Method● Rinse the octopus in cold water. Place it in an oven tray on top of the bulb of garlic sliced in half, the bay leaves, thyme, chilli and white wine. Cover and seal with aluminium foil and then place in a medium oven (150ºC) and cook for one hour. Test with a sharp pointed knife for tenderness. ● Once the octopus is cooked, remove from the tray and leave to cool. Strain the cooking juice, saving the two pieces of garlic. Peel and chop the onion very finely. In a large casserole warm half the olive oil and add the chopped onions, letting them stew very gently for 15 minutes. Add the rice, season well and stir until the rice starts to stick before adding the tomatoes and stirring those in turn. Squeeze the sweet pulp out of the cooked garlic cloves and add these to the rice before slowly adding the cooking liquor. Proceed to make a risotto in the usual way, adding water at the end if there is insufficient cooking liquor to cook the rice.● While the risotto cooks, separate the octopus tentacles, cutting them in half if they are very large, and cut the heads into four pieces. Toss these pieces with the remaining olive oil. In a large bowl, make a paste from the parsley, pimento, chopped garlic, lemon juice and salt. ● Just before the rice is cooked, heat a flat dry griddle pan until quite hot and lay the octopus pieces in it, letting them sear for two minutes before turning them and searing on the other side. Once hot and nicely browned, remove and place in the bowl with the parsley mixture. Serve the risotto on to six plates with the griddled octopus pieces on top.
aamodakitchenid on 02 Mar 15Modular Kitchens are Equipped with the pre-manufactured cabinet parts, modular kitchens are simple and look elegant with top notch interior styling and designs. A modular kitchen should have these mandatory sections like cabins, chimney, shelves, cabinet shutters, fittings, drawers and voluminous place and a dish washer. Accessories for a Modular kitchen: One can design their modular kitchen with glass shutters and glass shelves. These shelves will make it easier for display of eye-catching crockery. Other than a glass shelf, also go in for sleek ply shelves which can be spacious. While buying steel pull outs for the counters and the drawers make sure them at a wholesale store rather than from showrooms. These will cost much lesser. Most of the common modular kitchen features and their accessories in the contemporary kitchens are listed below - Cabinets: A cabinet is an important accessory for the present day contemporary kitchen. These different cabinets are exclusively meant for storing containers of different sizes. They do not just increase the storage space, but also help in organizing things in a way that they are not visible, there by helping the kitchen look neat, organized and spacious. Shutters and shelves: Every modular kitchen comes with plenty of shelves and shutters. With the help of shutters, can stack crockery items like bowls, plates, containers and utensils conveniently. Cooker Hoods: Cooker Hoods in any of these modern kitchens. Cooker hoods are more useful in getting rid of smoke from the kitchen. Since Indian cuisines hold strong aroma of spices, it is advisable to place cooker hoods in almost every Indian kitchen. Cooking Range: Cooking units are fixed to granite countertops. These are also available in various sizes that include four as well as two burners or three burners. Pull out drawers: Pull-out drawers are used to store a variety of food items, spices, utensils and one must ensure that the modular kitchen
