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Monday, 30 June 2014
Lemon Pickle Nimboo Ka Achar
Ingredients:
1 1\2 kg lemons
250 g green chilies
2 liters. Mustard oil
1\2 cup. salt
1cup aniseed (saunf)
1\4.cup turmeric
1 cup nigella seeds (kalonji)
1 cup fenugreek seeds (methre)
1\2 cup Red chili powder or (according to the taste).
Method:
Wash the lemons and pat dry.
Cut the lemons into half.
Divide the salt into three parts.
Place the lemons in a bowl, sprinkle one part of the salt, mix well , cover and leave to marinate over night.
Next day drain out all the water released by lemons.
Cover them and leave to marinate for one more day.
Wash the green chilies and dry them properly.
Slit the chilies carefully into half, leaving them still held together at the stalk.
Place the green chilies in a separate bowl, sprinkle 2nd part of the salt, mix well, cover and leave to marinate for one day along with the lemons.
Next day gently squeeze out all the water released by the lemons and green chilies, taking care not to squeeze the juice from the lemons.
Heat mustard oil to smoking point, remove from heat and leave it to cool.
Mix all the ingredients including the 3rd part of the salt, with enough oil just to bind the spices.
Stuff the green chilies with half of the spice mixture.
Rub the rest of the mixture over lemon pieces to coat them liberally.
Place the lemons and chilies in an earthenware jar, Mix thoroughly with hands.
Pour in the remaining oil.
The oil should cover the lemons and green chilies by about 2.5 cm (1 inch).
Cover the jar with a muslin cloth and keep it in an airing place.
Stir the contents of the jar for the first two weeks at least once a day.
Do this to ensure that all pieces are completely dipped in the oil.
Chicken Tikka Biryani Barbeque Chicken Rice
Ingredients:
½ kilogram Boneless Chicken (cut into 4 cm cubes)
1 tbsp. Heavy Cream
A pinch of Saffron (Zaafran)
1 Onion (sliced)
1 tsp. Garlic Paste (Pisa Lehsan)
2 tbsp. Lemon Juice (Nimbu Arakh)
1 tsp. Salt
½ tsp. Black Peppers (Pisi Kaali Mirch) (grounded)
2 cups Basmati Rice
1 tsp. Salt
2 to 3 tbsp. Butter (Makhan)
2 Egg Yolks (beaten)
½ tsp. Black Pepper (Pisi Kaali Mirch) (Grounded)
1 tsp. Salt
½ tsp. Whole Black Peppercorns (Saabut Kaali Mirch)
Cherry Tomatoes
Method:
Mix the marinade ingredients with the chicken.
And set aside for 4 hours.
Mix the saffron with the cream.
Thread the chicken pieces onto a skewer.
Brush the pieces with some of the saffron-cream mixture.
Wash the rice and let it soak for 1 hour.
Then cook the rice with salt in 5 cups of boiling water then drain.
Mix the butter and beaten egg yolk and black pepper powder gently into the rice with a fork.
Then the rice back on low heat.
And let it cook for 4 to 5 minutes.
Grill the chicken in a medium-hot oven for 8 to 9 minutes, or until tender, basting with the rest of the saffron-cream mixture.
Then place rice on a platter And arrange chicken on skewers on top of the rice.
Then garnish with the peppercorns and whole cherry tomatoes and serve.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This cake melts in your mouth. In the baking, a perfect yellow cake batter seeps into caramelized pineapple for a great blending of tastes and textures. The brightness of pineapple feels just right in the spring.
Mixing a cake from scratch is not at all hard, and there is really nothing like the way they taste. Kids find the concept of this cake fun, and enjoy the pineapple rings at the bottom. Give it a try – it just might become a family favorite.
Ingredients:
The Upside Down Part
¼ cup butter
¼ cup organic dark sugar, such as Sucanat
7 pineapple rings (fresh or canned)
The Cake Part
½ cup butter
2/3 cup organic sugar
1 teaspoon organic vanilla
2 eggs (free range, organic eggs are the best choice)
1 2/3 cups organic all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2/3 cup milk
Toppings
Whipped cream, or vanilla ice cream.
