This Crispy Chili Beef recipe is made from sliced beef strips that are well marinated and then fried in a mixture of oil and garlic and stirred till its cooked to perfection.
Watch this Masala TV video to learn how to make Crispy Chili Beef , Volcano Cake and Garden Pasta Salad Recipes. This show of Food Diaries with Chef Zarnak Sidhwa aired on 23 July 2021.
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Crispy Chili Beef:
Ingredients:
Beef undercut strips 350 gm
Corn flour 3 tbsp
Chinese five-spice powder 2 tsp
Oil 100ml
Capsicum (sliced) 1
Red chili (sliced) 1
Spring onions (sliced) 4
Garlic (crushed) 2 cloves
Ginger (cut into matchsticks) 1ā
Rice wine vinegar 4 tbsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Sweet chili sauce 2 tbsp
Tomato ketchup 2 tbsp
Noodles to serve
Prawn crackers to serve
Method:
Marinate the beef strips with corn flour and Chinese five-spice powder. Heat oil until hot, then add the beef and fry until golden and crisp. Drain. Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil. Add capsicum, sliced red chili, sliced white ends of spring onions, crushed garlic cloves and ginger matchsticks. Stir-fry. Mix the rice wine vinegar with soy sauce, sweet chili sauce and tomato ketchup with 2 tbsp water, then pour over the vegetables. Bubble for 2 minutes, then add the beef back to the pan and toss well to coat. Serve the beef on noodles with prawn crackers garnished with sliced red chili and greens of spring onions.
For Chinese 5 Spice Powder:
Star anise 6
Cloves 1 Ā½ tsp
Cinnamon stick 1 stick
Fennel seeds 2 tbsp
Peppercorns 2 tbsp
Method:
Toast all the spices and grind and store.
Volcano Cake :
Ingredients for the Cake:
Flour 225 gm
Caster sugar 350 gm
Cocoa powder 85 gm
Baking powder 1Ā½ tsp
Bicarbonate of soda 1Ā½ tsp
Eggs 2
Milk 250 ml
Oil 125 ml
Vanilla essence 2 tsp
Boiling water 250 ml
Other ingredients:
Coconut 1 cup
Walnuts (chopped) Ā½ cup
Cream cheese 8 oz
Butter (melted) Ā½ cup
Icing sugar 2Ā½ cups
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Salt Ā¼ tsp
Chocolate chips 2 cups
Chocolate ice cream to serve
Method:
Beat eggs, add in caster sugar, oil, vanilla essence, Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, milk and water. Sprinkle coconut and walnuts onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread your cake mix over the top. Beat the cream cheese, butter, icing sugar, vanilla essence and salt. Dollop the mixture over the cake, and spread it out. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and bake at 180 degrees C for about 50 minutes, or until the center is set. Serve warm with chocolate ice cream.
Garden Pasta Salad:
Ingredients:
Spiral pasta 2 cups
Carrot (chopped) 1
Spring onion (chopped) 1
Capsicum (chopped) 1
Cucumber (chopped) 1
Tomato (chopped) 1
Black and green olives few
Onion (chopped) 1
For Dressing:
Lemon juice 2 lemons
Olive oil Ā½ cup
Salt Ā½ tsp
Red chilies (crushed) 1 tsp
Garlic (crushed) 2 cloves
Parmesan cheese (grated) 1/2 cups
Method:
Cook pasta in large pot of boiling water until al dente. Rinse under cold water, and drain. Mix chopped carrots, cucumber, capsicum, tomatoes, spring onions, olives and onion together in a bowl. Combine cooled pasta and vegetables together. Mix lemon juice olive oil, salt, crushed red chilies, garlic cloves crushed and mix well and then pour dressing over mixture, add Parmesan cheese and mix well. Chill for one hour before serving.