Taste of Pakistan

Tandoori Chicken Pizza

2009-09-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

1 INGREDIENTS
• FOR PIZZA DOUGH:(enough for 2 pizzas)
• All purpose flour 1/2kg
• Sugar 1tbsp
• Oil 3tbsp
• Egg 1
• Instant yeast 1 1/2tbsp
• Salt 1/2tsp
• Lukewarm water or milk as needed
•
• FOR FILLING/TANDOORI CHICKEN:
• Chicken boneless 1kg
• Salt 1 1/2 or to taste
• Lemon 2tbsp
• Vineger 3tbsp
• Yogurt 1cup
• Ajinomoto 1tsp
• Ginger garlic paste 4tbsp
• Oil 2_3 tbsp
• Red pounded chilli 2tbsp
• Black pepper 2tbsp
• White pepper 1tsp
• Chilli sauce 1tbsp
• Soya sauce 2tbsp
• yellow colour half tsp
• Coal 1inch piece
•
• FOR SAUCE:
• Oil 2tbsp
• Ketchup 1/2cup
• Garlic 1/2tsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli pwd 1tsp
• Ajinomoto 1/2tsp
• White pepper 1/2tsp
• Thyme powder 1/4tsp
• Oregano powder 1/4tsp
•
• FOR TOPPING:
• Tomato 2 (cut into square)
• Lemon 1(slices)
• Onion 1 (chopped)
• Capcicum 2(cut into square)
• Mozzarella cheese 1pkt (shredded)
• Chedder cheese 1pkt(shredded)

2 COOKING DIRECTIONS
1. Pizza Doug:
2. Add all ingredients (don't dissolve yeast in water as its instant yeast)knead with lukewarm milk or water don't knead with fist even rub with palm till sugar disolve When dough become in smooth form cover it with polythene bag set a side till 1hour.
3. Pizza Sauce:
4. Heat oil fry garlic add rest of all ingredients cook for 2 mins then add 2 tbsp water cook more 2mins
5. Remove from heat let it cool.
6. Pizza Filling:
7. Mix all ingredients in chicken marinate for 1 hour bake at mark 4 or 180 degree for 40-45 mins.
8. Steam with coal.
9. When dough rise well take half of dough spread on 12'' pizza pan mark with fork now spread 3tbsp prepared sauce,spread baked chicken (make tiny pieces) sprinkle black pepper spread onion,tomatoes,capsicum.lemon slice sprinkle black pepper and shredded cheese.
10. Bake for 10-15min at mark 2. (pre_heat oven on mark 2 for 15-20 mins)
11. Serve Hot with salad and sauces.

source: khanapkana.com

Broast

2009-09-02T00:24:00.000-07:00

Recipe

1 chicken cut into 12 pieces
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup cornflour
4tbsp flour
1tsp chinees salt
3tbsp red chillies

1tsp black pepper
3tsp salt
3tbsp soya sauce
2tsp ginger/garlic paste
1 lemon

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Mix all the ingredients and marinate and keep it for maximum about 2 hours.Dip the chicken in flour and cornflour,mixture flour and cornflour and water and deep fry on low flame.

Sources:
Khanapkana and Pakistan Recipes

Petha halwa

2009-08-24T02:26:00.000-07:00

Petha halwa

1 kilo petha, peeled and grated finely. 1 cup milk. 250 grams sugar. 25 grams each of almonds, pistachios, cashewnuts and walnuts. 50 grams ghee. ¼ tsp. Essence of kewda. 100 grams fresh thick cream. A few drops of orange yellow food colouring (optional).

Place petha with milk in a pan and cook on a slow fire till the mixture turns dry and thick. Put in khoya. Ghee and half of the nuts after grinding them. Add sugar and stir continuously until the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan. Stir in essence and colour and remove from fire. Pour in a greased thali and level the surface with your hands. Cover the surface of the halwa with cream and sprinkle with mixed sliced nuts. Cut into pieces and serve either hot on cold.

BASEN KI PINNI Speciality of Kasur

2009-08-24T02:14:00.000-07:00

My native city kasur is famous for it mithai. One of them is basen ki pinni.
Big name is Tahir Sweets Kot Badar Din Khan.

recipe4.spike-jamie.com

BESAN KI PINNI
a sweet made from gram flour

2 lbs gram flour
2 lbs sugar
1 lb khoya
8 tbsp ghee
½ cup each of almonds and pistachios, blanched and sliced

Heat ghee and put in gram flour.
Keep on stirring it on a low fire until the flour turns golden. Put in khoya and continue stirring until the khoya turns golden and the mixture turns very smooth.
Stir in sliced nuts, cardamoms and sugar. Mix thoroughly and remove from fire.
Cool it then form into round and flat balls or pinnis. Decorate on top with sliced almonds. Cool thoroughly and store in airtight container.

