Afghani Birriyani (Afghaane Biriyane) Recipe

Ingredients

- 1 kg. lamb meat on the bone, cut into large pieces.
- 5 cloves
- 1large cinnamon stick
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1tbsp. ginger paste
- 1 tbsp. garlic paste
- 8 cups water
- 3 cups good quality saila rice
- 3/4 cup cooking oil
- 1 large onion skinned and thinly sliced
- 1 inch piece cinnamon stick
- 6 cloves
- 8-10 green cardamoms
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 3-4 carrots, peeled and grated
- 1\2 cup green raisins
- 1\2 cup pine nuts

Method

Wash meat thoroughly under cold water tap. Place the meat, cinnamon, cloves, salt, water, garlic and ginger in a large heavy based sauce pan. Bring to boil and skim off any scum that rises to the top. Reduce the heat, cover and allow to boil gently for 40 to 45 minutes until the meat is tender.
Meanwhile, put the rice in a sieve and wash it thoroughly under running cold tap until the water runs clear. Soak in plenty of water for 11\2 hours. Drain in a sieve and let it stand for a minute or two.
Fry the nuts, raisins and carrots separately in 2 tablespoons of oil in a small frying pan. keep aside.
Heat oil in a large heavy based pan, add the onion and while stirring frequently fry for 3-5 minutes. Add cinnamon stick, cloves, green cardamoms, cumin, meat and 6 cups of stock, add water if necessary to make 6 cups. Bring to boil and add the rice to it. Carefully stir once. Cover and reduce the heat to medium and cook for 7-10 minutes. Gently stir the rice. (Do not stir to hard otherwise the rice will break.) Put a layer of carrot, raisins and pine nuts on the top of the rice. Cover with a tight fitting lid, reduce the heat to very low and allow to cook for another 7 - 10 minutes until rice is tender.
Fluff up the rice with a fork, then transfer it into to a heated serving dish.
Serve with Raita.

Ingredients

- 2 kg. raw mangoes
- 1\4 kg lemons
- 1\4 kg green chilies
- 1 kg. mixed vegetables such as carrots, peas, turnips and cauliflower
- 2 1\2 to 3 liters mustard oil
- 1\4 cup. salt
- 2 cups aniseed (saunf)
- 2 tbsp. turmeric
- 2 cup nigella seeds (kalonji)
- 2 cup fenugreek seeds (methre)
- 1\2 cup red chili powder or (according to the taste.)

Method

1. Wash and pat dry all the vegetables. Cut the mangoes into half, remove seed and then cut into 11\2 inch sized pieces. Cut the lemons into half and slit the chilies carefully into half, leaving them still held together at the stalk. Peel the carrots and cut them into 2 inches long sticks. Peel and slice the turnip. Break the cauliflower into medium sized floret. Remove the peppery covering of the garlic and leave them whole.
2. Divide the salt into two parts. Place mangoes, lemons, garlic and chilies in a large bowl, sprinkle one part of the salt, mix well , cover and leave to marinate over night.
3.Next day gently squeeze out all the water released by the vegetables, taking care not to squeeze the juice from the lemons.
5. Place the carrots, peas, turnip and cauliflower in bowl, pour vinegar over it and mix well. Keep aside for 2-3 hours.
6. Strain the liquid from the vegetables and bring to a boil, put the vegetables and cook just for 2 minutes. Remove the vegetables with a slotted spoon and put them in a tray to cool completely.
7. Heat mustard oil to smoking point, remove from heat and leave it to cool. Mix all the spice ingredients and remaining salt with enough oil just to bind the spices.
8. Stuff the green chilies with the spice mixture. Rub gently the rest of the mixture over the mangoes, lemons and other vegetables.
9. Place the mango mixture in an earthenware jar, Mix thoroughly with hands.
10. Pour in the remaining oil. The oil should cover the vegetables by about 2.5 cm (1 inch).
11. Cover the jar with a muslin cloth and keep it in an airing place.
12. Stir the contents of the jar for the first two weeks at least once a day. Do this to ensure that all pieces are completely dipped in the oil.
Note: In most of the Pakistani pickles, salt and oil are used as preservatives.

