Kesar Kheer Recipe:
INGREDIENTS:

½ cup rice

4 cups milk

8 tbsp sugar

6 cardamoms

½ tsp saffron

¼ cup pistachios

pistachios to decorate

Method:

*  Soak pistachios in the water for at least 3 hours.

*  Rinse the rice under water and place into the pan.

*  Add the half of the milk and stir. Cover and cook for 15-20 min until soft.

*  Then add saffron, cardamoms, sugar and remaining milk. Simmer gently for about 10 minutes or until the rice is quite thick in consistency. If the rice pudding is to thick, add a little extra milk or water.

*  Decorate with whole pistachios. Serve hot or cold.

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Sooji Halva Recipe:
INGREDIENTS:

1 cup of semolina (Sooji)

10 cardamoms

1 cup sugar

2 cups water

5½ oz/150 g butter

pinch of salt

cashew nuts, raisins, almonds  to decorate

Method:

*  Melt the butter in the pan.
*  Add the semolina and roast on a very low heat until it turns light brown and it gives a nice aroma.
*  Add water and let it absorb.
*  Add sugar, pinch of salt and stir gently for 5-7 minutes.
*  Finally, add nuts and take off the heat.
*  Pour in serving dishes. Decorate and serve immediately.

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Gongura Mamsam Recipe:

Ingredients
chukkan leaves – 1 bunch
gongura leaves – 4 bunches
mutton – ½ kg
oil – 2 tbsp
onions – 2, sliced
chilli powder – 1 tsp
coriander powder – 1 tsp
turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
salt – to taste
green chillies – 20 or to taste
ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
cloves – 4
cinnamon – 3-4 pieces
For Seasoning:
oil – 2 tbsp
mustard – 1 tsp
black gram (urad) dal – 1 tsp
red chili – 1, broken in 2 pieces

Method:
Clean and chop the greens. Cut mutton into 1″ pieces.
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker. Add onion and two slit green chilies. Fry till onion is brown.
Add ginger garlic paste and fry. Add mutton, chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Add water and pressure cook for 15 minutes. Mean while powder cloves and cinnamon.
Cook greens with reaming green chillies and salt. Cool and grind to a paste.
Heat reaming oil, season with mustard, black gram dal and red chili.
Add the green paste and fry well.
When the mutton is cooked add the clove and cinnamon powder and fried paste.
Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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Kashmiri Lamb Recipe:

Ingredients:

* Lamb- 2 lbs (wash and cut into small pieces)

* Large onions- 2 (sliced thinly)

* Tomatoes- 3 (chopped)

* Grated ginger- 1 inch piece

* Crushed garlic- 5 cloves

* Dry red chilies- 4 Read more…

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Mutton Kofta Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 kg mutton – finely minced

1 egg

2 tbsp chana – roasted, grounded & sieved

2 tsp coriander – chopped

1 tbsp poppy seeds – soaked in water

15-20 garlic pods

1 1/2 inch piece of ginger

4 onions – finely sliced Read more…

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Mutton Pulao Recipe:

Ingredients:

350 gm mutton/lamb – chops-pricked

2 cups rice – washed and soaked

4 black cardamoms

1 tsp peppercorns

4 whole red chillies Read more…

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Mutton Biryani Recipe:

Ingredients:

500 gm mutton

1 cup onion

1 inch piece ginger

a few flakes garlic

3 tsp coriander powder

3 green chillies

1 tsp chilli powder

? cup dried coconut Read more…

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Mutton Badshai Recipe:

Ingredients

mutton – ½ kg

curds – ½ cup

chopped cashew nuts – 2 tbsp

grated coconut – 1 cup

garlic – 6 flakes

ginger – 3 cm Read more…

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Mutton Curry Recipe:

Ingredients:
400 gms  Mutton  (cut into square pieces)
4 large onions (cut into large pieces)
1 tsp ginger and garlic paste
oil

Grind to a paste:
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp poppy seeds Read more…

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