RupayHalwa

What do u have for iftar? Does anyone pre-prepare and freeze? Like samosa's, kebabs etc?

I wanted to make a whole batch of mozarella cheese stuffed jalapeno's covered in breadcrumbs, keema sausage rolls, smoked salmon and cream cheese puffs...

Sahar02

Yup. I make things like samosas, eggrolls, kebabs and freeze. I don't know about smoked salmon tho.

RupayHalwa

What r egg rolls???

Sunset_Eyes

are egg rolls not similar to spring rolls? filled with vegetables or veg n chicken?

Im making patties as well and thinking about starting all this...its so difficult as im at work and dont get the time to do this! But must try try try...

RupayHalwa

If egg rolls are like veg / chicken spring rolls, where does the egg bit come into it?

Try doing all the stuff at the weekend, get ppl round to help u.

Or make the stuffing one day and stuff the patties the next.

wannabe_a_mum

We always make a lot of this type of starter stuff in advnce and freeze it....

Already we have made Samosa's, kebab's, spring rolls, kheema paratheh.....
I also plan to make a whole lot more in the next few weeks.....

We only ever make starter type stuff for the freezer - haleem etc is always made fresh each day

funguy

How do you make mozarella cheese stuffed jalapeno's covered in breadcrumbs? sounds yummy!

RupayHalwa

I think they r called jalapeno poppers in america.

Easy, cut jalapenos in half lengthways, boild in half salted water, half vinegar for about a minute till slightly soft.

Mix grated mozarella with some cream cheese, sprinkle in a teaspoon of cornflour, some crushed garlic.

Fill each chilli half with the cheese mix, roll in flour, egg, breadcrumbs twice.

Deep fry until lightly brown if u want to freeze, or golden brown if u want to eat right then.

They are DELICIOUS!!!

Lusi

We mostly freeze stuff like samosas, egg rolls/spring rolls, boil chanas, and the baras of dahi baras.

Zabardast

I think freezing things over a longer period (15-30 days) lose taste and quality...

same

no they don't

bebo

Egg rolls and spring rolls are two different types of rolls and from different cusines. Egg rolls are Chinese made with flour sheet and usually the one we desis eat. Spring rolls are Veitnamies, made with thin translucent rice sheets and filled with veggies and some protien like toufu or shrimps.

RupayHalwa

But where does the egg go in an egg roll???

bebo

In the dough.

nadeemnirvana

All these deep fried foods ready for Ramadan, then we wonder why we put on weight.

RupayHalwa

Thankyou, mystery solved!

RupayHalwa

Aaah, another reason for the paper bag?

sweetu

i love keema sausage rolls just dnt knw how to make em, have u got a recipe for them?
so far i have made nothing to freeze

nadeemnirvana

sausage rolls are made with puff pastry.

MARRIED NY

samosa's.patties.chanay,rolls.(chicken n veegies)kabab,baqee suub fresh...

rimsh

I am gonna make samoosas, rolls, beef patties, and bhalay this weekend for ramadan. I saw someone talking about sausage rolls. how do you make those? Thanks!

Sara516

Its gna be our first Ramzan together but im a lil confuzzled as to what to do......

Lusi

Ok, I have made some spring rolls and freezed them. Now I am going to make some samosas.

Sara...aww... how sweet

RupayHalwa

Sausage rolls:

Ready made puff pastry (if u cant get this, look up puff pastry on youtube and there are recipes)

STUFFING
1 kilo Keema
1 teaspoon of salt (or more if u like)
1 large onion finely chopped
Half cup finely chopped Hara Dhania
3 hot chillies finely chopped
1 clove garlic, mashed
Squeeze of lemon juice
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon black pepper (ground)
1 teaspoon red chilli flakes
1 teaspoon cornflour
Optional - half cup grated cheese, or 2 tablespoons of cream cheese.


Mix all stuffing ingredients together well with your hands. Roll out the puff pastry into a long rectangle.

Mould some keema mix into a sausage shape and put in the centre of the rectangle. Fold the edges over eachother so u make a long tube of pastry filled with sausage, then cut into small pieces (small sausage rolls). U can brish with milk or beaten egg to make a glaze. Bake in a hot oven (about 220 degrees) for about 15 minutes until cooked.

rimsh

^Thanks girl. I'll give it a try!

sweetu

i also tred making the keema rolls n they turned out gr8, except i got the keema mixed with everything frm the shop, i asked guy to put corriander green chillies onions tomatoes ginger n garlic in it, then just added the salt n garam masala n a bit of paprika powder at home.
to b honest u can add just about anything u want, i like to add mix veg since i cant add cheese.

RupayHalwa

^ Yes, u can actually put anything in it, whatever u like, as long as its tasty!

I finished making my required quota of keema sausage rolls, salmon puffs, mozarella stuffed jalapeno's last week... BUT... I'm afraid we like them too much and have been eating them since and now the freezer is looking empty again, so im gonna have to make some more.

Ira

I dont have a lot of freezer space so i only have keema samosas and aloo rolls frozen so far. Hubs isnt big on iftari items anyways since he likes to eat dinner after iftar so i dont have to make an elaborate spread at iftar.

midnighteyes

Yah we always prepare a ton of everything for iftar ahead of Ramadan and freeze it. This way you can cut down kitchen time in Ramadan and have more time and energy for other more important things!

tigerlily

How do you make smoked salmon and cream cheese puffs?

So far we've made keema patties, and shammi kebab. We already keep seekh kebas in the freezer. Just need to make some samosas now.