Pork with Black Bean Sauce by Shirley DMello

Ingredients

1 pound boneless pork, cut into thin long strips

1 teaspoon rice wine
2 teaspoons light (regular) soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt ( less is better to start with. Remember soy sauce is salty as well)
2 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
1 and half spoonful black beans sauce
1 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoons minced ginger
2 big onions, cut into thin wedges
2 carrots cut into lengthwise and thinly sliced

2 handful of green french beans (can add full or cut into half)

1 large green pepper - diced

Method:

Cut the pork into thin long strip. Wash and drain all the water.

• In a medium bowl, marinate the pork with rice wine, soy sauce and very little salt.
• Heat a vessel or a wok (if you have one) heat the oil, then add the minced garlic and ginger. Just stir till it changes colour a bit but do not burn. Then add the onions and fry till it changes colour.
• Add the marinated pork and just fry for a few minutes. Now add the black bean sauce and mix thoroughly and cook till the pork is cooked. There will be water which will come out from the meat, cook in that itself. If need be add a little water. Cook till tender and when the water starts to dry, taste for salt and spice. You can add more black bean sauce, soy sauce and rice vinegar to suit your taste.

Add the carrots , green beans and green pepper, beans and stir-fry 30 seconds or until fragrant.

You can make this with chicken or beef as well.

You can buy the bean sauce at a Chinese store. Brand is - Lee Kum Kee it is called black bean chilli sauce . It is a bit spicy, so add as needed.

Meat Curry with Green Masala from Karen's recipe book

Ingredients
1/2 kg Beef
200 grams tomatoes
salt to taste
1 spoon vinegar


Masala to grind
6 green chillies
2 onions
1 piece ginger
few corriander leaves
6 cloves of garlic
8 pepper corns
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 piece coconut

For tempering: 3 spoons of ghee, 1/2 onion and salt to taste.
Add cut potatoes and tomatoes to the cut meat.
Grind masala.
Brown 1/2 onion in ghee, add cooked meat, masala, vinegar and salt to taste.
Simmer for 1/2 an hour.

Mince Pan Rolls from Karen's recipe book

Prepare Mince/Ground beef usual way.

For Batter blend
2 cups of flour
1 cup of water
1 egg
salt to taste.
Ensure the consistency is not too thin or too thick.
Make pancake, put mince and roll. Dip in egg, bread crumbs and shallow fry.

Ball Curry by Beulah Rodrigues

Irish Stew by Beulah Rodrigues

Mince/Ground Beef by Beulah Rodrigues

Chilli Fry by Beulah Rodrigues

Brown Stew by Beulah Rodrigues

Chilli Beef by Vinalini Menezes

Ingredients

Beef – 1 kg boneless small cubes / strips
Garam Masala – 2 sticks Cinnamon bark, 8 cloves, 2 Cardamom
Oil - 2 tbsp
Onions - 2 large sliced
Green chillies - 3 sliced
2 cloves of garlic cleaned and diced
Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
Worcestershire Sauce – 1 Tbsp
Dark Soy Sauce – 2-3 Tbsp
Salt - As reqd
Coriander leaves – a handful (optional)

Method

1)Cook beef with salt and Garam Masala. Reserve the stock for later use.
2) Heat oil in a pan.
3) Fry onions until light pink in color.
4) Add green chillies and garlic and fry some more until transparent.
5) Add Worcestershire Sauce and Dark Soy Sauce and fry for a min more.
6) Add the cooked beef and pepper powder and stir fry adding a little of the stock at a time until all the flavors are well incorporated about 10mins.
7) Garnish with coriander leaves.

Sheekh Kebabs by Delon Pereira

Ingredients

1 Kg lean ground beef
1 packet Shaan Sheekh Kebab Masala
2 medium onions
1 inch Ginger
5 cloves of Garlic
A small bunch of Corriander and mint leaves

Recipe

1. Cut onions, ginger, garlic, corriander and mint leaves fine. Add to ground beef.
2. Add 1/2 packet Shaan Sheekh Kebab Masala. Mix well.
3. Keep mixture over night in the fridge
4. The following day make meat balls or make the kebabs on skewers. If making meat balls - place on a tray with foil and heat in oven at 350 Degs for 20-25 mins.
5. Serve with lime wedges.

Meat Lasagna by Evette D'Cunha

Ingredients
1 ½ lb ground beef
1 can of Pasta Sauce (any brand – try to buy the thick sauce)
1 large onion chopped
1 or 2 tomatoes chopped
1 medium green pepper chopped (optional)
2 garlic cloves minced (more if you like)
1 teaspoon oregano
Pepper and salt to taste
½ tsp chilli powder (optional)
2 -3 cups of mozzarella cheese shredded
12 lasagna noodles

Sauce
Brown ground beef and drain off fat and keep aside. Sauté onion and garlic till translucent. Add tomatoes and sauté for few minutes. Add ground beef and season with pepper, salt and chilli powder if desired. Mix well and add Pasta sauce, green pepper and oregano. Mix all well and on low fire (minimum) let the sauce cook for about 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. The sauce should be of medium consistency. If it is watery add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste to thicken.

Cook the lasagna noodles as per the package instructions.

Assembling the lasagna:
This recipe is for a 9 x 13 oven dish.

Layer 1 sauce – just enough to cover the bottom of pan
Layer 2 4 noodles – you can over lap a little bit
Layer 3 sauce
Layer 4 shredded cheese

Continue to layer as above. Insert 4 toothpicks in the 4 corners and cover with foil. The cheese will then not stick to the foil when cooked.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 20 to 30 minutes till the cheese is bubbly. Remove for the oven and serve when a bit cooled. Enjoy

Karen's Ground Beef Pan Rolls

Prepare Ground Beef the usual way

For Batter: ( consistency not too thin or thick)

Blend the following:
2 Cups of flour(Maida)
1 cup of water
1 egg
Salt to taste

Method:

Make pancakes, put ground beef and roll. Dip in egg, bread crumbs and shallow fry.

Karen's Meat Ball Curry

Ingredients

1 Kg Ground Beef
1 tsp Jeera
3 Onions
4-5 cloves of garlic
1/2 tsp Saffron
5-6 red chillies

Method:

Wash ground beef, drain water completely. Add salt and vinegar. Make balls of ground beef and shallow fry.

Fry an onion, add masala and fry well. Add potato and boil for sometime. Finally add meatballs.

Karen's Chinese Chilli Beef

Ingredients

Left over Roast beef
Garlic
Green chillies
Soup Cubes
Spring onions

Method:

Use left over roast beef, cut into strips. Heat some oil, fry 2 cloves of garlic and green chillies. Add beef and fry using a little gravy or soup cube. Add little water and garnish with spring onions.

Beef Tongue from Karen's recipe book

1 Beef Tongue (Pressure cook with a little water and salt skin)
2 Onions
2 Tomatoes
1 inch Ginger
5-6 cloves of Garlic
3 Green chillies
1/2 tsp Pepper
Little vinegar

Fry onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, chilli and pepper powder in a little oil till saucy. Add gravy and boil potatos. Last add sliced tongues.