Cuisine Beyond Borders

2011-11-09T09:59:00.000-08:00

Mutton Chops (Baked /Deep fry)

Now a days is the season of Baqar e eid, hopefully you are enjoying by cooking and eating variety of meat dishes,I already made this dish and my kids liked it very much therefore I want you to try at your place and enjoy but don’t forget to give your comments. If you have to make 2 lbs. then you can double the quantity

Ingredients:

Mutton chops: 1 lb

Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Garlic paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Green coriander: Small bunch

Green chili’s: 5

White cumin seeds: 1 Tablespoonful

Vegetable oil: 2 cup (if you want to deep fry)

Bread crumb: 1 cup

Eggs: 2 (blend with fork)

Recipe:

1. Wash the mutton chops thoroughly.

2. Boil them with ginger, garlic paste and salt 1 teaspoonful in tow cup of water until tender.

3. Now make a paste of green coriander, green chili, salt 1 teaspoonful and cumin seeds in chopper.

4. Now dip them one by one in green chutney then in raw blended eggs.

5. Now take bread crumb in a plate and apply thoroughly on chops or the other method is to take

Bread crumb in a shopper and add chop one by one in it so bread crumb thoroughly applied on all chops.

6. Now it is up to you if you want to make a healthy dish, you put them in a preheated oven up to 350 degree for half an hour.

7. If you are making it for kids you can deep fry them.

Preparation Time: 1 hr.

Cooking time: 30 min

2011-06-26T16:07:00.000-07:00

Grilled Tikka Boti (Lamb/Chicken)

Most popular dish of summer for doing barbecue at picnic spots, every age of person enjoys it during picnic. We can make it healthy by eating salad and rice/bread/burger with them so that it becomes a healthy and balance diet.

Ingredients:

Chicken: 1 lb ( Boneless chicken without skin one inch cubes)or Lamb:1lb(Boneless one inch cubes, apply meat tenderizer powder 1 teaspoonful or one inch piece of raw papaya crushed and apply thoroughly over them and keep in fridge for 1 hr.)

Ginger Paste: 1 Teaspoonful

Garlic Paste: 1Teaspoonful

Red Pepper Powder: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Lemon Juice/Vinegar: 2 Tablespoonful

Garam Masala Powder: 1 Teaspoonful

Recipe:

1. Wash chicken and keep in strainer so that all water will drain out.

2. Now mix all ingredients with chicken/lamb and keep in fridge for 3 hrs or for over night so that

It will become tastier. Screw the chicken/lamb pieces over the skewer.

3. Now grill them and apply oil with brush frequently and change their position.

4. Now take them out in a dish and serve them with raita , ketchup, salad, burger, bread or rice.

Preparation Time : For marination: 2-3 hrs.

For barbecue: ½ hr.

Broast Chicken/KFC Chicken

2011-06-23T08:06:00.000-07:00

It is a very famous and delicious snacks which is very costly at KFC and Mc Donald. All family members like it therefore today I am going to tell you its recipe.

Ingredients:

Chicken: 1 (cut into 8 pieces) with skin

Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Garlic Paste: 1Tablespoonful

Red pepper: 1 Teaspoonful

Salt: 1 1/2 Teaspoonful

Lemon Juice: 2 Tablespoonful

Vegetable oil: 3 cup for deep frying

Egg: 2 (If you are weight conscious or having high cholesterol or high blood pressure then only use egg white of 3 eggs and bake it in oven)

Cornflakes: 3 cups crushed enough to make 2 cups

Flour : 1 cup mix with a pinch of salt and ½ tsf of red pepper

How to cook?

Wash the chicken pieces thoroughly.
Marinate chicken pieces with all spices and keep them in fridge for more than 2 hours (the longer it will marinate, the better it tastes)
Steam them in a close container for 15 min.
Now cover all chicken pieces with beaten eggs.
Take flour in storage bag and cover chicken pieces with flour one by one.
Again dip them in eggs.
Take cornflakes in a food storage bag now put chicken pieces in it to cover with cornflakes completely.
Heat oil in frying pan/electric deep fryier.Then deep fry them until golden brown
(NOTE: Take a baking pan, spread an aluminum foil over it and grease it with oil. Keep chicken for baking for 40-50 mins or until chicken tender. Turn chicken upside down after 15 mins.)
Serve it with green chutney or ketchup.

Preparation time:

Work: 15 mins

Oven: 30 mins

Total Time: 4 5 mins

2011-06-22T19:12:00.000-07:00

Health Risks of Sitting Down

A public service message by Primal Care

Did you know, Sitting down for more than six hours a day can increase your risk of death

by as much as 40%! From increased risk of heart disease and obesity in the long term, to

sharply hampered cholesterol maintenance in the short term, the negative health effects of

sitting are starting to weigh heavily against the benefits.

Here is a fantastic info-graphic on the health risks of sitting, very informative!

