By IANSlife
New Delhi, January 25 (IANSlife): Nothing is more comforting than a warm kitchen and a full stomach on a chilly night. Of course you don’t want to spend hours preparing a delicious meal. These easy-to-prepare, nutritious recipes are inspired by winter. The best part is that they contain warm, mouth-watering flavors that will keep you happy all night long.
Get ready to indulge in delicious winter delight recipes curated by Ram Bahadur Budhathoki, Executive Chef, Chowman Chain of Restaurants.
Sliced duck in orange sauce
Ingredients:
* Duck – 250 grams
* Butter – 100 gr
* Ginger – 1 tsp
* Diced orange (pitted) – 250 g
* Salt – to taste
* Fresh Orange Juice – 500 ml
* Tomato sauce – 200 ml
* Onion – Sliced
* Red and yellow peppers – ½ of each
* Garlic – 1 tbsp
* Red Chilli Paste – 4 tsp
* Sesame seeds – ½ tbsp
* Sugar – to taste
* Refined oil
Method:
* First roast the duck and steam it well to soften the meat
* Now in a preheated pan pour some refined oil until it warms up a bit
* Add diced onion, red and yellow bell pepper.
* Once the vegetables have shrunk a little, add ginger and garlic paste, salt and sugar, chilli paste, tomato ketchup, fresh orange juice one by one and fry to prepare the orange sauce
* Then add the cooked duck to the pan and stir and cook the duck again until the sauce absorbs well into the meat
* Serve the duck hot and garnish with sliced red chillies
Serving size: 2-3 persons
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Orange Roasted Lamb
Ingredients:
* Lamb – cut into pieces – 1 kg
* Butter – 100 gr
* Ginger – 1 tsp
* Orange slices (pitted) – 250 gr
* Salt – to taste
* White pepper – half a teaspoon
* Star anise – 5 grams
* Fresh Orange Juice – 500 ml
* Tomato sauce – 200 ml
* Onion – Sliced
* Ginger- 1 tbsp
* Garlic – 1 tbsp
* Celery – 1 tbsp
* Red Chilli Paste – 4 tsp
* Dark soy sauce – 3 tsp
* Refined oil
Method:
* Mix some star anise, ginger and salt in a bowl
* Marinate the pieces of lamb with onion, tomato sauce, ginger, garlic, red chilli paste, dark soy sauce and set aside
* Heat some refined oil in a wok and wait until the oil is slightly warm
* Now add the marinated lamb until the lamb is cooked through and brown in colour
* When it is cooked, remove the meat from the wok and cut the pieces of lamb into the desired slices
* Now heat some butter in another wok
* Add orange slices
* Add salt and white pepper powder
* Now add the fresh orange juice and bring it to a boil or until it has a sauce-like consistency
* Pour the sauce over the sliced lamb and serve!
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Serving size: 5 people
Schezwan Orange Roast Pork
Ingredients:
* Diced vegetables (1 piece of each red/yellow/green pepper)
* Shitake mushroom
* Sliced Orange (2 Pieces)
* Pork – 1 serving
* Garlic
* Ginger
* Celery
* Champane
* Tomato ketchup (1 tsp)
* Orange squash (1 tablespoon)
* Salty
* Pepper
* Chili paste
* Sugar
* Vinegar (1 ½ tablespoon)
* Schezwan pepper
* Spring onion
* Refined oil/butter
Method:
* Take a preheated wok and blanch all the diced vegetables. When you’re done, keep the vegetables aside
* Now heat refined oil/butter in a wok
* Add some chopped ginger, garlic, celery, fry them with Champan ingredients
* Add some tomato ketchup along with some chilli paste and orange squash
* Stir these ingredients until a thick consistency appears
* Now add salt, pepper, sugar & vinegar to taste
* Add Schezwan pepper for flavor
* Garnish with spring onion!
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Serving size: 5 people
