BASIC MOON DOUGH RECIPE

2cups water
2tblsp butter
Pinch of salt-
Bring to a boil- then add
2cups flour-
Stir vigourously until it forms a ball
Knead into a smooth dough – roll out and cut with tupperware cutter- brush with egg- place a spoonful of filling in the centre and close over tightly! Dip in egg and bread crumbs and freeze!

CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM MOONS
Filling
4 pieces chicken fillet cubed
1tsp salt
1tsp aromat
1tsp robertsons chicken spice
1tsp garlic
1tsp grounded chillies
1tsp black pepper powder
1/2 green pepper cubed
1tin creamstyle corn
1tray mushrooms(cleaned and steamed with salt and pepper)
1 tub fresh cream
1tsp flour
1tsp knorr pepper sauce
1tsp knorr mushroom sauce
Grated cheese

Braise chicken in ghee- add spices- add green pepper and creamstyle corn-add mushrooms- make a paste with the flour/pepper sauce/mushroom sauce and water and add to the chicken- add freshh cream- when cool add grated cheese! Must be dry and thick!

 CHEESE MOONS

Ingredients
leeks or onions, creamstyle corn, equal amounts of cheddar, tussers and mozarella cheese[all grated]
Method
slice leeks and saute in little butter or ghee, add salt, green masala. Braise lightly. Then add the corn, simmer till dry and thick. Let it cool completely. Then add the cheeses. Filling mustn’t be too wet or too dry.

VEGETABLE MOONS
1 shredded baby cabbage
1 grated onion[remove all the water]
1 shredded green pepper[colours are optional]
1 cup corn
Grated carrots
Boiled rice noodles
Mushrooms [optional]
Stir fry the veggies in oil, add 1 tbls aromat, salt, pepper, green masala. Let it cool.
Sauce
Boil together:
1 ½ tbls butter
1 cup milk
1 ½ tbls maziena
When cool~Add salt, pepper, green dhania, spring onion, equal amounts of cheddar and mozarella cheese.

METHI BHAJI MOONS
2 cups flour
2 tblsp ghee
2 heaped tsp baking powder
1 bunch methi bhajie finely chopped
A little fresh dhania finely chopped
Salt to taste
2 med potatoes boiled and mashed
1 cup lukewarm water and milk mixed together

METHOD
Mix together flour, ghee baking powder, methi bhajie, salt, dhania and mashed potatoes.
Make dough with milk and water mixture…
Divide dough into 5 balls and roll each ball into a roti.
Smear roties with melted ghee then stack up and roll into 1 big rotie
Cut into rounds and fill with filling of choice, chicken, mince or potatoe and seal.
You can seal edges with flour and water paste. Fry in medium to hot oil

PEPADEW AND CREAM CHEESE MOON FILLING

1/2kg cubed chicken fillet
1onion cubed fine
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
1 tsp Ina Parmans garlic pepper
salt to taste
green masala to taste
crushed garlic
1 heaped tsp paprika
1tsp jeero
1tsp freshly ground black pepper 1tub cream cheese
Cook onion in ghee /oil till soft add crush garlic. Add chicken and rest of the ingredients. cook until almost done. add 1 tomato finely cubed and 1/4 cup chopped peppadews. cook till water burns out. When completely cold mix in 1 tub cream cheese and chopped green dhania

28 APRIL 2016 COURTESY: KHATIJA EBRAHIM