EASY VERMICELLI BIRIYANI

These days really I am getting bore with noodles and pasta. So this time I try to make my old fashioned recipes. In my college days, we are calling this as "Bambino Biriyani, there is a secret behind this name that we found this recipe on bambino vermicelli packs. Its remained me my college days. Later on its modified by us as easy version.

1 cup Vermicelli

1 cup Water

1 Onion(cut into slices)

3 Green Chillies(chopped)

2 tbsp Green Peas(I used frozen one)

1 sp Ginger Garlic past

1 Star Anise

5 Cloves

2 Cardamom pods

1/2" Cinnamon

1tsp Masala powder

1tbsp Cooking Oil

In a skillet add the oil and cardamom, cloves, Cinnamon, star anise and fry the spices until the nice aroma will come out from them.

Add the chilly, onion slices and peas, fry them till cooked well. Add ginger garlic past and fry again for few minutes.

Now add the vermicelli to this, stir well and pour 1 cup of warm water, when the vermicelli is changing color. Add salt and masala powder, mix it well. Close the lid and cook in low flame till the water gets absorbed. Remove from flame.

Serve with curd chutney and lemon.

Perfect Malai Kofta

   I had made this last month for Ritvik's birthday but didn’t have time to write about this. Now I finally got some time to post this delicious recipe.

    "Malai kofta" this name brings me back my sweet Hyderabad days. First time I had this malai kofta in Hyderabad, I didn't remember where it is in Hyderabad. But I had this more often in Haweli, which is my favourite hotel in Hyderabad . I think this is the perfect dish for the parties.

For Koftas:

2            Potatoes

50g       Beans

1/2        Peas

1/2 cup Chopped Cabbage

1/2 cup Grated Carrot

1 tbs      Grated Cheese

2 tbs      Cornflour

1/2 sp   Chilly powder

Salt

For Gravy:

3      Onions 

3      Tomatoes

2tbs Almonds 

1tsp Chilly powder 

1Sp  Coriander powder

1Sp  Masala powder 

1/2" Ginger 

3big  Garlic pods

1sp   Poppy seeds 

2       Cardamom's 

1tbs  Cheese 

1/2sp Sugar

1/2cup Cream(optional)

Turmeric

Salt

oil

Preparation of Kofta:

Boil and smash the beans, potatoes, peas( in the picture, didn't smash the peas yet. but we must do). Squeeze out the juice from carrot. 

Mix all the boiled and smashed veggies, chopped cabbage, grated cheese, carrot, cornflour, salt and chilly powder  to be rolled into balls

and deep fried. keep it aside.          

  

Preparation of the Gravy:

Soak the poppy seeds and almonds for 15 mints.

Boil the tomatoes for 5 mints and pureed it. set aside.

Boil the onions for 10 mints and grind along with ginger, garlic, chilly powder, coriander powder, masala powder, turmeric powder, cardamoms, soaked poppy seeds and almonds.

 

Heat the  oil in a deep pan and fry the onion and masala past till light brown. Add the tomato puree to this fry again until the oil begins to separate from the gravy. Now add the sugar, followed by the  cheese stir one minute and add the salt and 1cup water. Bring the gravy to a boil and then reduce the fire to a simmer. Gently add the koftas to this gravy and remove from the stove. 

Soya Granules And Peas

This soy granules is a healthy food for small kids to old age people. And Good for diabetics and heart patients. An important point to consider is the high fiber and protein content.It is a healthy and tasty substitute for most of our meats. Soya granules is hundred percent vegetarian. The only ingredient in the product is soya beans.


50g Soya granules
100g Green peas( I used frozen peas)
2 big Tomatoes( finely chopped into small peaces)
1 big Onion (finely chopped into small peaces)
1 small bunch Coriander( finely chopped)
2 Green chillies(chopped)
2tsp Ginger&Garlic past
2tsp Red chilly powder
1sp Coriander powder
1/2 Garam masala powder
1/2 Turmeric
2 no Cardamoms
Salt
1tbs Oil
Curry leaves

1. Soak the soya granules in hot water for about 5 mints. Squeeze to remove excess
water from soaked soya granules.
2. Heat the oil in a kadai, add one bye one cardamoms, curry leaves, chopped green
chillies and onions. fry until onion turns transparent. add Green peas.
3. Add ginger garlic past, fry for a minute then add red chilly powder, coriander
powder,turmeric powder, garam masala and mix it well.
4. Add chopped Tomato and cook until tomatoes are well cooked.
5. Mix the soya granules and cover the lid. cook on low fire for some time.
6. adjust the salt and mix 1/4 cup of water and again cover lid, cook until all the
water evaporated.
7. Mix the coriander and switch off the stove.