BREAKFAST

2011-06-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

Importance of Having Breakfast

Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death. Advice on not to skip breakfast!

Healthy living. For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop that habit now! You've heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst practices you can develop may be avoiding breakfast. Why?

Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6: 00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m.What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early morning hours? We may have an Answer. Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to Cholesterol or plaque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes. Studies performed at Memorial University in St.Johns, Newfoundland found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning platelet activation. Subjects in the study consumed either low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk. So if you skip breakfast, it's important that you change this practice immediately in light of this research. Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and perhaps a piece of fruit. This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off a potential Heart Attack or stroke. So never ever skip breakfast.

IMPORTANCE OF CORIANDER LEAVES

2011-06-22T18:55:00.000-07:00

IMPORTANCE OF CORIANDER LEAVES

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS IN LESS
THAN Rs 1.00

Years pass by and our kidneys are filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and any unwanted entering our body. With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments and how are we going to overcome this?

It is very easy, first take a bunch of parsley (MALLI Leaves) KOTHIMBIR (DHANIYA)and wash it clean

Then cut it in small pieces and put it in a pot and pour clean water and boil it for ten minutes and let it cool down and then filter it and pour in a clean bottle and keep it inside refrigerator to cool.

Drink one glass daily and you will notice all salt and other accumulated poison coming out of your kidney by urination also you will be able to notice the difference which you never felt before.

Parsley is known as best cleaning treatment for kidneys and it is natural!

2011-06-20T12:14:00.000-07:00

Fish Biryani:

It is a delicious, healthy and easy to cook biryani. Most people think it will be difficult to make but believe me if you follow the given instructions it will be easy to make.

Ingredients:

Tilapia fish fillet: 1 lb (For biryani you should take boneless part of fish)

Basmati rice : 1 lb (2 cup ,wash and soak in water)

Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Garlic Paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Onion Paste: 2 Tablespoonful’s

Onion: 1 Large (cut finely for frying)

Tomato Paste: 3 Tablespoonful’s

Yogurt: 3 tablespoonful’s

Red pepper powder: 1 Tablespoonful

Haldi (Turmeric powder): ¼ teaspoonful

Salt : 1 Teaspoonful

Garam Masala Powder: 1 Teaspoonful

Olive Oil/ Corn oil: 2 Tablespoonful

Cinnamon stick: 1 ( 1in stick)

Clove: 4

Black Pepper whole: 8

White coriander seeds: 1 Tablespoonful

Methi seeds: 1 Teaspoonful

Orange Food color: 1 pinch

Green pepper:1-2( finely cut)

Green coriander leaves: ½ cup( finely cut)

Recipe:

1. Wash fish fillets with vinegar or gram flour( Basin)

2. Fry onion in oil and add cinnamon, clove black pepper, white cumin and methi seeds.

3. When onion become light brown then add ginger, garlic and onion paste and fry it well.

4. Now add tomato paste, yogurt, red pepper, salt and turmeric powder and continue to fry.

5. Now add fish fillets and slow down the flame to low heat as it tender within 10 min so change upside down after 5 min and don’t add water in it.

6. Add Garam Masala powder, green pepper and green coriander leaves init.

7. Boil 4 cup of water with 2 tablespoonful of salt, when boiled add rice and cook until ¾ cooked

8. Then drained out whole water through strainer.

9. Now make a layer of rice in a pan then spread all fish over it carefully, then cover them with rest of rice.

10. Sprinkle orange food colour over the rice.

11. Put it over low flame for 10 min.

12. Now fish biryani is ready to serve.

Preparation Time: 30- 45 min

2011-05-31T13:00:00.000-07:00

Kheer for sugar conscious persons:

Ingredients:

Milk: 2 liter

Rice: 1/2 cup wash and soak in water for 1/2 hr then break them with hand.

Condensed Milk: 1 can

Green Cardamom: 10

For Garnishing:

Pistachio: 10, cut finely

Almond:10,cut finely

Kewra water: 1 Teaspoonful

Recipe:

· Boil milk with green cardamom, then slow down heat to medium flame for 1 to 1 1/2 hr till it become thick with yellowish ting.

· Now add rice and 1/2 liter of water and keep on medium flame and stir off and on

· When milk start boiling then slow down the heat, let it cook for 1 hr and stir occasionally.

· Now check the rice when they soft and milk became thickened then mash the rice well with spoon and stir continuously to avoid sticking at base of pan

· Now add a can of condensed milk stir constantly and mashing rice with spoon.

· Check the thickness by pouring a small amount of kheer in a plate.

· Sprinkle Kewra water 1 teaspoonful over the kheer

· Pour the kheer in a large bowel and garnish it with Pistachio and almond.

