Post the Covid pandemic, the Emirates has emerged as one of the most popular spots for destination weddings
Ingredients
Hot dog roll 6 pc
Mixed vegetables (beans,
carrot, green peas), boiled 1 cup
Cottage cheese, cubed ½ cup
Sweet corn ½ cup
Green chilli, chopped 1 pc
Butter 1 tbsp
Salt and pepper to taste
For the white sauce:
Butter 2 tbsp
Plain flour 2 tbsp
Milk 2 cups
For the topping:
Cheese, grated 6 tbsp
Method
Scoop out the centre of each roll and apply butter in the centre. Keep aside.
For the white sauce: Melt the butter, add the flour and cook on a slow flame for 2 minutes.
Add the milk gradually, stir continuously (so that no lumps form) and bring to a boil.
Add salt and pepper and mix well.
Remove from the fire and keep aside.
Mix the boiled vegetables, cottage cheese, corn, green chilli and white sauce.
Stuff each roll with a little mixture.
Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180ºC for 10 minutes.
SPINACH TOFU TIKKA
Serves: 6
Ingredients
Whole-wheat flour 1 cup
Tofu, grated ½ cup
Spinach, finely chopped ¼ cup
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Green chilli paste 1 tsp
Curd 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Other ingredients:
Whole-wheat flour for rolling
Oil for cooking
Method
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and knead into a soft dough using water.
Divide the dough into 5 equal portions and roll out each portion into a thick circle.
Grease a heart-shaped cookie cutter and press it on a rolled circle to get a heart-shaped tikka.
Cook each tikka on a non-stick tava till light brown spots appear on both the sides.
Serve with ketchup or fresh yoghurt.
PITA POCKETS
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For the pita bread:
Whole-wheat flour 1 cup
Yeast, dry ½ tsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Oil 1 tbsp
Salt ½ tsp
For the mixed bean sprouts tikki:
Mixed bean sprouts, crushed 1 cup
Carrot, grated ¼ cup
Cottage cheese, grated ¼ cup
Onion, chopped ¼ cup
Green chilli, chopped ½ tsp
Salt and pepper to taste
Other ingredients:
Tomato, sliced a few
Lettuce, sliced a few
Onion ring a few
Method
For the pita bread: Combine all the ingredients (except the oil) in a bowl and knead into a soft dough using enough water till smooth. Add the oil and knead again.
Cover the dough with a wet muslin cloth and keep aside (approx. 15-20 minutes) until it doubles in volume.
Press the dough lightly to release the air.
Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and roll out each portion into a circle.
Cook the pita bread on a hot tava on each side for a minute or until the bread puffs up.
Remove from fire and cut each pita bread into halves. Keep aside.
For the tikki: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Divide the mixture into equal parts and shape into flat tikkis. Shallow-fry the tikkis on a non-stick tava till golden brown on both sides.
Warm the pita bread halves on a tava.
Fill each pita bread half with the tomato slices, lettuce and one mixed bean sprouts tikki.
Serve with a dressing of your choice.
Vandana Jain is a Dubai-based freelance chef who has been conducting cooking classes for 14 years. She may be contacted at .vandanajain05@gmail.com
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