Nargisi Koftay

Nargisi Koftay

A most sumptous and delish royal dish

Recipe: 

Ingredients:

 For Kofta: • Beef meat 1 cup
• Gram pulse/ Chana daal 1/2 cup
• Onion sliced 1 large
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Cumin seed 1 tsp
• Whole dried chillies 6
• Red chilli powder 1 tsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Black cardamom 2 - 3
• Black pepper 5 - 6
• Cinnamon 1 - 2 small sticks
• Water 2 cups
• Eggs 4, boiled
• Eggs 2, beaten

For Gravy:
• Finely sliced onion 1/2 cup
• Tomatoes 4 large, grinded to paste • Red chilli 1 tsp
• Yogurt beaten 1/2 cup
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder 1 tsp
• Turmeric 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Ground garam masala -1/2 tsp
• Water
• Green coriander chopped 1/4 cup

Method:

For Gravy: • Heat oil in a pan. Fry finely sliced onions till golden brown. Separate a small proportion of fried onions for garnishing.
• Add ginger garlic paste and stir.
• Add tomato paste and spices and fry.
• Add yoghurt and fry till oil separates from the gravy
• Add water according to the consistency you want and put on low flame till gravy gets thicker.

For Koftas: • In a pan put meat, daal, onion and spices and water cover and cook until pulse gets tender.
• Remove from stove and let it cool at room temperature.
• Chop in chopper.
• Also chop green coriander, all spices powder add both in mince mix well.
• Add beaten egg and mix in mince mixture.
• Cover boiled eggs with mince mixture and make smooth balls.
• Heat oil and deep fry till golden brown.
• Allow to cool.
• When koftas are cooled, cut them longitudinally in two halves.

Pour gravy in serving dish and put prepared koftas on gravy.
Sprinkle coriander leaves and fried onion and serve with naan/ boiled/ fried rice.
Enjoy your Meal.

~ Happy Cooking! :)



Chicken Chilli Stir-fry with Egg Vegetable Fried Rice

Chicken Chilli Stir-fry with Egg Vegetable Fried Rice

A must try if you love Chinese food!!

Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 - Chicken breasts - 2 - 3 cut in thin strips

2 - Cornflour - 2 tbsf for marination, 2 Tbsf for sauce

3 - Dark Soy Sauce - 2 tbsf for marination, 4 Tbsf for sauce

4 - Black pepper - 1/2 tsf for marination, to taste for sauce

5 - Garlic cloves - 2 (crushed)

6 - Ginger - 3 cm piece (crushed)

7 - Large size green chillies - 4 - 5, diced in long strips
8 - Green bell pepper - 1 large cut in thin strips (optional)

8 - Oil - 2 tbsf for marination, 4 - 5 tbsf for sauce

9 - Salt - to taste

10 - Knorr chicken cubes - 2

Directions:

Step 1

Marinate chicken strips in salt, black pepper, soy sauce, corn flour and oil for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Heat a wok over high heat until hot. Add 2 teaspoons oil. Swirl to coat. Add half the chicken. Stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat with 2 teaspoons oil and remaining chicken strips.

Step 3

Add remaining 2 teaspoons oil to wok. Swirl to coat. Add garlic and ginger. Stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add Knorr chicken cubes, soy sauce and black pepper. Stir fry for 1 minute.

Step 4

Return chicken to wok. Stir-fry for 2 minute or until well combined. Dash the chillies and stir fry for 30 secs. Add cornflour dissolved in water and stir well. Let it simmer till whiteness of cornflour is disappeared.

Serve hot with fried rice.

~ Happy Cooking! 

I love this dish, so cook it often. And almost every time I cook it, I click a photo. :)

Naan Khatai (Biscuits)

Naan Khatai (Biscuits)

These are one of the most awesome cookies I bake. They taste out of this world, specially when I eat each biscuit after dipping it in the tea. Lol! (that's how I eat biscuits)

Recipe:

Ingredients:

1- All purpose flour - 2 cups

2- Ghee - 1 cup

3 - Castor sugar - 1 cup

4 - Baking powder - 1.5 tsp full

5 - Cardamoms - few (crushed seeds)

6 - Pistachios - quantity according to your liking.

Directions: (Pre-heat the oven at 180 'C)

1 - Put the cup containing ghee in the freezer till its hard.

2 - Sieve flour with baking powder.

3 - If you don't have castor sugar, its alright. Just grind regular sugar till its fine.

4 - Take out ghee and scoop it out from the cup in a large bowl. Crush the frozen ghee.

5 - Add sugar in ghee and mix well till its creamy in consistency.

6 - Add crushed cardamom seeds in this mixture.

7 - Gradually add flour in this mixture and knead the dough.

8 - Grease baking trays.

9 - When dough is properly kneaded, make small balls and flatten each between your palms.

10 - Place these biscuits on the baking tray, each biscuit apart as their size will increase while baking.

11 - Make small depression on each biscuit with your finger and sprinkle crushed pistachios in this depression.

12 - Bake these cookies for 20 - 25 minutes.

13 - You can verify that the cookies are baked after 20 - 25 minutes by lifting one cookies with a fork. If it lifts properly, without sticking to the pan / fork and the underside is slightly browned, your cookies are ready!

14 - Serve your Naan Khatai with Tea! :)

~ Happy Baking!

Custard Cookies

Custard Cookies 

(these are heavenly tasting cookies, trust me!)

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 200g butter, softened
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup vanilla custard powder

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Place butter and sugar into a bowl and mix with a wooden spatula until well combined.
• Add flour, baking powder and custard powder mixture. Mix/ knead until well combined.
• Roll heaped teaspoonfuls of mixture into small balls. Place onto prepared baking trays. Press with a floured fork to flatten slightly. Bake for 12 minutes or until light golden. Allow to stand on trays for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. 
• Repeat with remaining biscuit mixture.

~ Happy baking! :)