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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Chicken Biryani







Ingredients:-



Chicken 1 ½ kg (cut into 12 pieces)
Yogurt 1 cup
Long grain rice 1 kg
Red chili powder 1 tsp
Ginger and garlic paste 1 tsp
Juice of lemons 4
Fresh mint leaves 1 bunch
Whole black peppercorns 6
Green chilies 4 finely chopped
Small cardamoms 6
Onions 2 medium size, thinly sliced
Banaspati Ghee or  Cooking Oil 2 cups
Yellow food color ½ tsp (soaked in ½ cup milk)
Salt to taste


Method:-



Wash chicken pieces with cold water, drain well. In a separate bowl mix ginger and garlic paste and red chili powder with yogurt. Mix well to a smooth paste. Add chicken pieces to it. Leave for 30 minutes. Now cook on low heat without adding any water to the chicken. Remove from heat when the water dries up.

In a separate pan heat banaspati, fry the onions in it until golden brown; add mint leaves, 3-4 cardamoms and lemon juice.

Remove from heat. Then boil the rice in a large pan until the rice is parboiled. Grease pan add half the rice and then the chicken mixture, cover with the rest of the rice. Sprinkle with food color. Place the pan on a hot griddle (tava) and cook on low heat for 15 minutes.


Remove from heat and serve hot with Dahi ka Raita & Fresh Salad..


Jheenga Biryani







Ingredients:-




Prawns 1/2 Kg.

Onion thinly chopped 1 Big

Red Chillies 1-1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Ginger Garlic paste 1 Tbsp

White Zeera(Cumin) Ground 1 tsp

Sabit Dhania Ground 1 tsp

Coconut powder 2 TBsp

salt to taste

tomatoes thin cubes 4

Oil 1/2 Cup

Green Chillies chopped 6-7


For Rice:-


Rice boiled 1/2 kg

Onion 1

oil 1/4 Cup

Ginger slices of 1'' piece

Corriender leaves 1/2 bunch

green chillies 1-2


Method:-


  • Take oil in a pan.
  • Put onion in it & fry till soft.
  • Add ginger garlic paste, salt, white zeera, Sabit dhania ground, turmeric powder, red chillie powder, coconut powder.
  • Mix green chillies, tomatoe cubes.
  • Cover lid for 5 minutes on low heat.
  • Mix prawns & again cover lid & cook for 5 minutes.

  • In another pan fry onion in oil to golden.
  • Take out onion in a plate.
  • Put 1 half of the rice in the pan.
  • Put prawns masala also half of it on it.
  • Put the left over rice & then prawns over it, sprinkle green corriander leaves, green chillies, ginger slices, onion browned earlier.
  • Put on low heat for 5 minutes.


Serve hot.

Shahjahani Biryani





Ingredients:-


Mutton little boiled 1 Kg
Rice 750 gms
Vinegar 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste 3 TBsp
Haldi 1 tsp
Onion 2
Taz path 3
Laung 10
Curd 1 cup
zeera powder 2 TBsp
Zafran 1 tsp
Till 2 TBsp
Cashewnuts (Kajoo) 1 cup
Coconut grated 2 TBsp
puff pastry 3


Method:-


Boil rice with 1 tsp vinegar & little salt.

Blend together curd, cashewnuts, white till & coconut. Mix this mixture in meat for marination.

Blend onion well to form a smooth paste.

Take oil in a pan & add onion paste. Fry till light golden. Add ginger garlic paste, taz path & laung. Fry adding litttle water, red chillies powder, zeera powder, haldi powder, salt. Mix & saute. Put marinated meat. Fry little, then add zafran mixed with milk & little water. Mix & cook till water dries & a thick curry is formed.

For serving:-

In a bowl put rice layer, then cooked meat curry, then again rice, then sprinkle zafran.

Roll puff pastry or spread it with hands to the size of your bowl.

Spread & cover your rice bowl with this puff pastry.

Put it in oven on medium heat.


