Salil Ankola the cricketer turned actor has been extremely passionate about cooking. From delicacies with fish, chicked and mutton to yummy Biryanis, Salil cooks everything that’s non-vegetarian.
In a candid chat with IWMBuzz.com, Salil Ankola talks of his food interests.
What is your favourite cheat food?
Fried chicken and chips which my son makes. He is a qualified chef and it is fabulous.
My last meal on Earth will be:
Biryani either made by me, my son, my wife or my mom.
Do you cook at home? What do you make? Share a recipe with us
I cook a lot. I have been cooking from the year 1991. I make a lot of fish curries, fish masalas, Tawa Chicken, Mutton, Fish etc. Cooking is a passion shared by all in my family.
Mutton Seekh Kebabs
1 kg mutton kheema with little fat
2 onions chopped very fine
10 cloves of garlic chopped fine
Handful of pudina leaves chopped fine
4 green chillies chopped fine
Juice of half lemon
1 1/2 tsp garam masala
2 tsp Kashmiri laal mirch
3 tsp dhania powder
1 TSP of sabut zeera
1 1/2 tsp of salt
Mix all well and add meat to grinder and mince well together. Remove and add ghee and take satay skewers and make seekh kebabs
Brush ghee on the kebab
Bake in 250•C preheated oven and bake 25 minutes on each side so total of 50 minutes and don’t forget to brush ghee on d kebabs at regular intervals
Veg Or Non-Veg:
Only non-veg. I don’t like veg at all.
Baked or fried?
Definitely, fried
Soup or Salad:
None. I hate both.
One vegetable that you hate the most:
I hate all vegetables. The most I hate is kaddu
Weirdest dish you ever ate:
I have tried a lot like the Frog Legs, Crocodile Meat etc. But the weirdest of all was Fried Maggots and Fried Grasshoppers.
Celebrity you would love to cook for:
This does not make sense as all celebrities will mostly be on diet. So I will rather cook for my family.
The dish that your family loves when you make:
My family loves it when I make Biryani, Haleem, Butter Garlic Fish and Prawns etc
The best complement got was for which dish:
It has to be the Biryani. People who taste it say that it is heavenly or they are in heaven.