(Note: Same thing you can do with Feerny i.e don't add sugar and increase quantity of canned milk)

Preparation time: 3 hrs

2011-05-25T18:41:00.000-07:00

Meethy Tikiyan ( Special Sweet Biscuits)

This special dish used to be mostly made on 22nd Rajab. It is a traditional occasion, when these meethy tikiyan are served with Kheer along with certain salty dishes like Dahi baray, Cholay, Aloo puri or Biryani. My special recipe for Meethy Tikiyan ( Special Sweet Biscuits) is given below:

Ingredients:

White flour: 2 cup

Suji ( Semolina): 3/4 cup

Milk: 1/2 cup

Sugar: 1/2 cup or as desired

Oil: 1 cup

Salt: 1 Pinch( optional)

Green cardamom: 5(crushed to make powder)

Recipe:

· Take white flour, suji( samolina), green cardamom powder and 1/2 cup of oil in a dish and mix well.

· Take 1/2 cup warm milk, dissolve sugar in it and knead the flour with this mixture.

· .Make a hard dough, don't add water in it.

· Now make small tikyan (biscuits) cut with a glass rim to make same size.

· Take a frying pan,heat 1 teaspoonful of oil and shallow fry them on a very low flame to avoid burning, turn upside down carefully.

· In the same way fry all, and keep them separately on a tray untill they cool down.

Preparation Time: 45 min.

2011-05-24T15:50:00.000-07:00

Kheer of Sweet Potatoes:

Ingredients:

Milk : 2 liters

Sweet Potatoes: 500 grams

Sugar: 1 cup or as desired

Condensed milk : 1 can

Green Cardamoms: 10

For Garnishing :

Pistachios and Almonds

Kewra Water: 1 Teaspoonful

Recipe:

· Boil milk with cardamoms for 1/2 hr

· Boil sweet potatoes, peel of skin and mash with fork and spoon.

· Add it in milk and continue to cook until thickened.

· Then add condensed milk and 1/2 cup of sugar and taste the sweetness, if less then add more and cook.

· Check it by putting small amount in a plate.

· Then pour it in a bowel and garnish it with pistachios and almonds

Sprinkle kewra water over it.

Preparation Time: 1 1/2 hrs

2011-05-24T14:31:00.000-07:00

Gajer ki kheer:

Ingredients:

Milk: 1 1/2 liter

Carrots: 3 ( Wash, peel and do kadukash so they finely cut)

Rice: 1/2 cup wash and soak in water for 15 min then grind them .

Sugar: 1 cup

Green Cardamom:10

For garnishing:

Pistacheo and almond : 10, 10 cut in the same way as before.

Kewra water: 1 Teaspoonful.

Recipe:

· Boil milk, cardamoms and crushed carrots for 1 hr at slow heat so that milk become thickened and carrot became tender.

· Now add rice with water and stir continuously and cook for 1/2 hr

· Then add suger in it and stir continuously till it thickened.

· Note: You can check its thickness by putting a spoon of kheer in a plate and wait for a while , if it is ready it will not move by moving the plate.Same procedure can be used in any kheer thickness

· Now pour kheer in a large bowel and garnish it with kewra water, almonds and pistachios .

Preparation time: 1 1/2 hrs

2011-05-24T14:02:00.000-07:00

Kheer

It is a delicious most cooking sweet dish in our subcontinent, but it is made in different ways, which are given below:

1. Traditional tasty Kheer.

2. Easy and delicious Kheer.

3. Gajer ki Kheer.

4. Kheer with sweet Potatoes

Traditional Tasty Kheer:

Ingredients:

Milk: 2 liter

Rice: 1/2 cup wash and soak in water for 1/2 hr then break them with hand.

Suger:1 1/2 cup or as desired

Green Cardamom: 10

For Garnishing:

Pistachio: 10

Almond:10,( soak both of them in warm water for 15 min then peel off their skin and cut finely to sprinkle over the kheer.

Kewra water: 1 Teaspoonful

Recipe:

· Boil milk with green cardamom, then slow down heat to medium flame for 1 to 1 1/2 hr till it become thick with yellowish ting.

· Now add rice and 1/2 liter of water and keep on medium flame and stir off and on

· When milk start boiling then slow down the heat, let it cook for 1 hr and stir occasionally.

· Now check the rice when they soft and milk became thickened then mash the rice well with spoon and stir continuously to avoid sticking at base of pan

· Now add sugar at last, it will again become thin in consistency.

· So cook further till it thickenedand stir constantly with mashing rice with spoon .

· Sprinkle Kewra water 1 teaspoonful over the kheer

· Pour the kheer in a large bowel and garnish it with Pistachio and almond,

Preparation time: 3 hrs

2011-05-24T13:58:00.000-07:00

Feerni (Easy and Delicious Kheer):

Ingredients:

Milk: 1 1/2 liter

Rice: 1/2 cup, wash and soak in water for 1/2 hr then grind them .

Condensed milk: 1/2 can

Green cardamom: 10

Sugar: 1/2 cup or as desired

For garnishing:

Pistachios: 10

Almonds: 10 ( soak them in warm water for 15 min then peel them off and cut finely)

Kewra water: 1 Teaspoonful

Recipe:

1. Boil milk and green cardamom , then slow down the flame to medium till the milk thickened.

2. Now add grind rice with water in milk and stir continuously to avoid any lumps formation and to avoid sticking in the base of pan.