Serve hot.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Spicy Chicken Wings







Ingredients:-




Chicken wings 1/2 kg
Salt 1 tsp
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
Red chillie flakes 1/2 tsp
Refined flour 1 cup
Egg 1
Corn Floor 1 TBsp
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Ginger & Garlic paste 1-2 TBsp
Chili sauce 2 TBsp
Lemon Juice 2 TBsp
Worcestershire sauce 2 TBsp
Honey 2 TBsp
Tomato ketchup 1/4 cup
Oil as required for shallow frying


Method:-




  1. Take out 1/2 cup refined flour in a plate, add egg, corn flour, baking powder, black pepper, salt, 1 tbsp oil and 1/4 cup water in a bowl to make a thick paste.
  2. Take Chicken Wings, Sprinkle little salt, lemon juice & red chilie flakes. Mix well & then coat one by one, first in the egg mixture then in refined flour. Keep it aside.
  3. Heat oil in a Pan and shallow fry wings for around 10 minutes untill they become golden.
  4. For Sauce, fry garlic in 1/4 cup oil, untill it becomes golden. Add honey, chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce and tomato ketchup. Cook it till it boils.
  5. Dip chicken wings in honey sauce and Serve hot with French fries.


Tip. You can also bake it in oven, by frying a little & then bake it.


Murgh Cholay





Ingredients:-


Chicken piece 1kg
Tomato cubes 4-6
Ginger slices 1/4 cup
Tumeric powder 1/4 tsp
red chilli flakes 1 1/2 tsp
corriander powder 1 1/2 tsp
salt to taste
green chillies 3-4
oil 1 cup


Method:-


Heat oil in a pan.
Add chicken pieces.
ADD HALF OF ginger and fry till golden.
Drain oil and take out chicken in a bowl.
Put it aside.

In the pan, add tomato cubes, turmeric powder, red chilli flakes, salt and mix and cover lid. When the tomato is soft, add fried chicken. cook it and add in a little water.

Cover lid until chicken is tender.

When done, put little water for gravy & add the oil drained earlier and sprinkle corriander powder and green chillies.
Mix and cover for 2 min.


Take out in a bowl, sprinkle ginger slices.


Serve with boiled rice, onion & cocumber slices.


Tip:-


Serve in the same Karahi in which it is cooked.


Chicken Ginger








Ingredients:-



Chicken 1/2 kg
Garlic ginger paste 1 TBsp
Green chillies 2 chopped, 2 whole
Ginger thin slices
Tomato cubes 3
Red chillies to taste
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder 1-1/2 TBsp
Dhania Powder 1 TBsp
Zeera crushed 1 tsp
Onion thinly chopped 1
Chanay boiled 1 Cup
Salt to taste
Masoor ki daal 2 TBsp
Soda 1/4 tsp
Oil 1/2 Cup


Method:-


Boil Chanay with little soda & salt in cooker. Add Masoor ki daal & boil again until tender.
In another pan fry onion in oil until soft. Add ginger garlic paste & mix. Add Chicken & fry until color changes. Add tomato, red chillies, turmeric, half of garam masala powder, dhania powder. Add some water if needed. So that it may not be burnt. Add zeera crushed on hand, salt, then boiled chanay. Mix. Add whole greeen chillies. Cover lid & cook on low heat. When oil comes up, dish out.


Sprinkle green chillies slices, ginger slices, zeera powder & garam masala powder.


Serve with paratha in Breakfast.


Or serve with Nan for dinner.



Fried Thai Chicken



Ingredients:-

Chicken pieces 1/2 Kg
Soya Sauce 3 TBsp
Vinegar 3 Tbsp
Red Chillies Flakes 1-1/2 TBsp
Salt to taste
Maida 2 TBsp
Corn Flour 2 TBsp

Oil For shallow Frying

Method:-

  • Make cuts onto chicken.
  • Sprinkle soya sauce, vinegar, salt & red chillies.
  • Mix Well.
  • Put it aside for marination for atleast 2 hours.
  • Then sprinkle maida & corn flour.
  • Mix well.
  • Heat little oil in a pan.
  • Fry chicken in oil using all the mixture ( Make sure all water is absorbed, otherwise use more maida & corn flour).
  • Fry on low heat covering the lid, so that chicken may tender, until it is golden brown.
  • It is Read to serve.

