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Sooji Halva Recipe

September 12th, 2009

SOOJI HALVA

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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Valentine Cake Recipe

July 31st, 2009

ValentineCakeValentine Cake:
Ingredients:

Cream together:

1/2 Cup of Crisco
1 1/2 Cups Sugar
Add 2 eggs – Beat Well

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Kashmiri Lamb Recipe

July 27th, 2009

Kashmiri Lamb Recipe

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
* Fresh green chilies- 3
* Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
* Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
* Garam masala- 1 tsp
* Grated coconut- 4 tablespoons
* Plain yoghurt- 1 cup
* Saffron- 1/2 tsp
* Blanched almonds- 15
* Salt to taste
* Oil- 6 tablespoons
* Chopped cilantro (coriander) leaves
Method:
Grind the red chilies, green chilies, cumin seeds, garam masala, ginger, garlic, grated coconut and tomatoes together into a smooth paste.
Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onions until golden.
Add the spice paste and fry until the oil separates from the mixture.
Add the lamb pieces and salt & cook until it is almost done. Stir occasionally.

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

July 27th, 2009

Mutton Kofta Recipe

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
4 tomatoes – skinned & pureed
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
salt – to taste
1 1/2 cups yoghurt – whipped
1 cup oil
water
2 black cardamoms
1 tsp whole pepper
5-6 cloves
5 green cardamoms
2 bay leaves
1 inch cinnamon stick
Method:
Grind the garlic, ginger and the poppy seeds together. Keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add the onions to it. Fry till they turn brown in colour. Add little water to it and stir.
In another pan mix the whole spices and a cup of water and simmer for 10 minutes. Keep aside.
In the onion mixture add the ginger-garlic paste and the poppy seeds mixture and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
Add the coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well. Add the chopped tomatoes and stir.
In the meantime, mix the egg, chana powder, coriander leaves and the mutton mince with salt.
Grease hands with little oil and make small koftas and keep aside. Add them to the onion mixture. Strain the water from the whole spices and add to the koftas. Bring it to a boil.
Cook for about five minutes and then add yogurt. Reduce the heat and cook for about 45 minutes.

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

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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Mutton Biryani Recipe

July 27th, 2009

Mutton Biryani Recipe

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
1 tsp poppy seeds
2-3 cloves, cardamom, peppercorns
1 inch stick cinnamon
1 cup curds
salt to taste
3 tbsp fat
Other ingredients
Rice:
2 cups pulao rice
½ cup onion
2-3 cloves
1 inch piece cinnamon
2-3 cardamom
2-3 bay leaf
Salt to taste
5 tbsp fat
Method:
Clean and cut meat. Soak in curd.
Roast and powder cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and peppercorns.
Grind together red chillies half the onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies and copra. Heat fat.
Add sliced onions. Add ground spices and fry.
Add meat. fry well. Add ground poppy seeds.
Add remaining curds and salt and cook gently till meat is tender.
Add powdered spices. Remove from fire.
For the Rice
Slice onions. Heat fat. Fry onions and remove. Add spices.
When they crackle, add rice and fry for a few minutes longer.
Add salt and double the quantity of hot water.
When rice is cooked and all moisture has evaporated, remove from fire.
For the Biryani
Make a layer of rice in a pan, sprinkle with saffron water, place meat layer over it and again cover with rice.
Serve hot, garnished with fried onions and fried z

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

July 27th, 2009

Mutton Badshai Recipe

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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FISH MEUNIERE

May 11th, 2009
FISH MEUNIERE RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS:-
Pomfret fish -500Gr,
Clarified Butter -50Gr,
Refined flour -10Gr,
Lime -4,
Parsley -3 springs,
Pepper –a pinch,
Salt –to taste,
PREPARATION OF FISH MEUNIERE :-
Ø Clean, fillet and skin fish. Wash and dry.
Ø Sprinkle over with Seasoned Flour.
Ø Heat half of the clarified butter up to smoking point, put the fish into that.
Ø When fish is sufficiently colored one side turn over and brown the other side.
Ø Remove to hot dish sprinkle over with lime juice, Garnish with Chopped Parsley.
Ø Brown remaining butter pour over fish and serve immediately.

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CRISPEDVEGETABLES

May 11th, 2009
CRISPED VEGETABLES RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS:-
Potatoes -115Gr,
Carrots -115Gr,
Beans -115Gr,
Refined flour -5Gr,
Corn flour -75Gr,
Eggs -1,
Ajunomotto -1 pinch,
Salt –to taste,
Pepper –to taste,
Fat –deep frying.
PREPARATION OF CRISPED VEGETABLES:-
  • Sieve the flour add salt water and make a batter.
  • Cut the Vegetables into Juliennes.
  • Add Pepper Powders to batter. Then dip Vegetables.
  • Heat oil and fry batter Vegetables in it. Till it gets crispy.
  • Garnish the crisped Vegetables with coriander leaves, Serve hot.

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SPRING ROLLS RECIPE

May 11th, 2009

SPRING ROLLS RECIPE:

INGREDIENTS:-

Carrots -115Gr,
Beans -115Gr,
Cabbage -115Gr,
Refined flour -340Gr,
Onions -%0Gr,
Ginger -1/2tsp,
Salt –to taste,
Baking powder -1/2tsp,
Eggs -3,
Corn flour –for rolling,
Fat –To frying.

PREPARATION OF SPRING ROLLS:-

  • Sieve flour, baking powder and Salt together. Make a well in centre. Add lightly beaten eggs.
  • Make a stiff dough using a little cold water is necessary sprinkle a pastry with corn flour and knead dough gently till smooth.
  • Roll out water thin and cut in 7.5cm squares.
  • Mix minced Veg with other ingredients and place heaped tsp of minute in middle of each square.
  • Fold cross wise and press edges together firmly, using a little water.
  • Deep fry in smoking fat until deep brown or boil in soup. Then fried, seive with a sweet and sour sauce.

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