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.

Chicken satay in peanut sauce

Helllo everyone!!!
Today i m going to share with u a really delicious chicken dish, as usual. Its called chicken satay with peanut sauce. I m sure everyone must have had it at the restaurants and must have always wanted to know how to make it. Its really very simple. Here is how it looks.

The day i decided to make it, i Searched for the perfect recipe and decided to go ahead with it. The recipe called for peanut butter, which i had asked my husband to get from a particular store near his workplace. As usual, by the time he went there, the store was closed. Since i had already marinated the chicken and had my mind set on making this dish, decided make it at home. For those of u, who dont have peanut butter at home, try this recipe. Its really cheaper to make it a home.

Peanut butter

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted roasted peanuts
1 tbsp peanut oil ( or any oil at home)

Method:
Grind the peanuts with the oil in a grinder till smooth. If want it chunky, keep aside 1/4 cup and grind for 1 minute with the smooth peanut butter to get the taste of peanut chunks in your butter.

The chicken is served with peanut sauce, which is a thai delicacy.

Peanut sauce

Ingredients:

For Peanut Sauce: 

1 large onion 
1 pod of garlic 
4-5 red chillies 
2 Tbsp oil 
1 cup peanut butter 
2-3 Tbsp lemon juice 
1- 2 Tbsp sugar 
Salt - to taste 
2 cups water

Method:
Grind the onions, red chillies and garlic together. Heat oil, saute the mixture in it for 5 mins on low heat. Add the peanut butter , sugar and lemon juice and sugar and cook for sometime. Add 2 cups water and cook on medium to low heat till u get the desired consistency.

Lets get to the marination of chicken

Chicken satay

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken boneless ( cut in cubes)
1 Tbsp oil 
2 Tbsp Soya sauce 
1 Tbsp sugar 
4-5 tsp lemon juice or vinegar
Few crushed garlic 
Salt and pepper to taste

Marinate chicken pieces for at least 2 hours.
Pierce 4-5 pieces in each skewers. If u are using the wooden skewers, make sure u soak them in water for 10 minutes.
Pre heat oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees. grill the chicken for 20 minutes. When done, cover it with the basting sauce in a pan. Let it cook for 2 minutes on high flame. Do not overcook. Chicken willturn hard.

For basting sauce

4 tbsp peanut sauce
3 tbsp soya sauce
2 tbsp oil

Mix all together.


Serve the chicken with peanut sauce. Enjoy!!

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Honey chilli potatoes

Hey everyone!!!
I am back again with a very simple, yet delicious recipe. Irfaan and me had these honey chilli potatoes at a restaurant, and irfaan relished it. Seeing him enjoying it so much, thought of trying it myself. I found a lovely recipe for it.

Ingredients:

Potatoes,cut into fingers , soaked in water 5-6 medium
Red chilli powder 1 tbsp
Honey 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil 1 tablespoon + to deep fry
Sesame seeds 1 tbsp
Spring onion greens,chopped

Method
1.Heat sufficient oil in a non-stick pan. Deep fry potato fingers till crisp and golden. Drain on an absorbent paper.

2.Heat two tablespoons oil in another pan. Add the rest of ingredients and stir for a minute.
3. Add salt and the potatoes and garnish with spring onions.

Irfaan was happy i made it.

Sesame chicken

Helllllo everyone!!!
Its been quite a gap since i last posted a recipe. So, here is another favourite recipe of irfaan, sesame chicken. Its a light and easy chicken dish to be eaten with brown rice. My hubby eats only chicken, so i tend to search and make recipes calling for it most of the time. Surely, i will post mutton, paneer and vegetarian too.

One of the main ingredient in this dish is sesame and it is called by it too. Sesame or safed til as u call in india . Half a cup of sesame seeds contains three times more calcium than half a cup of whole milk. In addition to being an excellent dietary source of calcium, sesame seeds are also a good source of manganese, copper, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B1 (thiamin), zinc, vitamin E, healthy protein, and fiber.

Sesame seeds also contain sesamin and sesamolin, two substances that are thought to prevent high blood pressure and protect the liver against oxidative damage.

Lets move on to the recipe

Ingredients:

Brown rice 3/4 cup
Honey 3 tbsp
Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
Soya sauce 2 tbsp
Garlic 1 pod chopped (hubby loves more of garlic in all recipes)
Egg whites 2 ( optional for those who dont like it)
Cornstarch 1/4 cup
Boneless chicken 1/2 kg
Coarse salt and pepper
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Broccoli few bunches for garnishing
Spring onions for garnishing

Method:

1) Cook brown rice and keep aside.
2) Boil broccoli and keep aside
3) In a bowl, mix honey, soy sauce, garlic and sesame seeds and keep aside.
4) in another bowl, whisk egg whites with cornstarch, add chicken, salt and pepper and mix.
5) Heat 1 tbsp oil, on medium to high flame, add the chicken, cook and turn occasionally till golden brown. Add the honey sauce and toss the chicken to coat. Add sesame chciken to the broccoli and serve with brown rice, garnishing it with spring onions.

Irfaan loved it and so did i.