  • Enjoy crispy & spicy fried chicken.

  • Serve with tomato ketchup at dinner or tea time.


Baisan ki Roti Paratha



Ingredients:-

1\2 kg basin (gram flour)

1\2 kg whole wheat flour

1\2 cup oil

2 teaspoon salt

2-3 teaspoon chilli powder

6 whole red chili

1\2 cup coriander leaves, chopped

4 green chilies fine chopped

3 tablespoon dried pomegranate seeds, crushed

2 teaspoon cumin seeds, zeera

2 tablespoon coriander seeds

2 medium onion, finely chopped

oil for frying.


Method:-

Put all dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Make a slight well in the centre and add oil. Using finger tips, mix it into the flour. Add water a little at a time and knead into a soft pliable dough. Knead it thoroughly for several minutes until smooth. Cover with a damp cloth and leave to rest for at least 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into 12 equal parts. Roll each into a smooth ball. Then roll each ball into a round of about 6 inches.

Heat up a tava, heavy frying pan or a griddle. Test the heat by sprinkling a little dry flour on the surface. The temperature is correct when the flour burns immediately. Wipe out the surface with kitchen paper.

Carefully place the round of dough on hot tava. Allow to cook for a minute then turn it over. Smaer a little ghee on the top and then turn it over after a minute. The top side now will have small brown spots. Smear a little ghee on the top and on the surface of tava along the edges of roti. Turn it over again and repeat the process of smearing oil until the both sides are cooked and crisp.

Remove from pan, smear with ghee and serve at once. Repeat with remaining dough. Did you tried our Bajray Ki Roti

Serve with yogurt or Raita



Serves 6 people - Serve Hot
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Kat-A-Kat

Ingredients:-


Kidney 4
Heart 2
Chops 4
Qasoori methi 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste 2 TBsp
Butter 2 TBsp
Papaya 1 tsp
onion chopped 1
Brain 1
Salt t tsp
Red chilli powder 2 tsp
Garam masala powder 1 tsp
Tomato chopped 250 gms
oil 1/2 cup


To garnish:-


Coriander leaves
Green chillies


Method:-


First mix papaya & salt in chops & heart. Keep it aside for 2 hours.

Put oil in a pan. Fry chopped onion. Add tomatoes along with little water & ginger garlic paste. Put chops & heart & saute. Cut the heart into pieces with spoon, Add kidney, cut into pieces & do kat kat. Then add brain & fry all together all the above spices until tender.

Sprinkle Coriander leaves, Green chillies, butter & qasoori methi.


Serve hot with Naan

Chicken k Koftay




Ingridients:-


For Curry:-


Oil 1/2. cup
Red Chillies Powder 1-1/2tsp heaped
Dhania Powder 1tsp
Garam Masala powder 1/2 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste 2tsp heaped
Onions 2-3 sliced brown and ground
Salt to taste
Water 1/2 cup
Yogurt 1 cup
Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp


FOR- KOFTA:-


Minced Chicken 250 gms
Salt to taste
Onion 2 big finely chopped
Black Pepper Powder 1/2 tsp
Red Chilly powder 1/2 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste 2tsp
Bread slices 2
Egg 1
Green chilly 1


Method:-

For Curry:-

Heat oil in a pan.Add little water with all above masala and yogurt. Fry (bhono) well. Then add brown ground onion, fry & mix well by adding little water in it, then add about 1/2cup of water and cook on medium heat, till the gravy remains slightly thick & oil comes up.


For Kofta:-


Grind all the ingredients except eggs then mix with mince & chop it in the chopper, so that a smooth mixture is formed.
Now add 1 beaten egg.
Mix well.


Shape into Kofta, then fry little golden brown in a frying pan.


Put fried Koftas in the curry prepared earlier & cook on low heat for 5-10 minutes.


Take out in the serving dish. Sprinkle garam masala powder on top.


Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.


Serve with chappatis, salads.