Ingredients

- 2 hard boiled eggs, sliced
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 4 tbsp. mayonnaise
- salt and freshly milled pepper
- 8 large slices of white bread

Method

Mash the eggs with a fork or place in a food processor and pulse once or twice. Transfer to a medium bowl, add butter and mayonnaise. Stir well with a fork to blend the ingredients. Season well with salt and pepper.
Spread 4 slices of bread with a thin layer of mayonnaise. Spread the remaining 4 slices with good amount of egg filling, top with the mayonnaise slices and press gently. Remove crust and cut each sandwich 2 into triangles.
Serve with french fries.

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

2	large eggplant, baigaan
1	medium Onions
2	cloves garlic (crushed)
1\2	cup bread crumbs
2	tablespoon coriander leaves, chopped
1\2	cup cheese, grated
1\4	cup flour
1	teaspoon salt
1\2	teaspoon pepper
-	- bread crumbs for coating
-	- oil for frying
1	- egg, beaten

Method:

Spike each baingan and onion with a fork and hold it over the burner to char the skin or alternatively place them under a hot grill. Turn the baingans a few times to make sure that the skin is completely charred and the flesh is soft.
Place baingan and onion in a bowl and wait until cool enough to handle. Carefully remove the charred skin, cut off the stalk of baingan and finely chop the flesh. Remove the excess moisture from baingan by pressing the flesh between the palms.
Combine baingan, onion, garlic, bread crumbs, coriander leaves, cheese, flour, salt and pepper. Mix well to combine.
Shape into rounds of desired size. Dip kababs first in beaten egg, then coat with bread crumbs.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry 3-4 kababs at a time.
Serve hot.

This recipe serves 6 people.
Preparation Time: 10 minutes.
Cooking Time: 30 minutes.

Serving Options:

Serve Hot Try Raita with this dish.

Ingredients

4 litter milk
- 1 kg sugar
- 10 g alum(phutkari)
- 1/2 tsp. saffron
- 10 almonds
- 10 pistachio nuts
- few drops of kewra essence

Method

Heat the milk in a deep pan over high flame to boiling point. Add the alum powder to curdle. Remove it from the flame quickly otherwise the cheese will become hard. Pour it into the muslin bag or a thin cloth & allow to drain water. Press the bag & leave to drain for several hours.
Add saffron powder in the paneer. Mix it well & make small triangular chum chum.
Boil sugar in 2 1/2 cups of water to prepare solution (aik tar ka sheera).
Carefully drop in the chum chumCook for half an hour over low flame.
Put the chum chum in a plate and make cream circles in their center. Garnish with sliced pistachio nuts and kewra essence.

INGREDIENTS

500g lean chicken or pork
1/2 cup ordinary milk
3-4 cloves of garlic
2 tbs yellow curry powder
2 tbs oyster sauce
2 tbs sesame oil
2 tbs Thai seasoning sauce
1 1/2 tbs cilantro seeds (coriander seeds)
1 tbs chopped fresh ginger
1 tbs turmeric
1/2 ts salt
chicken stock cube
barbecue sticks (bamboo)

How to Make Chicken Satay

Slice chicken thinly to form flat pieces for the skewers (not chunky) cooks quick - stays tender

Now you crush the coriander seeds to powder then add Garlic and Ginger and grind to a textured paste (not purée) traditionally a pestle and mortar is used, a blender can be used with care

Now mix all the ingredients together in a large bown and leave to stand for at least 3 hours

Cooking:

After the chicken has had 3 hours to marinade, thread them on to the Bamboo barbecue sticks so the meat is about 4-5 inches long and flat.
Place them onto a mature barbecue, turning regularly and basting them with coconut milk as you turn, this will give them a lovely flavor and colour when done.
Remove and serve hot for your guests, you can have yours as you’re cooking, afterwards the kids (adult males) can play sword fights with the sticks.

Note:

There are two side dish sauces that complete this recipe, we split them up because it makes it easier to follow. The sauces can also be used for other dishes.

