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Mexican Three Beans Soup
Chimichangas
Pimento Rice
Albóndigas
Onion Cheese Bread
Cherry Clafoutis with Lychee Mousse

Mexican Three Beans Soup
Ingredients :-
White Chawli Beans (Big) – 20 gms
Red Chawli Beans – 20 gms
Broad Beans – 10 gms
Onion – 20 gms
Garlic – 15 gms
Chicken Stock – 1 lt
Bacon – 30 gms
Salt – to taste
White Pepper Powder – 15 gms
Chilli Flakes – 2 gms
Concassed Tomatoes – 200 gms
Cream – 25 ml
Bay Leaf – 2 gms
Oil – 10 ml
Fresh Coriander – 25 gms

Pre-preparation :-
1. Soak the beans overnight.
2. Dice onion, garlic, red pepper and bacon.

Preparation :-
1. Boil the beans and puree coarsely.
2. In a pan, heat bacon, sauté chopped garlic, onion. Add bay leaves.
3. Add concassed tomatoes.
4. Add the bean puree and seasonings.
5. Add stock and bring to a boil.

Presentation :-
Add diced red pepper and top with cream and chopped coriander.

Chimichangas
Ingredients :-
Flour – 400 gms
Baking Powder – 2 gms
Salt – to taste
Warm water – 100 ml
Oil – 5 ml

For Filling
Cooked Chicken – 200 gms
Sausage Meat – 50 gms
Oil – 10 ml
Onion – 50 gms
Garlic – 25 gms
Cumin Powder – 5 gms
Coriander – 5 gms
Red Chawli Beans – 100 gms
Green Chillies – 10 gms
Fresh Coriander – 25 gms
Oil – for frying

Pre-preparation:-
1. Soak red chawli and boil.
2. Make the dough and roll out into 6” tortillas.

Preparation:-
1. Sauté onion, garlic, add diced chicken.
2. Add cumin powder, coriander powder, cooked red chawli, chopped green chillies and chopped fresh coriander.
3. Put the filling in the centre of the tortillas and fold into square shapes.
4. Heat oil and shallow fry the tortillas.

Pimento Rice
Ingredients:-
Kolam Rice – 250 gms
Olive Oil – 25 ml
Butter – 30 gms
Red Pepper – 50 gms
Yellow Pepper – 50 gms
Green Capsicum – 50 gms
Tomato Puree – 50 ml
Salt – 5 gms
Crushed Black Pepper – 5 gms
Fresh Coriander – 25 gms

Pre-preparation:-
1. Cook rice using tomato puree to flavour and keep aside. Dice peppers.

Preparation:-
1. In a pan heat olive oil, sauté the diced peppers. Add rice and toss.
2. Add seasonings and chopped fresh coriander.

Albóndigas ( Meatballs in Tomato Sauce)
Ingredients:-
Minced Lamb – 400 gms
Onion – 50 gms
Garlic – 50 gms
Parsley – few sprigs
Bread – 3 slices
Eggs – 2 nos.
Salt – to taste
Pepper – to taste

For Sauce
Onion – 50 gms
Garlic – 10 gms
Tomatoes – 500 gms
Oregano – 3 gms
Green Chillies – 5 nos.
Red Wine – 50 ml
Honey – 20 ml
Mustard – 20 ml
Ground Black Pepper – ½ tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – for frying

Pre-preparation:-
1. Cut tomatoes into quarters and roast in a hot oven (200°c) for 45 mins. – 1 hr. Remove skin and seeds.
2. Soak bread for a minute and squeeze and shred. Chop onion, garlic and parsley.
3. Beat eggs and mix all ingredients together and form 10 meatballs. Keep aside.
Preparation:-
1. Sauté chopped garlic and onions.
2. Add in chopped green chillies.
3. Add tomatoes and work till soft.
4. Add red wine, honey, oregano, mustard, peppercorns and salt.
5. Place meatballs carefully in the simmering sauce and cook till done.
6. Reduce sauce if necessary to a thick coating consistency2