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Tuesday, 8 May 2012

PRAWN BIRYANI


Ingredients:

  • Prawns                         1kg
  • Rice                             ½ kg
  • Onions                         2
  • Hot spices                    1tbsp
  • Yogurt                          250grams
  • Lemons                        2
  • Red chillies Powder      2 tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder          1 tsp
  • Curry leaves                 few
  • Mustard seeds              ½ tsp
  • Bay leaves                    4-5
  • Black cumin seeds        ½ tsp
  • Green chillies                4-5
  • Coriander leaves           ½ a bunch
  • Ginger / garlic paste      2 tbsp
  • Salt                              to taste
  • Oil                                125gm


METHOD:-

  • Take water, salt and black cumin seeds in a pan and boil these.            
  • Now at previously soaked rice and par boil. Then sieve the rice and keep on a side 
Put prawns, salt, ginger/garlic paste and lemon juice in bowl and mix well. heat oil in a pot and cook this mixture in it for 2-3 minutes.
  • In bowl mix yogurt, red chilies hot spices, turmeric powder, and salt. Add this mixture in onions mixture and fry till oil come on the surface. Add prawns and cook for 3-4 minutes.
  • Heat oil in a fry pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves for tempering. Layer a port with sum of the prepared oil and then top it with a layer of prawn mixture. Now add all the rice. Layer the reaming prawn mixture on top of the rice.
  • Spread chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice and the remaining oil on the top of the prawn mixture and keep on dump.

Serving suggestion:-
   
Delicious PRAWN BIRYANI is ready. Serve with raita and salad.


BASIL CHICKEN RICE

Ingredients: 

  • Boneless Chicken                       200 gm
  • (Cut into small pieces)
  • Rice  (boiled)                              2 cups
  • Chinese Salt                               1/3 tbsp
  • Salt                                             to taste
  • Basil                                           ½ cup
  • Tomato                                         1
  • Spring Onions                              2
  • Green Chillies                             3-4
  • Chicken Cube                              1
  • Eggs                                            2
  • Garlic                                           4-5 cloves
  • Black pepper                                ½ tsp
  • Soya sauce                                  4 tbsp
  • Oil                                                4-5 tbsp



Method:-


  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add chicken pieces and fry till they change colour.
  • Now add eggs, black pepper, salt, Soya souce, chicken cube, tomato,garlic and chopped green chillies and fry these.
  • Add Chinese salt and basil to the chicken pieces after they are properly fried.
  • Mix the boiled rice in the mixture.
  • After cooking for 5 minutes, mix chopped spring onion in this.

Serving suggestion:-
   
Delicious basil chicken rice is ready.Serve with raita and salad.




BOMBAY BIRYANI


Ingredients:-

  • Meat (Chicken, Beef, Mutton)                     500 gm
  • Rice    ( Soaked for 20 minutes)                 500 gm
  • Onion  ( Medium, sliced)                            250 gm
  • Tomato                                                       250 gm
  • Yogurt ( Beaten)                                        250 gm or 1 ¼  cup 
  • Ginger paste                                               2 tbsp
  • Garlic paste                                                2 tbsp
  • Oil/ Ghee                                                    250 ml or 1 ¼  cup
  • Biryani masala (any one company)             01 Packet

Directions:-


·        Heat the oil / ghee, fry onion till light brown.
·        Add meat on medium heat for 5 min. for beef/ mutton, add 4-5 cups of water and cook on low flame until the meat is tender ( water is not required for the chicken). Add tomatoes, ginger, garlic, yogurt and biryani masala and cook on low heat for 10-15 minutes;.
·        Boil in a separate pan take 12 glasses of water, 3 tbsp of salt and boil the rice until 3/4 done.

Layer:-

·        Make at layer of half the rice, put layer of meat and cover with second layer of rice.
·        Zarda colour and kewra essence as per need.
Simmer:-

·        Simmer the rice for 5 minutes on high flame. Reduce the flame and cook for another 10 minutes.

