Hareesa Recipe

Ingredients

1 kg Meat (chicken , beef or mutton)
1/2 kg Wheat
2 cup tomato puree
20 green chillies
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon red chili powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
5 cup Stock
1/2 cup ghee or oil
2 medium onion sliced.

Instructions

1. Soak the wheat or gaihun in water for seven to eight hours. In a broad pot add wheat, salt and 1 1/2 liter water and cook it on medium flame till tender
2. Take another pot, add meat, salt, whole green chilies, ginger, garlic paste, red chili powder, black pepper powder & tomato puree and cook it till tender (add 2 to 3 glasses of water in case of beef or mutton)
3. When the meat is tender then use a chopper to obtain haleem like consistency, however, the traditional method is the use of Ghotna. 4. Then add tender wheat & stock and cook the mixture till it is thick.
5. Heat oil/ghee in a pan and fry the onions till golden brown, pour it on the Hareesa as a decoration. 6. Serve it with lime, chopped green chilies, sliced ginger and garam masala Powder.
This dish goes best with Nan

Chicken Handi

Ingredients:

1.Chicken (Boneless pieces)......1 full
2.Yougurt..............2 cups
3.Salt..................to taste
4.Black pepper.............1 teaspoon
5.Red Chili Powder.........1 teaspoon
6.Potatoes (cut in cubes).......4
7.Oil.............half cup

Instuctions:

1.Take yogurt in a bowl. Add salt, black pepper, red chili powder and boneless chicken pieces.
2.Keep the yogurt mixture aside for 30 minutes.
3.After half an hour, put oil in handi. Let the oil gets hot on medium flame.
4.Add potatoes and after 4-5 minutes add the yogurt mixture in it.
5.Cook on low flame for few minutes.
6.Serve hot with naan.

Chicken White Karahi

Ingredients:

Chicken small pieces 1-1/2 Kg
Curd beaten 1 pao
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
White pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ginger garlic paste 1 TBsp
Garam masala powder 1 TBsp
Green onion chopped 3
Green Chillies chopped 4
Ginger slices 1"
Oil 1/4 Cup
Cream to taste optional



Instructions:

In a pan take oil. Saute ginger garlic paste. Add chicken & fry till color changes. Wgen little water is left, add green onion (leave some green part for later use). Mix green chillies & ginger slices.
Beat curd & mix garam masala powder, black pepper, white pepper, salt & mix it in chicken. Mix left over green onion, more ginger slices.

Sprinkle 2-3 tsp fresh cream if you like.

Cooking time 15-20 minutes

Chicken White Karahi

Ingredients:-

Chicken small pieces 1-1/2 Kg
Curd beaten 1 pao
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
White pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ginger garlic paste 1 TBsp
Garam masala powder 1 TBsp
Green onion chopped 3
Green Chillies chopped 4
Ginger slices 1"
Oil 1/4 Cup
Cream to taste optional


Instructions:-

In a pan take oil. Saute ginger garlic paste. Add chicken & fry till color changes. Wgen little water is left, add green onion (leave some green part for later use). Mix green chillies & ginger slices.
Beat curd & mix garam masala powder, black pepper, white pepper, salt & mix it in chicken. Mix left over green onion, more ginger slices.

Sprinkle 2-3 tsp fresh cream if you like.

Take out in a bowl.

Haleem Recipe

Ingredients

2 kg. beef (boneless)
1½ tbs. salt
2 tsp chili (Lal Mirch) powder
1 tsp turmeric (Haldi) powder
1 bay leaves (Tezpatta)
½ kg. Dal Chana
300 grm. whole wheat
100 grm. barley (jaw)
1 cup oil
1 tsp. garam masala
1 large onion
3 to 4 Lemon (sliced) or juice
10-12 green chilies
1 cup chopped coriander (Dhaniya) leaves
¼ cup sliced ginger (Adrak)-Julian

Instructions

Soak all three grains overnight.
Fry the meat in oil. Add 1 tsp. salt, ½ tsp. Turmeric (Haldi) powder, 1 tsp. chili powder, bay leaf and 6-8 glasses of water. Cover and leave on low flame to tenderize until the meat is extremely soft.
Meanwhile, put the grains and dal in a pot with 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp chili powder and ½ tsp Turmeric (Haldi). Add water and cook on low flame till very soft.
When meat and the grains are soft, mix them together, leave on a very low flame and keep mashing and mixing rigorously. It is ready when starts to boil and becomes bubbly.
Fry onion in oil (for Baghar) and for garnishing. Add the oil to the mixture and keep aside the fried onion for garnishing.
Remove from heat and serve with garam masala, fresh Coriander (Dhaniya) leaves, green chilies, fried onion and lemon.