Serving:

Serve with Khwanjai’s Satay Sauce (Nam Jime Satay) in a side bowl

Ingredients

6-9 peeled and deviened large shrimps (leave the tails on)
1 stalk lemon grass (crushed and cut into 3 pieces)
4 fresh kaffir lime leaves
4-6 crushed hot chillies
3 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 medium tomato (cut into 4 wedges)
1/2-1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
4 coriander leaves
1/4 cup sliced fresh galangal
3 cups water or clear broth

Preparation

Heat the water in a pot.
When it is boilling add the lemongrass, galangal, tomato, mushrooms and shrimps.
When the shrimps turn pink add hot chillies and kaffir lime leaves.Wait about 20 seconds and then turn off the heat.
Add the fish sauce, lime juice and coriander leaves and serve while still hot.

Tips

Make sure that you use fish sauce not soy sauce.
Don't forget to add tomato.It makes soup more delicious(Some recipes don't have it)
The time to add lime juice.
Don't let the shrimps too ripe.

Ingredients

200 gms pork meat
1 Onion
1 Egg
1 Tablespoon Light Soya sauce
1 Tablespoon Oyster Suace
1 Teaspoon Fish Sauce
1 Teaspoon Sugar
2 Tablespoon oil
A pinch of pepper
5 Bird chillis
5 Large red chilli
3 Garlic Cloves
5 Kaprow Basil leaves

Preparation

Clean the pork meat and chop it into small bite sized pieces.
Slice the onion finely.
Peel and chop garlic and chilli until fine
Fry garlic and chilli in hot pan with oil until the garlic aroma comes out.
Add the pork and fry it until cooked, add the onion and ingredients.
Add kaprow basil and a pinch of pepper.
Fry for a few minutes long until the onions are soft, then set aside on a serving dish.
Clean the pan and heat some more oil.
Fry the egg,the egg is usually served sunny side up.

Serve with

Hot Thai Fragrant Rice
Cucumber and tomato slices

Ingredients

1 Kg Potatoes
100 gms Onions
8 Cloves Garlic
4 Tablespoons Oil
Salt to taste
100 ml Coconut Milk

Preparation

Peel and place the potatoes in a pan of boiling water, simmer until half cooked. (Approx 10-15 minutes).
Drain and chop the potatoes into cubes, then salt to taste.
Fry the potatoes in the oil until they start to brown
Chop the onion and add to the pan.
Crush the garlic cloves, add to the pan and continue frying.
Once the onions are cooked, add the coconut milk and heat to just warm it through.
Serve garnished with coriander leaves or chopped spring onions.

Ingredients

120 gms Wheat Flour
1 Egg
1 Tablespoon Oil
4 Small Spring Onions
Oil for Deep Frying
200 gms Brie Cheese

Rolling Pin

Preparation

Mix the flour with the egg and oil together and knead the flour for a minute until it forms a smooth dough.
Place the dough in a bowl, cover it with a damp cloth, and let it rest for 5 minutes.
Chop the spring onions into 8 cm long and very thin strips. You will use these as strings to tie the sacks with. Heat your deep-fat oil, and fry the spring onion strips for just a few seconds to make them soft. Do not let them go brown!
To make a pastry sack, roll the dough until flat and 1-2mm thick.
Cut the pastry into squares, 6x6 cm
Chop the cheese into small cubes to approx 2 cm on each side.
Place the cheese into the center of a square of pastry, pull up the edges into a sack shape, and tie it with one of the spring onion strips.
Get the frying oil good and hot before you fry these sacks (190 degrees Celsius).
Fry for 1 minute. The cheese will just melt and the pastry should just be browned and they should float to the top.
Serve with sweet chili dipping sauce, this sauce is essential to the dish.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
1 stalk lemon grass, minced
2 teaspoons red curry paste
4 cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
3 (13.5 ounce) cans coconut milk
1/2 pound fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
1 pound medium shrimp - peeled and deveined
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
salt to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.
Cook and stir the ginger, lemongrass, and curry paste in the heated oil for 1 minute.
Slowly pour the chicken broth over the mixture, stirring continually.
Stir in the fish sauce and brown sugar; simmer for 15 minutes.
Stir in the coconut milk and mushrooms; cook and stir until the mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes.
Add the shrimp; cook until no longer translucent about 5 minutes.
Stir in the lime juice; season with salt; garnish with cilantro.