Shahi Tukre

2009-08-19T01:04:00.000-07:00

Recipie and Pics by

http://madhusfoodjournal.blogspot.com

Shahi tukre is a very popular North Indian-Pakistani bread pudding which is a traditional sweet dish.The word 'Shahi' denotes that this dish is a part of Mughlai cuisine.Due to the influence of Mughals in Hyderabad,this dessert became so popular there .Eventually,Shahi Tukre became 'Double ka Meetha' in Hyderabad.'Double' here denotes Double baked bread and 'meetha' means sweet. Food Historians attribute the birth of bread pudding to frugal cooks who do not want to waste stale bread.Interestingly,bread pudding finds its way in many different cuisines.The Egyptian bread pudding which is similar to 'Shahi tukre' is called Om Ali.
This pudding is so sumptuous and is usually topped with a edible silver foil called 'varq' .
This royal dessert is easy to make and tastes divine.

You will need:

8 slices of bread
500 ml milk
75 gms Sugar
4 tbsp ghee
few strands of saffron
1 tbsp Cardamom powder
Raisins,Almonds,Pistachios and Cashews roasted in ghee

Remove the brown edges of the bread and half them diagonally.Toast them with ghee.It must get evenly brown and crisp.The original recipe calls for deep -frying in ghee.

Arrange the slices in a serving dish.

Boil the milk with sugar,cardamom powder and saffron.

Pour the milk over the fried bread slices.Garnish with roasted nuts and raisins.
Can be served chilled or hot.

2009-08-18T02:05:00.000-07:00

Picture by
http://www.ecurry.com/blog/desserts/zarda-sweet-saffron-rice

Recipe by
http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/food/pakistani_food-recipes.htm

Chamman Ice Cream

2009-08-12T04:30:00.000-07:00

Jogi Babas having fun with Chamman

I have visited today Chamman Ice Cream. The famous ice cream that is very cheap that even bagger can afford. the ice cream one scoop is 25 rs and its available in varity of flavours

Habshi Halwa

2009-08-11T06:53:00.000-07:00

Picture by www.spicesofindia.co.uk

Recipie by www.khanapakana.com

Habshi halwa recipes..

Ingredients:-

Milk 3 Ltrs
Khoya 250 gm
Sprouted Wheat 125 gm
Sugar 1/2 Kg
Ghee 1/2 Kg
Saffron 1/4 tsp
Kewra 1/4 tsp
small cardimon 4-5

Method:-

Mix wheat in milk well & cook on low heat, constantly stirring.

When milk is reduced to half, gradually put khoya, keep stirring, otherwise lumps may form.

A smooth mixture will be formed.

Add sugar & cook.

When it is thick again, add ghee & cook.

After 20-25 minutes, it will not stick to the pan & it will leave the sides.

At this stage sprinkle kewra, saffron mixed in little water, ground cardimon. Mix & take out & spread it in a dish evenly & cut into the desired shapes like diamond or square pieces.

Garnish with pistachios & almonds.

2nd recipe

Habshi Halwa

INGREDIENTS
250 gm samnak (wheat extract)
5 litres milk
500 gm khoya
1 kg sugar
1 kg ghee
1 tsp saffron
1 tsp kewra jal
1 blade mace
1 pinch nutmeg
10 green cardamoms

METHOD

In a kadhai, mix the wheat extract and milk and cook on a slow fire, stirring constantly. This process is important to obtain the right consistency. When the milk is reduced to half, add mashed khoya, stirring constantly to blend to a smooth mixture. Then add dissolved saffron in kewra jal and sugar. Keep stirring.

When the sugar is incorporated into the mixture and it becomes thick and difficult to stir, add ghee from the sides and stir well for about 20-30 minutes. When the halwa no longer sticks to the kadhai and becomes a cohesive mass, turn it out in a greased tray or thali. Finely grind the mace nutmeg and cardamom. Sieve and sprinkle on the halwa. Then mark out diamond shaped pieces and serve when set. This can be stored for even a month in a cool place.

Samnak: Take germinated wheat made from 1 kg wheat. Wash and grind the germinated wheat using some water. Then pass through muslin cloth to obtain the extract.

Sharaqpurs Gulab jaman

2009-08-11T06:31:00.000-07:00

Picture by www.apnasharaqpur.com

Sharqpur is a small city near lahore. Gulab Jamman is a special methai of the place.

