Cooking Recipe: Shish Kebab

“A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.”

Ingredients

1 kg. mutton ( from shoulder or thigh, without fat)

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium size onion

2 teaspoons salt

3 small tomatoes (optional)

3 bell peppers (optional)

1 tablespoon oregano (optional)

Instructions

Cut the meat into 2-3 cm. dice. Add olive oil, salt and onion juice. ( Slice the onion lengthwise. Sprinkle with salt. Let stand for 10 minutes. Rub and squeeze by hand to extract the juice). Leave for 1-2 hours. Skewer the meat (alternating with pieces of tomatoes and peppers, if wished) leaving ½ cm. between each piece. Grill on barbecue fire for 2-3 minutes each side. Sprinkle with salt and oregano.

Cooking Recipe: Chinese Fried Onion Rings

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups beer, room temperature
Salt and Pepper
3 very large yellow onions
3 cups oil for deep frying
Preparation:

Combine flour and beer in a large bowl and blend thoroughly with a whisk. Cover the bowl and allow the batter to sit at room temperature for 3 hours.
Cut onions into 1/4-inch thick slices then separate into rings. Heat oil to 370°. Using metal tongs, dip a few onion slices into the batter. Then carefully place them in the hot fat. Fry onion rings about 2 minutes, turning them once or twice until they're an even delicate golden color .