Chicken and Potato Cups (Mansoorah Issany's recipe)

Hello guys, hope that you are all well :) First of all i'll like to share

my first time experience of being on tv along with Mansoorah, the renown kitchen artist in Mauritius

And i thank her so much for giving me this golden opportunity

 It was such a great time spent with her, learning, baking and cooking. As most of you requested this recipe, here it is :)

Hope that you will enjoy this ramahan treat :)

Makes for 15 

Ingredients:

350 g mashed potato

1 tsp thyme 

1 tbsp softened butter 

1/4 cup milk 

50 g grated cheddar cheese

500 g chicken cubes 

1 medium chopped onion

1 egg 

1 1/2 tbsp sunflower oil

25 g ground rice

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp garam masala 

1tsp paprika

salt 

mozarella

Method:

1. Boil potato, peel the skin and mash

2. Add in butter, thyme, milk, cheddar cheese and salt. Mix well

3. Shape into small balls & keep aside 

4. Finely ground chicken with onion. 

Add eggs, oil, ground rice, ginger garlic paste, garam masala, paprika and salt. Mix well 

5. Shape into small balls 

6. Layer each chicken ball into silicon cupcake mould and press to form a cup.

7. Add the mashed potato into the centre 

8. Sprinkle with mozarella 

9. Bake for 30 minutes at 180°

Here you are, this easy and foolproof chicken and potato

 cups recipe which you have been requesting

 for so long. Hope that you’ll try preparing it and don’t forget

to give me feedback ;)

Until then, happy cooking and belated Ramadan Mubarak. J

Mauritian Napolitaine

Hi guys, this recipe has been requested since so long, many of you don’t know about this cake,

So let me tell you about it. It is a biscuit filled with jam and covered 

with a pink coloured icing.

Napolitaines is very famous in mauritius. It is often made in different shapes

And sizes as well.

Let me introduce this recipe to you

     (makes 25-30 napolitaines)

Ingredients:

                               375g butter (good quality butter)

500g plain flour

                                            ¼ tsp Salt  ( if you are using salted butter,

      no need to add salt)

 Strawberry jam

                                                                    400g icing sugar

     Pink food colouring

Method:

Preheat your oven at 160 degrees celcius

In a bowl, add flour and salt.

Mix until well combined, add the softened butter.

Mix until well combined. Rub in for about

 5-10 min until a coarse

meal is obtained. Form a soft ball.

Wrap it in plastic film and refrigerate for 30 min

After 30 min, the dough is no more sticky, place it on 2 sheets of parchement

Paper so as it doesn’t stick to your rolling pin. Roll out the dough evenly

About 1 cm thick

Cut out shapes, with a cookie cutter

Place on a tray lined with parchment paper

Bake for 15-20 minutes

**keep an eye on them, they should not have a golden colour,

Gently press in the middle, if they are no longer soft, that means

they are ready.

Let them cool down on a rack

Gently spoon ½ tsp of jam in the center of one biscuit

Place another biscuit on top and gently press together.

Place on a grill with a baking tray beneath

For the Icing:

Add the sifted icing sugar in a sauce pan, add food colouring

And 7 tbsp of water

Place on very low heat, DON’T BOIL

Stir vigorously until well combined. Remove from heat

**THE ICING SHOULD BE THICK ENOUGH, TO COAT THE

NAPOLITAINE ENTIRELY.

Immediately, Scoop out the icing and pour

On the napolitaine until entirely coated

**IF YOUR ICING BECOMES TOO DRY, PLACE IT ON LOW HEAT AND ADD ENOUGH WATER

 UNTIL A THICK CONSISTENCY IS OBTAINED.

Let the icing dry complety.

And here you are. Finally done :)