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Best Ramadan Special Meat Samosa Recipe

2012-07-22T02:57:00.001+03:00

First of all I would like to wish you Happy Ramadan. The holy month has just started and everyone is looking for best dishes and recipes. That's why I am presenting you one of my favorite Samosa Recipe. It is called Potato and Meat Samosa.

Meat and potatoes are the main ingredients of these wonderful deep fried samosas. Alternatively you may use Chicken.

Ingredients of Special Ramadan Meat Samosas

2 large potatoes
1 cup thawed peas
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 crushed bay leaf
2 chopped large onions
1 pound ground meat
4 crushed cloves garlic,
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped green chile peppers
1 quart oil for deep frying
1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough

Method of Making Special Ramadan Meat Samosas

Get a medium saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Stir in potatoes and peas. Cook for 15 minutes until potatoes are tender but still firm. Drain, mash together and set aside.

Get a large saucepan over medium high heat, heat the oil. Brown cumin seeds and bay leaf. Mix in onions and ground meat. Cook 5 minutes until meat is evenly brown and onions are soft. Mix in garlic, fresh ginger root. Season with black pepper, salt, cumin, coriander, turmeric, chili powder, cinnamon and cardamom. Stir in the mashed potato mixture. Remove from heat and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour, or until it gets cool.
Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan over high heat.

Mix cilantro and green chile peppers into the potato and meat mixture. Place approximately 1 tablespoon of the mixture onto each phyllo sheet. Fold sheets into triangles, pressing edges together with moistened fingers.
In small batches, fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.

Chicken Jalfrezi

2012-05-29T19:08:00.000+03:00

Chicken Jalfrezi is a very Delicious Chinese Recipe but it is also liked in Pakistan.

Ingredients

Chicken boneless 1/2 kg
Soya sauce 1-2 tbsp
Garlic chopped 4 cloves
Ginger chopped 1 inch piece
Onion finely chopped 1
White pepper 1/4 tsp
Chinese salt 1 tsp
Chili sauce 2 tbsp
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Ketchup 1/2 cup
Tomato 1 (cubed)
Red chili 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/4 tsp
Curry powder 1/2 tsp
White pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Capsicum 1 (cubed)
Onion 1 (cubed)
Oil 100 ml
Chicken stock 4-5 tbsp

Method

Marinate chicken with soya sauce 1 tbsp, salt a pinch, Chinese salt 1/2 tsp, white pepper 1/4 tsp. In pan heat oil and sauté ginger and garlic. Add marinated chicken and cook.
Add turmeric, red chili, Curry powder, white pepper, Chicken stock, tomato paste, chili sauce, soya sauce, ketchup and mix well. Add all the vegetables and simmer.
When ready, serve hot with boiled or egg fried rice.

Delicious Shami kabab

2012-05-29T18:48:00.001+03:00

Shami Kabab is a very Delicious Recipe of my Mom. When I Cooked the Shami Kabab, I feel a new Taste every Time. Now I am Sharing this Recipe with You. First of all Noted down the Ingredients.

Ingredients

Qeema: 1/2 Kg
Dal Chana: 1 medium Cup
Ginger: 2 inch piece
Garlic: 5-7 pieces
Red Chillis hot: 10 piece
Salt: according to your Taste
Garam Masala: 1 Table Spoon
Zera: 1 table spoon
Black pepper: 10-15 piece
Onion: 1 medium Chopped
Green Pepper: 2 Chopped
Dhaniya: few Leaves
Eggs: 2

Method

Take Dal and dip in Water for 3-4 Hours. when Dal becomes soft, take Pressure Cooker, pour some water and put all above things init expcet green chili and Dhaniya leave. When Cooker Start Whistling, then wait for 20 minutes. After 20 Minutes turn off the stove, open cooker and see Water has dried or not. If Water not dried then dry it. Wait some time and Chopped the mixture in Chopper. Add green chilis and dhaniya leaves and make the shapes of Shami Kabab. Beat the eggs, dip 1 kabab in egg and fry. Yours Delicious Shami Kabab is Ready. Enjoy with Rice or Tea.

Spicy and Hot Delicious Potatoes

2012-04-01T23:00:00.000+03:00

This dish is favorite throughout the Pakistan. It is served with hot non and chapattis. The heat level can be reduced by using less chilies and mustard seeds. You can use it for sandwich filling. It is wonderful in toasted sandwiches.

