Sindhi Biryani

Ingredients:-

Mutton 1 kg
Basmati rice 1 kg
Yogurt 1 cup
Red chili powder 1 tbsp
Coriander powder 2 tbsp
Garlic and ginger paste 1 tbsp
Mixed spices 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Dried apricots ¼ kg (soak in hot water)
Mint leaves 1 bunch (chop)
Green chilies 6
Juice of lemons 4
Bay leaf 1
Onions 4 (medium size, chopped)
Potatoes ½ kg
Tomatoes 4
Yellow food color ¼ tsp soaked in ½ cup milk
Cooking oil 1 ½ cups


Method:-

• In a pan heat oil and brown onions; when golden brown, remove half the onions and place on absorbent paper.
• Add meat, all the spices and yogurt to the rest of the onions.
• Cook till water evaporates and the meat is tender. Add potatoes, tomatoes, pulp of dried apricots and green chilies.
• Cook on high heat for 5 minutes stirring continuously, when done keep aside.
• Now in a big pan add 12 cups of water with salt, 3 green chilies, whole spices and mint leaves.
• When water boils, add rice, parboil and strain.
• Now put layers of rice, parboil and strain.
• Now put layers of rice and meat one by one with the layer of rice on top, and then add yellow food color.

• Put the pan on a griddle (tava) and cook on high heat.

• When steam appears, lower the heat for 10-15 minutes. Serve hot, with raita and salad.

Loki Kay Kabab

Ingreidients:-

Loki 1/2 Kg
Daal Chana 1 Cup
Garam masala (whole spices):-
Laung 4-5
Black pepper 3/4 tsp
Bari Ilaichi (Cardimon) 2
Choti Ilaichi 3-4
White zeera 1 tsp
Black zeera 1 tsp
Darchini (Cinnamon) 1 stick
Sabit Dhania 1 tsp
Garlic 8-10
Ginger 1 TBsp
Salt to taste
Red whole chillies (Sabit Lal Mirch) 6-8
Red chillies 1/2 tsp
Sugar 1tsp

For Filling:-

Green Mint leaves 1/2 bunch
Green Coriander leaves 1/2 bunch
Egg 1
Onion chopped 1 big
Green Chillies 3-4

Method:-

Boil together daal chana & all the ingrediants except loki, using 1 glass of water, until daal is tender & water dries well.
Boil loki in another pan using 1/2 cup of water. Dry all water or drain it thouroughly.
Chop the cooked daal & loki together in a chopper.

Mix all the finely chopped filling ingriedents in the kabab mixture.

Shape into kababs & fry in little oil.

Tip: It tastes the same as shami kababs.

Serve with tomato ketchup for tea, lunch or dinner.

Special Paya

Ingredients:-

1st Part:-

Goat Trotters (Paya) 8
Garlic 1 bunch
Ginger 3 TBsp
Onion 3-4
Haldi 1 TBsp

2nd Part:-

Zeera 1 TBsp
onion thinly sliced 2
Garlic paste 2 tsp
Garlic paste 2 tsp
Red chillies 2 tsp
oil 1/2 cup
haldi 1 tsp
Daal mash boiled & mashed 1/2 cup


For Garnish:-


Coriander leaves
Green chillies
Ginger slices


Method:-


Cook Trotters with 1st part ingredients for 2-3 hours adding a lot of water till trotters are tender & soft.

Boil daal mash with little ginger garlic paste & mash it.

Heat oil in a big pan. Add onion. Fry till light golden. Add ginger, garlic paste, haldi, red chillies.

Fry adding little water.

Add boiled daal mash & boiled trotters, salt.

Cook it again on low heat for 1 hour.

Sprinkle zeera powder.


Garnish with coriander leaves, green chillies & ginger slices.


Serve hot with Naan.