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Friday, October 14, 2011

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies



Ingredients:


1 cup (226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (210 grams) light or dark brown sugar
1/3 cup (65 grams) granulated white sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all purpose flour
1 teaspoonbaking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups (260 grams) old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup (140 grams) dark raisins
1/2 cup walnuts ( chopped)

Preparation:
  • Preheat oven to 350F or 177C) with oven rack in the center of the oven.
  • In the bowl beat the butter and sugars until creamy and smooth (about 2 - 3 minutes). 
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. 
  • Beat in the vanilla extract. 
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the baking soda, flour, salt, and ground cinnamon. Add the flour mixture and the cream mixture and beat until mixed well.
  • Stir in the rolled oats, raisins and walnuts.
Make small balls and Flatten the cookies slightly so they are about 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) thick. 
Bake the cookies for about 14 -18 minutes turning the cookie sheets half way through the baking time. 
The cookies are done when they turn golden brown around the edges but still a little soft in the centers. 
The longer the cookies bake the more crispy they will be.
Remove cookies and let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to finish cooling. 

These cookies can be kept several days at room temperature.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Best Brownie Recipe


Brownies
Ingredients
12 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa powder
1/2 Cup Butter
1-1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2/3 Cup Flour
4 Eggs

First Step: Melting and Mixing
First, in a microwavable dish, melt the butter (make sure that the butter is completely melted, otherwise it will not mix in with the other ingredients, and you will have to start over). Then stir this into the Cocoa.

Second Step: Mixing Brownie Batter
Now, combine sugar, eggs, Vanilla Extract, Flour and salt. Mix Well.

Third Step: Brownie Batter & Pouring the Batter.
Your final batter should look like in the picture.
Now, pre-heat oven to 325F degre

You will need to flour the baking pan. First, cover you dish with butter. Then, sprinkle a few tablespoons of flour or cocoa in the dish, and shake it until the sides and bottom are covered. This will keep the brownies from sticking to the dish.

Pour the brownie batter into the dish.

Fourth Step: Cooking and Cooling Brownies
Once oven is preheated, put the brownies into the oven for 20-30 minutes. Poke your brownies with a toothpick. If the tooth pick comes out dry, the brownies are done! Now, take them out of the oven and let them cool until slightly warm. You are ready to cut and serve.





Tuesday, October 4, 2011

LASAGNE



LASAGNA

Ingredients for Lasagna: 

Beef mince / chicken mince or boneless chicken -  ½ kg
Lasagna sheets
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tablespoon
Capsicum - 1 chopped
Onion - 1 chopped
Tomato puree - 1 cup
thyme - 1/2 teaspoon
Oregano - 1/2 teaspoon
Black pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
White pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil 3 tbsp
Worcestershire sauce - 2 tablespoon
Chili Sauce - 2 tablespoon
vinegar - 1 tablespoon
Soya Sauce - 1 tablespoon


Ingredients For White Sauce:

Butter - 2 tablespoon
Flour - 2 tablespoon
Cheddar cream cheese - 6-7 tablespoons
Milk - 2 Cup
Salt - to taste
Black pepper - 1/2 teaspoon

Preparation For Lasagna: 

Boil lasagna sheets with some salt.  And keep them in cool water after boiling. So that sheets will not tear and will not stick to each other.
  • Take a pan and Sauté ginger garlic paste for about 1 mins. 
  • Add mince to it  and half cup water.
  • Cook till meat changes its color and water gets dried..
  • Add soya sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and chili sauce. Mix 
  • Add oregano, rosemary, thyme, salt, black pepper and white pepper and mix well.
  • Now add capsicum and onions to it. 
  • Stir fry for like 2 mins and Add 1/2 cup olives into it. 
  • Now add tomato puree to the meat and cook on low flame for about 2 minutes. 
  • it should b in the form of a smooth thick paste. If it thickens add half cup water and put aside.
Preparation For White Sauce:
  • Take a pan and melt butter on medium flame.
  • Mix in the flour and stir constantly till flour becomes bubbly and darker in color. It will take almost 2 mins.
  • Take the pan off the flame and let is cool for a few mins.
  • Mix in milk and mix well to avoid lumps. 
  • Put pan back on flame, keep stirring till the sauce becomes thick.
  • Add in cream cheese, salt and black pepper.
  • Cook for another minute
  • Take off flame.
Directions: 

Take a non stick baking deep pan.. and slightly grease it with oil.
Put a layer of lasagne. Them a layer of mince. and a layer of white sauce.
Repeat the process till complete.
The top layer should b a sheet of lasagne.
Top with grated mozzarella cheese. 
Bake in oven till lasgane becomes bubbly.


