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Breakfast Fruit Salad

Fruity Breakfast Salad

Ingredients:

Procedure:

-Cut pears into chunks, strawberries into halves, bananas into slices and oranges into cubes.

-Combine them in a bowl and sprinkle some black pepper on them.

-Toss and serve immediately.

Outcome:

Healthy and nutritious salad is ready to be served. Start your day with a Fresh Fruity breakfast.

Tips:

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-Cut them into medium sized chunks; do not chop.

Servings:

This will serve 2 persons easily.

Keema Omelette

Keema Omelette is a unique recipe of Pakistan. Like we make keema samosa, keema kachori, keema paratha, etc. same we make keema omelette. It is like keema Filling is wrapped in egg wrap. Do try this, its awesome …

Ingredients:

Procedure:

-Heat oil and spread it all over the pan.

-Crack two eggs in a bowl and beat well.

-Now pour this mixture on the pan and cook it on low heat without any disturbance.

-Now when it is a little bit cooked, spread mincemeat all over it. Now Fold and turn Frequently. When its golden red dish it out and serve hot with bread or Fork.

Outcome:

Tasty treat For non vegs is ready to serve.

 

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Tips:

-Do not add salt because it is already there in mincemeat.

Servings:

This will serve 1 – 2 person.

Haleem

Haleem is a traditional pakistani dish, made up of beef and lentils, do try this and make your day …

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup oil
  • 2 litres water (15 glasses of water)
  • 500 gms of boneless beef
  • 100 gms of marrow bones

FOR TEMPERING

  • ½ cups oil
  • A large sized onion sliced thinly
  • 1 tspn garlic paste
  • Few curry leaves
  • A pinch of cumin seeds

FOR GRAINS

  • 1 cup whole wheat grains
  • ½ cup unsplitted oats
  • ½ cup gram daal
  • 4 tbspns moong daal*
  • 4 tbspns masoor daal*
  • 8 tbspn urad daal
  • 2 – 4 cups of water

FOR MASALA

  • 2 tspns chaat masala
  • Some salt to taste
  • Few curry leaves
  • 6 – 8 dried red chillies
  • ½ tspn turmeric
  • ½ tbspn dried coriander
  • 1 tspn cumin seeds
  • ½ tspn garam masala powder

FOR GARNISH

  • Garnish platter

Procedure:

-Combine all the grains together and soak it for 24 hours.

-Combine all the ingredients given for masala except chaat masala in a blender and make fine powder.

-Heat 1 cup of oil in a thick bottomed pot and fry beef bones and meat for 10 minutes. Add powdered masala except chaat masala.

-Fry for another 5 minutes.

-Add soaked grains and 2 litres of water.

-Let it cook for 8 – 12 hours on very low heat, until the beef and lentils start decomposing. Remove bones.

-After 10 hours start stirring it, pressing them with stirring spoon.

-Meanwhile heat rest of the oil and fry curry leaves, onion and cumin seeds and when they begin to splatter add it to the gravy and stir.

-Add chaat masala, mix and serve hot with naan bread and garnish platter.

Outcome:

Superb Haleem is ready to serve.

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Tips:

-Cook on low heat and stir it occasionally.

-After 10 hours, start pressing and stirring the whole thing.

Servings:

This will serve 8 – 10 persons easily.

Tawa* Chicken

Tawa Chicken is a type of grilled chicken although tawa is not used much in this recipe. Its awesome, do try this and enjoy …

Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken
  • ½ cup lemon and herb sauce
  • Some salt
  • 4 – 6 dried red chillies
  • ½ tspn dry coriander
  • Some curry leaves
  • ½ tspn cumin seeds
  • 1 green cardamom
  • 1 black cardamom
  • Some olive oil

Procedure:

-Combine all the ingredients except chicken, oil and herb sauce in a blender and make fine powder.

-Mix this powder with lemon and herb sauce.

-Apply this paste on whole chicken and keep aside For 12 – 24 hours in refrigerator.

-Place it in a baking pan and pour over all the remaining juices.

-Bake it on 200 – 220 degrees Celsius for 2 hrs on the middle rack.

-Cut it into 4 pcs and place them on hot tawa. With a tong grill it directly on flame for some time and then on tawa and serve hot.

Outcome:

The best way to consume chicken is tawa* chicken.

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Tips:

-See tips page for whole chicken tips.

-Lemon and herb sauce can be of any brand, like nandos.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Asian Pepper Chicken With Carrots

Asian Pepper Chicken With Carrots is an easy – to – make, light and healthy curry which consumes very less time and items than other curries and is super delicious, do try this and enjoy the taste of Asia …

Ingredients:

  • 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • some salt
  • 2 cups water
  • 7 tbspns premium, high quality asian soy sauce
  • some curry powder (optional)
  • 4 tbspns olive oil
  • 1 tspn black pepper
  • 1 medium sized carrot (washed and peeled)
  • 1 capsicum
  • 1 big or 4 small green chillies

Procedure:

-Cut chicken breast into strips, roughly chop green chillies and capsicums and slice carrots diagonally.

-Heat some oil in a skillet or a shallow pan and stir Fry chicken with all of the seasonings For 5 minutes.

-Add half of the soy sauce and some water and stir. Let it simmer on medium high heat For sometime and when very little amount of water remains, add vegetables and remaining soy sauce with some more water.

-Stir and simmer.

-After 10 minutes, serve it hot with boiled rice or steamed jasmine rice.

Outcome:

Tasty, lovely and light asian pepper chicken with carrots is ready to be served.

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Tips:

-Do not overcook the vegetables, dont let them lose their stiffness.

Servings:

This will serve 2 persons easily.

Gujrati Dhokla

Gujrati Dhokla is a vegetarian Gujrati dish which is quite Famous in India and is easily available in all of the Indian restaurant …

Ingredients:

  • 350gms Gram flour
  • 1 cup yogurt (Stirred)
  • 1 tsp Green Chilies (paste)
  • 1 tspn Ginger (paste)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 Lemon juice
  • ½ tspn turmeric powder
  • 1 tbspn Oil

FOR TAMPERING

  • Few Curry leaves
  • 1 tspn Mustard Seeds
  • 2 tspn Oil
  • Some Coriander leaves (chopped)
  • 4 green chilies (vertically slit)

Procedure:

-In a bowl add gram flour (besan), yogurt and water.

-Mix well and make a smooth batter. The batter should be of thick consistency.

-Add salt and set aside for 4 hours covered with a lid.

-Take the ginger and green chili paste and add to the batter. Also add turmeric powder and mix well.

-Keep the steamer or cooker ready on gas.

-Grease a baking dish (it should fit in the steamer or cooker).

-Now in small bowl take baking soda, 1tspn oil and lemon juice and mix well.

-Add this to the batter and mix well.

-Pour the batter into the greased pan and steam for 10-12 minutes or till done.

-Cool for some time and cut into big cubes.

-Heat little oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves allow to splutter. Remove and pour it over dhoklas.

-Garnish the besan dhokla with coriander and slited green chilies.

-Serve with coriander chutney.

Outcome:

Tatsy Gujrati Dhokla is ready to be served with chutneys and everything.

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Tips:

-Cook well.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons.