HALEEM

Yes this is a wonderful Haleem. Thanks for all for all. Maheswari guessed correctly, its a meat based dish. Congratulations Maheswari:):)

This is a famous Hyderabadi dish called "Haleem" which is usually prepared during the holy month of Ramzan. Haleem originated in Iran and Afghanistan area, and brought to India during the Moghul empire.

The high-calorie haleem is the perfect way to break the ramzan fast. It contains both "slow and fast digestion ingredients," the benefits will be more if the dish is consumed soon after breaking the day-long fast during RamzanHaleem is made of wheat, meat (usually beef or mutton, but sometimes chicken or minced meat), lentils and spiceshaleem contains minerals selenium, folic acid, and zinc and vitamins A, C, and E. The fibre content is also relatively high. haleem increase blood circulation and assist in blood production.

It is available mostly in the month of Ramadan and can also be found at some restrents. During the last few years, Hyderabadi haleem has been in high demand among VIPs. It is a complete meal dish.

Ingredients:

Boneless Meat cubes 1/2 kg ( dont remove fat from meat)

Cracked Wheat: 1 cup

Chana daal: 30gr

Urad daal 60gr

Thoor daal 25gr

Curd : 1 cup

Ginger& garlic paste 1 tsp

Ghee : ½ cup

Lemon :1

Coriander leaves : 1/2 cup

Mint leaves : 1/2 cup

Pepper corns 1 spoon

Oil 2 tblsp

Chilli powder 1 spoon

Green chillis 3

Cloves 6

Cinnamon 1"

Cardamoms 4

Star Anise 1

Turmeric powder

Salt

Fried onions 1 tbsp

Cashews 50 gr

Almonds 10 (optional)

1. Soak cracked wheat for 2 hours.drain.

In a pan boil cracked wheat with lots of water untill the cracked wheat become tender and mushy.

2. Wash and soak the letils for 30 mints.

Cook the lentil in pressure cooker. and make it past with the help of grinder.

3. Heat Oil in a pan. add cinnamon, coves, cardamom, star anise fry a while then add meat, chillies, red chilli powder, ginger garlic past, turmeric and salt. close the lid and cook on medium heat till the mutton turns tender.

Now grind the cooked meat in a food processor. Now mix the wheat grains with the groung meat and mix well. Stir continuously so that both are mixed properly.

4. Heat oil in pressure cooker, fry the cashews and onions and keep it aside. In the same oil add the gound meat&wheat past, pepper corns, salt, chilly powder, mint leaves, coriender leaves, lentil past and curd mix it well add one glass of water, lock in the lid. cook till the pressure cooker reaches 2 wishesl. Switch off the stove. Let the pressure drop naturally. Later open the lid.
Now haleem almost ready, fellow the final importent step:

5. Switch on the stove, put the cooked haleem on stove and mix it well. pour ghee spoon by spoon on haleem and stir continuously (otherwise it will burn) till 10 mints. finally mix the nuts and onions. Serve Sprinkle with lemon juice.

KADAI CHICKEN

kadai chicken is a restaurant staple. It is great recipe to eat with naan.
Kadai, is an Indian cooking pot that looks like a wok, with 2 handles Used for stir-frying dishes over high heat and also used as a serving dishKadai . Kadai dishes have Afghan and persian origins and are unique due to the cooking process in a heavy cast iron or copper pot.

Ingredients:

Chicken 1/2 Kg
chopped Onions 1 big
Tomatoes 4 numbers( make it past)
Capsicum 1 big (chopped slices)
Chopped Green Chilli 2
Garlic 3 big
Ginger 1/2"
Dry Red Chillies 5
Corriender seeds 1 tsp
Cloves 5
Cinnamon 2
Cardamon 1/2"
Star anise 1
Corriender powder 1 sp
Red Chilly Powder 1 tsp
Masala powder
Oil 2 tbspns
Salt to taste

Ccorriender seeds and red chillies are make it powder roughly.
Make the paste with ginger garlic.(should use more garlic then ginger)
Heat the oil in kadai, fry cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, star anise for a monute, add crushed corriender and red chilly fry for a while, add ginger garlic paste.after that add onions and fry till light brown.
Add red chilli powder, dhania powder stir it.
Then add tomato paste to this. Stir it till the oil separates. Add chicken pieces, capsicum and green chillies, mix it well.
Add salt and masala powder once stir well and cover with lid.cook on low medium heat till the chicken is tender.

CARROT WAITING FOR YOU ALONG WITH MOGALAI MUTTON

Generally I used to cook mutton with potatoes. But I don't like to eat potatoes because potatoes have high fat content. For a Change I used carrot instead of potato .. surprisinglyyy!!!! carrot comes very... very... tasty., I couldn't believe this. This is quite different then normal one. I feel curry leaves play main role in this recipe.



