Mini chicken bowls

We had a lovely & long Eid week holiday here for 9 full days and you can imagine how each one of us would suddenly make use of these big number of days that come our way so generously. Well, most people headed back home to catch up with their families and some people decided to travel to nearby places and chill out - thus making the best use of the pleasant and magical  climate that Oman has offered  us this year.

However, we kind of thought out of the box this time and decided to fly somewhere to spend the week long break. And yes, we chose the nearest location - U.A.E and boy .... what a lovely place it turned out to be with breadth taking high rise buildings, luxurious palaces, fabulous mosques, captivating malls with endless number of brands being sold and not to forget the alluring waterfronts. Oh ... and the mesmerizing beaches, the amazing skyline, the enticing islands, the glamorous souks and the scrumptious food ... Have I missed something? I may have for sure... because there was so much I saw and so much that we did and if I continue to prattle this way, I will take ages to compile everything ..... but I will try my best to write down all that I can recollect and also post some lovely pictures that I shot.

I couldn't stop myself from clicking a whole lot of pictures to prattle on about the beauty of this place to the world. The days were terribly hectic because we kept rushing from one place to another so that we could cover as many places as we could in a day. After taking scads of photos of the lovely places that I visited - Dubai and Abu Dhabi, I am now able to sit back and feel contented to share with this creative virtual community where borders and time zones don't exisit. This’s a cultural melting pot, way beyond the scale of multicultural environments who would love everything about this place. 

Dubai especially is such a spectacular & festive place with its diverse population and it is amazing to see the whole world unified in a multitude of festivities here. Nonetheless, I am simply excited to have toured this enchanting country which actually is quite similar to Oman except for the high rise buildings and all the artificial stuff they have constructed to make it look so damn blissful. Sigh!!!

In my coming posts, you will find all about my trip with plenty of pictures and of course some recipes. I hope you will enjoy them.

And for now, I will leave you with this incredible recipe for the holiday season.

INGREDIENTS:

6  Puff Pastry Sheets (thawed)
1 egg white only(beaten)
200 gms grated Mozzarella Cheese
1 tsp oregano (optional)

For the Filling:

100 gms minced chicken (or else small chicken cubes)
1 tsp red chilli sauce
2 tsp of tomato Ketchup
2 onions finely chopped
2 tsp frozen peas/finely chopped carrots
A handful of coriander leaves finely chopped
Salt to taste
1 tsp chicken stock powder
2 tsp Oil

HOW TO MAKE:

The Filling:

1)  Heat Oil in a shallow pan and add onions to eat and fry them till they are slightly soft.
2) Add the minced chicken, frozen peas and continue frying for another 2-3 minutes.
3) Add the red chilli sauce, tomato ketchup and the chicken stock powder, salt.
4) Sprinkle coriander leaves and switch off the heat.
5) Allow it to cool for sometime.

The Chicken Bowls:

1) Take each puff pastry sheet and shape it inside a muffin pan like a bowl shaped.
2) Brush some egg white inside each bowl.

3) Pre-heat an oven and bake these for 8 minutes in a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius.
4) Remove the muffin tray exactly after 8 minutes and pour our a tablespoon of the filling into each bowl.
5) Sprinkle the grated Mozzarella Cheese on each bowl along with a dash of Oregano on top of the cheese.
6) Bake them in the oven for 5-10 minutes or till lightly golden in a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius.
7) Serve them hot.