October is a month of festivals. We have already celebrated Durga Puja and Diwali now it's time for some spookiness. Just three more days to the trick-or-treat festival. Halloween is a festival of freaky parties, scary costumes and carving pumpkins.
It's an extra celebration for kids as they get to disguise as their favourite fiction character and roam around from door-to door for candies. Though this festival is primarily celebrated in western countries like United States, Canada and Australia, the craze for Halloween has already started rising in India as well. It has become an occasion to showcase creepy fashion and makeup skills. This festival has also given a reason to organize get-togethers and savour into some Halloween themed platter.
If you are also planning to throw a party this Halloween, here are three spooky dishes for you from Rahul Khare, Corporate Executive Chef, The Finch.
1. Zombie Cigar Rolls
Ingredients:
- 570 ml sriraja chilli sauce
- 10 gm sweet chilli sauce
- 15 gm cornflour
- 53.33 gm sunflower refined oil
- 6 pieces chilli cheese cigar wanton
- 20 gm house salad
Method:
- Heat the oil in heavy bottom pan.
- Drop the cigar rolls in the oil and deep fry them till golden brown.
- Make sure the cheese stuffing inside the cigar is melted.
- Toss the house salad in the French dressing and keep it aside.
- Mix the sriraja sauce and the sweet chili sauce together.
- Arrange the cigar rolls with house salad and sweet chili sauce in a ramiken.
- Garnish with edible flower and baby radish slices.
2. Screaming Spicy Arrabiata
Ingredients:
- 200 gm pasta blanched
- 7 gm garlic peeled
- 15 gm olive oil
- 2 gm salt
- 1 gm black pepper
- 0.50 gm oregano
- 7 gm parmesan cheese
- 200 gm red sauce
- 5 gm basil leaves
- 2 gm fried basil
- 2 gm chilli flakes
- 10 gm red bell pepper
- 10 gm yellow bell pepper
- 10 gm capsicum
- 5 gm yellow courgette
- 10 gm broccoli
- 5 gm green courgette
- 2 garlic bread
Method:
- Heat the pan with oil and add the vegetable in it.
- Add garlic and chili flakes let the chili flakes leave its spiciness in the pan.
- Add red sauce to it and add vegetable stock to it.
- Season the sauce with salt, crushed black pepper and oregano.
- Boil the pasta in the boiling water seasoned and add oil to it to prevent sticking of pasta.
- Toss boiled pasta in the sauce toss it all the pasta get coated nicely.
- Finish it with parmesan cheese and butter.
- Toast the garlic bread under salamander and apply garlic butter to it.
- Garnish the pasta with parmesan cheese and chop parsley.
- Serve with two pieces of garlic bread.
3. Death By Chocolate
Ingredients:
- 1 portion mud cake
- 100 gm chocolate sauce
- 30 gm almond crumble
- 10 gm strawberry
- 10 gm red current
- 5 gm Australian grapes
- 20 gm whipping cream
Method:
- Cut the mud cake in to two.
- Pipe the bottom of the cake with the whipping cream and keep the top on it.
- Wrap the cake with the acetate sheet hold it with the tape.
- Arrange the apple crumble on the plate as shown in the picture.
- Garnish the plate with the help of cherries, mousse and grapes.
- Make the chocolate sauce hot with the help of microwave.
- Serve with hot chocolate sauce.