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MUTTON NIHARI

INGREDIENTS 1- Mutton 1 kg 2- 2 to 3 tablespoons flour dissolved in 1/4 cup of water 3-Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon 4-Bay leaves - 2 5-Cardamom - 2 6-Nutmeg - Few pinches 7-Garam masala - 2 tablespoons 8--Ginger garlic paste - 2 tablespoons 9-Chilli powder- 2 tsp 10-Yogurt - 3 tablespoons 11- cooking oil - 1/2 cup Spice masala:(roast all of it one by one and make it a powder) 1-Fennel seeds 2 tbs 2-1 tsp whole black peppercorn 3-1tsp cumin seed 4-1tsp corinander seeds 5-8 cloves 6-Cinnamon stick - 1 For Garnishing: 1 Onion fried to brown 2 Green chillies chopped 2 Ginger strips sliced 3 tablespoons coriander leaves chopped METHOD 1-Clean the mutton and cut into medium pieces. 2- Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaves, and ginger garlic paste add the mutton and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. 3-Now add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, yogurt, garam masala and fry until the oil separates. 4-Add the nutmeg, cardamom, spice masala and 3 cups of water and cook on low heat for 3 t

WHITE CHICKEN CURRY

INGREDIENTS 1-300 gm yoghurt 2-1/2 kg chicken 3-2 onions,chopped 4-1/4 cup oil 5-2 tbsp garlic ginger paste 6-Salt to taste 7-6 green chilies 8-3 big cardamoms 9-4 small cardamoms 10-4-6 cloves and whole black pepper 11-2 bay leaves 12-1 cinnamon stick 13-1/2 bunch coriander,chopped METHOD 1-Heat oil and fry onions but care should be taken that onions should not turn brown.As we are making white curry so fry onions on low heat. 2-Add both cardamoms, cloves,black pepper,bay leaves and cinnamon. 3-Now add chicken and garlic ginger paste. Stir it well. 4-Add yogurt and 1 cup water and salt, cover it for few minutes. 5-Add green chilies when gravy started to dry up. Cook till chicken is tender and done.Garnish it with coriander.

MEXICAN CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS 1-1 kg bone less chicken 2-salt as required 3-white pepper 1 tsp 4-tomato paste 2 cup 5-capsicum(cubed) 6-tomato ketchup 2 cups 7-fresh red chillies 9- 10 8-vinegar 4 tbsp 9- oil 4 tbsp 10-garlic paste 1 tsp METHOD 1-Marinate chicken with garlic,salt, vinegar and white pepper for half an hour. 2-Take a pan and heat oil .Then add the marinated chicken on a high flame till the chicken dries. 3-Then add tomato paste and tomato ketchup and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. 4-Then add capsicum and red chillies and cook it for 3 to 4 minute. 5-Garnish it with fresh coriander and mint leaves and serve it with boil rice.

DAHI SBZI

INGREDIENTS 1-100 grams mushroom 2-100 grams carrots 3-100 grams peas 4- 100 grams cauliflower 5- 100 grams potato 6-1/2 cup coriander 7-15 cardamoms 8- 3 garlic flakes 9-1 inch ginger, 250ml curd 10-1 tablespoon lemon juice 11- 2 medium sized onions 12-2 teaspoon coriander powder 13-1 teaspoon turmeric 14-1/2 teaspoon pepper 15- 1 teaspoon red chilly powder 16-1 teaspoon cinnamon powder 17- 2 tablespoon ghee( clarified butter) and salt to taste. HOW TO PREPARE : 1-Finely chop the onions, ginger and garlic separately and set them aside. 2-Cut all the vegetables into tiny pieces excluding the peas. 3-Take a blender and add the curd, ginger, garlic and onions and blend to make a nice smooth paste. 4-Now put in the lemon juice, pepper, salt and mix it. Add the turmeric, cinnamon powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder and blend it for 30 seconds. 5- Put in 1/4 fresh coriander and blend till the aroma begins to rise. Next take a pan and pour the ghee and bring to heat. 6- When the ghee