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Exotic Recipes from Chef Wadhawan - II | Hyderabad

Hope you have tried out the recipes that Hotel Ista’s Head Chef Amit Wadhawan shared with us in our first expert guide with him. Here he shares some more recipes with us.
 
Sesame Asparagus and Shitake Mushroom SaladSesame Asparagus with Shitake
 
Ingredients
 
For Mushroom
Fresh Shitake Mushroom, stem removed - 50 gms                   
Ginger, julienne - 5 gms
Garlic, chopped - 3 gms                                  
Light Soya Sauce - 5 ml                       
Oyster Sauce - 1 tsp
Oil -1 tbsp                   
Vegetable Stock - ½ ladle
 
For Asparagus
Green asparagus tips, blanched -16 nos.
Sesame seeds, black and white - 3 gms                        
Sesame oil - 1 tbsp
Garlic, chopped - 3 cloves
Light soya - 2 ml
Sugar - 2 gms
 
Method
Take oil in a wok, add chopped garlic, ginger and sauté till brown. Add vegetable stock. Put light soya sauce and oyster sauce and bring it to a boil. Add the shitake mushrooms and allow it to simmer. Cook till the mushrooms are soft and buttery. In a hot wok take sesame oil; add the sesame seeds. Allow it to crackle; add garlic and sauté. Add the asparagus tips, stir fry for ½ minute. Season with light soya and sugar. To put together the salad, arrange the braised mushrooms at the base and top it with stir fried sesame asparagus tips. Serve warm.                                                  
 
Double Cooked Pork Spare RibsPork Spare Ribs
 
Ingredients
 
For Spare Rib
Pork Spare Rib - 500 gms                   
Soya Sauce, dark - 2 tbsp
Ginger, crushed -10 gms
Spring Onion -30 gms
Onion, crushed - 1 no.
Five Spice Powder - 1 tbsp                                         
Honey - 1 tbsp                                    
Salt - to taste
Water - 3 ltr
Oil for frying - 250 ml
 
For Sauce
Hoisin Sauce - 60 gms                         
Black Pepper - 1 tsp
Sugar - 2 gms                          
Ginger, sliced - 5 gms
Dry chilli, whole - 3 nos.                                  
Garlic, sliced - 3 cloves
Stock - 50 ml
Corn flour, diluted with water - 10 gms
Oil - 10 ml
Scallion - 10 gms
 
Method
Take water in a vessel, add all the ingredients for spare rib in to the water and allow it to boil. Simmer the spare ribs for 1 hour. When the spare ribs are tender, take them out from the stock and keep aside. Heat the oil in a wok and fry the cooked spare ribs for 2 minutes to make it crisp from outside. Heat oil in a wok; add sliced garlic, ginger and chilli. Sauté the mixture until golden brown. Add Hoisin sauce and 50 ml stock to the mixture. Allow it to boil. Season it with sugar, add spare ribs and sauté it. Add the diluted corn flour mixture to the spare ribs and stir fry. Serve garnished with scallion.
 
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