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Aalu Keema

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Aalu Keema is another very special dish of Pakistani home cooking. People love this combination of spicy mincemeat with lovely tender potatoes. Sometimes I think that Pakistani cooking is a bit like Italian cooking, we use mincemeat quite often with a combination of vegetables and chopped tomatoes for the tangy taste. You can add boiled noodles/ spaghetti/ rice to this dish to make Aalu Keema noodles/ spaghetti/ rice, it is also very common in Pakistani  home cooking. This is known to be the best technique in Pakistan to utilize the left overs. Do try this wonderful dish and I am sure you are going to love it …..

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Ingredients:

  • ½ kg to 750 gms mincemeat chicken/ mutton/ beef/ lamb
  • 2 potatoes (peeled and cubed)
  • 2 medium sized onions (sliced)
  • 2 tomatoes (chopped)
  • Green chillies (as you like)
  • Some chopped coriander
  • Salt to taste
  • Red chilli powder to taste
  • ½ tspn turmeric
  • 1 tspn garam masala
  • ½ cup oil
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 big cardamoms
  • 2 cloves
  • A piece of cinnamon
  • 1 tspn ginger (crushed)
  • 1 tspn minced garlic
  • A pinch of fenugreek leaves

Procedure:

-In a deep pan, add water, mincemeat, onion, ginger garlic paste, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves and boil for around 20 minutes on low heat or until the water gets dry.

-Add oil and all the ingredients (except coriander and green chillies) and mix well. When the tomatoes tend to get soft cover the pan and cook on low heat with occasional stirring. Let the tomatoes cook in the moisture of tomatoes. Do not add additional water.

-When the potatoes are tender and it gives a nice cooked look, dish it out and serve hot with hot chapattis and salad.

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 …..

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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.

BBQ Mutton Chops (Desi Style)

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There are many recipes for BBQ chops but this is the desi version and home made version of BBQ chops which is tempered with coal. People who dont have coal BBQ grill at home can try this recipe and enjoy the taste of real BBQ at home. Try this and love this recipe ….

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Ingredients:

  • 1 kg mutton chops (cutlets)
  • 4 tbspns yogurt
  • ½ cup vinegar
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 cloves of garlic crushed
  • 1 tbspn crushed ginger
  • 4 tbspns oil
  • 1 green chilli crushed
  • 1 tspn cracked black pepper
  • 1 tspn red chilli flakes
  • ½ tspn carom seeds

1 tbspn GARAM MASALA

  • 2 big cardamoms
  • 2 pieces of cinnamon
  • ½ tspn cumin seeds
  • 4 cloves

Combine all the ingredients given for garam masala in a spice grinder and grind to a coarse powder.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • 1 piece coal
  • Some oil
  • 2 x 2 aluminum foil

Procedure:

-Marinade meat in garam masala, yogurt, and all other spices and vinegar for 8 hours.

-Heat oil and fry ginger, garlic and green chilli paste in it. Now add the marinated meat and let it cook on low heat for about an hour or when the meat is tender. It will not burn or stick to the bottom if you don’t cook it on low heat and use nonstick pan.

-Now on high heat stir fry it until the chops are red and gives a roasted look.

-Heat the charcoal until its white. Place the foil on the top of roasted chops, pace the coal on it with the help of tongs and then drizzle some oil on it and cover it with the lid.

-After 10 minutes remove the coal and serve hot with naan, salad and raita.

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Kabab Masala/ Kabab Karahi/ Kabab Kadai

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Kabab Kadai is a Pakistani – Afghani dish which is not so famous in Pakistani restaurants but is now introduced in home cooking. I make this dish quite often for fancy dinner parties and my guests always appreciate it. Do try this and feel the taste of Ayesha’s Kitchen …..

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Ingredients:

FOR KABAB

  • 300 gms lean beef mincemeat and 200 gms fat (charbi)/ 500 gms normal beef mince with fats
  • 1 large red onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • Some ginger (2 tbspns grated)
  • 4 – 6 green chillies
  • A bunch of coriander
  • 1 tspn methi leaves
  • Some salt
  • Some red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn turmeric
  • 1 tbspn garam masala
  • 2 tbspns oil
  • 1 tspn cracked coriander
  • A pinch of cracked peppercorn

FOR KADAI

  • ½ cup oil
  • 2 medium red onions chopped
  • 4 medium tomatoes chopped
  • 1 tspn ginger garlic paste
  • 2 green chillies
  • 2 tbspns yogurt
  • Some salt
  • Some red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn garam masala
  • ½ tspn turmeric

FOR GARNISHING

  • 2 tbspns coriander
  • 2 tbspn ginger julienne
  • 2 green chillies sliced

Procedure:

-Put a piece of charcoal on fire.