2 Medium Onions

4 Green Chilies

1 Cup Curd

4 Garlic pods

1" Ginger

15 Curry leaves

250 gms Mutton (goat/ lamb)

1 Carrot

1 Tomato past

6 Cloves1

1 Tsp. Coriander seeds

2 Cardamom

1" dalchin chekka

1/2 Tsp. turmeric

2 Tsp. Poppy seeds

1 Tsp Chilly powder

oil

salt

1. Grind the Onion, garlic, ginger, curry leaves (curry leaves gives much tast to this curry, so no excuses to curry leaves) into past.
   
2. Make into a powder cloves, coriander seeds, cardamom, dalchin chekka and poppy seeds and keep aside.


3. Marinate the mutton along with salt, chilly powder, curd, onion and curry leaves past for 30 mints.


4. Take this mutton in a dish which is suitable for cooker and keep it in cooker till done.


5. Now in a wide skillet, heat oil add cooked mutton (at this stage don't add any water). cook 10 mints, then add chillies,spices and pappy seeds powder . Fry a while and then add the Tomato past and chopped carrot again fry for 2 mints then add salt, one cup water and remaining liquid from the cooked mutton.Cover the lid and cook until the curry become thick.

PIZZA WITH LEFTOVER CHICKEN CURRY

Yes the title is correct! I made this pizza with My leftover chicken curry.., I tried this for spicy. People either seem to love or hate this recipe. I personally, love it! I don't like pizzas anywhere except India, I feel Indian pizza is spicy then here ( Can we get any spicy pizza here...??? ch....:( :(...). Usually I prepare this with more cheese, but this time i don't have low fat cheese.

For Pizza base:

2 Cups Plain Flour

1 Spoon yeast

1 Spoon Salt

Luke warm Water

For Topping:

1/4 Cup Leftover Chicken Curry

1 Small Onion ( finely chopped )

2 Tbs Capsicum pieces

200 gms Cheddar Cheese

Tomato Sauce

pepper powder

• Mix the yeast in Water and keep aside for 15 mints.
• Mix the salt, flour, yeast water and kneed it until the flour is well mixed and soft. Form the dough into a ball and cover with a wet towel to prevent a skin forming on the dough. Leave for one hour to let the yeast work and the dough rise.
• Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
• Roll the dough into a pizza shape. Put the base into the oven for 10 minutes
• Meanwhile take your chicken curry and make the chicken like small pieces.
• Apply some tomato sauce on prebaked pizza base and add the chicken curry topping on it. spread the cheese, capsicum, onion and pepper powder on this.
• And put it back in the oven cooking until the cheese is cooked

PRAWNS AND DRUMSTICK

3/4 cup Prawns shelled and deveined

1 cup Drumstick pieces

1 big Tomatoes - cut into small pieces

2 Onion finely chopped

1 tsp Red chilly powder

1tsp Ginger & Garlic past

4 Green chillies

5 Cloves

1tsp Coriander powder

1 tbsp Oil

salt

Preparation

• Heat oil in a kadai and when very hot put in that cloves, onions, green chillies ginger& garlic past.



• When onions turns limp, add chilly powder, coriander powder and fry for a minute.



• Add tomato, drumsticks fry for another 2 minutes then add the prawns and mix well, cover with lid and let it them for 5 minutes.



• Now add salt, 1/2 cup water and cook the prawn until prawns are well cooked.

Serve hot and enjoy!.

Note:

You can prepare this curry same like this with cashews instead of prawns.

Just before 15 mints soak the cashews and use in the place of prawns. That's it.

EGG DOSA

This Recipe is My Son's special, I want to give egg to him. But he doesn't like omelet or boiled egg anything.....

Now he is happy with this.....:) :) :)

In fact, you can eat one egg every day without harming your cholesterol and other blood-fat levels. That's really good news because eggs are very satisfying. Eating one egg as part of a healthy breakfast may help you lose weight by keeping you from getting hungry later in the morning.

Egg Nutrition:

It is clear that eggs are an excellent source of calories (75 calories), cholesterol (213 mg), protein (6.25 gm), and a variety of important nutrients for the body.

Ingredients:

Leftover dosa dough: 1cup
Egg : 1
Oil : 1tsp
Salt
Pepper powder

• When the pan is fully heated, take some dosa batter and spread it on the pan into a round shape.
• Now break one egg, and spread on the dosa .Sprinkle salt and pepper powder on that Spread oil around the dosa.
• Cook till golden brown .Remove and serve with chutney!

For Dosa batter:

1 cup urad dal

1.5 cup rice

Wash and Soak urad dal and rice for 6 hours. Grind into paste like condensed milk (not normal milk) constancy. Cover and keep aside for overnight. Add salt to taste and mix it well .