3. When the kheer thickened add condensed milk and sugar in it and cook with stirring for 10 more min.

4. Sprinkle Kewra water 1 teaspoonful over it and stop the burner.

5. Pour the Kheer in a large bowl, and Garnish it with pistachios and almonds

Preparation Time: 1- 1 1/2 hr

2011-05-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

Kheer:

It is a delicious most cooking sweet dish in our subcontinent, but it is made in different ways, which are given below:

1. Traditional tasty Kheer.

2. Easy and delicious Kheer.

3. Gajer ki Kheer.

4. Kheer with sweet Potatoes

Traditional Tasty Kheer:

Ingredients:

Milk: 1 1/2 liter

Rice: 1/2 cup wash and soak in water for 1/2 hr then break them with hand.

Suger: 1/2 cup or as desired
Condensed milk: 1/2 can

Green Cardamom: 10

For Garnishing:

Pistachio: 10, cut finely

Almond:10,cut finely

Kewra water: 1 Teaspoonful

Recipe:

· Boil milk with green cardamom, then slow down heat to medium flame for 1 to 1 1/2 hr till it become thick with yellowish ting.

· Now add rice and 1/2 liter of water and keep on medium flame and stir off and on

· When milk start boiling then slow down the heat, let it cook for 1 hr and stir occasionally.

· Now check the rice when they soft and milk became thickened then mash the rice well with spoon and stir continuously to avoid sticking at base of pan.Now add Condensed milk 1/2 can and stir continuously.

· Now add sugar at last, it will again become thin in consistency.

· So cook further till it thickenedand stir constantly with mashing rice with spoon .( check its consistency by taking small amount of kheer in a plate.)

· Sprinkle Kewra water 1 teaspoonful over the kheer

· Pour the kheer in a large bowel and garnish it with Pistachio and almond,

Preparation time:2 1/2- 3 hrs

2011-05-22T06:56:00.000-07:00

Subway Burger

It is one of the most eaten snacks internationally; today I am going to tell you its quick and easy recipe.It can be made with chicken,beef, ground beef or chicken, or vegetables like carrot, beans mushrooms etc.Recipe will remain the same.

Things Required:

Foot long plain burger: 6

Boneless Chicken/beef (very small cubes): 1 lb or( ground chicken or beef)

Mozzarella cheese (shredded): 1 lb

Ground Red Pepper: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Oil: 2 Tablespoonfuls

Garlic (crushed): 3 cloves

Basil leaves: ¼ Teaspoonful

Onion: 1 (cut round)

Capsicum: 1 (Cut one inch elongated)

Lettuce: 1

Tomato: 3( cut elongated)

Cucumber: 2 ( cut finely)

Pasta tomato sauce: 3 Tablespoonfuls

Recipe:

1. Preheat oven at 350 degree for 15 min

2. Fry garlic in oil, then add chicken and fry well till water dry.

3. Now add red pepper, salt and pasta sauce, dry basil leaves and continue to fry at medium heat till chicken tender, it will take 10 min.

4. Now take burgers cut them elongated in such a way that they remain united at one side

5. Now fill them with chicken, onion, capsicum and lettuce.

6. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over them.

7. Put the prepared burger in a large oven tray and bake them for 10 min.

8. Your subway burgers are ready to eat , serve them with salsa or tomato ketchup.

9. Enjoy them and give me comments please.

Preparation Time: 45 min

2011-05-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

Rasmalai:

It is a delicious sweet dish which is favorite of almost all Indians and Pakistanis but now days it is very expensive in market, there fore I think if you try to make it at home then you enjoy more and it will also become cost effective.

Ingredients:

Powdered milk: 1 cup

Egg: 1(Beaten)

Baking powder: 1/2 Teaspoonful

Oil: 1 Tablespoonful

Milk: 1/2 Liter

Suger: ½ cup or as desired

Green Cardamom: 4 whole or crushed

Pistachios: 8(cut finely to sprinkle over rasmalai)

Recipe:

1. Take Powdered milk, oil, baking powder and beaten egg in a bowel and knead it to make a soft dough, Keep it aside to 15 min.

2. Boil milk and green cardamom for 10 min then add sugar in it.

3. Now make small balls then press them to make the shape of rasmalai.

4. Now add them in boiling milk carefully and continue to boil for 5-8 min ( check them with finger till they soft ).

5. When they cool , take them out with spoon carefully in a large bowel and sprinkle Pistachios over them.
Please leave comments for future improvement, Thanks

Preparation Time: 30 min

Afghani Pulao (Kabuli Pulao)

2011-05-04T15:28:00.000-07:00

It is very delicious and different from our pulao, my children were liked it very much. One day they brought me in Afghani Restaurant in Parsippany New Jersey. Now I am going to tell you its recipe. It is a traditional recipe made by Chef Zakir of Karachi. I will also give you its easy recipe later on.

