Mutton Karahi/ Lamb Karahi

A very famous dish in Pakistan…. It is my version and everyone who has eaten it, loves it. It is not SHINWARI, I will be sharing shinwari karahi recipe in another post, this recipe is more like restaurant or Lahore’s Butt Karahi version…. but better because I have added my special magic to it 🎩πŸͺ„
For your convenience I have divided the ingredients into 5 parts and steps, please follow the exact recipe for the authentic tasteΒ πŸ˜‹

TIPS
πŸ”ΈοΈAlways get meat from 1 lamb/ goat. Don’t buy mix curry pieces because if 1 piece is smelly or of old animal, it will ruin the taste plus the cook time will vary.
πŸ”ΉοΈAlways buy young animal as its meat will be pink and small grain which will make it easy to cook.

INGREDIENTS
1 kilo lamb meat with bones, I have used a mix of nalli, chaamp and puth (shanks, chops and back strap)
150g lamb fat from the kidney (if you cant find the kidney fat, go for normal fat)
5 medium sized tomatoes (cut into 4 wedges per tomato)
2 tbspns freshly crushed ginger, garlic and green chillies
2 desi green chillies or Turkish green chillies, cut into small pieces or lengthways
4 tbspn freshly chopped green coriander
1/4 cup oil

For Meat Pressure
1 small onion, sliced
1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
1 green chilli, as it is
Salt to taste

Spices
1 tbspn red chilli powder and flakes
1 tspn Kashmiri red chilli powder
1 tbspn cumin powder
1 tbspn coriander powder

For Tempering
1 tbspn butter or ghee
A pinch of kasuri methi
A generous pinch of cracked black pepper

For Garnish
4 tbspn freshly chopped green coriander
Few juliennes of ginger
2 green chillies sliced

METHOD
– In a pressure cooked add all the ingredients mentioned under “For meat pressure” along with 2 cups of water and cook until the meat is 80% done. (I wont mention the number of whistles because all the pressure cookers are different)
– In a separate pan/ wok (I prefer a large size wok with a lid as it is spacious) melt some lamb fat on high flame and then add oil, bring the temperature to medium and add freshly crushed ginger garlic and green chilli paste and stir fry until fragrant.
– Add tomatoes and cover the cook pot and cook for 10 minutes in low to medium heat or until the skin of tomatoes starts wrinkling.
– Take off the tomato skin with the help of tongs and add all the spices and turn the flame high. Cook until the tomatoes are mushy and the spices are cooked.
– Now scoop out the cooked lamb pieces and add it to the tomato gravy. Mix and cook for 5 minutes and add 1 cup of mutton stock to it from the pressure cooker. Reduce the flame and cook until the oil starts separating and the meat is cooked 100%. It will take approximately 15 minutes.
– Melt ghee/ butter in a separate pan and add the ingredients mentioned under “Tempering”. Give them a sizzle and add it to the meat.
– Garnish with ginger, green chillies and coriander and serve hot with khameeri roti or naan.

Chicken Chapli Kebab

Easy peazy crowd pleasy! πŸ˜„

Lovely recipe for Iftar, hi tea parties, weight loss and daily snacks….

Ingredients:

750g chicken mince

2 tbspns besan

2 medium sized onions

2 – 4 green chillies

A bunch of fresh green coriander

2 tbspns crushed ginger

4 cloves of garlic

2 tbspns lemon juice

1 egg

Salt (mix of normal salt and kaala namak) to taste

1 tbspn red chilli flakes & powder

1 tbspn cracked coriander seeds

1 tbspn freshly coarsely ground cumin

A pinch of carom seeds, ajwain

0.5 tspn garam masala

A generous pinch of black pepper

Some cornflour to dust the kebabs before frying

Few slices of tomato

Oil (half cup mustard, half cup normal cooking oil) for frying

Instructions:

-In a food processor, add all the veggies and pulse to a coarse mixture. Add chicken and besan and pulse again to a paste.

