Badami Qorma (Badaame Korma) Recipe

Ingredients

1 Kg mutton or chicken
100 grm almond (blanched)
4 black cardamom (Bari Ilaichi) seeds
18 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi)
24 cloves (Laung)
24 whole black pepper (Kali Mirch)
8 tsp. coriander (Dhaniya) powder
250 grm. onion
1 to 1½ tsp. salt (according to taste)
1 ½ tbs. garlic (Lehsan) paste
1 tbs. ginger (Adrak) paste
250 grm. yogurt
1½ to 2 tsp. chili (Lal Mirch) powder
250 grm. ghee or oil.
1 pinch of nutmeg (Jaiphal) and mace (Javitri) powder
1 tbs. of Kewra
1 tsp. sugar

Method

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.