TIP: whenever frying onion for "Baghar" or as accompaniment with Haleem, fry on very low heat for a good flavor. You can hurry it up and fry it on a high heat but you'll just get a burnt sort of flavor.

Serving: 8 to 10 persons

Biryani Recipe

Ingredients

1 kg Mutton/chicken
1 kg Basmati rice
100 grm Yogurt
Salt to taste
1 medium onion
6 garlic clove
1 tbs ginger paste
8 small illaichi

1 tbs gralic paste
10 cloves
Oil or ghee
Kewra few drops
Yellow food color two pinch

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Preparation

Add mutton, salt and garlic cloves in a pot with two glasses of water. If you're using chicken, you can do with only one glass of water.
Cook on a low flame till the meat is tender and the water dries.

Take one medium onion. Slice it and fry it in about 45 tablespoons of oil till its light brown. Add the rest of the spices, yogurt and fry it a little.

Simultaneously soak the rice in water for half an hour.
Boil the rice till they're half cooked,
drain the water and keep them aside.

Add the cooked meat to the sauted onions to make the masala and cook uncovered for a few minutes to evaporate excess water.
When most of the water has evaporated,
transfer a little rice to a pot, and on top of that add some of the meat/masala combo. Make layers of this. The way I usually do it is put half the rice in, add all the meat/masala then top that off with the rest of the rice.

Sprinkle on it a solution of kewra, yellow food color.

Keep it covered and on a low flame.
Keep the pot tightly closed you're trying to steam cook the rice. When the rice is done, the biryani is ready.

Serve with salad or garlic chutney.

Nihari Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 Kg. beef -ask for Nihari meat (shank)
1½ tsp. salt
½ tsp red chili (Lal Mirch) powder
½ tsp. Kashmiri chili (Lal Mirch) powder
¼ tsp. turmeric (Haldi) powder
1 tbs. coriander (Dhaniya) powder
1½ cup oil
3 tbs. white flour (maida)
1 tsp ginger (Adrak) paste
½ tsp. garlic (Lehsan) paste

For garnishing

1 to 1 ½ inch ginger (Adrak) (Julian)
2 tbs. chopped coriander (Dhaniya) leaves
3 to 4 chopped green chilies
2 Lemon (sliced)

Special Nihari spices

2 tbs. Fennel (Saunf)
½ tsp black pepper (Kali Mirch)
½ tsp. cumin seeds (Zeera)
2 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi) seeds
10 cloves (Laung)
2 black cardamom (Bari Ilaichi)
1 stick of cinnamon (Dalchini)
1 bay leaves (Tezpatta)
¼ tsp. nutmeg (Jaiphal) and mace (Javitri)
2 tbs. coriander (Dhaniya) seeds
1 stick (Piplee)
1 aniseed flower (Badian)

Instructions

Put ½ cup oil in a pot. Add meat and fry it a little.
Add salt, chili powder, Turmeric (Haldi) powder, Coriander Seeds (Dhaniya) powder and Ginger (Adrak) paste. Add a little water and mix well.
Dissolve maida in 1 cup of water and add this to the meat and bring to boil.
Grind all the special Nihari spices, put the grounded mixture of spices in a fine cotton cloth bundle and add to the meat.
Add 5-6 glasses of water, cover and leave to tenderize on very low flame.
When meat has softened, remove the bundle of spices and cook the curry to desired consistency.
Garnish: Fry some onion slices in a cup of oil till golden brown and add to Nihari.
Also garnish with fresh Ginger (Adrak) and green chilies.

Serving: 3 to 4 persons.