Ingredients:

Rice (Basmati long rice): 2 cups

Brown Kishmish: 100 grams

Carrots: 2(crush in Kadukash/Finely cut length wise)

Chicken: 250 grams (small pieces without skin, boneless)

(You can also make it with lamb or beef)

Onion: 1 finely cut and fry till dark brown then chop it in chopper to make a paste

Oil: ½ cup

Black pepper: ½ tablespoonfuls

White cumin: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful for chicken and 1 Tablespoonful for rice

Traditional Recipe:

1. Fry chicken in oil and add half teaspoonful of salt to enhance the flavor, fry till chicken brown.

2. Fry 100 gram of kishmish, then add carrot black pepper and ½ teaspoonful of salt.

3. Now add fried chicken cubes and paste of brown fried onion.

4. Now boil 4 cups of water with 1 tablespoonful of salt and white cumin seeds 1 tablespoonful

5. When it boil then add rice in it and cook till half cooked, then drain water through strainer.

6. Take 1 teaspoonful of oil in a pan and add half of boiled rice to make a layer then add chicken in the form of layer, then add rest of rice

7. Add one tablespoonful of oil over the rice

8. Now keep it over a slow flame from the start for 15 mins then do upside down with spoon carefully, now if rice is not ready then again keep over very slow flame .Now Afghani pulao is ready. Usually it is served with a special white sauce.

9. White Sauce: Take 3 tablespoonfuls mayonnaise, 3 tablespoonfuls of milk, mix well with fork and add a pinch of black pepper and a pinch of salt.

Preparation Time: 1 hr

Quick and easy recipe:

1. Fry chicken in oil and add half teaspoonful of salt to enhance the flavor, fry till chicken brown.

2. Now fry onion in oil till dark brown then add I tablespoonful of white cumin.

3. Now add 100 gram of kishmish, then add carrot, black pepper and ½ teaspoonful of salt.

4. Now add fried chicken and rice in it.

5. Now add 3 cup of water and put it over high flame and add 1 tablespoonful of salt in it.

6. When the water somewhat dry and rice more than half cook, shake it with spoon upside down.

7. Slow down the flame or keep it in a rice cooker for 10-15 mins.

8. Now Afghani pulao is ready. It takes a very short time but the flavor is same.

Nargisi Koftay with Gravy

2011-04-16T09:04:00.000-07:00

It is very famous mouth watering dish, It seems to be difficult to make, there fore it is usually made in certain festivals,but today I am going to tell you its easy recipe.

Ingredients for Nargisi Koftay:

Ground beef/ chicken: 2 lb ( wash by dissolving whole ground meat in water in large pan thoroughly and then pass it through large plastic sieve, this should be done twice, and leave it as such in sieve, so that whole of the water drained out and ground meat become dry , it will take 15 min)

Onion: 2 large ( Fry it to brown )

Red chili: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Almond: 10

Green Cardamom: 6

Coriander seed: 2 tablespoonfuls

White cumin: 2 Tablespoonfuls

Poppy seed (Khashkhash): 2 Tablespoonfuls (optional)

Bread crumb: ½ cup

Eggs: 10 (8 fully boiled eggs and keep 2 eggs raw)

Recipe:

1. Take half of the ground beef /chicken in a pan and cook it without oil till its water become dry then add it to rest of the ground beef.

2. Now fry almond, green cardamom, coriander seed, white cumin and poppy seed in a fry pan without oil.(In this way special aroma develop in spices), now grind it in coffee seed grinder, and add it in ground beef

3. Now add fried onion, red chili, salt, 2 raw eggs and bread crumb in ground beef and mix well with hand and chop it in chopper.

4. Now take handful of ground beef in hand and cover it over boiled egg firmly. In such way make all koftas( Another option is to make half of the eggs,and make kofta with each half)

5. Now shallow fry them carefully in a fry pan

Gravy

You can make the gravy in the same way as that for qorma/ fish kofta .For the new readers I am going tell you its recipe.

Ingredients for Gravy:

Onion:1 small for frying and 2 small chopped to make a paste.

Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Garlic paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Oil: 3 tablespoonful

Red ground chili: 2 Tablespoonful

Haldi( Termeric powder): ½ Teaspoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful or as desired

Ground coriander powder: 1 tablespoonful

Yogurt: ½ cup

Ground gram masala: 1 teaspoonful

Green cardamom: 5

Kewra water: 1 Teaspoonful ( Pour in gravy in the last stage when dish is ready to serve)

Recipe:

1. Fry onion in oil till light brown, add green cardamom to fry.

2. Now add all ingredients to fry except ground garam masala

3. Fry well, add 1 cup of water allow it to cook, when water dry and fry well

4. Now add 1 cup of water and add Nargisi Koftay in gravy and cook for 10 min

5. Now pour garam masala powder over it

6. You may garnish it with green pepper and coriander leaves

7. Now Nargisi Koftay with gravy is ready, you can serve it with rice or nan

Preparation:

For Nargisi Koftay: 45 min

For Gravy: 15 min

Tuna Sandwich/ Burger

2011-04-15T19:09:00.000-07:00

Today I am going to tell you a very easy and quick recipe for Lunch, breakfast or a party. I ate it in Dunkin Donuts in sandwich form in croissant roll. You can also make it in round or long burger.