Basen Halwa Winters: Excellent for Growing Children

2009-08-06T01:27:00.000-07:00

Picture by Vani's www.mysoorean.blogspot.com

Ingredients

0.1 1 cup gram flour
1. 1 cup milk
2. 3/4 cup sugar
3. 1/2 cup ghee
4. 1 tsp cardamom powder
5. Handful of finely sliced
6. almonds and pistachios

Method

1. Heat ghee, fry the gram flour until until the flour turns golden
brown in color and a nice aroma comes from it.
2. Add cardamom powder, milk, sugar and keep stirring until the
mixture turns thick
3. Serve it hot, decorated with nuts

Jalabi: A rich tradition of Melas in Pakistan

2009-08-05T22:00:00.000-07:00

Recipe by www.mysweetguide.com

Ingredients :

2 cups All purpose flour (maida)
11/2 tbsp. fine grained semolina or rice flour
1/4th tsp. baking powder
2 tbsp curd (plain yogurt)
11/4th cups warm water
1/2 tsp. saffron threads, slowly dry-roasted and powdered
3 cups sugar
2 2/3rd cups water
1/2 tsp green cardamom seeds powder
11/2 tbsp. kewra water or rose water
Ghee or vegetable oil for frying

Method :

1.Mix the flour, semolina or rice flour, baking powder, curd and 3/4th cup of the water in a bowl (preferably a ceramic bowl). Mix well with a whisk.
2.Mix well and then add remaining water and 1/8th tsp. of saffron powder, and whisk until smooth.
3.Set aside for about 2 hours to ferment.
Whisk thoroughly before use.
4.Prepare one string syrup by dissolving sugar in the water. Just before the syrup is ready add saffron and cardamom powder.
5.Heat oil in a kadhai. Pour the batter in a steady stream ( or coconut shell with a hole) into the kadhai to form coils. Make a few at a time.
6.Deep fry them until they are golden and crisp all over but not brown.
7.Remove from the kadhai and drain on kitchen paper and immerse in the syrup.
8.Leave for at least 4-5 minutes so that they soak the syrup.
Take them out of syrup and serve hot

Ras Malai

2009-08-05T07:36:00.000-07:00

From www.foodjunction.org

A less favourite but very cool mithai is Ras Malai. Butt Sweets makes its best but Gourmet is not up to the mark.

Ingredients:

2 cups milk cheese
11/2-cup sugar
500 Gms fat free milk
a pinch of saffron
10-15 cardamom seeds (grind)
1 tsp rose water
Almond 3-4 tsp
Pista 1tsp

How to make the Ras boil the milk to make it thick. Boil until it becomes half to half. Now add sugar rose water cardamom saffron and heat for some time. Now for making the bowls of Malai, take the cheese and mix 2 cups sugar in it than grind it in the mixer and now bake it for 350 degrees for 35 min so that it become hard. Now make the bolls of it pore Ras (liquid sugar) in it and serve the chilled Ras Malai.

Suji Ka Halwa: Tradition of Lahoris

2009-08-05T06:46:00.000-07:00

Picture by bhawanalovescooking.blogspot.com

Suji Halwa: a rich tradition of Lahore. There are lot of Halwais that make this of highest quality. One is sadiq sweets Gawal Mandi. There is Khalifa in inside old lahore makes it brilliant.

Recipe by www.micklebring.com

Ingredients
½ cup Ghee
1 cup Semolina
1 cup Sugar
1½ cup Water
¼ cup chopped Almonds
1 teaspoon Green Cardamon Seeds

Method
Heat the Ghee on low heat.
Fry Semolina until golden brown.
Add water and cook on low heat until all water is absorbed.
Add chopped almonds and Cardamon seeds.
Add sugar and cook on low heat.
When it leaves the sides of the pan, serve hot.

Channa Dal Halwa

2009-08-05T02:00:00.001-07:00

Viedo by khanapakana.com

Recipe by www.neelscorner.com

Ingredients Of Chana Dal Halwa

1/2 kg chana dal,
washed and soaked (gram lentil)
1 cup ghee 1tsp grinded cardamom
250 gm khoya Sugar according to taste
1 tsp nutmeg
100 gm Almonds
100 gm Pistachios
50 gm Crushed coconut
1 tsp saffron strands,
dissolved in 3tbsp water

Method Of Chana Dal Halwa

Boil the chana dal till it is soft and done.Grind the chana dal in chopper with 5 cardamoms till it forms a paste. Heat ghee in pan and add grinded cardamom in it. Put grinded dal in it and cook it on low flame for half an hour or more. Stir continually otherwise it will burn. Now add sugar and stir it. Add nutmeg and saffron in it. Add khoya and almonds, pistachios and crushed coconut in it. Settle it in tray and when it cool down cut it into diamond or square pieces. Or you can serve it as it is. You can store this halwa foe many days. Garnish it with nuts and serve hot or cold. Tip: Use non-stick pan to make this halwa.

Multani Sohan Halwa

2009-08-04T23:51:00.000-07:00

Multani sohan halwa is great sweet which emerged some 75 year ago. The tradition was started by Hafiz family in Hussain Agahi Multan. The name is Hafiz Habib ur Rehman.

The recipe of this is

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 Halwa is ready.

Recipe is from

Pakistani Mithai

2009-07-25T00:23:00.001-07:00

Ladies and Gentlemen this blog is for all types of sweets and mithais all over the Pakistan. This will help people to know all over the world the rich traditions of Pakistan in terms of sweets and sweet dishes.