-Take out the paste in a mixing bowl and add all the spices and egg. Mix well.

-Keep aside for 10 to 15 minutes.

-Divide the mixture into 12 portions. Shape each portion into a kebab or tikki and press a slice of tomato in the middle.

-Put in the chiller or freezer for 15 minutes so they are firm before dusting the corn flour.

-Heat oil in a frying pan. Dust each patty lightly with corn flour and fry 5 minutes per side on medium flame.

-Arrange them onto a serving platter, make a quick chutney (recipe in next post) and serve hot.

Strawberry Trifle

The 🌟 of the show…. perfecf dessert for Iftars and get togethers, total crowd pleaser, enjoyed by all ages and a real delight in Spring season….

Lets get started!

Ingredients:

For Custard

1.5 L full cream milk (In Australia I use Coles milk and in Pakistan I use Olper’s tetrapack)

2.5 tbspns heapful of Rafhan strawberry custard powder (I dont trust any other brand when it comes to custard and jelly)

0.5 cup sugar

For Jelly

3 Rafhan starwberry jelly packs

4 cups water

For Layers

1 plain cake (I use Shezan bakery’s plain cake in Pakistan because that is the best, in Australia I use Coles plain Madeira cake)

350ml cream

1 kg strawberries (cut into cubes)

Instructions:

πŸ“ For custard, reserve half cup of milk and boil the rest. Mix 2.5 tbspns of custard powder in the reserved milk and gradually add it to the boiling milk with constant stirring. Add sugar and cook for 5 minutes on low to medium flame. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.

πŸ“ For jello, boil water and stir in all the boxes of jello mix. Cook until the mixture is clear and shiny (not cloudy or sugary). Pour the mixture in a square or rectangular deep dish and keep aside to cool down. Once its cooled to room temperature, refrigerate until firm and chilled. You can speed up this process by putting it in freezer for 20 minutes once its cooled to room temperature.

πŸ“ Now once the jelly is firm and chilled and cut into cubes, custard is cooled to room temperature, strawberries are sliced and cake is cut into pieces, lets layer the dish in the following order:

Custard

Cake

A drizzle of cream

Custard

Strawberries

A layer of cream

Custard

Jelly

Strawberries

A final layer of custard

Drizzle of cream

Some garnish of strawberries

Chill in refrigerator for atleast 4 hours.

Serve.

Mini Chicken Sliders

Everyone loved it yesterday…. and the time before that and the time before that and the other 10 times I made it😁

A crowd pleaser recipe, easy to make, easy to assemble and yummiliciously delicious to eat….

Lets get started 😊

Ingredients:

For Chicken Patties:

300g chicken mince

1 egg

Chicken salt

Salt

Red chilli flakes (optional)

Black pepper

A generous pinch of white pepper

A splash of soy sauce

For Sauce:

1 cup mayonnaise (use hellmans in Pakistan, it tastes better)

0.5 cup chilli garlic sauce (knorr always)

For Burgers:

12 slider buns (you can use any, I used sesame dinner rolls from Bread n Beyond bakers)

Some softened butter

Small pieces of lettuce

3 cheese slices (each cut into 3 squares, I used Happy cow because it tastes great)

12 slices of tomato

Oil for frying the patties

Instructions:

-Mix mincemeat and egg and season according to your taste with the spices given above. Mix and keep aside.

-Prepare everything else. Cut all the veggies and cheese, cut the buns into half and apply some butter for toasting and mix mayonnaise and chilli garlic sauce for burger sauce in a separate bowl.

-Toast the buns and apply a tspn of sauce to each side. Then layer it with some lettuce and tomato.

-Make 12 patties out of chicken mince mixture. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the patties, 2 minutes per side on medium flame. Top each patty with a portion of cheese and once the cheese is melted, put the cheese on the bun and cover it with the top bun. Secure the layers with a skewer or a toothpick.

-Serve with chips.

Chicken Tikka Fry Roast

πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ As you can see the name of this juicy, succulent, tender chicken recipe says it all. I combined 3 recipes to make this ONE and believe me it was crazy delish!!!!

