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Kesar Kheer Recipe

September 12th, 2009

KESAR KHEERKesar 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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Mutton Pulao Recipe

July 27th, 2009

Mutton Pulao Recipe

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
6 cloves
1 inch piece cinnamon-broken roughly
4 tbsp ghee
1 cup onions – sliced uniformly
1 tsp salt
1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
1 tsp all spice – powdered
2 cups hot water – for the rice
pinch of food colour
Method:
Heat the ghee in a pan and add the cardamom, peppercorns, red chillies and cloves. When they darken a bit, add the onions and cook till transparent.
Add the meat, salt and chilli powder, all spice. Stir fry till meat is opaque and add two cups of water. Bring to a boil and lower the heat and cook covered till meat is tender.
Strain the meat and keep aside. Measure the liquid and make up to three cups by adding hot water.
Mix liquid, meat and rice together. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook covered for five minutes. Sprinkle the colour in a trail and continue to cook covered for seven minutes. Serve hot.

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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