Ingredients:

Croissant roll: 3-4 or Burger: 3-4

Tuna can (Small): 5 oz

Mayonnaise: 3 Tablespoonfuls

Horse reddish sauce: 1 Teaspoonful (optional to enhance flavor)

Black pepper: ½ Teaspoonful

Green chili: 1 (finely cut)

Onion: 1 (small, finely cut)

Tomato ketchup

Tarter sauce

Recipe:

1. Cut Tuna can and drain all of the water or oil what ever is used to preserve it, put all of tuna in a bowel and mix 3 tablespoonful of Mayonnaise, Horse reddish sauce 1 teaspoonful, onion, green chili and black pepper.

2. Cut croissant roll longitudinally, Fill it with tuna and apply ketchup on one side.

3. In the same way make all three sandwiches .Warm it in microwave oven for 10 -15 secs only at the time of serving.

4. Serve it with Tartar sauce.

Preparation Time: 20 min

Chicken Biryani

2011-04-12T10:44:00.000-07:00

It is very easy and delicious recipe of chicken biryani. Let you try and give your comments.

Ingredients:

Chicken( without skin, cut into small cubes upto 16 pieces of chicken). 2 lb

Basmati Rice purchase from Indian/Pakistani superstore. 3 glass (1 ½ lb) wash and soak in water.

Onion. 3 large (finely cut for frying)

Ginger paste. 2 Tablespoonfuls

Garlic paste. 2 Tablespoonfuls

Red chili powder. 3 Tablespoonful

Haldi (Turmeric powder). 1 Teaspoonful

Corriender seed powder. 1 Tablespoonful

Garam masala powder. 1 Tablespoonful

Bay leaves. 2-3

Cloves.6

Green cardamom. 6

Salt. 2 Teaspoonfuls

Tomato paste/ puri . ½ cup

Yougart. ½ cup

Dried Prune . 6

Pather Phool. 6(optional to enhance flavor)

Green chilli. 4 cut finely

Green coriander leaves. Small bunch cut finely

Vegetable oil . 4 Tablespoonfuls

Kewra. 1teaspoonful for Qorma and 1 teaspoonful for biryani at last stage with colour

Orange food colour( use for zarda). ½ teaspoonful

Lemon juice / Vinegar. 3 Tablespoonfuls

Recipe:

1. First of all we make qorma of chicken, then boil rice and finally make layers of rice and chicken and keep over low flame for slow cooking( for daum)

2. Fry onion in oil in a pan till golden brown then remove half of it on a paper towel lined plate

3. Now add cardamom in oil and fry for few seconds then add chicken and fry well till it become white and water absorbed.

4. Now add red chili, haldi (turmeric powder), coriander powder, salt, 2 tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, dried prunes, pather phools and yogurt. Keep frying then add tomato paste and fry well and add ¼ cup of water and cook till the chicken became tender ,then add Green chili, green coriander leaves and garam masala cook for few minutes and stop cooking it should be dried. Add kewra water(to enhance flavor)

5. Now boil water 8 cups with 2 tablespoonfull of salt, bay leaves and cloves and 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice/ vinegar then add soaked rice in it, let it cook till half cooked, then pass the rice through sieve/strainer r so that whole water will be drained out.

6. Now take half of the rice in the same pan in which you boiled them, then spread whole chicken evenly over rice then spread fried onion over it then spread remaining boiled rice over the chicken.

7. At last pour kewra water over it and sprinkle orange food colour evenly.

8. Cover tightly and put over medium flame for 3 minutes then slow down the flame .

9. Remain as such for 15-20 minutes. Insha Allah your delicious briyani will be ready to serve.

10. You can serve it with Yougart Raita.

Preparation Time:

For cooking Qorma : 40 mins

For Biryani: 30 mins

Chapli Kabab/ Baked Qeema

2011-03-29T16:49:00.000-07:00

My kids are fond of my Baked Qeema very much therefore today I am publishing a mouth watering Recipe of Baking Qeema and one can make Chapli Kabab by the same marinated Qeema. For batchelors it is easier to bake in oven instead of making kabab one by one in frying pan

Ingredients:

Ground beef/Chicken: 1 lb (Dissolve whole ground beef/chicken in a large pan, then pass it through a large plastic sieve, this should be done twice then leave it in the sieve for at least ½ hr so that all water drained out).

