Benarasi kewami sevaiyaan

Hey everyone!!!
For those who missed me...So sorry for not posting any recipes since such a long time..had a minor issue with my finger, so didnt get to type.
The recipe which i am going to share today has been tried and tested by my sister in law rizwana umpteen number of times, and loved by the men of our house and me too..So, here it goes..

Ingredients:

1 cup Fine Benarasi Siwain
1 cup Khoya 
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Milk
1 cup Water
1 cup Pure ghee
2 drops Kevra essence
1 Teaspoon Nutmeg & Green Cardamom powder
½ cup Makhana (chopped in two pcs)
½ cup Mix chopped Dry fruits (chopped Kaju, Badam, Nariyal/Khopra, Kishmish)
2 pieces Silver foil (chandi ka warq)

Method:

1) In a pan add Sugar, Khoya, Milk, Water and mix well. Boil it till you get four string consistency called Chashni (4 taar ki).
2)In another pan add siwain and roast them till they turn dark brown and keep aside in a separate plate. Make sure to avoid over roasting the delicate siwain.
In the same pan heat ghee and fry chopped makhanas, then add nariyal/khopra & other dry fruits to fry.
3)Mix roast Siwain in chashni, then add fried dry fruits. Cook for two minutes & switch off the flame. Cover the lid for atleast 10 minutes then pour kevra essence and sprinkle nutmeg & green cardamom powder.

Decorate with Silver foil (Chandi ka warq) before serving.

Mint lime juice

Hey everyone!!!
Its been quite a long time since i posted something. So, here is a simple yet refreshing drink.

Ingredients

Juice of 6 limes 
350 gms sugar 
450 ml water 
1/4 cup mint leaves - chopped
Soda - to dilute ice-cubes
 
Method
Blend the lime juice, sugar and water. 
Divide the lime juice mixture into four glasses, add some ice cubes and then divide the mint into the glasses too. 
Stir to mix and top up the glasses with soda and serve.

Chicken wontons

Hey all!!!
Today i would like to share a momos turned wonton recipe. It so happened that irfaan wanted to eat momos, so as usual, i searched and found the perfect momos recipe on khana khazana.
I tried it, and it turned pretty well. Irfaan loved it, but i am not particularly fond of steamed momos, so i thought of frying few for myself and voila!..it was yummy.
This is how i like mine.

Ingredients

1 cup maida
1 carrot
1 french beans
1 capsicum
1 spring onion greens plus white
250 gms chicken
2 tbsp oil
Salt
Chilli paste 1 tsp
1 tbsp vinegar
2 tsp soya sauce
1 tbsp tomato sauce

Method:

1) Chop all the vegetables and greens finely.
2) Grind the chicken finely.
3) heat 1 tbsp oil, add all the chopped vegetables and chicken.
4) add the vinegar, soya sauce, salt, tomato sauce and chilli paste.
5) cook for 5 mins on high flame. Keep aside and let it cool.
6) meanwhile, prepare dough using maida, oil, salt and water.
7)roll thin puri sized chapatis using all the dough.
8) neatly add the prepared mixture in the centre and close the circles forming girdles on the top.
9) last steam it for 15 mins or deep fry it my style.
Serve hot with garlic chilli sauce.

This is how the steamed ones look.

Mutton biryani

Hey everyone!!!
Eid mubarak to all! Its been quite some time, since i last shared a recipe with u all. Today its going to be my mom's recipe of mutton biryani. No matter how hard i try, it never turns out as good as hers, though everyone loves it. My Ammi (mom) makes layered biryani, she cooks the mutton and rice separately and then puts a layer of mutton and tops it with rice and the garnishing.

So, here goes the recipe of the mutton first followed by the rice.

Ingredients for mutton:

1kg mutton with bones
1kg onions ( sliced thinly)
5 tomatoes chopped
5 potatoes (peeled and cut into half)
1/4 kg dahi
2 bay leaves ( tej patta)
2 inch ciinnamon ( dal chini)
4 cloves (laung)
5-6 black peppercorns ( kali mirch)
2 big cardamom (badi elaichi)
4 green cardamom ( choti elaichi)
2 tbsp cumin seeds ( jeera)
2 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp turmeric powder
3 tbsp coriander powder
Paste of a handful of coriander leaves and 5 green chillies
4 tbsp ginger garlic paste
Salt 2 tsp
2 tbsp garam masala powder
Oil for frying
For cooking 1 cup
Juice of 2 lemons

Method:

1) First we heat a pressurecooker, pour a cup of oil in it, add the garam masalas, let it crackle and put half the sliced onions and cook till it turns starting to turn golden.
2) Add the ginger garlic paste , the mutton and the coriander chilli paste and cookit for some time.
3) Then add the rest of the masalas , salt , dahi and tomatoes.
4) mix it well and pressure cook for 10 mins or till mutton almost tender.
5)open the pressure cooker and cook it on simmer for some time, till mutton cooked and almost dry and oil leaves the sides. Check the seasoning according to ur taste.
DO NOT ADD WATER at any point of time. Keep it aside.
6) fry the remaining sliced onions till golden and potatoes too till golden. keep it on an absorbent paper.

Ingredients for rice:

1 kg basmati rice
2 tbsp ghee or oil
1 bay leaf
2 green cardamom
11/2 litre water
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
Salt

Method:

1) Heat a heavy bottom pan and put ghee in it.
2) add the bay leaf and cardamom.
3) saute the ginger garlic paste.
4) add the water with salt.
5) once the water starts boiling, add the rice and cook on simmer once the water reduces.

The layering:

In a vessel, put the cooked mutton, sprinkle lemon juice all over it, garnish with fried potatoes and the fried onions. Garnish with chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves. Spread the rice on top of it, and garnish it again with the remaining fried onions and mint leaves and coriander leaves.

Serve with dahi raita.