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Green Curry Chicken

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Ingredients:

1 tablespoons Green curry paste
2 cups coconut milk and 1/2 cup water
Sliced chicken breasts (your choice of meat like beef,pork )
1 cup sweet peas
Sliced eggplant (just 1 1/2 eggplant)
2 tablespoons Fish sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
4-5 orange chilies cut lengthwise, Fresh Thai basil, Kaffir lime leaves,
2 tablespoons cooking oil
Garlic 2 cloves minced

Directions:

In a pan heat oil over medium heat .
Fry garlic until brown and put in the curry paste for 1 minute or until smell good
Add chicken, sugar and fish sauce..stir well then add about 1/2 cup of coconut milk
When the chicken is almost done add the rest of the coconut milk and stir till boil
Add sweet peas, eggplants, Kaffir lime leaves and orange chili.
Taste and add if needed.
Stir a few more times, add Thai basil and remove from stove 


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Mamoul cookies

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Tomake 12 cookies (3-inch long-oval cookies)
Ingredients:

1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup fine semolina
2 tablespoon melted butter or ghee
2 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoon Orange blossom water or rose water
1/2 cup reduced fat Milk(a little more if needed)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon powdered anise or ground anise seed(optional)

pinch of salt

Filling

1 cup(4 ounce) about 6-8 dates,pitted and pressed to make a paste
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Rolling

1/4 cup Walnuts or pistachios,chopped

Process:

Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl .Butter,sugar,orange blossom water and milk mix in another bowl. Gradually add this in to the flour mixture,knead the dough until evenly mixed.The dough should be smooth and moist,add little more milk if needed.Cover and let rest for one hour.
Prepare the filling by combining the pressed dates and cinnamon .Make 2 inch long rolls of the mixture and Set aside and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Make walnut-sized balls of the dough. Press down each of the balls using a thumb to form a cup to place the filling.place the date roll.Close the open end and roll between the palms to form a cylindrical shape.Place on a baking sheet and finish making the rest.
Bake for 18-20 minutes or until bottom is lightly brown. Completely cool on a rack.Store in an air tight container.Tastes best if consumed within 4-5 days since its low in fat and could dry out sooner.


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Chicken and cheese biscuits

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It's very tasty and easy to make. I have made it yesterday night with help of my friends.

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter

1/2 cup flour

4-5 chicken breasts (cooked and cut up)

1-14oz can chicken broth

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

salt and pepper to taste

milk (optional)

1 can biscuits

Directions:

Place cooked and cut chicken in a greased 9x13 pan.

Simmer butter, salt, pepper, and broth in sauce pan.

When melted and hot, add flour and whisk until smooth.

If your sauce is a little too thick, you can thin it down with a little milk or broth.

Pour sauce over chicken.

Sprinkle with cheddar cheese.

Top mixture with biscuits.

Bake according to directions on biscuits.

Enjoy!!


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Banh Xeo, the Vietnamese crepe

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Yesterday, i was searching for some new kind of food and at last i got one of the vietnamese food which is making my mouth water. I thought to make it tonight for dinner. I went to buy all the recipes for banh xeo(bahn sow). I have little bit idea to make this cake as i ate and saw it when i was in Vietnam. The dipping sauce is most important to determines the taste, which is made by my brother. At last we make it and tasted really great. This yummy crepe seems like it's made from eggs but never the yellow color comes from sprinkling of tumeric.

Ingredients:

Crepes
1cup rice flower
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
coconut oil
pinch of salt

Filing
4 ounces small shrimp
4 ounces sliced roast pork
4 scallions
2 cups bean shoots

Wrap
vegetables
prawn
fresh herbs such as mint


Nuoc cham dipping sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon chili paste
1-2 lemon juice
1/4 cup water
1 clove garlic, minced


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