Ingredients

3 cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and grated
3 tablespoons crushed dried shrimp
2/3 pound long beans, sliced thin and mashed
5 cherry tomatoes, halved
5 Thai chilies, sliced thin
1 tablespoon palm sugar
2 tablespoons fish sauce
juice of 1 lime, or more to taste
3 tablespoons roasted peanuts, chopped

Directions

Toss the cucumbers, dried shrimp, beans, and tomatoes together in a bowl.
Stir the Thai chilies, palm sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice together in a small bowl; pour over the cucumber mixture. Toss to combine. Adjust seasoning to your taste. Sprinkle chopped peanuts over the mixture to serve.

Ingredients

- 250 g. suji (semolina)
- 250 g. sugar
- 150 g. ghee
- 6-8 cardamom

Doodhi is an extract juice of Suji or semolina.
To make doodhi, put Suji in a small saucepan add sufficient water and soak for at least 3 hours.
Wet a large piece of muslin and tie it securely over the top of a small bowl.
Place small amount of soaked suji on the wet muslin, pour little water at a time and rub vigorously with your palm and fist. Extract all juice and discard the residue, (phok).
Place this juice (doodhi) at room temperature for several hours or until the thick milk settle down at the bottom of the pan and clear water floats on the top. Carefully Drain off the clear water from the top.

Method

1. Put sugar, half cup of water, ghee and cardamoms in a karahi or heavy based sauce pan.
2. Stirring constantly cook over low heat until a thick and light brown syrup is formed. Stand well back, in case of spluttering, and pour immediately the juice (doodhi).
3. Stirring constantly fry (bhuna) till ghee float on the top.
4. Garnish with melon seeds, grated Coconut, Pistachio and almonds. Serve hot.
Can be stored in refrigerator for a month.
Origin of this recipe is Kalabagh district Mianwali.
This delicious dish is used in Mianwali, lakki Marwat, Bannu, kohat, Karak and Attock districts
of Pakistan.
Doodhi ka halwa can serve as a breakfast and as a sweet dish with meal.

Ingredients

- 225g basmati rice
- 400ml water
- 200g gur (break into small pieces)
-1\4 cup ghee
- 1 tsp. aniseed
- 8 green cardamom seeds,
crushed
- 4 cloves
- 100g blanched almonds, cut into slivers
- 50g unsalted pistachio nuts, cut into slivers
- 25g green raisins
- 1tsp. lemon juice

Method

1. Rinse rice in a sieve under the running water, then soak it in cold water for 30 minutes. Drain.
2. Put water and gur in a pan and bring to boil. Boil for two minutes, then remove from heat and strain.
3. In another heavy based pan heat ghee, add cardamom, aniseed and clove. Stirring all the time, fry these for couple of minutes. Stand well back, in case of spluttering, and add rice along with syrup. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to low.
4. Add almonds, pistachio nuts, green raisins and lemon juice. Stir just once, cover with a tight fitting lid and cook for 20 minutes until syrup is completely absorbed.

Sohan Halwa (Sohann Halwaa) Recipe

Ingredients

225g basmati rice
- 400ml water
- 200g gur (break into small pieces)
-1\4 cup ghee
- 1 tsp. aniseed
- 8 green cardamom seeds,
crushed
- 4 cloves
- 100g blanched almonds, cut into slivers
- 50g unsalted pistachio nuts, cut into slivers
- 25g green raisins
- 1tsp. lemon juice

Method

1. Rinse rice in a sieve under the running water, then soak it in cold water for 30 minutes. Drain.
2. Put water and gur in a pan and bring to boil. Boil for two minutes, then remove from heat and strain.
3. In another heavy based pan heat ghee, add cardamom, aniseed and clove. Stirring all the time, fry these for couple of minutes. Stand well back, in case of spluttering, and add rice along with syrup. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to low.
4. Add almonds, pistachio nuts, green raisins and lemon juice. Stir just once, cover with a tight fitting lid and cook for 20 minutes until syrup is completely absorbed.