Pasanday






Ingredients:-



Pasanday meat (boneless) 1/2 kg
All spice powder 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste 2 Tbsp
Papaya ground with skin 2 Tbsp
Green chillies, finely chopped 2
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
haldi powder 1/2 tsp
salt to taste
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
laung 6-8
Small cardimon 4
Zeera powder 1 tsp
Dhania powder 1tsp
Kashkhash 2 Tbsp
roasted Chanay 2 Tbsp
Curd 250 gm
Onion thinly sliced 2
Oil 1/2 Cup
Mint leaves chopped 2Tbsp
Lemon juice 2


Method:-


Rub papaya paste into pasanday & put it aside for 1-2 hours.

Roast & Grind together Kashkhash, roasted Chanay, Black pepper, laung, Small cardimon, Zeera, Dhania. Mix in curd adding red chillies powder, haldi powder, ginger garlic paste. mix well.

Mix this curd mixture in pasanday & put it aside for marination for 1/2 hour.

Heat oil in a pan. Fry onion to golden & take out one of it in a plate. Spread it to cool down. So that it may become crispy. Crush it.

In the same oil put pasanday mixture. Cook till meat is tender, adding salt, all spice powder.

Mix well. Sprinkle mint leaves, green chillies, lemon juice.

Cook more for 2-3 minutes.

Take out in a serving bowl.

Serve hot with Naan or Chapati.

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.

Mazaidar Haleem







Ingredients:-



Meat 1 Kg
Daal Chana 1/2 IKg
Daal Masoor 1/2 IKg
Daal Moong 1/2 IKg
Daal Maash 1/2 IKg
Rice 1/2 Cup
Jaw 1/2 Cup
Onion thinly sliced 4
Haldi Powder 1 TBsp
Garam Masala Powder 4 TBsp
Soda 1/2 tsp
oil 1-1/2 Cup
Ginger Garlic Paste 3 TBsp
Red Chilli Powder to taste
Chat Masala Powder 4 TBsp


To Garnish:


Ginger slices to taste
Corriander leaves
Mint leaves
Green chillies chopped
lemon


Method:-


Soak Jaw with 1/2 tsp soda for 1-1/2 hour & then boil for atleast half an hour or until tender.

Boil together daal masoor & daal moong.
Meanwhile boil daal chana, daal maash, rice & meat separately one by one.

Fry onion in oil to golden & take out in a plate.
In oil saute ginger garlic paste. Add haldi powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder. Mix & fry little. Add boiled meat. Saute. Add Jaw & all the boiled grains (daal).
Mix well. Blend it for quick result. Mix salt & chat masala powder. Cook adding some water & mash with a haleem masher. Cook on low heat.
Take out in a bowl.
Serve hot.

Garnish with ginger slices, corriander & mint leaves, fried onion, green chillies & chat masala powder.

Chicken Drumetts






Ingredients:-


For Marination:-

Chicken legs 1 Kg
Vinegar 2 Tbsp
Yogurt 2 TBsp

For Batter:-

Salt to taste
Red Chillies Powder 3/4 tsp
Any Curry powder 1/2 tsp
Flour 4 TBsp
Rice flour 2 TBsp
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Black pepper 1/2 tsp

Bread crumbs 1/2 cup
Oil for deep frying

Method:-

Make cuts on chicken drumsticks with knife.

Rub yogurt, little salt & vinegar on chicken & marinate it for 2-3 hours.

Mix all other ingrdients including Salt 3/4 tsp, Red Chillies, Any Curry powder, Flour, Rice flour, black pepper, baking powder.

Roll chicken into this powder.
Drain the excess flour.

Put it aside in fridge for 1/2 an hour.

Add little water in this left over flour mixture. Make a thick paste.

Dip the chicken drumsticks in it.


Roll bread crumbs on it.


Deep fry them to golden on low heat.


Serve with tomato ketchup or chillie garlic sauce.



Chicken Alakeer




Ingrdients:-



Patato boiled 2
Butter 2/3 cup
Bread crumbs as required
Mustard powder 1/2 tsp
Chicken cube 1
Egg 1
Chicken 1 Cup
(Save the chicken bones)


Method:-


Boil Chicken & shread it well with hands.

Mash the hot potatoes & disolve chicken cube in 1 tsp water & mix with potatoes.
Add chicken pieces, mustard powder.
Mix it well with hands or fork.