Directions
1. Grease a 9 inch cake pan.
Method:
The Upside Down Part
Melt the butter in a pan, and then add the sugar.
Stir constantly until the mixture thickens and bubbles.
Pour the mixture into the bottom of the cake pan.
Layer the pineapple on top of the butter/sugar blend.
The Cake Part.
Cream the butter.
Gradually add the sugar, vanilla, and eggs.
Beat until the mixture is well blended.
Combine the dry ingredients in another bowl.
Add to the butter mixture, and add the milk, beating until smooth.
Spread evenly over The Upside Down Part.
Bake for about 40 minutes at 350F, or until a knife inserted into its center comes out clean.
Make Your Own Masala Chai
Hot spicy chai (tea) is boiled milk, spices and sugar. The most important spice in chai is cardamon (ground up or crushed) and after that you can take your pick from cinnamon, cloves, ginger and black papper.
Ingredients:
for 4-5
2 thin slices ginger rooot (or 1/4 tsp ginger powder)
2 cardamon pods, crushed
1 clove
1/2" of cinnamon sticks or 1/2 tsp powder
3 cups boiling water
2 cups full fat (whole) milk
2 tea bags (regular black tea)
4 tsp sugar (note: substitute Sucanat, a whole foods sugar substitute)
Method:
To make chai, crush or grind cardamon pods, cloves, and broken cinnamon flute in a spice grinder.
Put three cups of boiling water in a pan with one or two cups of full cream milk.
Throw in tea bags, sugar, and the spices.
When the chai has reboiled, causing the milk to produce froth, fish out the tea bags with a small sieve and let the spices steep for at least 2 minutes (preferably half an hour).
Reheat the chai if necessary and strain.
Chai-wallahs in India pour the chai raoidly back and forth between two pans to improve texture.
Always serve chai in glasses or small clay tumblers, never in cups.
Carrot cake with lemon buttercream icing
Formerly associated with the wholefood movement, the poor humble carrot cake is making a comeback. Originally, it was made with oil and wholemeal flour, so it was quite dense. This is a lighter version.
Ingredients:
250g unsalted butter, softened
250g caster sugar
150g carrots
250g self-raising flour
100g ground almonds
1tsp baking powder
1tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp ground mixed spice
4 eggs, beaten
splash of milk
For the lemon buttercream icing:
150g unsalted butter, softened
300g icing sugar
finely grated rind of 1 lemon
splash of milk
100g walnuts, finely chopped
Method:
Line a 23cm round cake tin with non-stick baking parchment. Beat the butter until very soft, then add the sugar and keep beating until the mixture is really fluffy. Finely grate the carrots and blot with kitchen roll to mop up any excess moisture. Add them to the butter mixture with all the remaining cake ingredients and beat thoroughly. Add a splash of milk if the mixture is too stiff. Spoon into the lined tin and level the surface. Bake at gas mark 4/180ºC/350ºF for 1 hour and 15 minutes, covering the top of the cake with a piece of kitchen foil after 30 minutes to stop it getting too brown. Set aside to cool. To make the icing, beat the butter until fluffy, then beat in the icing sugar. Mix in the grated lemon rind. Add a splash of milk to soften the consistency slightly. Swirl the icing on top of the cake once it has cooled and sprinkle with walnuts, if you like.
Lasagne
Ingredients:
Fresh Lasagne or 225 gm oven dried or 12 - 15 sheets
900 ml Béchamel Sauce
3 tbs. Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Bolognse Sauce
1 Onion peeled
1 carrot peeled
1 celery stick
125gm mushrooms optional
1 tbs. olive oil
1 large garlic clove crushed
450 gm lean mince beef
2 tbs. tomato puree
300 ml beef stock
400 gm can or fresh chopped tomatoes.
Salt per taste
Pepper per taste
1 tsp. red chille powder
Freshly grated nutmeg
Béchamel Sauce
900 ml milk
3 slice of a onion
2 bay leaf
10 peppercorns
2 bade of mace
45 gm butter
45 gm plain flower
salt & pepper
Freshly grated nutmeg
Method:
Spread 1/3 of Bolognese sauce into the base of a 2.5 lt. oven proof dish. Cover with a layer of lasagne then spread over enough béchamel sauce to cover the pasta. Repeat this layers twice more finishing with a layer of béchamel sauce to cover the Lasagne completely.
Sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the top and stand the dish on a baking sheet. Bake at 180c / 350F or mark 4 for about 45 minutes or until well brown and bubbling. Leave to stand for 5 minutes before cutting.
If using oven ready dried lasagne, add a little extra stock or water to the sauce.
Instead of béchamel sauce you may like to use 500 gm of cottage cheese.
Bolognse Sauce
Chopped onion, carrot and celery very finely. Chop the mushroom finely.
Heat the oil in a large sauce pan, add onion, garlic, carrot, celery and mushroom cook for about 3 to 4 minutes or until the onion is soften. Stirring all the time.
Add beef with tomato puree and cook until the meat changes its colour, keep stirring.
Add the stock and tomato with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Bring to boil. Lower the heat, simmer gently for about 1 hour or until the meat is tender and sauce is well reduced. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
Béchamel Sauce
Pour milk into a sauce pan, add onion, bay leaf, peppercorns and mace. Bring to scalding point, remove from heat cover infuse for 10 - 15 minutes. Strain.
Melt butter in a sauce pan. Stir in the flower and cook stirring for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and gently pour on the warm milk, whisking constantly. Season lightly with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Return to the heat and bring to boil, whisking constantly until the sauce thickens and is smooth. Simmer for two to three minutes.
Shahi Mutton
1 1/2 lbs. of Mutton (Lamb or Goat)
3 medium Onions (thinly sliced)
1 oz. of Almonds (Baadaam)
4 cloves of Garlic (Lasan)
1 oz. of Coriander Seeds (Dhania)
1 tsp. of Red Chilli Powder (Pisi Lal Mirch) (or to taste)
1/2 tsp. of Garam Masala (whole mixture)
Salt (to taste)
1 pinch of Saffron (Zafran)
3/4 cups of Plain Yogurt
3/4 cup of Cream
1/2 cup of Cooking Oil
Method:
Wash the mutton well, dry and set aside.
Blend the coriander seeds, 1 onion, almonds and garlic together.
Marinade the mutton in this mixture for about 2 hours.
Heat the oil and fry the remaining onions and set aside.
Add the mutton to the oil and fry until the liquid dries up.
Add 3/4 cups of hot water and simmer until the meat is almost done or (3/4 cooked) OR pressure cook at 15 psi for 20 minutes.
Reduce the pressure.
Add salt and pepper.
Uncover and dry the liquid.
Add the beaten yogurt and fry until the oil separates.
Add the fried grounded onion.
Beat the cream for about 5 minutes or until it is to a thick consistency.
Add the soaked or ground saffron.
Mix it with the cooked mutton.
Add the garam masala and bake at 250 degrees F for 1/2 hour.
Serve garnished with chopped coriander leaves.
Hunter Beef
Ingredients:
2 kg Beef "Roast cut" bread shape one piece.
2 tsp. Crystallized salt petre "Kulmi shora"
3 tsp. Black pepper
2" stick of Cinnamon
2 tsp. brown sugar
4 Black Cardamom
3 tbs. Lemon juice
Method:
Wash the meat thoroughly and dry with kitchen towel.
Ground all the spices.
Add all spices in the lemon juice to make paste.
Rub the paste thoroughly on the meat.
Place it in a glass or stainless steel container and cover it.
Place the bowl in the fridge for one day.
Next day get the meat out of fridge and sort of massage the meat to absorb the paste, it is important that at least half an hour is spent in rubbing the meat.
Once again put the meat loaf back in the fridge.
Repeat the same process each day for six days.
On Sixth day remove the meat loaf from the fridge and tie it with a strong string.
Place the meat in a large pot and put 2 cups water in the pot NOT on the meat loaf.
Cook it over low heat for 2 to 3 hours or until the water is absorbed.
Hunter Beef is a very popular snack from Pakistan. We have it in the cold winter evenings with Kashmir tea or coffee. Some people like to fry stripes of hunter beef and then serve with tea or coffee. Left over can be kept in the fridge for few days and can also be stored in freezer for longer period of storage.
