الأربعاء، 1 مايو 2013

Torli ( roasted vegetables) with chicken

Torli is my absolute favorite, it's the most Delicious way of cooking vegetables ever , you can make it with any kind of meat you prefer but it's more delicious with chicken , try it and you will never regret

Torli with chicken
Egyptian cuisine

Description

One pot meal
Nonvegetarian
Easy
low in calories

Ingredients

1 chicken cut to pieces ( you can use breasts only or thighs only )
3 large onions
Torli with meat
Egyptian cuisine
1 large potato or 2 small
1 carrot
zucchinis
1/2 a cup of beans
1/2 a cup of string beans cut to 1  inch pieces
1 tomato 
1 table spoons of oil
1 bell pepper

Preparation

1st step :   Marinate the chicken

this step is preferably made the night before, to marinate the chicken , put 1 onion in the food processor with  a teaspoon of salt , black pepper and 2 cardamoms then put the onion over the chicken and try to but it under the skin. leave it in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

2nd step

Peel the potato, the carrot, and the zucchini , cut them to small pieces ( rings or cubes ), cut the pepper as well.
In the food processor put the onions , the tomato , salt and pepper , mix them well then add to the veggies.
put all the veggies in a large oven dish,add a cup of water, put the chicken over the vegetables ( if you are making it with veal or lamb then but it among the vegetables not over) and brush the chicken pieces with the oil.
put in a hot oven for an hour and a half.

you can serve it alone as it's a complete meal, but I usually serve it with Rice with dried noodles or Rice one white one brown
Torli with meat
Egyptian cuisine
Torli with chicken
Egyptian cuisine






 

Browned pasta

Browned pasta is made by a completely different way than the traditional way of preparing pasta , it's soooo delicious and comforting.
browned pasta
Egyptian cuisine

Description

Side dish

Ingredients

500 grams of small elbow pasta or small tube pasta
1 cup of tomato  juice
2 cups of broth
salt , pepper , cinnamon , allspicecardamom
4 table spoons of oil 
1 chilli pepper ( optional)

Preparation

    In a large pot heat the oil then add the pasta, I know this looks wierd but thats the way it's done we make it every day in Egypt and it is always delicious.
   After adding the pasta add the black pepper and the cardamom, keep stirring on medium low heat until the   pasta takes a nice brown color , then add the tomato paste , the broth , the chilli pepper, the salt , allspice and the cinamon.
   Put the pasta on high heat until all the liquids get absorbed  then lower the heat for 10 to 15 minutes.
   Serve next to roasted chicken with vegetables ( Torli) or Roasted lamb Chops.

THis was Browned pasta, adifferent way of cooking pasta from the Egyptian Cuisine , I hope you try it, if you did please give me your feedback

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