Liver (Livir) Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 kg liver (lamb/chicken)
1 tsp. garlic (Lehsan) paste
1 tsp. ginger (Adrak) paste
1 tsp. salt (according to taste)
¼ tsp. turmeric (Haldi) powder
½ tsp. chili (Lal Mirch) powder
3 tsp. yogurt
1 small tomato-chopped
1 small onion-chopped
½ cup fresh coriander (Dhaniya) leaves
2-3 green chilies-chopped
1 tbs. fenugreek (Methi) leaves (Kasuri)
2-3 tbs. oil

Method

Sauté the onion in oil till transparent-light brown. Add the spices, yogurt and liver.
Cook for 2-3 minutes till water dries on medium heat. Do not overcook otherwise it will become hard.
Serve with chapati
Serving: 2 to 3 persons

Ingredients

1 Kg. boneless chicken
2 tsp Salt
1 tsp chili (Lal Mirch) powder
2 Green Bell peppers
3 Medium Onions
6 Small green chilies
½ Kg canned whole/diced tomatoes
½ Cup Ketchup
3 tbs. Soy Sauce
3 tbs. Oil

Method

Cut the chicken into cubes and
fry it in oil on low-medium heat
until the chicken is white. (15 minutes)
Dice the tomatoes if you're using whole ones. Add this to the chicken. Deseed the bell peppers and cut them into 1 inch chunks. Cut the onions into chunks and add these in as well.
Throw in the rest of the ingredients and cook this on low-medium heat for about half an hour or until the bell peppers are slightly soft.
Serve with boiled rice.
Serving: 3 to 4 persons

Ingredients

1 Kg. Boneless chicken meat
4 medium sized onions-chopped
4 tomatoes-chopped
2 onions cut into thick slices
2 tomatoes cut into broad slices
1 Capsicum (Shimla Mirch) cut into slices (the yellow variety can also be used to enhance the color of the dish)
1 tsp. garlic (Lehsan) paste
1 tsp. ginger (Adrak) paste
¼ tsp. ground garam masala
¼ tsp. turmeric (Haldi) powder
½ tsp. Coriander (Dhaniya) powder
1 tsp. salt (according to taste)
3-4 tbs. oil

Method

Sauté the chopped onions in the oil till transparent. Add the Garlic (Lehsan), Ginger (Adrak), Turmeric (Haldi), Coriander Seeds (Dhaniya) and chopped tomatoes. Cover and simmer to allow the tomatoes to soften.
Add the chicken and cook for another 10 minutes or until the chicken is slightly tender. Add the salt.
Take a few tea spoons of oil from this chicken into a separate frying pan.
Heat and add the sliced onion, Capsicum (Shimla Mirch), sliced tomatoes, and garam masala. Sauté this for a while till the vegetables soften lightly.
To this frying pan add the cooked chicken. Mix and allow cooking for another 2-3 minutes.
Serve with rice.
Serving: 4 persons

Ingredients

½ Kg. beef Pasanday (filets)
2 tbs. unripe papaya (grinded)
1 tsp ginger (Adrak) paste
1 tsp garlic (Lehsan) paste
1 tsp. salt (according to taste)
2 tbs. yogurt
1 tsp chili (Lal Mirch) powder OR 1 tbs. chopped green chilies
1 tbs. oil. (Preferably mustard oil)

Method

Mix together all the spices, yogurt and papaya and coat the beef with it.
Leave to marinate for 5-6 hours preferably overnight.
Then barbeque over charcoal or you can bake it
in an oven
Garnish with onion rings, ginger, green chilies and lemon juice.
Serve with naan

Serving: 4 persons

Ingredients

½ Kg. mince meat
½ tsp. salt (according to taste)
¼ tsp. turmeric (Haldi) powder
¼ tsp. ginger (Adrak) paste
½ tsp. garlic (Lehsan) paste
½ tsp red chili (Lal Mirch) powder
3-4 Whole dried red chilies
4-5 black pepper (Kali Mirch)
4-5 cloves (Laung)
1 black cardamom (Bari Ilaichi)
1 bay leaves (Tezpatta)
2 tbs. yogurt
1 medium tomato chopped
1 medium onion chopped
3 tbs. oil

For garnishing
4 tbs. fresh coriander (Dhaniya) leaves-chopped
2-3 green chilies

Method

Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion till light brown.
Add the spices along with the Garlic (Lehsan) and Ginger (Adrak) paste. Mix well.
Add the mince meat, stir till the spices have mixed well with it and its water has dried.
Add 1 glass of water to it and leave on medium heat to tenderize.
When half done add the yogurt and tomatoes. Cook till all the water has dried.
Mix well and garnish with chopped fresh Coriander Seeds (Dhaniya) and chopped green chili.

Serve hot with naan
Serving: 4 to 5 persons.

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.