Take the chicken bones without meat or you can use ice cream sticks instead.
Take 1'' sq cold butter & put it on the tip of the bone or stick.
Then set & cover with the potato mixture on the bone. Cover the whole bone giving the shape of a chicken leg.

Roll it in maida, then dip in beaten egg, then roll in bread crumbs.

Deep fry them to golden brown.


Serve with thinly cut cabbage & mix it with mayonaise.

Chicken wings



Ingredients:-


1/2 kg chicken wings
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp white pepper
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tbsp Soya sauce
1 ½ tbsp hot peri peri sauce
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp cornflour

For hot peri peri sauce:-


1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic paste
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup white vinegar
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp red chilli powder
4-5 whole red chillies
6 Kashmiri chillies


For the sauce:-


Soak Kashmiri chillies, whole red chillies and red chilli powder in one cup of water overnight. Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend well for about five minutes. Refrigerate in an airtight container.


Method:-


Marinate chicken wings with all the above ingredients for two to three hours.
Deep fry for 15-20 minutes.

Serve with tomato ketchup & french fries.

Chicken Nuggets



Ingredients:-



1/2 kg boneless chicken
1 egg
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp flour
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp white pepper
Salt to taste
Oil for frying



Method:-


  • Mix all the ingredients.
  • Dip into beaten egg.
  • Roll into breadcrumbs.
  • Again dip in beaten egg.
  • Roll into bread crumbs.
  • Deep fry to golden brown.

  • Serve with French fries & tomato ketchup.

Fried Fish






Ingredients:-




Fish slices 1/2 kg

Ginger Garlic paste 1 TBsp

Lemon juice 2

green chillie paste 1

Zeera powder 1/2 tsp

Garam Masala powder 1/2 tsp

Gramflour 1 cup

Zeera 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Red chillies 2 tsp.

Method:-


  • Mix all the ingredients.
  • Make a batter of all the ingredients.
  • Dip fish in it.
  • Deep fry it to golden brown.

  • Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Jheenga Masala





Ingredients:-




Jamboo Prawns 1/2 Kg.

Onion thinly chopped 1 Big

Red Chillies 1-1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Ginger Garlic paste 1 Tbsp

White Zeera(Cumin) Ground 1 tsp

Sabit Dhania Ground 1 tsp
Coconut powder 2 TBsp

Salt to taste

Tomatoes thin cubes 4

Oil 1/2 Cup

Curry Leaves 6-7
Green Chillies chopped 6-7


Method:-


  • Take oil in a pan.
  • Put onion in it & fry till soft.
  • Add ginger garlic paste, salt, white zeera, Sabit dhania ground, turmeric powder, red chillie powder, coconut powder.
  • Mix.
  • Sprinkle curry leaves, green chillies, tomatoe cubes.
  • Cover lid for 5 minutes on low heat.
  • Mix prawns & again cover lid & cook for 5 minutes.

  • Garnish with green corriander leaves.


Sweet & Sour Fish




Ingredients:-


Fish 1/2 kg boneless.

Egg 1

Flour 1/2 Cup

Salt to taste

White Pepper ground 1tsp

Soya Sauce 2 TBsp

Tomato Ketchup 2 TBsp

White Vineger 2 TBsp

Agino Moto 1 tsp

Cornflour 1-1/2 TBsp

Pineapple thin cubes of 3 slices

Onion cubes 1

carrot cubes 1

Capsicum cubes 1

Oil for frying


Method:-



  • In a bowl put fishe slices, salt, white pepper, egg.
  • Mix well.
  • Sprinkle & mix flour gradually, so that lumps may not be formed.
  • Fry till golden.
  • Take out in a plate.


Sweet & Sour Sauce:-


  • In a pan take 2 TBsp oil, put ginger garlic paste.
  • Fry little.
  • Then add onion cubes & carrot cubes, cook for 1 minute.
  • Add sugar, vinegar, soya sauce, tomatoe ketchup, cornflour dissolved in water.
  • Keep stirring.
  • Put agino moto, pineapple, capsicum.
  • Cook on low heat for 1 minute.
  • Put fish slices.
  • Mix.
  • Cook 1 minute & it is ready to serve.