This term may refer to any dietary fats obtained from an animal source. Some vegetarian (though no vegan) foods, such as milk and cheese, contain animal fats. However where the term is used in food labeling it will normally refer to fats such as suet and lard. Since these are obtained from animals after slaughter they are not considered suitable for a vegetarian diet. Animal fats contain mainly saturated fats (see polyunsaturated fats)
** Vegetarian Foods** and ** Healthy Diets**
Amchoor – (also called mango powder) - An Indian spice made by drying and grinding peeled slices of tart, unripe mango into a fine powder. It has a sour taste.
Uses: amchoor can be used to give a sour flavor to savory pastries, stir fried vegetables and drinks.
** Vegetarian Cookery** and ** Low Cholesterol Diets**
Ingredients
1 small can green asparagus
Sauce
2 egg yolks
salt
lemon juice
1 small can shrimp tails
2 tbsp water
100 g softened butter
chopped dill
Method
Measure yolks and water into water into a small saucepan or steel bowl. Put the bowl over hot water in a double boiler. Heat slowly, beating well all the time until thick. Add softened butter in small lumps, beating well all the time. Flavour with salt and a few drops of lemon juice. Add shrimps and chopped dill. Pour the sauce over the warmed asparagus garnish with lemon wedges.
More ** Asian Cuisine** and ** Low Calorie Diets**
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups red wine claret or burgundy
3 slices of lemon
3 cloves
1/2 cup white sugar
5cm (2in) piece cinnamon bark
6 medium, firm pears
Method
Place wine, lemon, cloves, cinnamon and sugar in a saucepan. When boilling, add peeled pears and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove pears to a bowl and continue to boil the wine for 10 hot wine over pears and allow to stand until warm, turn fruit often. Serve with ice-cream.
More **Asian Recipes** and ** Healthy Recipes**
Ingredients
5-6 slices of stale bread (wholewheat bread)
1 cup raisins or 1/2 cup raisins mixed with 1/2 cup sultans or 1 cup mixed fruit
1 tsp grated orange rind
1 tsp powdered cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
3 cups diluted evaporated milk
2 tbsp butter
red currant jelly or jam for glazing
Method
Cut off crusts from bread slices, cut each slice into squares and butter them generously on one side. Grease with butter an ovenproof dish 1 quart or 36 oz pyrex dish or a dish 17 cm across (6 1/2 inches) and 7.5cm (2 3/4 inches) deep.
Mix orange rind and cinnamon with the dried fruit. Scatter some dried fruit on bottom of dish and place over them some pieces of bread, buttered side up. Spread over bread slices more mixed fruit, then a layer of bread pieces, and continue to do this till dish is three quarters full.
Beat up the eggs, add sugar, salt, milk and vanilla essence and strain through fine sieve over the bread and fruit in dish. Allow to stand for 1/2 hour for bread to absorb the custard mixture. Bake in moderate oven for about an hour or till set.
Brush top with jelly or jam that has been heated and, if top of pudding is not sufficiently brown, put dish under grill till golden.
More ** Slimming Diets** and ** Original Great Cuisine**
Ingredients
125g (4oz) sunflower seeds
125g (4oz) dried apricots
125g (4oz) dates
1 cup water
60g (2 oz) butter or substitute
1 cup honey
1 cup desiccated coconut
Method
Put sunflower seeds in baking dish into a moderate oven for about five minutes or until golden brown. Bring finely chopped apricots and water to boil in pan, reduce (more…)
Ingredients
125g (4oz) butter or substitute
1 cup honey
250g (8oz) sesame seeds
125g (4oz) sultanas
125g (4oz) hazelnuts
Methods
Put sesame seeds in large frying pan. Stir over high heat until seeds turn golden brown, then remove the seeds from pan. Chop hazelnuts roughly. Stand butter and (more…)
Apricot Roll
Ingredients
250g (8oz) dried apricots
1 cup honey
60g (2oz) butter or substitute
3tbsp skim milk
desiccated account
caster sugar
Method
Pour enough boiling water over apricots to cover, let stand for 1 hour, drain and reserve 1/2 cup of the liquid. Put apricots, reserved liquid, honey and butter in (more…)
Ingredients
2 cucumbers, halved lengthwise and thickly sliced
1 small ripe pineapple, sliced and each slice coarsely shredded in short lengths
300g soy bean cake fried to a golden brown on both sides and sliced thinly (optional) (more…)