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Mexican Omelette

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This is my dad’s recipe. I just tried it and it turned out awesome, do try this and start your day with a perfect treat …..

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Ingredients:

FOR CHICKEN

  • 1 chicken breast/ thigh/ schnitzel/ 250 gms boneless chicken (sliced/ diced)
  • 3 tbspns soy sauce
  • 2 tbspns chilli sauce or hot sauce
  • Some salt
  • Some coarsely milled black pepper
  • A pinch of white pepper
  • A pinch of paprika
  • ½ tspn garlic paste

FOR EGGS

  • 6 eggs
  • ¼ cup milk
  • Some salt to season

FOR OMELETTE

  • 1 spring onion chopped
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • 2 tbspns capsicum salsa
  • 1 green chilli chopped
  • 1 capsicum chopped
  • Some canned champignons chopped
  • A scoop butter/ 4 tbspns olive oil
  • Some cheddar cheese
  • Some oregano

Procedure:

-Marinate chicken in all the ingredients given for chicken for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile cut all the vegetables and combine and whisk eggs, milk and salt in mixing bowl.

-In a frying pan heat oil and fry chicken. When it begins to change its colour, add salsa sauce, and all the other vegetables. Reserve some capsicum for topping.

-Cook and cook covered until the tomatoes lose their stiffness. Now add eggs and let the mixture settle for about a minute. Now gradually mix. When the eggs are cooked and little bit runny, transfer them to a circular baking pan (spring form pan, preferred).

-Top it with some cheese, oregano and capsicum and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees Celsius) until the cheese is melted and a bit golden in color.

-Take it out and let it rest for about 2 minutes. Remove the spring of the pan and serve hot with toasted multi grain bread.

Spicy Chicken Boneless Tikka Boti

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This dish belongs to Pakistani BBQ. I have made it at home without using a BBQ grill because most of us dont have BBQ grill at home but believe me, this tastes exactly the same and it is hassle free. Do try this and do not forget to comment …..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 3 – 4 boneless skinless thigh fillets (cut into big cubes, 6-7 pcs. Per fillet)
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tspn ajinomoto (optional)
  • 1 tspn Ayesha’s Kitchen Garam Masala
  • ½ tspn turmeric powder
  • ½ – 1 tspn red chilli powder
  • 1 tbspn vinegar
  • 1 tbspn lemon juice
  • 1 cup yogurt (sour)
  • A pinch of black pepper
  • A pinch of methi leaves
  • 1 tspn ginger garlic paste
  • 4 tbspns olive oil

Procedure:

-Combine everything (except oil) in a mixing bowl and marinade for around 6 hours.

-Heat oil in a pan (nonstick, with a lid) and add the marinated chicken. Stir and cook it covered on low heat for around 30 minutes.

-Take off the lid and cook on medium – high heat for 10 minutes with constant stirring. Remove from heat.

-Heat a piece of charcoal until it is white. Place it on a 4×4 aluminum sheet and place it on the top of chicken tikka. Drizzle some oil on it (coal) and cover the pan with the lid for about 10 minutes.

-After 10 minutes, remove the coal and serve the chicken with mint tikka and fresh salad.

Malai Boti (without BBQ grill)

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Malai boti is a famous barbecue dish of Pakistan. Nearly, all the barbecue restaurants in Pakistan serve this dish and people really love it. Its mild, its juicy, its lite and its healthy. I have made this in a pan because we cant use BBQs in apartments and mostly people dont have BBQ grills at home so this is the home version of this beautiful dish. Do try this and fall in love with Ayesha’s Kitchen …..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg chicken thigh fillets (cut each fillet into 4 – 5 pieces)
  • 250 gms lite sour cream
  • 1 ½ cup yogurt (sour, but not Greek)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbspn red chilli powder
  • 1 tbspn crushed ginger
  • 1 tbspn crushed garlic
  • ½ tspn turmeric
  • 2 tbspn Ayesha’s kitchen special garam masala
  • 1 tspn chicken powder
  • 1 tbspn meat tenderizer/ raw papaya paste
  • 6 tbspns oil (olive oil)
  • Some charcoal for tempering

Procedure:

-Cut thigh fillets into big 4 – 5 pieces.

-Apply some meat tenderizer on them and keep aside for 10 minutes.

-Now add all the other ingredients except oil and charcoal.

-Keep aside for 4 hours.

-Heat oil in a pan (pan with lid) and add the marinated chicken in it. Cook covered on low heat for 30 minutes.

-Then remove the lid and stir cook on high heat until the moisture is evaporated and oil comes to the surface. Remove from the heat.

-Heat charcoal on naked flames. When it is hot place it on an onion peel or on a piece of aluminum foil and place it on the top of the cooked chicken.

-Drizzle some oil over the coal and cover the pan with the lid.

-After 15 minutes take out the coal and the paper. Dish out the chicken and serve hot with coriander chilli raita.

