Green Beans in Garlic Butter

Tender green beans, cooked in their own juice, make a mouth watering accompaniment to any rich meat, fish or poultry dish.

Ingredients:

• 25g unsalted butter
• 1/2 tsp cummin seeds
• 4 flakes garlic, crushed or finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 450g whole green beans
• 1/2 tsp salt to taste

Preparation:

Melt the butter over low heat and season with cummin seed. Add the garlic and fry for one minute. Add the chilli powder and immediately follow with the beans. Stir fty for a minute. Add the salt and mix thoroughly. Cover the pan and simmer the beans iin their own juice until they are tender for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat.

Seve with chicken korma, fish curry.

For a variation , add cauliflower cut into small flowerettes, instead of beans.

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Thupa

Ingredients:

• 1 cup tomato puree
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 1 cup noodles boiled
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp sugar
• 4 tsp fresh cream
• 3 cups water

Preparation:

Add tomato puree, ginger-garlic paste, salt, pepper, sugar to water and boil it well. When soup is done , add boiled noddles and cream. Boil again for 2-3 minutes. Serve hot.

Note: You may add chilli sauce, soya sauce and vinegar

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Besani Bhindi

Ingredients:

• 500 gm bhindi or okra (lady's finger)
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 2 tbsp gram flour(besan)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• oil to fry
• salt to taste

Preparation:

Wash the bhindis and wipe dry. Remove the stalks and divide into 2 lengthwise. Mix all the ingredients along with bhindi together.

Heat oil in a karahi or pan. Pick bhindi one by one and deep fry in oil until it becomes golden and crisp. When done servw hot.

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Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg tomato chopped
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• 4 tsp butter
• 2 glasses of water
• 2 tsp cornflour
• 1/2 cup milk
• salt and pepper to taste

For garnish:

• Fresh cream and croutons

Preparation:

Add water to the tomatoes in pressure cooker and cook for about 6-7 minutes. When they are done, sieve the soup. Melt butter in a pan, fry garlic, ginger paste. Add tomato soup. When it starts boiling, add ccornflour mixed in 1/2 cup milk, salt and pepper. Garnish with cream and croutons.

To make croutons:
Cube bread slices and brown on meal rack in OTG. Alternatively, you may fry them in oil till they are brown in colour.

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Kamal Kakri (Lotus Stem) Kofta Curry

Ingredients:

• 150 gm kamal kakri (bhen)
• 20gm gram flour (besan)
• 1 green chilli choppped
• 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• oil for frying
• salt to taste

For the gravy:

• 2 onions
• 3-4 toomatoes
• 1" piece of ginger
• 3-4 flakes of garlic
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tbsp curd
• salt to taste

For garnishing:

• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• some coriander leaves

Preparation:

Scrape, wash and grate the kamal kakri. Add masalas, green chilli and besan to it. Mix well.

Make balls and deep fry in oil till they are golden brown. When all is done, keep aside.

For the gravy:
Grind the onion, ginger and garlic to a fine paste. Blanch tomatoes and make a puree.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the paste to golden brown. Add salt , red chilli powder, turmeric powder, tomato puree, beaten curd and liitle hot water. Cook till gravy is done.

Finally add fried Koftas to the gravy. Simmer over a low flame for 2-3 minutes. Serve hot sprinkled with garam masala and coriander leaves.

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Labhi Kabab

Ingredients:

• 500gm minced mutton
• 10g mutton fat
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 5g shahi jeera
• 500g yoghurt
• 500ml water
• 3 big green cardamom
• 3 small pieces of cinnamon
• 1 tsp dry ginger powder
• 1 tsp dry mint powder
• 100g onion, finely chopped and fried till golden brown
• salt to taste
• 5 sprigs fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
• 5 sprigs fresh coriander leaves finely chopped

Preparation:

Mix the minced mutton with the mutton fat, 1/2 tsp turmeric, 1/2 tsp chilli powder, the shahi jeera and a pinch of salt

Make 16 small boat shaped dumpings and set aside.

Ina a pan, heat the yoghurt and water . Add the green cardamoms, cinamons, 1/2 tsp turmeric, 1.2 tsp chilli powder, dry ginger and mint powders, fried onions and salt to taste. Keep stirring to prevent the yoghurt from curdling.
When the mixture comes to a boil, add the boat shaped dumplings.

Cover the pan and cook on low heat for about 25 minutes.Garnish with fresh coriander and mint leaves.Serve hot.

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Dalcha

Ingredients:

280 gms chicken breast (deboned and julliened)
100gm channa dal
100gm toor dal
30gms tamarind pulp
2 gms turmeric powder
6 green chillies funely chopped
10gm coriander leaves chopped
120 gm onion finely chopped
2 sprigs curry leaves
20 ml oil
6 no.s of cloves
6 nos green cardamom
4" stick cinnamon
5gms red chilli powder
10gm garlic paste
12 gm ginger paste
2 medium sized tomatoes(blanched, skinned and chopped)
Salt for taste

For Seasoning:
4 dry red chillies
3 cloves garlic
4gms cumin seeds
2 gms mustard seed
3gm garam masala powder

For the stock:
5gm yellow chilli powder
2" stick cinnamon
3gms small cardamom
2gms cloves
2 nos bayleaves
10gm crushed ginger
4 cloves crushed garlic
10gm onion
salt to taste

Preparation:

To prepare stock:
Simmer the chicken carcass with dry spices, onion, ginger and garlic in 2 litres of water for an hour. Strain the stock and discard the chicken

To prepare the dals:
Soak the dals seperately for 3 hours. Pressure cook in 750 ml water along with salt, turmeric powder, half the green chillies, coriander and curry leaves till tender. Remove and make into a creamy paste in a blender.

To prepare dalcha:
Heat oil in a non stick kadai, add all the dry whole spices. When they begin to crackle add the onions,garlic, ginger pastes. Stir fry, then add the rest of the green chillies and red chilli powder. Sprinkle a little water and saute till the masala turns golden brown.

Add the chicken,saute over medium heat for 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, dal paste and stock. Cover and cook over medium heat till the chicken is tender.

Add the tamarind pulp and the remaining curry leaves. Cook for 4 minutes.

Season with dry roasted red chillies, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and cloves and sprinkle garam masala powder on top.Bring to final boil and serve hot with roti or rice.

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Lamb Chop Malani

Ingredients:

• 800gm lamb chops (24 pieces)
• salt to taste
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp red chilli paste
• 1 tsp raw papaya paste
• 2 tbsp oil

For Sauce:

• 1 tsp garlic chopped
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 3 tbsp fresh tomato puree
• 1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped

Preparation:

Clean lamb chops and pat with the back of the knife. Rub with salt and leave aside for 10 minutes. Then squeeze out the moisture.

Rub in the rest of the ingredients and leave overnight.

On a hot plate or grill, grill the lamb chops till they are tender and cooked.

In a pan take 1 tbsp oil. Add garlic and cook till garlic becomes transparent but not brown and add soya sauce and tomato puree.

Coat the lamb chops with this sauce and serve hot. garnish with chopped coriander leaves

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Gobi Mussalam

Ingredients:

• 1 cauliflower
• 250gm onion chopped
• 200gm tomatoes
• 200gm yogurt
• 1tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 10gm red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp mustard seed
• 1/2 tbsp kalaunji
• 5gm raisins
• 5gm almond without skin
• 5gm cashew nuts halved
• 10gm coriander leaves chopped
• 200gm oil
• 5gm green cardamom and maize powder(makai)
• 50 gm fresh cream

Preparation:

Break the stalk of cauliflower from centre carefully. cauliflower should not fall apart.

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard and kalaunji. Add onion, ginger, garlic, turmeric, red chilli powder and salt. Saute for 15 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and whipped curd. Cook till thick consistency is achieved.

Blanch cauliflower in salted water. Drain out the cauliflower.

Place the cauliflower in the gravy. Cover it with a lid and cook it over low heat for 2 minutes. Sprinkle cardamom and maize powder. Add cream and mix.

Take out the cauliflower in a serving dish. Top it up with fried cashew nut, almond and raisins. Add chopped coriander and serve

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Lazeez Mango Shrikhand

Ingredients:

• 5 Alphonso Mangoes fully ripe
• 1 kg fresh milk yogurt
• 1 tbsp kewra water
• 1/2 tsp green cardamon powder
• sugar to taste

Preparation:

Place the yogurt in a muslin cloth and hang for at least one hour.

Peel the mangoes and mash into pulp

In a bowl, strain the curd from muslin cloth, mix mango pulp, sugar, cardamom and kewra water. Mix well and place this into small serving bowls and keep it in refrigerator.

Serve chilled , garnished with mango slices

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