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Friday, 7 February 2014

Kabuli pulao platter


Ingredients
Sela Rice 750 gm soaked for 2 hours
Mutton ½ kg
Ginger garlic 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 2 cups
Black cardamom 2 grind coarsely
Black pepper 10 grinds coarsely
Cinnamon 1 inch piece grind coarsely
White cumin 1 tsp grind coarsely
Oil ¼ cup + ¼ cup
Sugar 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp
Salt 1 ½ tsp
Raisons 4 tbsp
Carrot 1 thinly sliced
Brown onion ½ cup
Method
Boil mutton with ginger garlic paste, salt, water till mutton tender and water dries. Heat ¼ cup oil add ½ cup brown onion with boiled mutton, fry till light golden, keep aside.
Method for rice
Heat ¼ cup oil add 2 tbsp sugar and caramelize till light golden, add in 4 cups water with 1 ½ tsp salt, add soaked rice, cook on high flame till boiling and half water dries, add to it coarsely grinded whole spices, mix well, leave it on dum. In another frying pan heat 2 tbsp oil add raisins, fry and remove then add to it 1 tbsp sugar, slightly caramelize, add carrots julienne to it, fry to coat and remove.
To assemble
Remove rice in a platter, top with boiled mutton, surrounded by fried carrots and raisons.

Cinnamon hot chocolate


Ingredients:
Milk 1 cup
Malt Powder 2 tbsp
Cinnamon ¼ tsp
Whipped cream for decoration
Marshmallows 1 cup
Method:
Put milk in a sauce pan with marshmallows. Cook till dissolved
remove, put it in a blender with cinnamon, malt powder , blend
Serve immediately garnish with cream

Lemoni tawa keema


Ingredients
Chicken mince coarse ½ kg
Oil ½ cup
Onion chopped 1 cup
Ginger garlic 1 tbsp heaped
Blended tomatoes 2
Turmeric ½ tsp
Coriander seeds roasted and crushed 1 tsp
Cumin seeds roasted and crushed 1 tsp
Crushed red pepper 1 tbsp
Lemon juice 3 tbsp
Lemon cut into slices 1
Coriander and green chilies as required
Allspice 1 tsp
Method
Heat ¼ cup oil on a tawa, fry chopped onion with ginger garlic, add mince, blended tomatoes, turmeric, coriander, cumin, crushed red pepper, cover and cook on tawa till done, lastly add lemon juice, allspice, sliced lemon, coriander and green chilies. Remove.

Strawberry Frappicino


Ingredients:
1 cup milk
3/4 cups softened Vanilla Ice cream
1/4 cup Strawberry Syrup
5-6 Whole Strawberries, chopped finely
2-3 ice cubes
Whipped Cream (optional)
Method:
1. Blend all till smooth.
2. Drop some chopped strawberries in a serving glass and pour the blended mixture in it
3. Serve with whipped cream if desired

Coconut pound cake


Ingredients
Self raising flour 150 gm
Eggs 2
Sugar 140 gm or 5 ½ ounce
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Baking powder ½ tsp
Salt pinch
Milk 3 tbsp
Unsalted butter (room temperature) 5 ½ ounce or 140 gm
Desiccated coconut 1 tbsp heaped
Yellow color pinch
Method
Grease and paper lined loaf tin, sieve together self raising flour and baking powder, mix in desiccated coconut and keep aside, in a bowl add eggs, sugar, yellow color and milk, mix well with hand whisk, keep aside. In your sieved mixture add butter and beat on low speed for 5 minutes add half of liquid mixture very slowly add into batter and mix on high speed for 5 to 7 minutes, now slowly mix the remaining egg mixture and mix for 5 minutes, the batter will be very smooth, put into lined loaf pan bake for 35 to 45 minutes on 180 degrees.

BBQ chicken biryani platter


Ingredients
Chicken boneless cubes ½ kg
Ginger garlic 2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Chili powder 1 tsp
Allspice 1 tsp
Turmeric ½ tsp
Yogurt ½ cup
Orange color pinch
Ingredients for rice
Rice ½ kg soaked for 30 minutes and boiled with salt until done.
Oil ¼ cup
Chopped onion 2 tbsp
Brown onion ½ cup
Ginger garlic 1 tbsp
Chopperized tomatoes 2
Salt ½ tsp
Chili powder ½ tsp
Yogurt ½ cup
Chopped coriander leaves 2 tbsp
Green chilies 2 chopped
Kewra water 1 tsp
Method for chicken
Marinate chicken with Ginger garlic 2 tsp, Salt 1 tsp, Chili powder 1 tsp, Allspice 1 tsp, Turmeric ½ tsp, Yogurt ½ cup, Orange color pinch, leave for 30 minutes, heat ¼ cup oil, put chicken on skewers and pan fry until done, give dum of coal, keep aside.
Method for rice
Heat ¼ cup oil fry brown onion with ginger garlic paste and chopperized tomatoes, add salt and pepper with ¼ cup water and fry well, add ¼ cup yogurt, fry well, add in boiled rice with chopped greens, top with Kewra water, leave it on dum for 15 minutes on low flame.
To assemble
Mix rice, remove in a platter, and serve with chicken skewers on top and kachomber on one side.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MOCHA DRINK


Ingredients:
½ cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup evaporated milk
½ tsp vanilla
1 tbsp instant espresso
½ cup white chocolate, chips
Milk ½ cup
Method:
Cook milk, white chocolate, evaporated milk, condensed milk for 5 mins till chocolate chips dissolved. Remove, add coffee vanilla. Blend well. Serve immediately. Sprinkle coffee and serve.