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Chicken Chilli Dry 1

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Chicken Chilli dry is a famous dish of Pakistani-Chinese cuisine. In Pakistan, we dont have authentic Chinese cuisine, instead we have added our spices and sauces to make it spicy and according to our taste. This dish is damn hot, if you want to make it mild, add all the chillies in less quantity. I love this dish and whenever I make it, people love it ……

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 2 chicken breasts (skinless, boneless)
  • ¼ cup oil (olive oil)
  • 1 tspn minced garlic
  • 1 tspn crushed ginger
  • 1 tspn red pepper flakes
  • ½ tspn cracked black pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbspns vinegar
  • 4 tbspns soy sauce
  • ½ tspn Chinese salt (Ajinomoto)
  • 2 spring onions (green part)(cut into branches)
  • 1 red/ brown onion (cubes)(medium size)
  • 4 – 8 green chillies (deseeded) (julienne cut)
  • ¼ cup chicken stock

Procedure:

-Cut chicken breasts into 1 cm thick strips.

-Heat oil and fry ginger, garlic and red chilli flakes in it. After 5 seconds add chicken and mix well.  Fry until its white. Now add the other things except green chillies and onions. Add chicken stock if the mixture is dry and sticking to the bottom.

-Stir fry for some time and let the chicken stock simmer. Now add chillies and onions. Fry for some more time until the onions get a nice golden colour.

-Take it out in a dish and serve hot with egg fried rice.

Chicken Al a Kiev (My dad’s recipe)

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You must have heard “like mother, like daughter” but in my case it is “Like father, like daughter”. Cooking is my dad’s passion and here I am going to tell you his secret recipe for Chicken Al a Kiev, this recipe is just like Colonel’s fried chicken recipe, you eat it, you like it but when you make it you dont get it rite because it is a blend of some selected spices and sauces……. In our family, many people have tried to make it but they didn’t get it rite, some of them have even tried it thrice but still no luck, so this recipe is for all of them, Guys, now you can make this tasty French delicacy at home by following this simple recipe ….

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

FOR MARINATION:

  • 3 chicken breasts (single pieces, skinless and boneless)
  • Salt
  • Cracked black pepper
  • 2 tbspns soy sauce

FOR WHITE SAUCE

  • 2 tbspns olive oil
  • 100 gms butter
  • 100 gms flour
  • ½ litre milk
  • ¼ cup water

FOR AL A KIEV

  • 2 carrots (peeled)
  • 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
  • ½ cup sliced green olives
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ tspn red chilli flakes
  • Some salt and pepper to season

Procedure:

-Cut chicken breasts into thin slices and in a mixing bowl marinade it for 30 minutes.

-For white sauce, mix milk and water and keep it aside. Melt some butter in a sauce pan and add flour. Cook the flour for 2 minutes with constant stirring and gradually add the milk with constant stirring. Avoid lumps.

-Now you will notice that the sauce is getting thick. Remove from heat and keep it aside.

-Now in a separate pan, heat 2 tbspns of olive oil and fry the marinated chicken strips. Add carrots when the chicken changes its colour. Add ½ cup of water and cook it covered until the carrots get tender.

-Add chilli flakes and mushrooms. Cook for about 2 minutes on medium heat. Introduce the white sauce to the chicken and mix well. Add olives and remove from heat. Season with salt and pepper.

-Garnish with some left over carrot and olives and serve hot with French bread.

Smoky Chicken Kabab Biryani

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Smoky Chicken kabab Biryani is totally my own recipe…… It is tasty and the smoky BBQ smell make it more tempting and irresistible …..

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Ingredients:

FOR KABAB

  • 500 gms chicken mincemeat
  • ½ bell pepper/ capsicum
  • 1 onion (medium sized)
  • 2 green chillies
  • 2 red chillies
  • 1 tbspn coriander
  • Some salt
  • Some red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn  Ayesha’s kitchen special garam masala
  • A pinch of nigella seeds
  • ½ tspn carom seeds
  • 1 tbspn kasuri methi
  • A piece of ginger
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Some oil for grilling or frying

FOR BIRYANI

  • 1 large onion sliced
  • 2 tomatoes sliced
  • 2 green chillies
  • 2 tbspns yogurt
  • 1 tbspn curry leaves
  • recipe homemade biryani masala (1 packet of market bought biryani masala)
  • ¾ cup oil
  • Some yellow food colour (dissolved in water)
  • A charcoal piece

Procedure:

-In a food processor, add all the ingredients given for kabab and mix well. Make seekh kabab like kababs and grill them on a grill pan or shallow fry them in a frying pan. Take them out when they are red and keep aside until we need them again.

-Boil rice and discard the water. Keep aside the rice.

-Heat oil and fry onion slices until they are red. Add tomatoes, biryani masala and yogurt and mix well until the tomatoes lose their shape. Now add 1 cup of water and stir well. Add fried/grilled kababs and let it cook until a nice masala is formed and the oil comes out. Add curry leaves and mix well.

-Put charcoal piece on naked fire until it is white and smoky.

-Now add boiled rice and drizzle some yellow food colour mixed with water on top. Then place an onion peel or a piece of aluminum foil on it and place the smoking white coal on it. Now drizzle some oil on the coal and cover the dish with a lid.

-After 15 minutes, remove the coal and dish out the recipe.

-Serve with fresh salad and whipped yogurt.