Fish Curry
Fish 1 kg.
Red chili powder 2 tsps.
Turmeric powder 2 tsps.
Ginger powder 2 tsp.
Fennel powder 3 tsps.
Cloves 5 nos.
Pepper 6 nos.
Black cumin ½ tsp.
Vari masala 1 piece.
Garlic 4 cloves
Water 4 cups
Mustard oil 250 ml
Salt 2 tsps.
Method:
Clean, wash and cut the fish into medium pieces.
Rub salt and turmeric powder on the pieces and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadhai, when sizzling hot fry the fish pieces till brown in colour.
Take 4 cups of water in a heavy-bottomed pan and gently put the still warm fried fish pieces into it.
Add the turmeric powder, salt, ginger and fennel powders, cloves, pepper, crushed garlic and place the red chili powder right on top.
Quickly heat 6 tbsps of oil and pour.
Cook on a high heat till the gravy becomes thick and the fish pieces become soft.
Before removing from the heat sprinkle the crushed vari and cumin.
Serve hot.
Zinger Burger
Ingredients:
4 Chicken Breasts (boneless, with skin)
Lettuce
1/2 tsp. of White Pepper
1/2 tsp. of Salt
1/2 tsp. of Aginomoto Salt
1/2 tsp. of Mustard Paste
Mayonnaise
Cooking Oil (for deep frying)
Ingredients for btter
3 tbsp. of Refined Flour (Maida)
1 tbsp. of Corn Flour (Makai Ka Aata)
1/2 tsp. of Baking Powder (Soda)
1 Egg
1 tbsp. of Milk
Method:
1) Mix all of the batter ingredients together and make a batter and set aside.
2) Marinate the chicken breasts with: aginomoto salt, white pepper and mustard paste. Let it marinate for 1/2 hour.
3) Dip the chicken breasts in the prepared batter and deep fry in oil until well done.
4 Take bun apart and spread mayonnaise on the buns. Put a leaf of lettuce and fried chicken breast in bun and close bun and serve.
Hot & Sour Soup
Ingredients:
4 Dried Chinese Mushrooms
16 ounces of Chinese Bean Curd (well drained)
1/2 cup of Bamboo Shoots (canned & drained)
4 cups of Chinese Chicken Stock
1 tsp. of Salt
1 tbsp. of Soy Sauce
1/4 tsp. of White Pepper
2 tbsp. of Rice Wine Vinegar
2 tbsp. of Corn Starch (mixed with 3 tbsp. of water)
1 Egg (beaten)
2 tsp. of Sesame Seed Oil
1 Green Onion (sliced)
Method:
Cover the mushrooms in a small bowl with warm water.
Let them soak for 30 minutes to soften.
Strain mushroom liquid and reserve.
Cut the mushrooms into 1/4-inch slices; set aside.
Slice bean curd and bamboo shoots into 1/4inch slices and set aside.
Place the chicken stock in a large pot.
Add the salt, soy sauce, mushroom liquid, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and ground pork.
Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer soup for 3 minutes.
Add the white pepper, vinegar, and bean curd.
Return soup to a boil.
Give the cornstarch mixture a stir, then add to soup, followed by the beaten egg, while stirring gently.
Remove from heat.
Add the sesame oil and sprinkle soup with green onions to serve.
Palak Paneer
Ingredients:
Ghee or Oil for deep frying
2 tbsp Ghee or Oil
400g/14oz Paneer
1 Onion, finely chopped
2.5cm/1 inch Fresh Ginger, finely chopped
4 Garlic Cloves, crushed
1 teasp Cumin Powder
1/2 teasp Coriander Powder
1/4 teas Turmeric Powder
1 teasp Chilli Powder
60ml/2fl.oz. Sour Cream
450g/1lb Fresh Spinach, finely chopped
salt to taste
Method:
Heat the ghee or oil until hot then fry the paneer until golden brown.
Drain well then cut it into 12mm/1/2 inch squares and set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee or oil in a saucepan, add the onions and fry for 8-10 minutes until light brown, stirring constantly.
Add the garlic and ginger and fry for 3 minutes, adding little water if the mixture sticks to the bottom of the pan.
