Friday, December 17, 2010

Asian Sweet Dish of Carrots (Gajar ke Kheer)


Ingredients:
Carrots - 1 Kg grated finely (Kadukash ke hoye)
Milk - 2 liters
Rice- 1/2 cup soaked for 2 to 3 hours
Sugar- 8 Table spoons
Illachi - 4 to 6
Salt- 1/4 teaspoon
Pista, Almonds, Coconut as required

Method:
Boil Milk, then add Illachi.
on one boil add carrots & rice and let it cook on low flame till rice and carrots are done and mixed well with milk. once its gets thick add sugar, salt, cut almonds and coconut fine slices.
After 5 to 10 minutes, remove from flame.
Dish out, garnish with pista and almonds.
Let it cool and serve :-)

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Kalay Channay ke Chat

Ingredients:
1/2 kg kalay channay- washed amd soaked overnight with 1/4 tea spoon baking soda.
In morning wash them and boil them.
2 onions finely chopped
2 green chilli finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1/4 bunch green corrainder leaves finely chopped
1 tea spoon ginger garlic paste
1 1/2 tea spoon salt
1 1/2 tea spoon red chilli powder
1 tea spoon roasted crushed cumin seeds
1/2 tea spoon all spice powder (garam masala)
2 table spoom lemon juice or imlee ke chatni

Method:
Take 1/4 cup oil, heat it.
Add onion, once it is transparent add ginger garlic paste.
Add tomatos, salt, red chili powder, bhoon lain.
Add boiled channay, Cumin powder, garam masala, green chilli- bhoon lain.
In end add lemon juice and green corrainder.

Peshawari Karahi Ghost

One of my Dad's all time fav :-)


Ingredients:

1/2 Kg Mutton
1/4 Kg Tomatos chopped
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 tea spoon ginger garlic paste
1 tea spoon salt
1 tea spoon red chili powder
1/4 tea spoon haldi powder
1 tea spoon black pepper powder ( i prefer freshly crushed)
1 tea spoon roasted cumin (zera) seeds
1 tea spoon all spice powder (garam masala)
1/2 cup Curd (dahi)
6 to 7 green chilies
1/2 cup oil or desi ghee ( I made it in Desi ghee and result was uffffffffffffffffffff tooo Gud MashAllah)

Method:
In karachi take oil, heat it.
Add Ginger Garlic paste after one minute add onions
After 2 to 3 minutes add salt, red chili powder, haldi.
After 2 to 3 minutes add mutton, fry it.
After 5 minutes add tomatos and cover it and cook on low flame till Mutton is done.
Increase the flame it and fry the mutton (bhoon lain achay se)
When mutton & tomato water is dry then add
3 table spoon curd (dahi)
1 tea spoon black pepper
1 tea spoon roasted cumin seeds
1/2 tea spoon garam masala.
and green chilli

Fry it till its done.
Garnish with fresh corriander leaves and finely chopped Ginger in Julian cut.

Serve with Nan :-)

Mashed Potato Sandwitches

Me back after soooooooooo many days :-)
This is one of my fav for emergency serving with Tea :-)
Serve these with Chilli garlic sauce, Garlic Mayo or Green Chatni Thick Raita

Ingredients:
4 medium Boiled Potatos, mash them
2 Green Chilli, finely chopped
1/4 bunch green corriander finely chopped
1/2 tea spoon salt
1/2 tea spoon black peppre
Mix all these.

2 Eggs for coating
Bread Slices as required.

Method:
Remove cormers of bread slices.
Flaten them with roller.
Apply water with finger tips on corners.
Put the above batter on half slice and then close it like book.
press to close edges.
Dip in Egg.
Fry these like French toast with little oil.
You can also deep dry them.