The chicken was first marinated, then steamed, then fried, then tempered with charcoal and then smothered in left over masala…. oooomphhhhhh! Ahh mayyy zingggg

So lets get started

Ingredients

8 skinless chicken marylands/ whole thigh and leg pieces

1/2 tspn carom seeds (ajwain)

Salt and chicken salt to taste

1 tbspn kashmiri red chilli powder

1 tbspn chilli flakes (add more if you want it hot)

1 tbspn heapful fresh crushed roasted cumin seeds (bhuna kuta zeera)

1 tbspn coriander powder

1 tbspn chaat masala (I use Shan brand)

1 tspn black pepper powder

A pinch of white pepper powder

1/4 cup vinegar and lemon juice mix

1 tbspn garlic paste

2 tbspns green chilli paste

1/2 cup yoghurt

1/4 cup tomato ketchup or chilli garlic tomato sauce

Some sesame seeds

4 tbspns oil for cooking

Oil for feep frying

Method:

πŸ—Wash and clean chicken and pat dry with paper towel. Make deep gashes on leg and thigh part. You can use chicken breast part as well but it will be too dry. If you are using chicken breast, make 3 to 4 deep gashes on each one of them too.

πŸ—Mix vinegar, lemon juice and all the spices along with garlic paste, ketchup and green chilli paste. Apply this paste on chicken pieces and massage well into the gashes. Keep aside for 2 hours.

πŸ—Mix in yoghurt and apply well and keep aside for atleast 6 hours.

πŸ—Heat 4 tbspns of cooking oil and lay chicken in the pan in a way that the pieces dont overlap. Sprinkle some sesame seeds and cover with lid and cook on high heat for 5 minutes and then on low to medium for 30 minutes or until the chicken is tender and cooked through.

πŸ—Heat oil to 200⁰C in deep fryer and fry chicken pieces for one minute or until they get that golden fried color. Put all the pieces in one cooking pot and temper with charcoal.

πŸ—Simmer the remaining residue of steamed chicken on high flame until it turns into a thick mixture.

πŸ—Now smother each piece in that gravy and arrange the chicken pieces onto a serving platter.

πŸ—Serve hot with chips.

Crispy Fried Fish

So folks, this recipe is from one of our dear family friends, we went to congratulate them on the arrival of their little princess and they made this amazing fish which we ate with a squeeze of lemon and a dip of sauce.

I enjoyed it so much that I asked him for the recipe which I am going to share here with y’all but with my twist πŸ˜‰

So for this amazing fried fish you wont need a whole lot of pantry, just some few easily available items….

Ingredients:

1 kilo boneless fish (cut into 3 finger sized pieces) I have used gummy, flake and basa for this recipe, you can use any of your choice

Generous amount of salt (but not tooooo much)

1/2 tspn black pepper

1 tspn red chilli flakes

FOR BATTER

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup corn flour

Some ice chilled water or carbonated water to make a normal consistency batter

A little bit of salt

A little bit if black pepper

Oil for deep frying

Method

🐟Wash and pat dry fish fillet pieces and marinate it in salt, black pepper and red chilli flakes for 30 to 45 minutes.

🐟5 minutes before frying the fish, make the batter.

🐟Combine all the dry ingredients given for batter in a mixing bowl and gently pour over chilled water or chilled carbonated water with gentle whisking until you reach the consistency which is neither too thick nor too runny. Medium consistency.

🐟Heat oil to 220⁰C. Dip the piece of fish in batter, shake off the access batter and dunk it into hot oil.

🐟Do the same with other pieces and avoid overlapping. Each piece should be atleast 2 inches apart so they dont stuck together and make a mess when its time to serve.

🐟Each batch will take around 3 to 5 minutes to cook fish through. Once you get that golden, crispy colour, take it out on your serving dish and serve hot with tartare sauce and lots of lemon wedges to get that lemony zinggggg.