Onion/ Green Onion: 1 (Finely cut)

Green chili: 2 (Finely cut)

Coriander leaves: Small bunch ( Finely cut)

Crushed red chili: 1 Tablespoonful

Coriander seeds: 1 Tablespoonful

White cumin seeds: 1 Tablespoonful

Garam Masala: 1 Teaspoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Eggs: 2 (Raw beaten)

Bread crumb: ½ cup

Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Garlic paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Lemon Juice/ Vinegar: 1 Tablespoonful

Anaar dana: 1 Tablespoonful (optional )

Oil: 2 Tablespoonful at the time of marination and ½ cup for frying Kabab if you want to fry chapli kabab.

Recipe:

1. Mix all the ingredients in washed ground beef/ chicken thoroughly.

2. Keep it for marination in fridge for at least for 1 hr.

3. Baked Qeema: Now if you want to bake it as Qeema, then preheat oven at 350 degree for 10 mins, and apply oil over baking pan and pour marinated ground beef/ chicken in the pan and keep in side oven for one hr or when it is completely dry. ( Dip a fork in it, take out if it is dry, it is ready)

4. Keep it aside to cool down for ½ hr, then remove it from pan carefully and cut it into ½ inch pieces, now you can serve with ketch up or green chutney or you can make burger with mayonnaise and salsa or Ketchup. You can freeze them by putting separately on a tray, later on store them in a storage bag or container for future use.

5. Chapli Kabab: Heat 1 tbsf oil in a frying pan, make kabab in hand and keep it in frying pan, put 2 or 3 kabab at a time depend upon size of frying pan.

6. Fry them at slow flame so that ground beef cook thoroughly from inside, change the side upside down to cook from that side. In the same way fry all kababs and put them on a paper towel lined plate so that extra oil will absorb on it.

Preparation time : 1 hr

Baking time: 1 hr

If frying chapli kabab then it will take ½ hr

Fish Meat balls / Kofta

2011-03-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

Ingredients for Fish meat balls:

Fish Fillets: 4 fillets or 1 lb.

Onion: 1 (crushed)

Garlic: 1 (crushed)

Red chili powder: 1 Tablespoonful

Garam masala powder: 1Teaspoonful

Breadcrumb: ½ cup

Egg : 1(beaten)

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Green chili: 2 crushed

Green coriander leaves: Small bunch finely cut

Lemon juice: 1 Teaspoonful

Ingredients for Gravy/Sauce:

Onion: 1 crushed and 1 finely chopped

Ginger garlic paste: 2 Tablespoonful’s

Red chili powder: 1 Tablespoonful

Turmeric powder: ½ Teaspoonful

Coriander powder: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Tablespoonful

Shan Qorma masala: 2 Tablespoonful (optional to enhance the flavor)

Vegetable oil: 2 Tablespoonful

Tomato paste/ puri /crushed: 3 Tablespoonful’s

Yogurt: 3 Tablespoonful’s

Green chili and coriander leaves for garnishing.

Recipe for Fish Meatballs:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degree. Coat a baking pan with oil.

2. Cook fish in a frying pan with 1 tablespoonful of oil over a medium-high heat, change upside

down when color change to white. Cook for 3 mins ; remove and set a side on a paper-towel- lined plate

3. Saute’ onion in the same frying pan with 1 tbsf oil for 2 mins then add crushed garlic and

fry over medium heat for one mi

4. Combine all ingredients of meat ball in fish in a large pan with hand and keep it in fridge for ½ hr, then make small meat balls in hand.

5. Bake them in oven for 10-15 mins (change upside down after 7mins).

6. You can shallow fry in frying pan in 2 tbsp of oil.

Preparation Time: 40 mins

Recipe for Gravy/Sauce:

1. Fry crushed onion in oil, add chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and fry.

2. Now add chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt, continue to fry.

3. Now add tomato paste and yogurt.

4. If you have Shan Qorma masala then add 2 tbsp of it to enhance flavor.

5. Add garam masala at last min .Fry till oil appears over it.

6. Make thick gravy by adding water.

7. Now add meat balls and cook for 5 mins

8. Garnish it with green chili and green coriander leaves.

Preparation time: 30 mins

Chana Masala and Puri.

2011-03-22T09:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my son told me that he was craving for puri and chana masala, He went to store which is quite far away from hostel then he asked about price of two puris and one plate chana masala which was approximately $10. Then I told him to give a simplest recipe which is enough for four people in $ 10 and fresh, you can make at any time or weekend.

Ingredients:

Chickpeas: 1can (drained and rinsed)

Vegetable oi:. 2 Tablespoonfuls

Onion: 1 peeled and minced

Garlic paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Red pepper ground: ½ Tablespoonful

Turmeric Powder: ½ Teaspoonful

Coriender powder: 1 Tablespoonful

White cumin powder: 1 Teaspoonful

Garam masala powder: 1 Teaspoonful

Tomato paste/puri: 5 Tablespoonfuls

Lemon juice: 2 Tablespoonful

Green chili: 2 finely minced for garnishing

Green coriander leaves: Finely minced for garnishing

Recipe.