Ingredients:

1 kg Corn flour
1 kg Sugar
1 kg Ghee
1 Cup milk
100 gms Almonds
100 gms Pistachios
1 tsp Saffron

Method:

Mix corn flour in 1 cup of water
Allow it to dissolve properly.
Dissolve saffron in water.
Mix 3 cups of water in sugar and boil for it for sometime.
Add milk and boil it for 5 minutes.
Mix corn flour and saffron mixture to it.
Cook the mixture over medium heat.
As the mixture turns thick, start adding oil.
Continue adding oil and stirring till the mixture gets separated.
Add almonds and pistachios.
Place this mixture on greased plate.
Keep it for cooling for a while.
Cut into square pieces.
Crunchy Sohan Halva is ready.

Ingredients:

6	- eggs
4	medium potatoes
1/2	cup oil
1	- onions, roughly chopped
1	tablespoon ginger paste
1	tablespoon garlic paste
1	teaspoon salt
1/4	teaspoon turmeric
1	teaspoon red chili powder
2	teaspoon coriander powder
.5-.75	cup water
1	teaspoon garam masala

Method:

Peel and cut the potatoes into large cubes and keep them in cold tap water.
Heat oil in a saucepan add onions and fry for 5-8 minutes, until transparent but not brown.
Add garlic and ginger, stirring constantly, fry for about 5 minutes, add 3-4 tablespoons of water to prevent the gravy from burning.
Add salt, chile powder, turmeric, coriander powder and 3-4 tablespoons of water. Fry the onion mixture for 3-5 minutes.
Add potatoes and stir the contents until the spices coat the potatoes well. Add water, cover and cook over low heat for about 15-20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender but not very soft. Add two cups of water, bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes on low heat.
Meanwhile hard boil the eggs, peel and quarter.
Add garam masala, coriander leaves and green chilies to the potato curry, stir gently and transfer to serving dish. Add boiled eggs and serve.
Serve with chapati or paratha and mixed pickle. once

This recipe serves 6 people.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.
Cooking Time: 25 minutes.

Serving Options:
Serve Hot
Try it with Naan or Routi

Ingredients

- 1- medium Chicken
- 1 tsp-fresh Ginger paste
- 1 tsp-fresh Garlic paste
- 2 tsp-coarsely ground black pepper corns
- 1 tsp-white pepper powder
- 3 tbsp-oil
- 1/2 cup-water
- 2 tbsp-lemon juice
- 3-green chillies-slit lenghtwise
- salt to taste

Method

1. Mix together ginger & garlic pastes. Add salt, black pepper and white pepper.

2. Rub the paste on the chicken pieces. Leave aside for one hour.

3. Heat oil in kadhai and add the chicken pieces

4. Stir fry for 10-15 minutes.

5. Lower the heat and add the green chillies and water.

6. Simmer until chicken is tender.

7. Add lemon juice and serve hot.

Ingredients

- 6 pai
- salt according to taste
- 1 tsp haldi
- 1tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp ginger paste
- 1/2 cup cornflour (starch)
- 1 onion

Slice the onion finely and fry in the ghee/oil on very low flame till they are golden-brown.
Remove the fried onion from the oil and keep aside. In the oil add all the spices (except the nutmeg, sugar and Kewra) with a little water to prevent burning.
Add the meat and mix well with the spices. When the water of the meat has dried, add 2-3 glasses of water (1 glass enough for chicken). By now the fried onion would have cooled and turned crisp. Crush it and add it to the pot.
Cover and cook on low flame till the meat is tender. When the meat has softened and the gravy has acquired the desired consistency, add a pinch of Nutmeg (jaiphal) and Mace (Javitri), Kewra, almond and sugar. Leave on very low heat (dum) for two minutes.
Serve hot with naan.
Serving: 6 to 8 persons.

Ingredients

1 loaf French bread
2 tblsp Vanilla Extract
4 Bananas, mashed
4 cups Milk
3 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Raisins
1 tsp freshly ground Nutmeg
1 tsp Cinnamon
Splash of rum (optional)

Method

Cut the lof in small cubes.
Put the cubed loaf in a bowl.
Now pour the milk on it and keep it aside for a hour.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
In a separate bowl mix the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence.
Pour this mixture onto the bread mixture and then spread the mashed bananas and raisins.
Add rum, cinnamom and nutmeg powder.
Pour this mixture on the baking dish.
Bake in the oven for 1 hour and then let it cool.

