13 June,2011 07:22 AM IST | | The Guide Team
Make your own Chicken Quzi and Fitr Moutafa
Make your own Chicken Quzi and Fitr Moutafa Here are two summer Lebanese dishes which have generous proportions of garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. The Chicken Quzi (Rs 650 plus taxes) and Fitr Moutafa (Rs 650 plus taxes) available at Hyatt are easy to make at home as well and we got the chef to share the recipe with us.
Chicken Quzi
Fitr Moutafa
Ingredients
' Mushroom cut into half (500 grams)
' Chopped garlic (50 grams)
' Chopped onion (100 grams)
' Chopped coriander leaves (50 grams)
' Saltu00a0 Pepper
' Lemon juice
' Cherry tomato cut into half (100 grams)
' Toasted pine nuts (30 grams)
' Butter (60 grams)
Procedure: Saute onion and garlic in butter, add mushroom; cook for 4-5 minutes if required add few tablespoon of water. Add chopped coriander, salt, cherry tomato. Finish with lemon juice.u00a0 Place on a deep plate and garnish with toasted pine nuts, and sauteed cherry tomato.
Chicken Quziu00a0
Ingredients
' Salt
' Pepper
' Chopped garlic (10 grams)
' Chilli flakes (5 grams)
' Lemon salt (5 grams)
' Oregano (5 grams)
' Lemon juice Oil ( 60 ml)
' One chicken
Procedure: Marinate the chicken with above ingredients, pre heat the oven at 180.c, roast the chicken first at 180 degrees for 10 minutes and then 150 degrees for 45 minutes.
For Rice: Chop onion (250 grams), basmati rice (500 grams), cinnamon powder (5 grams), cardamom powder (5 grams), coriander powder (10 grams), cumin powder (10 grams), cinnamon stick (4), chicken stock (1 liter), pine nuts (50 grams), chop coriander leaf (20 grams)
Procedure: Saute the chopped onion, add cinnamon stick,u00a0 add rice & saute for 3-4 minutes, add coriander powder, cumin powder, cardamom powder and continue to stir for 4-5 minutes on medium heat, pour sufficient quantity of chicken stock to cook the rice, cover the container allow cooking till rice is done. Make the portion of chicken breast and leg. Place the rice on plate and arrange the chicken on the rice. Garnish with toasted pine nuts and chopped coriander.
At: The Cafe, Hyatt Regency, Weikfield IT Park, Nagar Road.
Call: 66451234
Chicken Shawarma Roll at Casa Lolo
Roadside joint Casa Lolo is famous for its Lebanese servings and draws hungry souls from as far as 20 km away, who make the trip to fulfill their 'grilled' cravings. Their USP: the most expensive dish here costs only Rs 200 and the quantity is generous. Casa Lolo has an open air sitting arrangement with comfortable wooden tables and stools to sit around. Lamb and poultry are extensively used in the Lebanese dishes here. The item list is topped by the Chicken Shawarma Roll, whose secret claims the Chef is "garlic, more and more garlic".
At: In front of Kamala Nehru Park on the Prabhat Road and /Kalyani Nagar.
Call: 25674570
Prices: Rs 60 to Rs 200