1. Heat oil and add onion, when light brown then add ginger garlic paste, tomato paste and fry.

2. Then add all other ingredients with half cup of water and fry well till oil come out.

3. Add chick peas in it and half cup of water to make a thick gravy and cook for 5 min

4. Now add green chili and coriander leaves for garnishing.

5. For good flavor, add garam masala and cumin seed powder at last stage.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Puri:

(This type of puri can either be made in the place where small wheat tortillas are available or where frozen puris available at supermarket.)

1. Take a packet of small wheat tortillas which contain 15- 20 tortillas. Take out carefully as much as you want to fry as puri otherwise if they torn they can not swell like a balloon.

2. Take a wok pan, Karahi or Large fry pan.

3. Fill it with oil up to ¾ of a pan.( after frying puris you can use this for next cooking dishes, save it in a bottle when cool)

4. Heat oil until fumes will start to come out.

5. Now carefully put one tortilla at a time with holder in oil after few seconds change it upside down and remove it from oil on a kitchen paper towel so the extra oil will absorb in paper towel.

6. In the same way fry all tortillas, mostly they swell like a balloon.

Note:
Be careful for frying as oil is very hot, and it is dangerous to burn your hand or may splash over your dress so always wear apron to protect your dress and oven gloves to protect your hands.Also use burner which is little bit away from you.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Chicken Shashlik

2011-03-09T19:01:00.000-08:00

It is very delicious and easy to cook dish. Only the new item require is skewers (these are wooden shashlik sticks) easily available in supermarket.

Ingredients:

1. Boneless chicken breast: 2 lb cut it into one inch cubes.

2. Capsicum: 2 medium size cut them in1 inch square ( remove the seeds)

3. Onion: 2 Large size cut them into one inch square, separate the layers.

4. Tomatoes: 2 Large, cut them into one inch square (remove the pulp).

5. Tomato ketchup: 1/2 cup

6. Chili hot sauce:1/2 cup

7. Garlic paste: 1 Tablespoonful

8. Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

9. Vinegar/lemon Juice: 2 Tablespoonful

10. Red chili powder: 1 Tablespoonful

11. Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

12. Oil: 1 1/2 cup for deep frying/2 tablespoon for cooking.

Recipe:

1. Mix all ingredients except vegetables and oil, marinate it for 1-2 hrs.

2. Now skew chicken cubes ,capsicum ,onion and tomato pieces one by one alternatively at least 3 chicken cubes in one stick.

3. In the same way make all the sticks.

4. Now deep fry them in a large frying pan or krahai for 5 mins or till the chicken tender , now keep them on an absorbant paper.

5. Or you can grill them and apply oil over the sticks.

6. Or you can bake them if you want to avoid oil.

7. Now you serve them with tomato ketchup or green chutney along with rice or nan.

8. If you have no shashlik stick then you can fry them in a pan in 2 tablespoonful of oil.First you fry chicken for 5-7 min then add vegetables for 5 mins and sreve them with boiled rice or nan.

Preparation time: 15 mins

Marination time: 1-2 hours

Cooking time: 15-20 mins

Shami Kabob

2011-03-08T13:14:00.000-08:00

Today I am telling you the recipe of a delicious Kabob dish which is very easy to make and you can freeze them in freezer (keep them separately).You can use them for burger, breakfast, tea time or even in any festival

Ingredients:

1. Ground chicken/Ground beef: 1 lb

2. Dal Chana: 1/2 lb

3. Ground red pepper: 2 Tablespoonful

4. Ground garam masala: 1 Tablespoonful

5. Chopped Onion: 2 large

6. Chopped garlic: 1 Tablespoonful

7. Chopped ginger: 1 Tablespoonful

8. White cumin: 1 Tablespoonful

9. Water: 4 cup

10. Salt: 2 Teaspoonful

11. Egg: 1

12. Oil: for frying kabobs

13. Bread crumb: 3 Tablespoonful (should be added before chopping of whole ingredients)

Ingredients for filling:

1. Chopped onion: 1 Large

2. Mint leaves(Fresh/dried): 1/2 cup (cut finely)

3. Fresh coriander leaves: 1/2 cup (cut finely)

4. Green pepper: 4 ( cut finely)

Note : Mix them all and Keep aside for filling

Recipe:

1. Take all ingredients with water in a pan except egg, oil and bread crumb.

2. Put it over stove for cooking, till chana dal become very soft and water dry.

3. When it dry. Let it cool for 1/2 hour.

4. Add a raw egg and bread crumb in it thoroughly.

5. Now chop it in chopper

6. Now take a portion of this paste in hand and fill one tablespoon full of filling in it and make kabob in this way all kabobs.

7. If you have not much time, then you can mix all the filling ingredients in whole ground chicken, then make their Kabobs.

8. Now shallow fry them with little oil in frying pan on both sides.