Ingredients

3 oranges
1 1/4 pints milk
1 1/2 oz cornflour
1 oz butter
3 oz sugar
2 eggs
pinch of salt

Method

Peel the oranges, cut in pieces and place in a buttered dish.
Mix cornflour with a little of the milk.
Boil remainder of milk, add to the cornflour paste and cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add the butter and a pinch of salt.
Sprinkle a little sugar over the oranges.
Mix the rest of the sugar with the yolks of the eggs, and add to the milk and cornflour mixture.
Stir for a minute or two longer over the fire without boiling.
Pour over the oranges and bake for 10 minutes.
Beat the egg whites stiffly, fold in a little castor sugar, pie on top and return to cool oven for abut 10 minutes, to set and tinge a very pale brown.

Ingredients

1 cup mango pulp
1 cup cottage cheese(paneer)
1 cup cream
1 tblsp gelatin
1/4th cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup mango cubes
cream and cherry for garnishing

Method

Dissolve the gelatin in 1/4 th cup of water. Keep it aside.
In a mixer blend the mango pulp, paneer cream and sugar.
Take a bowl and mix both the blended mixture and the dissolved gelatin.
Keep it in the refrigerator for setting.
When fully set garnish with mango pieces, cream and cherries and serve immediately.

Ingredients

8 oz breadcrumbs
8 oz figs (anjeer)
6 oz shredded suet
2 eggs
scrape of nutmeg (jaiphal)
1/2 pint milk (doodh)
6 oz sugar (cheeni)

Method.

Chop the figs very finely and mix with the breadcrumbs, sugar, suet and nutmeg.
Add the beaten eggs and the milk.
Put the mixture into a greased basin, cover with a double piece of greased paper and steam for 3 hours.
Serve with wine foam sauce.

Ingredients

2 oz rice sago
1 tblspful sugar
1/2 oz butter
1 pint milk
pinch of salt

Method

Just cover the cereal with water and let it stand for 5 minutes.
Strain off water, and put the cereal in a greased pie dish with the sugar, butter, salt and milk.
Let it soak for about 1 hour.
Then stir it well and cook slowly in a cool oven for 2 hours, stirring well after Â½ hours.
The above recipe makes a pudding of medium thickness; more or less cereal should be used to vary the consistency according to taste.
An egg can be added if desired, in which case the cereal should be boiled in the milk first and the egg added when cool.
Then bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

Ingredients

6 cups All purpose flour (maida)
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cup white sugar
2 cup butter or margarine
2 egg
6 tablespoons cream
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method:

Sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together. Mix well.
Add the butter.
Add egg, cream and vanilla extract thoroughly.
Wrap this dough into a foil and refrigerate for atleast 24 hrs.
Reheat the oven for 400 degrees.
Now roll the dough into a crust which is 1/4 to 1/8 thick.
Now with the help of a cookie cutter, cut the cookies.
Lastly place them on a greased tray and bake them at 400 degrees for 5 - 8 minutes.

Ingredients

6"-7" round dish or 2" high with cover
100g paneer - grated
1 cup shelled peas
2 tbsp. oil
1 medium size onion
1-2 green chillies
1/2" piece ginger
6 tbsp. ready made tomato puree
1/4- red chilli powder
1/2 tsp. cumin powder
1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
Cashewnuts - optional
Salt to taste

Method

Grind together onion, green chillies, ginger and fry this masala for 4 to 5 minutes in a non-stick pan.
Add tomato puree, garam masala, cumin powder, peas and sprinkle 1 tbsp. water.
Now transfer this to a micro dish and micro high for 3 minutes.
Add salt, grated paneer 5 tbsp. water and cashew nuts and mix gently.
Cover the dish and again micro wave for 2 minutes and stand for another 2 minutes.
Serve, garnished with fresh coriander and green chili.

