Easy Day

Cooking Dinner in Twenty Five Minutes


I was in the garden, gathering  fresh strawberries but I did not have much of them,  however I was so pleased to find one fully ripened red strawberry, it does not happen very often,  I saw two of my red roses were blooming for the second round, I picked one of them for my table. It was a good start for the first day of summer

Easy day today,   I am sharing three exciting recipes.  Hopefully, you like to try and have fun with them.  You could cook a scrumptious and delicious meal, only taking just twenty-five minutes.

Yellow Rice, Chicken with Turmeric.
Avocado and Asparagus salad and Plain yoghurt

Yellow rice would be delicious to garnish chicken with turmeric,  served with yoghurt- chilli, avocado and asparagus salad.





Quick, simple cooking which can be done in such a short period.  What you need are fresh vegetables, a lean cut of meat and some carbohydrate.  This cooking does not include dessert.  Dinner is Served at 6.30
Ask one of the family to fix the table and organise the drink.

Twenty Five Minutes Cooking Three Dishes

Cooking   Procedures:

Multi-Tasking

6.00   -   6.16        to cook the rice

(leave the rice in the pot until serving time)

6. 05  -  6.09          slice and spice the chicken

6. 10 -  6.15         to do the salad-attend to the rice  for a few seconds

6.16 -   6.25       to cook the chicken-pan fry thin slices

6.27 Plating up- Place the three dishes in a large platter

6.30  Dinner is Served


Recipes

Simple Yellow Rice  -  (Time 6 -- 6.16)

2 cups level, basmati rice
2 cups of water
1 tablespoon turmeric
2 kaffir lime leaves
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup of water

1/2 teaspoon salt

Method
In a heavy-based pot, saute the turmeric, kaffir lime leaves with oil just for a few seconds
Add in the one cup of water, bring it to simmer
Add in the rice and the two cups of water, cook until boiling and stir it from time to time.
When the water is all absorbed, add in the salt,  stir and fold thoroughly,
cover the pot and lower the heat.
Keep on cooking over the low heat covered for 9 minutes. In the meantime prepare the salad
Switch the flame off, fluff the rice then cover it again, until serving time.

Avocado Salad  --  (Time: 6. 11 - 6. 15)
Peeled  avocado, slice then sprinkle with lemon juice
Blanch asparagus, keep aside to cool
Mix with greens-lettuce, any leafy greens
1 minute before serving; place the salad on a dish, add some fresh chopped herbs that you like, add in extra lemon juice then drizzle with vegetable oil or olive oil.

Turmeric Chicken -- (Time 6.16 - 6.24)
375 g chicken breast fillet, sliced thinly

Yoghurt mixture:
(1 tablespoon yoghurt, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
crush one clove garlic with 1 teaspoon salt)
1/2 cup of vegetable oil
Turmeric Mixture:
1 tablespoon dried turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
a pinch of  dried chilli powder
(Place in a small bowl, mix them together ), keep aside
Method
Put the yoghurt mixture to the sliced chicken, mix them until the chicken pieces are coated
Pan-fry the chicken in hot oil (use heavy based fry pan), do it in small quantity at a time,  until golden brown, transfer the cooked chicken on a plate then sprinkle it with some of the dry turmeric mixtures.
Repeat these process until all chicken is used up (about 2-3  batches all together depending on the size of your frying pan)
Transfer the chicken on a serving dish, serve hot
To Serve:
Serve the three dishes: rice, chicken and the salad in a large platter.
Now you have it, before half-past six, the dish is on the table.  Dinner is served!

Plain Yogurt and chilli powder go very well with the dish.

VERY   EASY!


I am thinking of my eldest daughter today, I hope her day is as easy as mine.  She is a lovely mother of three, who is very strong, and she loves to be busy.

Easy Dessert is Fresh Strawberries /Fresh Fruits

I hope you all have an easy day today.  All the best for trying the recipes.  Just follow the cooking procedures, you will have fun!

Until Next Post
Susy