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Chicken Nihari

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Nihari is mostly made with beef but people who don’t eat beef can try this ……….

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Ingredients:

  • 2 kgs. Chicken pieces (large size pieces)
  • 1 ½ cup oil
  • 100 gms Aata (wheat flour)(pan roasted and mixed with water)
  • 1 tspn garlic paste
  • 1 tspn ginger paste
  • 1 litre. Water

FOR MASALA

  • 2 tbspns red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tspn nigella seeds
  • ½ tbspn garlic powder
  • ½ tbspn Fried dried onion
  • 1 tbspn cumin seeds
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tspn Fennel seeds
  • 1 tbspn black pepper
  • ½ tspn mace
  • 1 tspn nutmeg
  • 1 tbspn ginger powder
  • 1 tbspn black cumin
  • ½ tspn cloves
  • ½ cup lemon juice

Procedure:

-Combine all the masala ingredients except lemon juice and grind well into powder and mix with lemon juice.

-Now in a large, thick bottomed pot, heat one cup of oil. Add garlic and ginger and stir and then add meat and masala and Fry For Few minutes. Add 1 litre of water and cover. Cook on very low heat until the meat is very tender.

-Dissolve 100gms of pan roasted Flour in 1 glass of water (avoid lumps) and stir this mixture into the curry and stir well.

-Cook For 30 minutes.

-And Finally after a lot of struggle and cooking, Nihari is ready. Serve it hot with naan or parathas and enjoy.

Aalu Gosht

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Aalu Gosht is one of the famous dishes of Pakistan in home cooking. My mum and her mum, both love this dish a lot and that is why they make this dish thrice a week. It is easy to make and the “shorba” (stew) is considered good for heath in Pakistan. Do try this beautiful recipe and enjoy …..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • ½ kg mutton cutlets/ chops
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 large onion sliced
  • 2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
  • 1 tbspn crushed ginger
  • 2 pcs. Of cinnamon
  • 2 small green chillies
  • ½ cup oil
  • 1 tspn Ayesha’s Kitchen Special Garam Masala
  • A pinch of methi seeds
  • 2 cardamoms black
  • 2 cloves
  • 4 peppercorns
  • 6 – 8 baby potatoes (halves) or 2 – 4 medium sized potatoes cut into wedges
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 tspn red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn turmeric powder
  • 1 pinch of cumin seeds
  • 4 tbspns coriander (for garnishing)
  • 4 – 6 cup water for Shorba (stew)

Procedure:

-In a deep pan, place meat, onion, cardamom, cloves, methi seeds, green chillies, ginger garlic paste,  cinnamon sticks and water. Boil on low heat until the chops are tender and water is dry.

-Now add all the other things except potatoes, water and coriander.

-Stir fry until the masala is formed.

-Now add potatoes and mix for 2 minutes.

-Simmer and add water for the stew.

-Cook covered on low heat for 15 minutes.

-Add coriander, mix and serve hot with home-made rotis.

NOTE: If you want to make Aalu Gosht with Shorba, add 6 cups or more of water and if you want to make it masala style, add 2 cups of water and do not cook it covered when potatoes are added.

Maghaz Nihari

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Maghaz Nihari is purely a pakistani dish. Its a kind of beef stew cooked on low heat with spices and Fried brains. Do try this and make your day lovely …

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg beef (4-6 large pieces)
  • ½ kg knuckle and marrow meat (beef)
  • 1 ½ cup oil
  • 1 tspn garlic paste
  • Onion sliced
  • 50 gms of wheat Flour
  • Lots of water

MASALA

  • 2 tbspns red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tspn nigella seeds
  • 1 tbspn garlic powder
  • 3 tbspn Fried dried onion
  • 3 tbspn cumin seeds
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tspn Fennel seeds
  • 2 tbspn black pepper
  • 2 tspns mace
  • 2 tbspn nutmeg
  • 1 tbspn ginger powder
  • 2 tbspn black cumin
  • 1 tspn cloves
  • ½ cup lemon juice

FOR MAGHAZ*

  • 3 goat or lamb brains
  • 1 tbspn ghee* or 4 tbspns olive oil

FOR GARNISHING

  • A bunch of coriander
  • 3 – 4 green chillies sliced
  • A big piece of ginger sliced thinly

Procedure:

-Combine all the masala ingredients except lemon juice and grind well into powder and mix with lemon juice.

-Now in a large, thick bottomed pot, heat one cup of oil. Add garlic and stir and then add meat, bones and masala and Fry For Few minutes. Add 13 glasses of water and cover. Cook on very low heat until the meat is very tender (For beef it will take something around 6 – 8 hours).

-Dissolve 50 gms of Flour in 3 glasses of water (avoid lumps) and stir this mixture into the curry and stir well. Remove bones if you want to.

-Boil brains For 5 minutes. Heat ghee or oil and Fry boiled brains in it. Stir this through Nihari.

-Cook For 15 minutes and meanwhile Fry onions in rest of the oil.

-Add Fried onions + oil to the mixture and again cook on low heat For 30 minutes.

-And Finally after a lot of struggle and cooking, Nihari is ready. Serve it hot with naan or parathas and enjoy.

Outcome:

Tasty homemade Maghaz Nihari is ready to be served.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Avoid lumps while mixing wheat Flour and water.

-Take shin meat.

Servings:

This will serve 10 persons easily.

Nihari

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Nihari is one of the Famous dishe sof Pakistan, it is basically a spicy beef stew which is very tender and very tasty. It requires a lot of time + a lot of effort but once it is made, you Forget all your effort and time, its very easy and believe me it is lovely. Do try this and let me know your remarks …

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg beef (4-6 large pieces)
  • ½ kg knuckle and marrow meat (beef)
  • 1 ½ cup oil
  • 1 tspn garlic paste
  • Onion sliced
  • 50 gms of wheat Flour
  • Lots of water

MASALA

  • 2 tbspns red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tspn nigella seeds
  • ½ tbspn garlic powder
  • ½ tbspn Fried dried onion
  • 1 tbspn cumin seeds
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tspn Fennel seeds
  • 1 tbspn black pepper
  • ½ tspn mace
  • 1 spn nutmeg
  • 1 tbspn ginger powder
  • 1 tbspn black cumin
  • ½ tspn cloves
  • ½ cup lemon juice

Procedure:

-Combine all the masala ingredients except lemon juice and grind well into powder and mix with lemon juice.

-Now in a large, thick bottomed pot, heat one cup of oil. Add garlic and stir and then add meat, bones and masala and Fry For Few minutes. Add 13 glasses of water and cover. Cook on very low heat until the meat is very tender (For beef it will take something around 6 – 8 hours).

-Dissolve 50 gms of Flour in 3 glasses of water (avoid lumps) and stir this mixture into the curry and stir well. Remove bones if you want to.

-Cook For 15 minutes and meanwhile Fry onions in rest of the oil.

-Add Fried onions + oil to the mixture and again cook on low heat For 30 minutes.

-And Finally after a lot of struggle and cooking, Nihari is ready. Serve it hot with naan or parathas and enjoy.

Outcome:

Tasty homemade Nihari is ready to be served.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Avoid lumps while mixing wheat Flour and water.

-Take shin meat.

Servings:

This will serve 10 persons easily.