Ingredients

300 grams bhindi - ladies fingers finely sliced
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon dried mango powder
1/2 teaspoon red chillies
2 to 3 fresh green chillies
Salt to taste

Method

In a non - stick frying pan heat the oil and put in all the masalas, (except the salt and mango powder).
Stir fry for one minute and then add the bhindi.
Mix well and then microwave for 5 minutes uncovered.
Let it stand for 2 to 3 minutes and then serve.

Ingredients

1 packet Noodles
2 Onion (Pyaj)
3 - 4 chopped Tomato (Tamatar)
4 tsp chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1 " chopped Ginger (Adrak)
3 - 4 flakes chopped Garlic (Lasun)
4 5 chopped Green chilli (Hari mirch)
1/2 tsp Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tblsp Oil

Method:

Boil the noodles as directed on the pack.
Drain them in a strainer and wash with cold water. Keep aside.
Heat oil in a nonstick pan and fry garlic, ginger, green chillies and onions until they are golden.
Add tomatoes along with salt and masala.
Cook till tomatoes are tender.
Add the noodles and stir well.
Cook for a while and remove the fire and serve immediately.

Ingredients

2 cups Besan
1 large finely chopped Onion
1 finely chopped Green Chilli
1 bunch leaves finely chopped Coriander
1 tsp Ajwain
1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1 tsp Chat Masala
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1- 1 1/2 cup water to make batter
Oil for cooking
Salt to taste

Method:

Put all the ingredients except water in a big bowl.
Now start adding small quantities of water to make a smooth batter, so that there should be no lumps in it.
Add water till it comes to a dropping consistency or just like dosa batter. now keep it aside.
Now heat a non-stick- tawa or heavy bottom frying pan, then turn the heat on medium. put little oil on tawa [1tsp.] & spread 1 serving spoonful of batter evenly on it.
Cover it with lid just for a minute so that it should cook inside also. then remove lid, put some more oil on the top & turn it upside down.
Let it be brown & crispy from both sides.
Repeat the same with rest of the batter.
Serve hot with green chutney or sause. it can be taken with toast also.

Ingredients

100 gms Macroni
1 chopped Onion (Pyaj)
1 each yellow, red, green Capsicum (Shimla Mirch)
2 tblsp Ketuchup 1/2 tsp Red Chilly
Little White Pepper
1 tblsp Butter
Cheese for garnish

Method:

Chop the vegetables.
Heat oil and add onions and capsicums.
When they tender add sauce, chilly powder, white pepper and salt.
Mix well and then add macroni.
When fully mixed garnish with grated cheese.

Ingredients

2 lbs of any white fish fillets (cut into 2-3-inch pieces)
1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup vinegar
Salt To Taste
1 tbsp ground coriander seeds
1 tbsp ground cumin seeds
1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Method :

Blend together ginger, garlic, vinegar, salt, coriander, cumin, cayenne and oil in the blender to form a fine paste.
Marinate the fish pieces into the paste for about 4 hours in the refrigerator.
Pre-heat the oven on maximum heat at broil.
Cover the oven tray with foil to avoid mess.
Place the marinated fish pieces on the tray and broil for about 8-10 minutes.
Turn over and broil for about 8 minutes again.
Keep a constant check. Broiling time may vary depending on the thickness of fish pieces.
Serve the tandoori fish hot with your favorite chutney.

Ingredients

1 fish Rawas, Surmai or Halwaa
1 onion cut in strips
1 inch ginger griunded to paste
10-12 green chillies chopped
few curry leaves
1 tomato cut in strips
1/2 coconut grated
1/2 tsp cornflour
1/2 tsp lime juice

Method:

Marinate fish in salt for 15-30 minutes and semi-fry carefully.
Saute the onion, ginger, chillies, curry leaves, tomato in oil till light brown.
Soak the grated coconut in warm water and then remove and keep aside first milk.
Take rest of the milk, pour into fried masala and put in fish pieces.
Cook for 10 minutes. When cooked add cornflour dissolved in water and boil.
Then add first milk. Add juice of half a lime or to taste.

