Cooking Class Recipes
The Afghan Women Center provides its members with the recipes conducted during the cooking classes
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Ingredients
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12-15 chicken drumsticks
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3 onions
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3 peppers (1 green, 1 red and 1 yellow)
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3 garlic cloves
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1 table spoon of ground coriander
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Salt and pepper
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¾ cup of vegetable oil
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Preparation
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1. Peel the onions then pass them into the food processor until finely chopped.
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2. Preheat a pan with ½ the oil and carefully fry the chicken to get a golden color.
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3. In the meantime, preheat another pan with the remaining oil and cook the onions until translucent.
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4. Finely chop the garlic and cut the peppers into strips.
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5. Place the onions, chicken, garlic and peppers into a larger pot. Sprinkle with coriander powder. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook for 5-10 min over medium heat until the chicken is cooked through.
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6. Serve on a large plate and decorate with fresh parsley.
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Ingredients
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Meat stuffing
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- 2 Boneless chicken breast cut in cubes
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- 4 onions coarsely chopped
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- 1 pinch of cardamom powder
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- Salt and pepper
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Vegetarian stuffing
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- 1 1⁄2 cup of finely chopped fresh parsley
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- 1 1⁄2 cup of finely chopped coriander
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- 2 cup of coarsely chopped spinach
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- 3 green onions finely chopped
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- 1⁄4 cup of vegetable oil
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- 1 table spoon of coriander seed powder
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- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
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- Salt and pepper
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Dough
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- 1 kg of puff pastry frozen dough
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- 2 egg yolks
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- Icing sugar for decoration
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Preparation
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1. Preheat your oven at 375 degrees. In a pan, cook the meat in 1 tbsp. (15 ml) of oil. Let it chill then pass it through the food processor until finely chopped.
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2. Chop all the herbs, the garlic and the green onions. Mix in a bowl with the oil and the spices. In the meantime golden the onions in the same pan used for the chicken.
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3. Add the chopped chicken to the onions once golden. Season with salt and pepper.
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4. Unroll the dough and cut it into squares of a diameter of approximately 10 cm. Make sure to allow enough time for thawing (90 min). Place 2 tbsp. of stuffing (vegetarian, meat or both) in the center and fold to form a triangle. Seal the corners with a fork by pressing gently.
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5. Brush the top of the samosa with the egg yolk and place in the middle of the oven for about 30 min, until the dough is golden. Sprinkle a little icing sugar on top for decoration