-Combine everything (spices and vegetables) given for kababs in food processor (chopper) and mix well.

-Glaze the grill pan with some oil and place the kebabs on it. Cook on medium heat until they are done.

-Take them out in a casserole dish or pyrex dish and place a 2X2 aluminum foil on it. Place the hot white charcoal piece on the aluminum patch and drizzle some oil on it. It will start smoking. Immediately cover it with a heat conducting lid and keep aside until we need it again.

-Prepare for kadai masala.

-Heat oil in a pan and fry chopped onion and ginger garlic paste until the onions are light brown. Add spices, yogurt and tomatoes and cook on high heat with constant stirring until the tomatoes are cooked. Add a splash of water if necessary.

-Now add all the spices and check for the salt and pepper. Adjust if needed.

-Add some water (about ½ cup) and mix well.

-Now add your kababs and cover the pan. Cook on very low heat for 10 minutes.

-Dish out and garnish with some coriander, green chillies and ginger julienne.

-Serve hot with raita, fresh salad and tandoori roti.

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Serving:

Serves 4.

Channay Ki Daal Gosht

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Chaanay ki daal gosht is a Pakistani recipe which is very popular in Pakistani Home cooking. Women make this dish on weekly basis because like this the family can consume the proteins of meat and nutrients of channa daal (gram daal). This is not a popular restaurant dish but believe me it comes out very tasty if you follow Ayesha’ Kitchen recipe ….

Daal Gosht

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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups channa daal
  • ½ kg mutton (cutlet or chop piece)
  • 1 big onion sliced
  • 2 tomatoes sliced
  • 2 tbspns ginger julienne
  • 2 tbspns grated ginger and minced garlic
  • 1 cup oil
  • 1 piece of cinnamon
  • Few green chillies sliced
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbspn red chilli powder
  • 1 tspn turmeric
  • 1 tspn chaat masala
  • 1 tspn garam masala
  • Few peppercorns
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tbspns lemon juice
  • 1 tbspn fenugreek leaves

Procedure:

-Soak channa daal for atleast 2 hrs before cooking.

There are two methods to make daal gosht,

  1. Using a pressure cooker,
  2. Without pressure cooker.

USING A PRESSURE COOKER:

-Combine meat, water, salt, onion and ginger garlic paste in a pressure cooker and cook it on low heat for 20 minutes.

-Carefully remove the lid of pressure cooker and add tomatoes, red chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala, fenugreek leaves and oil and cook until very less water is left (around 1 cup).

-Now add channa daal and some more water (nearly 1 cup) and again pressure cook for 15 minutes.

-Carefully remove the lid and add chopped coriander, lemon juice, green chillies and chaat masala andserve hot with naan or chapattis.

WITHOUT PRESSURE COOKER

-Boil meat in salted water until its tender.

-Reserve the stock and keep aside the meat.

-Heat oil in a deep vessel and fry onion, ginger garlic paste and fenugreek leaves until they are brown. Now add turmeric and red chilli powder and mix well.

-Add boiled meat and fry in this masala for some time.

-Now add tomatoes and mix well.

-When tomatoes are a cooked, add daal and 1 cup of stock (remember the stock we are using already have salt in it, so be concerned about the salt) and 1 cup of warm water.

-Cook on medium heat for about 30 minutes until the daal comes in rite consistency. (Rite consistency of Channa daal is that it is tender and well-cooked but in its shape).

-Add green chillies, coriander, lemon juice and ginger gulienne along with chaat masala and serve hot with naan or chapattis.

Sabzi Keema

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This is my own invention…….. I love this dish because of its aromatic flavors and because it is low in fat and easy to cook. A very healthy start in the Month of Ramadan ….

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Ingredients:

  • ½ kg chicken keema
  • 1 big potato diced
  • ½ cauli flower sliced
  • 1 tbspn kasuri methi
  • 1 tspn ginger garlic paste
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tomatoes diced
  • 1 tspn garam masala
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tspn red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn cumin seeds
  • ½ turmeric powder
  • ½ cup coriander
  • 2 green chilllies sliced

Procedure:

-Heat oil and fry ginger garlic paste in it for 2 minutes on medium flame.

-Add chicken mince and fry until it is white.

-Now add all the other ingredients and cook it covered on low heat for 20 – 25 minutes.

-Serve hot with rotis.