Rabbit
scientific name of Rabbit is ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS
Mammal | Harbivore | White Meat
- Rich in lean protein & low fat.
- Rich in Vitamin B (including vitamin B12), Vitamin E & Selenium.
- Good source of iron, which helps in making healthy blood.
- Low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
Ingredients
Rabbit Meat: 500 gm | Salt: ½ tsp | Black Pepper Powder: 1 tsp |
½ Cabbage | Spring Onion: 6 stems | Beans: ½ cup (diagonally cut) |
Carrot: 1 cup (julienne cut) | Capsicum: 1 cup (julienne cut) | Green Chillies: 1 Tbsp (minced) |
Garlics: 1 Tbsp (minced) | Tomatoes: 2 medium size (cut into small dices) | Button Mushroom: 2 cups (sliced) |
Fresh Coriander: 1 cup (minced) | Boiled Wheat Noodles: 1 big size bowl | Onions: 2 medium size (minced) |
Butter: 1 cube | Ginger Paste: 1 Tbsp | – |
Marination
Salt: ½ tsp | Black Pepper Powder: 1 tsp | Olive Oil: 1 Tbsp |
Soy Sauce: 1 tsp | Vinegar: ½ tsp | – |
Noodles Garnishing
Chow Mein Sauce: ½ cup | Hot Water: 4 Tbsp | Vegetable Oil: ½ cup |
Chow Mein Sauce
Ginger Paste: 2 Tbsp | Tender Coriander Stems: 2 Tbsp (finely chopped) | Schezwan Sauce: ⅓ cup |
Green Chili Sauce: 2 Tbsp | Vegetable Oil (Seasame Oil / White Oil): ½ cup | Tomato Ketchup: ½ cup |
Dark Soy Sauce: ¼ cup | Red Chili Powder: ⅛ cup (optional) | Vinegar: ¼ tsp |
Procedure
Step 1: Clean the rabbit meat in running water. Prepare lime water with lime peel (just squeeze the lime peels in fresh water). Then soak the rabbit meat in lime water for 5 minutes.
Step 2: Separate the meat from lime water and wash it in clear water. Then press the meat lightly between 2 palms to drain the extra water. Finally, drain out the remaining water from the rabbit meat through a strainer for 10 minutes.
Step 3: Poke the surface of the rabbit meat with a fork to create tiny holes.
Step 4: Now, marinate the meat with black pepper powder, salt, olive oil, vinegar & soy sauce. Rest for 30 minutes.
Step 5: Turn on the gas and place the frying-pan in high flame. Pre-heat the frying-pan and add butter. When the butter starts melting, add minced onions. Cook & stir the minced onions. Then, add minced garlics & green chillies and stir continuously.
Step 6: When aroma starts to come, add the marinated rabbit meat and mix properly. Then, add ginger paste & tomatoes and saute properly. Cover with a lid for 5 minutes.
Step 7: Open the lid. When the juice of the meat has come out and the meat is semi-soft, add 2 Tbsp hot water and mix properly. Now, cover the lid for 5 minutes in low flame.
Step 8: Open the lid. When the meat is perfectly boiled, add black pepper powder & salt. Mix properly. Rabbit meat is ready.
Chow Mein Sauce
Step 1: Pour vegetable oil in hot pan. Add ginger paste and saute. Add finely chopped tender coriander stems and stir fry.
Step 2: Add vinegar, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, schezwan sauce, green chili sauce & red chili powder (optional) and mix thoroughly. Saute deeply.
Step 3: Chow mein sauce ready.
Noodles Garnishing
Step 1: Turn on the gas and place the big frying pan in high flame. Pour ½ cup oil.
Step 2: Add minced garlics, minced green chillies and saute. When aroma starts to come, add fresh muchrooms. Now, add cabbage, beans & carrot and saute. Cover the lid for 2 minutes.
Step 3: Open the lid and saute the vegetables. Add onions and saute in high flame. Also add capsicum and stir fry. Add ½ cup chow mein sauce & 4 Tbsp hot water. Saute in high flame.
Step 4: Now, add boiled wheat noodles. Mix the noodles with the vegetables. Then, add spring onions & minced coriander leaves and mix thoroughly.
Step 5: Noodles garnishing ready.
Final
Step 1: Add cooked rabbit meat with the noodles in low flame.
Step 2: Pour little amount of hot water in the remaining rabbit meat masala. Add it with the noodles to make it juicy.
Step 3: Tasting awesome. Rabbit meat noodles ready.
Tips
- Rabbit meat is very soft. So, be very careful while washing the rabbit meat in running water.
- Before marination, poke the rabbit meat with fork to make tiny holes, which will tenderize the meat.
- While garnishing the noodles, capsicum should be crunchy and the colour of the vagetables should remain natural.
- The wheat noodles should be boiled in such a way that they are soft but non-sticky.