Monthly Archives: October 2009

Chicken Barbecue Pizza

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Chicken Barbecue Pizza is a very aromatic pizza, very juicy and very tangy, try it and love it …

Ingredients:

  • Some barbecued chicken
  • One thin crust pizza dough
  • Some pizza topper
  • ½ capsicum sliced thinly
  • 1 onion thinly sliced in rings
  • ½ tomato sliced thinly
  • ¼ to ½ cup grated mozzarella cheese
  • ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
  • 1 pinch of grated parmesan cheese
  • 4 – 6 tbspns pizza sauce
  • 2 tbspn olive oil

Procedure:

-Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

-Prepare a pizza crust, apply some olive oil on edges and then spread some pizza sauce on it. Sprinkle all the cheese and then place chicken and all the other vegetables on it.

-Top it with some pizza topper and bake For 15 minutes or until its golden or hot red.

-Slice and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty and lovely chicken barbecue pizza is ready to be served.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Preheat oven 30 minutes before baking.

Servings:

This will serve 2 – 4 persons easily.

Keema* Biryani

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Keema Biryani is one of the special dishes of Ayesha’s Kitchen, believe me its awesome, i made it yesterday and my family loved it, do try this and let me know about your comments …

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ cups of basmati rice
  • Few drops of yellow Food colour
  • Some water to soak and boil
  • Few drops of kewra essence

FOR KEEMA

  • ½ kg mincemeat
  • An onion chopped
  • A tomato chopped
  • 1 green chilli slitted
  • 1 cup water
  • A cardamom pod
  • A green cardamom pod
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • ¼ tspn cumin seeds
  • A small piece of bay leaf or few curry leaves
  • 2 – 4 peppercorns
  • 4 – 8 tbspn olive oil

MASALA POWDER

  • ½ tspn methi dana
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 big cardamom whole
  • 2 pcs. Cinnamon
  • 3 green cardamom pods
  • 4 – 6 black peppercorns
  • 8 – 10 dried red chillies or pods
  • 4 – 6 curry leaves
  • ½ tspn dry coriander
  • 1 tspn cumin seeds
  • ¼ tspn turmeric

Procedure:

-Take all the ingredients given for masala in a spice blender and make fine powder. Keep aside

-Soak rice For at least 10 minutes (no more nor less).

-Heat some water in a vessel, add some salt and boil it. When it comes to boil add soaked rice and when they are all white and 80 percent cooked drain the water and keep them aside.

-Now in a separate vessel heat oil something around 4 – 6 or 8 tbspns and add whole garam masala or all the spices that are given (not the powdered one). When they begin to splatter add onions.

-When onions are slightly brown in colour add tomatoes and cook them on low heat, avoid adding water at this stage. Add powdered masala and mix well. When tomatoes lose their stiffness add mincemeat and fry for some time.

-Add a cup of water and cook it covered. When the water begins to simmer and a dry mixture of mincemeat is formed add boiled rice layer by layer. Add few drops of yellow food colour and kewra essence and cook it covered on very low heat.

-After 5 – 10 minutes when rice are 99 percent cooked serve your Biryani hot with some mint sauce and Fresh salad.

Outcome:

Tasty and mouth watering Keema* Biryani is ready to serve.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Tips:

-Avoid adding too much of kewra just a small drop and same goes with food colour.

-See tips for Biryani rice given on Tips page.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Old Fashioned Corn Pizza

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This is a very retro style pizza. Now the pizzas are very innovative and customised but this was the 1st generation of pizzas, have alook and enjoy the lovely bits …

Ingredients:

  • 1 thin crust pizza base / Dough maker’s* Pizza base
  • 4 tbspns pizza sauce
  • ½ tspn garlic paste
  • 2 tbspns olive oil
  • ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 button mushrooms chopped
  • 4 tbspns corn
  • A pinch of dried rosemary*
  • 1 pinch of dried oregano*

Procedure:

-Prepare a pizza base and apply some olive oil, garlic paste and pizza sauce. Now sprinkle some cheddar cheese and then some mozzarella cheese.

-Place some chopped muhrooms and Fresh maize or corn and top it withsome herbs, like oregano and rosemary.

-Bake in a preheated oven For 20 minutes on 190 degrees Celsius.

-When it is golden red, take it out and serve hot.

Outcome:

Tasty old Fashioned mushroom and corn pizza is ready to be served.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Serve it in retro style, in some old Fashioned crockery and cutlery and some old Fashioned presentation styles.

-Thickness of dough totally depends on your desire, i prefer thin crust and it is ready in 20 minutes, if you are making thick crust of puffy crust or stuffed crust then refer to “Tips” page.

Servings:

This will serve 2 persons easily.

 

*Refer to Glossary

Prawn Biryani

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Prawn Biryani (Jheenga Biryani) is ultimate don’t you think so???

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg prawns peeled and cooked*
  • 2 cups rice
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • 2 big cardamoms
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • ½ onions chopped
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • 1 red chilli chopped
  • Some salt
  • Some red chilli powder (OPTIONAL)
  • ¼ tspn turmeric powder
  • ½ tspn coriander powder
  • ½ tspn cumin powder
  • A pinch of cumin seeds
  • 1 curry leaf
  • 2 black peppercorns
  • 2 tbspns Fresh coriander chopped
  • Few drops of yellow Food colour
  • ½ cup water

Procedure:

-Soak rice in water.

-Heat oil and add cardamom stuff, cinnamon, cumin seeds and curry leaf. When they begin to splatter add onion along with some salt and Fry until they lose their stiffness. Now add prawns and stir Fry them.

-Let them cook in their own water. When this mixture begins to dry add chopped tomato and other spices and herbs and mix. Add water whenever required.

-When prawns are nicely cooked remove From heat.

-Boil nearly a litre or 2 of water. Add soaked rice and when they are 90 % cooked drain them.

-In a thick bottomed pan,take half of the boiled rice a make layer then place a layer of cooked prawns and then again a layer of rice. At the end add very Few drops of yellow Food colour and cover the pan.

-Cook it For 5 – 10 minutes on very low heat. Make sure they do not stick to the bottom of utensil.

-Now dish them and serve hot with a sprig of Fresh green coriander.

Outcome:

Tasty and lovely, odourless prawn Biryani or Jheenga* Biryani is ready to be served.

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Ayesha’s Kitchen

Tips:

-See “Tips” page For Rice Tips.

-Make sure your prawns are nicely cooked.

-You can adjust seasoning according to your taste.

-Peeled and cooked prawns are of pink colour and they are easily available Frozen in market.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

*Refer to “Glossary” Page

Kiwi Vegetarian Delight

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Kiwis (the people of New Zealand) mostly enjoys the sweet and savoury taste together so they top up their pizzas with some pineapple to make it sweet with any other savoury topping, like they have ham with pineapple in Hawain Pizza, pineapple with pepperoni in Tony’s Pepperoni, etc. So here is the vegetarian delight pizza with all mushrooms, olives, capsicums and lovely tropical Fresh PINEAPPLE … Kiwis You people Rock …

Ingredients:

  • 1 thin crust pizza base/ Instant pizza base
  • ½ cup sliced pineapple
  • ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
  • ½ cup mozzarella cheese
  • 4 champignons* sliced
  • 4 olives sliced
  • 4 tbspns pizza sauce
  • 2 tbspns olive oil
  • Some garlic paste

Procedure:

-Prepare pizza dough according to the recipe.

-Apply olive oil, some garlic and pizza sauce and then sprinkle both of the cheese.

-Now place the toppings as desired and bake in a preheated oven (200 degrees Celsius) For 20 minutes or until golden brown.

-Slice and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty kiwi style sweet pineapple pizza is ready to be served.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius 20 minutes – 30 minutes before baking.

-See “Tips” page For pizza and stuff.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

 

*See glossary page.