Serving suggestion:-
   
Delicious BOMBAY BIRYANI is ready. Serve with raita and salad.

CHICKEN ROAST


Ingredients:
    • Whole chicken                      1
    • Red chilli paste                      1 tbsp
    • Crushed black pepper           1 tbps
    • Garlic paste                           1 tbps
    • Turmeric paste                       1 tbps 
    • Hot spice powder                  1 tsp
    • Vinegar, Salt                          as required
    • Yellow food colour                as required
    • Oil                                         tbsp
    • Lettuce leaves                        as required
    • Tomatoes, Onions                  as required 

Method:
  • Place chicken in a bowl and add red chili paste, black pepper, garlic paste, turmeric paste, hot spice, vinegar, salt and food colour to it.
  • Mix well and keep it for 1 hour for marinating. Put the marinated chicken on a grill in the microwave.
  • click option in microwave oven and cook the chicken for 40  minutes.
  • Apply oil on chicken with the help of brush and keep it for 15 more minutes in the oven.

Serving suggestion:-

Garnish the chicken with salad leaves, onions and tomatoes before serving.

CHICKEN STEAK


Ingredients:

·        Chicken fillet                       6              
·        Honey                                3 tbsp                                                    
·        Lemons                              2                        
·        White vinegar                     2 tbsp              
·        Soya sauce                         2 tbsp                   
·        Mustard powder                 1 tsp         
·        White chilli powder             1 tsp    
·        Salt                                     to taste                                
·        Oil                                      1 tsp                                

Method:

  1.        Use a steak hammer to flatten the chicken spices.
  2.        In a bowl, mix the chicken with all the  spices throughly, and leave to rest.
  3.        Heat a pan and put a lilltle bit of oil on it.
  4.        Place the marinated chicken pieces on the pan.
  5.        Cook the chicken pieces for 2-3 minutes on either side.
  6.        Once golden brown, add a splash of water and immediately remove from the pan.

Serving suggestion:-

  Delicious chicken steak is ready to be served hot.

Monday, 7 May 2012

How to Make Kunna

 Ingredients:
    • Mutton                                    1/2 kg
    • Onions                                   Ginger/ garlic paste
    • Wheat flour                           as required
    • Ground coriander seeds        1 tsp
    • Cumin seeds                           1 tsp
    • Red chilli powder                   1 1/2 tsp
    • Turmeric powder                    1 tsp
    • Salt                                           to taste
    • Clarified butter                        1 cup
  Method:
  • Heat clarified butter in a pot and add chopped onions.
  • When the onions are slightly golden, add ginger/garlic paste and then add mutton and cook till it changes colour.
  • Add salt,ground red chillies, turmeric powder, coriander seeds and cumin seeds and mix well. Add water to tenderize mutton and let it cook.
  • In a bowl make a thick mixture of water and wheat flour.
  • when the meat is tender, add the wheat flour mixture to it and let it cook till thick..
  • Kunna is ready. 
              Serve hot with naan,salad and raita.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Learn how to make chicken Shawarma

 
Ingredients:

    •  Boneless chicken            300  grams
    •  Pickled cucumber            as required
    •  Barbecue masala              1 tbsp
    • Ground black pepper        1/2 tsp
    • Lettuce leaves                    to taste
    • Olives                                 to taste
    • Tomatoes                             to taste
    • salt                                       to taste
    • Long buns or pita bread     6 to 8 pieces
    • Olive oil                              1 tbsp
    • Hummus                              as required
    • Garlic maya sauce               as required

Method:

              In a pat, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add the pieces of chicken and cook for 3-4 minuts.
              Add the barbecue masala, black pepper and salt. cook till the chicken is tender.
              Remove from heat.
              Slice the pita bread or buns half way own the middle.
               Place the lettuce leaves, hummus, garlic mayo sauce, chicken pickled cucumbers, olives and 
tomatoes on the bread.
               Delicious shawarma is ready.
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