions and celery till tender but not brown.
  • Combine all ingredients and mix well.
  • Pack in to a well-greased loaf tin.
  • Bake in moderate oven at 175 degree celsius (350 degree Fahrenheit) for about 1 hour or until slightly brown.
  • Serve with Spanish sauce(recipe given below).
How To Prepare Spanish Sauce

Ingredients
Quantity (For 4) Quantity (For 100)
Onions 30 gm 680 gm
Celery 115 gm 2.8 kg
Capsicum 50 gm 1 kg
Fat 15 gm 340 gm
Tomatoes 450 gm 11 kg
Salt to taste 80 - 100 gm
Cayenne a pinch 10 gm
Refined flour 15 gm 340 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Melt the fat. Add finely chopped onions, celery and capsicum. Fry till browned.
  • Blanch tomatoes and make a puree.
  • Add tomato puree to the fried vegetables. Add seasoning and simmer slowly until vegetables are tender.
  • Add a small amount of water to the flour. Stir into a smooth paste.
  • Add flour mixture to sauce and cook until slightly thick.
  • And serve hot.
How to Prepare Court Bouillon

Ingredients
Quantity
Water 1 litre
Carrot (sliced) 60 gm
Bay leaf 1
Parsley stalks 2 to 3
Vinegar 75 ml
Peppercorns 6
Onion (sliced) 60 gm
Thyme a spring
Salt 15 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Mix all the ingredients and simmer for 3 hours.
  • Strain before using.

Easy To Prepare Court Bouillon

Ingredients Quantity
Water 1 litre
Carrot (sliced) 60 gm
Bay leaf 1
Parsley stalks 2 to 3
Vinegar 75 ml
Peppercorns 6
Onion (sliced) 60 gm
Thyme a spring
Salt 15 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Mix all the ingredients and simmer for 3 hours.
  • Strain before using.

Tasty Spanish Sauce

Ingredients Quantity (For 4) Quantity (For 100)
Onions 30 gm 680 gm
Celery 115 gm 2.8 kg
Capsicum 50 gm 1 kg
Fat 15 gm 340 gm
Tomatoes 450 gm 11 kg
Salt to taste 80 - 100 gm
Cayenne a pinch 10 gm
Refined flour 15 gm 340 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Melt the fat. Add finely chopped onions, celery and capsicum. Fry till browned.
  • Blanch tomatoes and make a puree.
  • Add tomato puree to the fried vegetables. Add seasoning and simmer slowly until vegetables are tender.
  • Add a small amount of water to the flour. Stir into a smooth paste.
  • Add flour mixture to sauce and cook until slightly thick.
  • And serve hot.

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