Ingredients

450 g potatoes peeled and diced
1 onion cut into large dice
½ teaspoon chili powder
1 piece of ginger
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 chopped tomatoes for garnished
1 tablespoon black mustard seeds
1 tablespoon oil

Method

Heat the oil and add mustard seeds and stir until they pop.
When they begin to crackle add the diced potatoes, onions and all ground spices. Cover the pan, reduce the heat and allow cooking for 15 to 20 minutes. Add little water if needed.
Cut the ginger into large pieces then add ginger, salt and sugar to the pan. Cook for further 3-4 minutes. Turn off the heat stir the lemon juice.
Garnished the dish with chopped tomatoes.

Yummy Peanuts Chicken Recipe

2012-04-01T22:49:00.000+03:00

Peanuts Chicken is very delicious and healthy dish. Usually ground nut oil is traditionally used in this recipe but I like to use vegetables and sunflower oil in it.

Ingredients

900 g chicken thighs or drumsticks
1 big onion
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tea spoon ginger paste
2 big tomatoes
Half teaspoon chilli powder
200 g peanuts without salt
Half teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoon vegetable or sunflower oil

Method

Take oil in a pan then cooked chicken until it browned all over. After that remove chicken and put on a tissue paper. In the same oil fry the onion and cooked. When its look ready, add black pepper, ginger, tomatoes, chili powder and peanuts. Return the chicken into pan, cover and cooked for 20 minutes. You may need to add little water if the chicken begin to stick to the pan. Stir the salt and sugar. Serve with chopped onion, green chillis and green leaves if liked.

Lovely spiced cabbage

2012-02-25T22:51:00.000+03:00

This is a very delicious dish for vegetarians.

Ingredients

1 ½ tablespoon oil
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
½ teaspoon turmeric
5-6 curry leaves
1 ½ teaspoon ginger paste
1 chopped green chili
1 dried red chili
350 g cabbage
75g carrots
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt
Juice of lemon
1 tablespoon fresh coriander

Method

Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard and cumin seeds. When its begin to crackle, add turmeric, curry leaves, ginger and chilies. Add cabbage and carrots.

Reduce the heat. Cover the pan and allow cooking for about 15 -20 minutes. Add sugar and salt according to your taste. Sprinkle with lemon juice and chopped coriander. You can serve it hot or cold

Pancake of Basin with Butter

2012-02-25T22:50:00.000+03:00

This pancake is eaten almost in western Pakistan. We can take it as breakfast and as a snack with chatni.

Ingredients

250 g basan (chickpea flour)
Pinch of salt
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon cumin
1 tablespoon yogurt
1 onion chopped
1 green chili
2 tomatoes diced
1 tablespoon coriander chopped
4-5 tablespoon oil

Method

Put the flour in a bowl. Add salt, turmeric, soda, cumin seed, yogurt and enough water to make a slightly thick batter. Stir in the chopped onion, green chili, tomatoes and coriander. Heat a nonstick pancake pan. Pour in a little of batter. Spreading it to cover the base completely and make a thin pancake. Pour 1 teaspoon of oil over the top.

Reduce the heat and continue to cook the pancake for 2-3 minute. Turn the pancake and cook the other side for 2- 3 minutes. Remove from the pan and make other pancakes in the same way. Serve hot and enjoy.

Pistachio and Coconut Barfi Making

2012-02-11T18:58:00.004+03:00

This desert is often made for special events like eid. It is very delicious you will must enjoy it.

Ingredients

4 tablespoon melted ghee
300 ml coconut milk
150 g full fat milk powder
150 g desiccated coconut
4 tablespoon water
150 g caster suger
2 teaspoon ground cardamom
6 tablespoon chopped green pistachios
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Method

Take a 25-28cm oven try and grease it with 1 spoon of ghee. Heat the remaining ghee in a saspan. Add coconut milk and stir in milk powder and mix well. Add the desiccated coconut water, caster sugar, ground cardamom, pistachios, nutmeg and mix it well. The mixture must be thick.
Reduce the heat and continue cooking for 5-7 minutes. Then switched the burner and empty the contents of the pan into baking try. Spread the mixture and flatten it. Refrigerate it 4-5 hours and after that cut it into squre pieces and serve it.

A Traditional Pakistani Sweet Dish - Kheer

2012-02-07T18:57:00.000+03:00

Lets Make Pakistani Kheer

Kheer is very delicious rice pudding. It is eaten all over the Pakistan. Especially on eid its must cooked and every 1 likes it.

Ingredients

Milk 2 kg
Rice 1 small cup
Sugar according to your taste
Green ilychi 5 or 6
Almond 15 to 20
Kishmish 15 to 20
Khoya half cup

Method

Wash the rice and stayed for half hour. Then take pot and boil the rice in water. When rice becomes soft then adds milk, ilychi and salt. Cooked it and when milk comes to dry then add suger, kishmish and khoya. When milk dry then switch off the stove and add almond. When it’s cold then pour into a bowel and garnished it with nuts and serve to your guests.