Add the chili powder, salt, cumin, coriander and turmeric powder and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring from time to time and adding a little more water to prevent it drying out and sticking.
Add the sour cream and spinach, mix well, cover and cook over medium heat until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 15 minutes.
Add the cheese, cover and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Serve hot with boiled rice or a flatbread such as roti, paratha or naan.
Coronation Chicken
Ingredients:
1.6-1.8kg oven-ready Chicken
Few carrot and onion slices, bay leaf and peppercorns, for flavoring
Salt and pepper
2 onions, peeled
50g butter
8 no-soak dried apricots
Large pinch of saffron strands
Finely grated rind of 2 lemons
60ml (4 tbsp) thin honey
75 ml (5tbsp) curry paste
450ml white grapes juice
150ml Mayonnaise
45ml (3 tbsp) double cream
herbs, to garnish
Method:
Place the chicken in large saucepan and add the flavoring ingredients with a large pinch of salt.
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer until the chicken is thoroughly cooked - about 1 hour.
Leave to cool in the liquid.
Chop the onions.
Melt the butter in a small pan, add the onions and sauté until softened.
Add the apricots, saffron, lemon rind, honey, curry paste and grape juice.
simmer, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes or until the curry mixture is the consistency of thin chutney.
Cool. Blend the mixture in a food processor, then pass through a sieve.
Remove the chicken meat from the bone, discarding the skin.
Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and place in a bowl.
Cover and refrigerate until required.
Stir half of the curry mixture into the mayonnaise (freeze the remainder for later use).
Mix in the cream and seasoning to taste.
Fold the chicken into the curry sauce.
Serve with a rice or mixed rice and lentil salad, garnished with herbs.
Roghni Roti
Ingredients:
1 cup Gram Flour (Besan)
½ pound of Plain Yogurt
1 tsp. Red Chilli Powder (Pisi Lal Mirch)
Salt (to taste)
3 Curry Leaves (Karhi Pattay)
3 tbsp. Cooking Oil
1 tsp. Coriander Seeds (Saabut Dhania)
¼ tsp. Tamarind Paste (Imli)
1 tbsp. Green Chillies
1 tbsp. Fresh Cilantro (Hara Dhania)
1 tsp. Cumin Seeds (Saabut Sufaid Zeera)
1 medium Onion
3 cloves of Garlic (Lehsan)
1 (1 inch piece) Ginger (Adrak)
Ingredients for Dumplings/Pakoras
1 cup Gram Flour (Besan)
1 tsp. Red Chilli Powder (Pisi Lal Mirch)
1 tsp. Salt
1 tbsp. Fresh Cilantro (Hara Dhania)
1 tbsp. Mint Leaves (Podina)
¼ tsp. Baking Powder
1 small Onion
1 tbsp. Green Chillies
1 tsp. Cumin Seeds (Saabut Sufaid Zeera)
Cooking Oil (for frying dumplings)
Method:
Thinly slice the onion.
Heat oil in a pot and add the sliced onions to it.
Make a paste of the Garlic,Ginger and Green Chillis and add this to the onions.
Lightly grind Cumin and Coriander seeds and mix in onions and garlic mixture and cook on medium heat.
Add the Red Chillies, Salt, Curry leaves, and Tamarind Paste and fry for another 5-10 minutes.
Meanwhile, Mix 1 cup of Gram Flour in the plain yogurt and make into a smooth paste by adding small amouts of water at a time.
Add this yogurt mixture in onions and mix and cook by constantly mixing.
Keep mixing until it starts to come to a boil.
Then turn heat level low and leave it to cook slowly until it thickens.
Chop onions and mix it with the gram flour and water.
Mix into a smooth paste.
Lightly ground coriander and cumin seeds with green chillies and them mix this into the gram flour mixture.
Add all ingredients in the paste and set aside for half an hour.
Fry Dumplings in a deep frying pan until golden brown and take them out and put them on a paper towel to absorb any access oil.
When karhi becomes thick, add 1 cup of boiling water and let it cook until it starts to boil, when it comes to a boil add dumplings in karhi and then cook on low heat for another 10 minutes.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