Ingredients

900 gms./ 2lb Fish
1cup gram flour (besan)
1 green chili (chopped)
Salt To Taste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
3 tbsp fresh bread crumbs
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1/2 black pepper powder
2 cups water
3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
For Garnishing :
1 lemon (sliced)
2 tomatoes (sliced)

Method

Wash the fish thoroughly and cut into pieces. Rub the turmeric over the fish pieces with about 1tsp salt and set aside for 15-20 minutes.
Rinse the fish under running water.
Mix gram flour, bread crumbs, salt, chili & pepper powder, green chili, coriander and water and form a smooth batter.
Heat the oil in a kadhai or wok .
Coat the fish nicely with batter and deep-fry until golden all over on a moderate heat for about 8-10 minutes.
Serve batter fried fish hot garnished with lemon & tomato slices.

Ingredients

400 gms fish pieces
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tsp chopped ginger
2 tbsp tamarind pulp
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
2 dry red chili
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tbsp soaked rice
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tbsp oil
Salt To Taste

Method:

Apply salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder to the fish pieces and keep aside for 15 minutes.
Lightly roast cumin and coriander seeds. Mix with dry red chillies, soaked rice and grated coconut.
Grind it to a smooth paste. Soak tamarind in half a cup of hot water. Heat oil in a pan.
Add chopped onions and chopped ginger. Cook on a high flame till onions are golden brown. Stir in fish pieces and add 2 cups of water.
Bring it to a boil. Stir in coconut and spice paste. Mash tamarind dissolved in water to make a pulp.
Strain and add to the gravy. Simmer for 2 minutes and finish with coconut milk.
Add fish pieces and cook on a medium flame for 7-8 minutes or till the fish is done.

Ingredients

250 gms Minced Mutton
2 meduim sized sliced Onion (Pyaj)
1 tsp Garam Masala
4 chopped Green chilli (Hari mirch)
3 skinned and chopped Tomato (Tamatar)
1 cup fresh Curd (Dahi)
A big pinch of Saffron (Kesar)oaked in lukewarm milk
15 Cashewnut (Kaju)
4 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)
1 tblsp Coriander Seeds Powder (Dhania Powder)
1 tblsp Turmeric (Haldi)
6 Red Chillies
1 tblsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
6 cloves Garlic (Lasun)

Method:

First grind ginger, corainder seeds, turmeric powder, red chillies, cumin seeds, garlic with adequate quantity of salt to a thick paste.
Now heat ghee.
Fry onions, green chillies, tomatoes till brown and ghee begins to separate.
Add masala paste and simmer for 3 minutes.
Add keema and simmer.
Add beaten curd and a cup of water.
Cook till meat is tender and gravy is thick.
Add garam masala, soaked saffron and cashewnuts.
Cover it with a lid for few minutes.
Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves.

Ingredients

big sized Onion (Pyaj)
1 " Ginger (Adrak)
2 tblsp chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
2 fresh Green chilli (Hari mirch) slit lengthwise into halves
3 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
3 - 4 cloves Gralic peeled and coarsely chopped
3 tblsp Wine Vinegar
175 ml warm Water
1 tblsp Tomato (Tamatar) puree

For paste

1 tblsp Sesame seeds (Til)
1 kg Leg of Lamb
1 tblsp Mustard Seeds (Raai / Raee)
1 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
2 tblsp Poppy seeds (Khuskhus)
2 " piece Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini)
2 - 4 dried Red Chillies
4 Cloves (Lavang)
10 Black Pepper (Kali Mirch)
2 Brown Cardamom (Elaichi Moti)

Method:

Trim off excess fat from the meat and cut into 2 " cubes.
Rub the spice paste well into the meat and leave for marination for 4 -6 hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
Add the salt to garlic and crush to a smooth pulp.
Melt the ghee over low flame.
Add the onions and ginger adjust flame to medium and fry them until the onions are soft.
Add the garlic paste and fry for a further 2 -3 minutes stiring frequently.
Add the meat and cook in the onion mixture until all sides of meat are brown.
Add water and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer until the meat is tender.
Add the puree, green chillies and coriander leaves.
Adjust the flame to medium and cook for 3 - 4 minutes stiring continously.
Remove the pan from the flame and serve hot.