Kofte Curry - You will love this Recipe

2012-02-04T18:56:00.000+03:00

How to Make Cofta Curry

Today I am going to tell u about kofta curry. It’s very delicious recipe for whom who loves qeema. Let’s start our recipe. First of noted down the ingredients.

Ingredients for kofta

Qeema half kg
Basin half cup
Ginger paste ½ tea spoon
Garlic paste ½ tea spoon
Salt 1 tea spoon
Red chili powder 1 tea spoon
Dania powder 1 tea spoon
Chocked Onion 1
Egg 1

Method for kofta

Take qeema and put into a chopper and chopped it after that take a bowel and put all these things in it. Mix qeema again and again. When it completely mixed then makes small balls of this mixture. Now koftas are ready for cook.

Ingredients for curry

Onion 2 pieces
Ginger paste 1 tea spoon
Garlic paste 1 tea spoon
Tomatoes 2 pieces
Green chili 2
Salt according to your taste
Red chili powder half table spoon
Dania powder half table spoon
Garam masala half table spoon
Oil as need

Method for curry

Take cooking pot and pour oil in it. When it’s warm then put chocked onion ginger garlic and chocked green chili in it. Fry it for some times. When it’s going to brown then add tomatoes and all spices in it. When your masala looks ready then add some water in it and putted down the kofta one by one. Slow the stove and cover the pan for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes change the sides of kofta and cooked it. When it cooked then pours some water according to your desire for gravy. Now your kofta curry is ready. Garnished it with boil eggs and dhaniya leaves.

Fish Karhai - A Unique Innovation

2012-02-01T18:54:00.002+03:00

Fish is a very delicious sea food. It is eaten almost all over the world. You have tried many times fried fish But now I am going to tell u how you can cook fish karhai. First of all noted down the ingredients. This is a unique idea of my own.

Ingredients

Fish 1/2kg without needles
Onion 2 big size
Ginger ½ table spoon
Garlic ½ table spoon
Tomato 2 medium
Salt according to your taste
Black pepper ½ tea spoon
Red chilies ½ tea spoon
Green chili 1
Zera ½ tea spoonsss
Yogurt 2 table spoon
Oil half cup

Method

Take fish and wash it with vinegar and salt. And cut into small pieces. Take chocked onion and put it in to the oil. Fry it for 3 minutes and added ginger garlic paste in the onion. After 2 minutes tomatoes and all other masla add in it. When masala becomes ready fish added and cooked it for 5 minutes on deep heat. Then add yogurt and covered it for 10 minutes on slow heat. Now your fish is ready. Garnished it with mint and green leaves and served it with mint chatni.

Serving Fish Karai

Mix Vegetables for Pakistani Food Lovers

2012-01-25T18:52:00.000+03:00

Vegetables are very good for health but its lost it vitamins when its cooked in open pane or in a deep heat or with deep spices. Now I am going to tell u a very simple and healthy recipe of vegetables.

Ingredients

Peace 1 small cup
Carrot 2 pieces
Cabbage 1 cup chocked
Potatoes 2 pieces
Shimla mirch 2 medium size
Onion 1 piece
Tomato 1 piece
Green chili 2 pieces
Salt according to your desire
Red chili half table spoon
Zera half table spoon
Black pepper half tea spoon
Oil for cooking

Method (Cooking Pakistani Mix Vegetable)

Take a pane and pour oil in it. When it becomes warm then put onion in it. After some time add tomatoes and all spices in it. When masala looks ready then add peace, potatoes and carrot in it. When it comes soft then adds cabbage and shimla mirch in it. Cover the pan and cooked it on slow heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Now your vegetable is ready. Eat it and remember me in your prayers.

How to Make Spiced Pineapple

2012-01-20T18:51:00.000+03:00

Spiced pineapple is a combination of sweet and sour. It is so delicious and I like it so much.

Ingredients

1 medium fresh pineapple slices
1 small onion its optional
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 green chili chopped
1teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon chopped mint leaves

Method (How to Make Spiced Pineapple)

Combine all these ingredients in a bowl. Onion is optional but it adds a bit of crunch. Mix gently with a wooden spoon, and then serve at room temperature. Its ready 4 eat enjoy it.

Lassi - A Loved drink in India and Pakistan

2012-01-15T18:50:00.000+03:00

Lassi is a very great drink. It is used in India and Pakistan. It is very good in summer that reduces heat of your stomach. Yogurt has many health giving properties and this drink is perfect for settling the stomach especially after a very spicy Pakistani meal. It can be served sweet or salted.

Ingredients

400 g natural yogurt
75g sugar or 1 ½ teaspoon salt
200ml chilled water

Method (How to Make Lassi)

Pour the yogurt into a bowl, add the sugar or salt and chilled water. Whisk well until all the sugar or salt has dissolved and all the lumps of yogurt are broken down. Leave it for some time. Now a smooth flowing
Liquid is ready. Serve it and take the appreciation.

Spicy French Toast Pakistani Recipe

2012-01-10T18:48:00.000+03:00

Basically this recipe is started off as a spicy omelette but I decided to dip bread in the mixture. Hope you will enjoy it.

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 tablespoon milk
Pinch of salt
1 green chili, chopped
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 onion finally diced
1 tablespoon oil
4 slices of bread

Method

Take a bowl and break the eggs in it and add milk, salt, green chili, melted butter, onion, and whisk well. Heat the oil in a pan. Dip each slice of bread into egg mixture. Transfer the bread slice into the pan and cook for about 3 minutes on a medium heat until light brown in color. Turn the bread and cook it for same time. Your slices are ready, serve hot.

Cheese Stuffed Peppers Recipe

2012-01-05T18:45:00.000+03:00

Ingredients

150 g cheddar cheese
1 onion diced
1tomato chopped
1 green chili chopped
½ teaspoon black peppers
½ dried mixed herbs
1 tablespoon oil
2 large red or green peppers

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 c. place all the ingredients expect oil and peppers in a bowl and mix well.
Rub the oil over the skin of peppers and stuffed them equally with the cheese mixture. Arrange on a baking try, place in the preheated oven and cook for 20 minute. Your peppers are ready, serve at once.

Spiced Fried Fish Recipe

2011-12-15T18:44:00.000+03:00

Fish meat is very delicious and healthy. It is eaten almost all over the world. I ate this fried fish from my aunt s’ home and I never forget it. Now I am going to share this recipe with you, hope you will like this.

Ingredients

½ teaspoon ginger paste
½ teaspoon garlic paste
¼ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
175 g fish fillets
Oil for frying
1 tablespoon rice flour

Method

Mix the ginger garlic, chili powder, and salt with lemon juice. Rub the mixture all over the fish fillets and leave for 5 minutes. Heat the oil in a pan. Dust rice flour over fish fillet and press it on fish so that it sticks well. Shallow fry the fish for 4, 5 minutes and then serve hot. It’s so yummy.

Chicken with Green Peppers Recipe

2011-12-11T18:43:00.000+03:00

When I was younger, green peppers were available only in the months of November December and January but now we can found it all year around. It is also called Chili Chicken sometimes.

Ingredients

3 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon ginger paste
2 teaspoon garam masala
3 tablespoon vegetable oil
Salt according to your taste
½ chicken breast slices
2 small onions chopped
1 teaspoon chili powder
200g tomato paste
100g green peppers strips
1 teaspoon sugar
100 ml cream

Method

Take a bowl and put into 1 teaspoon garam masala, 1 tablespoon oil, ginger and 1 teaspoon of salt and mix well. Add chicken pieces and left it about 2 hours for marinate. Take remaining oil in a pan, add onions and fry for 10-15 minutes. Add ginger paste and fry it for 1 minute. Add chopped tomatoes and cook it for 10 minutes on medium heat. When it becomes ready then adds salt green peppers, sugar, cream and remaining garam masala. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Cook the marinate chicken in a hot frying pan or under a preheat grill for 5-8 minutes each side. Arrange in a serving dish and pour tomatoes and peppers sauce over the top. Garnished with cream and serve hot.

How to Cook Dal Mash

2011-11-10T12:21:00.002+03:00

Dal Mash is a traditional Pakistani dish that is like throughout Pakistan. If you don't know how to cook it below is the recipe of Dal Mash.

Ingredients

Dal mash 500 grams
Onion 2 medium size
Ginger 1 table spoon
Garlic paste 1 table spoon
Tomato 1
Green chilies 2 or 3
Salt Half table spoon
Red pepper Half table spoon
Garam masala Half table spoon
Dhaniya powder 1 Tea spoon
Kanour chicken cubes 2 pieces
Oil Half cup

Method

Take a cooker and put oil into it. When oil becomes heated then adds cocked onion in it. When onion looks light brown then ginger and garlic paste add in it. After 2 minutes pour some water in it and add all masala and tomatoes. Cooked all masala for that time till its leave the oil. Then put dal in it and 3 cup of water. Close the cooker and when its start whistling after 5 minutes turn off stove. Your dal is ready. Pour it into a bowel and garnished it with garam masala green chili and dhaniya leaves.