1. Texas BBQ lamb meatball
Ingredients for Meatballs:
2 lbs. ground Lamb
1 spring thyme
1 1/2 cups cracker crumbs
2 eggs
8 3/4 oz. canned evaporate milk (the smaller can)
1/2 cup onion, chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
Ingredients for Homemade Sauce:
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/3 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. liquid smoke
1 1/2 tsp. chili powder
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350. Mix ground lamb cracker crumbs, eggs, milk, onion, salt, and pepper. Shape into meatballs and put in large, greased baking pan. Mix brown sugar, ketchup, garlic salt, liquid smoke, and chili powder together in a bowl. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
2. Thai fish Cake
Ingredients
450g skinless sea bass fillet (or any white fish fillets)
1 tbsp. fish sauce
1 large egg
1 tbsp. red curry paste
1 red chilli (deseeded and finely chopped)
2 garlic cloves (peeled and finely chopped)
1 thumb-sized ginger (peeled and finely chopped)
A handful of fresh coriander (cilantro), roughly chopped
Zest and juice of 1 lime
3-4 spring onions (roughly chopped)
Fresh coriander leaves, to garnish
Sweet chilli sauce, to serve
Instructions:
Wash and slightly dry the fish fillets. Cut to fit into your food processor. Blitz until smooth (about 5 seconds).Add in fish sauce, egg, coriander leaves, curry paste, chili, garlic, ginger and zest and juice of 1 lime. Blitz again just until everything is well combined. Transfer the mixture into a bowl and add in spring onions and mix well. Divide the mixture into 12 (or less), shape into balls them slightly flatten. In a large frying pan with medium heat, add oil and fry fish cakes for about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer cooked fish cakes on a paper-lined plate. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve with sweet chili sauce.
3. Murgh Tikka
Ingredients:
600 grams chicken (leg quarters preferred)
3 tsp red chilli powder divided (I used Kashmiri chilli powder)
3 tbsp. lemon juice divided
Salt to taste
4 tbsp. thick yoghurt
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder