Daily Archives: January 30, 2013

Chicken Ki Tikkian

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Need a tasty idea for a tea party or a great side dish for desi dinners??????????
Here you go …….

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 750 gms to 1 kg chicken mincemeat (with fats)
  • 2 red onions
  • 4 green chillies
  • A bunch of coriander
  • 4 garlic cloves (crushed)
  • 2 tbspns crushed ginger
  • 1 tspn chaat masala
  • Some salt
  • Some chicken powder
  • A pinch of garam masala
  • 3 tbspns lemon juice
  • 2 tbspns chilli flakes
  • 2 tbspns breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbspn cracked dried coriander
  • ½ tspn cumin and ½ tspn carom seeds (pan roasted and crushed in mortar and pestle)
  • Some oil for shallow frying

Procedure:

-Chop onion, green chillies and coriander in food processor.

-In a deep mixing bowl, combine chicken mince and all the spices along with ginger garlic paste.

-Now take a handful of chopped onion, chilli and coriander and squeeze excess water out of it. Mix in the chicken mixture.

-Mix well.

-Heat oil in a frying pan.

-Now with wet hands make medium sized, 1 cm think flat roundels and fry until they are crispy brown. Flip sides and after some time take them out onto your serving dish.

-Serve hot with chutney or raita.

Lahori Channay

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Lahori Channay is the  most popular item in Lahori breakfast. People like it with puris or naans……

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups chickpeas (soak overnight)
  • 2 onion sliced
  • ½ cup oil
  • ½ cup ghee
  • 1 tspn chaat masala
  • A pinch full of bicarbonate soda
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tspn cumin seeds
  • 1 tspn cumin powder
  • Some red chilli powder
  • 1½ tbspn garam masala
  • 1 tbspn ginger garlic paste
  • 4 tbspns lemon juice
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • A pinch of sugar

Procedure:

-In a pressure cooker put 4 cups of water and soaked chickpeas and boil for around 15 minutes.

-Now add all the spices and bicarbonate of soda and cook covered for 45 minutes.

-Heat oil and fry cardamom in it. Add onion and fry until its golden brown. Add boiled chickpeas with water and mix. Add lemon juice and chaat masala and cook for 15 minutes.

-Garnish with some green chillies and coriander.

-Serve hot with puris or naan.

Aalu Ke Anokhe Kabab

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One of my favorite Tea snack ……..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 6 large potatoes boiled and peeled
  • A bunch of coriander
  • A bunch of mint
  • 4 green chillies chopped
  • Some salt
  • Some chicken salt (OPTIONAL)
  • ½ tspn cracked black pepper
  • ½ tspn red chilli
  • A pinch of white pepper
  • ½ tspn chaat masala
  • A little bit of garam masala

FOR FRYING

  • 2 eggs
  • Oil for shallow frying

Procedure:

-Mash potatoes and add everything to it.

-Mix and make small flat roundels.

-Heat oil on medium heat. Dip roundels in egg and fry until they are crisp and golden from outside.

-Serve hot with raita as an appetizer or with tea.

Bengan Bharta Raita

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Bengan Bharta Raita is one of the famous home cooking recipe of Pakistan. My grandma makes the best….. Try it with besan ki roti in summer and I am sure you are going to love it. It tastes a bit like Babaganouge (Lebanese dip) but without lemon and Tahini………

Ayesha's kitchen

Ayesha’s kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1 aubergine/ eggplant (large size)
  • 1 red onion chopped
  • 1 tomato chopped

FOR RAITA

  • ½ kg full cream yogurt
  • 1 small green chilli
  • A handful of fresh coriander
  • A handful of fresh mint leaves
  • Some salt to season

Procedure:

-In a mortar and pestle, crush green chilli, coriander and mint. Add yogurt and mix. Season with some salt.

-Grill aubergine on naked fire until its skin starts blistering and it gets extra soft and watery from inside. (use tongs to change sides)

-Remove from flame and put it on a plate. Now holding one side with tongs start scraping the burnt skin with a sharp knife. Take off all the skin.

-Mash the pulp in mortar and pestle and add it to the raita we made.

-Add chopped onion and tomatoes and mix. Refrigerate for 1 hr before serving.