Biryani
Ingredients
500 gms Basmati Rice (long grained rice).
1kg Mutton (cut into small pieces).
2 tsp. Garam Masala.(mixed spices)
6 Red chilies.
2 Dalchini (Cinnamon Sticks)
2 pieces Elaichi.(cardamom)
3 Green chilies.
7 Cashew nuts.
Onions (A handful, sliced fine and fried till crisp)
5 Lavang (Cloves)
6 Kothmir, (chopped Fresh coriander)
1 small bunch Pudina (mint leaves) chopped.
Ginger Garlic paste.
3 tsp. Saffron. (dissolved in � cup milk)
Curd beaten 1 cup.
Juice of 2 Limes.
4 boiled eggs. Ghee /Oil 5 tbsp.
Salt to taste.
Method
The chillies and the cashew nuts needs to be ground into a fine paste. Mix the mutton pieces with the ginger-garlic paste and beaten curd and Keep aside. Fry the chili paste in 4 tablespoons clarified milk or oil. To this add the mutton, � of the fried onion, 1tsp garam masala(mixed spices) and salt to taste. When the clarified milk separates from the mixture, add one and a half cups warm water and pressure cook till tender. Fry the whole spices in 1 tbsp. clarified milk/oil in a wide-mouthed vessel. Add the rice and fry a little, add green chilies and salt to taste and enough water for the rice to cook. When the rice is cooked, spread it on a plate and remove the spices . Make a mixture of the chopped Kothmir, mint, mixed spices and fried onion and keep aside. Smear the inside of another wide-mouthed and thick bottomed vessel with clarified milk. Spread a layer of rice in it and cover it with half the mutton. Sprinkle half of the Pudina mixture* and juice of a lime. Put a layer of rice followed by a mutton layer and finish with a final layer of rice. Sprinkle the rice with saffron milk and some clarified milk. Cover tightly and cook for twenty minutes over slow fire. Serve hot.
6. Shami Kebab
Ingredients
� kg minced meat without fat.
2 tbsp chana dal (split gram) washed and soaked in water for � hr.
2 pieces dalchini. (cinnamon)
3 cloves.
1 piece ginger.
1 tsp coriander and cumin powder.
1 tsp garam masala.(mixed spices)
10 garlic flakes.
2 elaichi. (cardamom)
1 tsp chili powder.
A pinch of pepper.
A handful of Kothmir and chopped pudina.(mint leaves)
1 egg.
Juice of � a lemon.
1 finely chopped onion.
Oil for frying.
Salt to taste.
Method
Wash and drain the mince. Mix the split gram , whole spices, a cup of water and salt to taste. Cook until it becomes dry. Remove from the fire and add ginger, garlic, pepper, chili powder, coriander and cumin powder and grind the mixture into a fine paste and knead into a dough. Now add the chopped mint leaves, kothmir, lime juice and salt to taste. Make lemon sized balls of the dough, flatten the balls and stuff them with a little onion mixture. Dip the stuffed kebabs in the beaten eggs and shallow fry till it is cooked.
7.Cucumber and Yogurt Raita
Ingredients:
2 medium sized cucumbers
2 teaspoons salt
2 pints natural yogurt
Chopped fresh mint
Freshly ground black pepper
Method:
Peel the skin of fresh young cucumbers and grate them. Mix with the yogurt and add the salt, pepper, and mint. Serve.
8.Shikampuri Kebab
Ingredients
Mutton pieces (from the leg) 1/2 kg,
Chana dal (split gram)1/3 cup,
Green chillies, whole 3-4 or to taste,
Ginger-garlic paste 1 tablespoon,
Chilli powder 2 teaspoons or to taste,
Black cardamom 4,
Bay leaves 4,
Cinnamon sticks 4,
Cloves 6,
Salt to taste,
Yoghurt 1/2 cup,
Garam masala (mixed spices) powder 1-1/2 teaspoons,
Green chillies, finely chopped 2-3,
Fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped 1/3 cup,
Fresh mint leaves, finely chopped 2 tablespoons,
Fresh cream or hung yoghurt 1/2 kg,
Lime juice 3 or 4 tablespoons,
Eggs, lightly beaten 2,
Oil or ghee(clarified milk) to fry.
Method
Place cream or hung yoghurt in the refrigerator overnight or until firm. Put the meat along with the spices ,covered with water, into a pot. Boil until the meat is tender and make sure that all the water has evaporated. Remove from the pot and discard the chillies and whole spices. The meat needs to be ground into a fine paste without adding water. Add the yoghurt, garam masala(mixed spices) powder, coriander leaves, mint leaves and lime juice to the ground meat and mix well. Divide the meat mixture into equal parts. Take a portion of the paste and roll it into a ball between your palms. Flatten slightly and make an indentation in the centre of the meat which is to be filled with a spoonful of the cream or yoghurt.Fold the ground paste over to seal. All the kebabs are to be made in this way and dipped in beaten egg. Shake off any excess .They are to be fried in hot clarified milk or oil until the color changes into a golden brown.
9. Korma
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons of Corn oil
1 chicken cut into pieces
1 teaspoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 green chilies
3 large tomatoes
2 large red onions
2 teaspoons ginger paste
2 teaspoons garlic paste
5 black peppercorns
2 black