Serve hot and enjoy.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Pepper Chicken with Mushroom Sauce and Pasta


Pepper Chicken with Mushroom Sauce and Pasta
Ingredients:

2 cups pasta - any kind (i prefer shell or bows)
Boneless chicken - 4 breast piece
Digon Mustard - 1 tablespoon
Worcestershire sauce - 1 tablespoon
Ginger paste - 1 teaspoon
Garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
Soya sauce - 1 teaspoon
Black pepper - 1 teaspoon
Butter - around 2 tablespoon.
Oil - about 1 tablespoon

Preparation: 

For Pasta: 

Boil pasta in salt according to the instructions given on the box. Set aside. 

For Chicken: 
  • Marinade the chicken with all ingredients except butter and oil. Mix well and leave for about 30min.
  • Take a pan and add oil and butter and add marinated chicken in it.
  • Fry chicken till properly tender. 
Ingredients For mushroom sauce:
Flour - 2 tablespoon
Chicken stock -  1 cup
Evaporated milk - 1/4 cup
Sliced mushrooms - 1 cup
1 tablespoon black pepper
Butter - 2  tablespoon

Preparation:
  • Heat butter in a pan and add flour and mix it well to avoid lumps.
  • Remove from heat and let it cook. Add chicken stock and black pepper and put back on flame stirring constantly till it thickens.
  • Add evaporated milk and mushrooms. Bring it to a boil and set aside. 
For Caramelized onions:
Take 2 medium onions and slice it.
Saute it in 1 tablespoon butter with 1 teaspoon brown sugar. Set aside.

Now in a plate, layer bows in the bottom. Spread Chicken and then mushroom sauce and on top add carmalized onions. 
Serve it with roasted or steamed vegetable or fries.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Caramel coffee flan


Caramel Coffee Flan

I was browsing thru youtube and found this recipe.  link if you want to watch the video - for visual learners like me :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmnDTg0QCgE

Ingredients:


For caramel:

150g Fine Granulated Sugar
4 tbsps Water

Directions: 
  • Put Sugar in hot pan on medium high heat add water.
  • Allow mixture to slowly brown, stir occasionally with wooden spoon.
  • As soon as it begins to caramelize keep stirring. When it golden brown remove from heat.
  • Pour the caramel to your flan dish or in your individual small cups. 
  • Keep Aside.
For the Flan:

400ml Sweetened Condensed Milk
200ml Milk
225ml Cream
1 stick of Cinnamon
2 pods of cardamon
2 tablespoon of Instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions:
  • Preheat oven to 160C / 315F / Gas mark 2.5.
  • Add milk and cream to the warm saucepan on medium high heat
  • Add condensed milk, vanilla essence, dissolved coffee, cinnamon stick, cardamon pods, stir till well combined. 
  • Allow it to come to a boil. Remove from heat. Let it steep for a few minutes to infuse flavors.
  • In a separate bowl briefly whisk eggs. Slowly add small amount of coffee sauce to the whisked eggs and whisk it. Add remaining sauce and mix it well.
  • Strain the coffee sauce through sieve into a clean bowl to remove cinnamon and cardamon
Take a big baking pan or a deep roaster pan
Put a kitchen towel in it and then your flan dish. Now pour coffee sauce over your caramel.
Now fill the deep pan with hot water about a third full. This is called a "Bain Marie" (cooking in a water bath) this prevents overheating or burning. 
Put tray in the oven and bake for 15-20 mins or until set. 
Gently shake flan dish to check they have set. 
Remove from oven.
Allow to cool and remove from the tray
Place in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Now after the flan dish has been in the fridge . Cut the edges with a sharp small knife loosen flan.
Turn over on your serving dish. 
You can place a warm towel for the caramel to melt and pop out of the flan dish :)

Chicken n Mushroom Cups Or Mini pies



Chicken & Mushroom Cups Or Mini Pies


Dough for the Base:

2 cups cake flour
A pinch of salt
Baking powder - teaspoon
125g butter
+- 1/2 cup cold milk

Method for Dough:
  • Add your butter and dry ingredients into your food processor or by hand.
  • Mix until it resembles bread crumbs.
  • Add milk a little at a time until it forms a dough.
  • Dust your surface with flour and roll out dough. Cut out flower shapes as in the picture and den place them in a muffin pan. 
  • Poke the dough with a fork and bake at 180'c for 4-5 mins. Do not fully cook.
  • Remove and allow to cool.
Filling Ingredients:

1 medium onion - finely sliced
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
60g butter
2 cups boneless chicken - cubed
6 mushrooms - sliced
1 cup capsicum - diced
2 teaspoon finely ground green chili
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup (250ml) fresh cream
3 tablespoon cornflour
215grams cream style sweetcorn / or blend corn to make it cream style
2 tablespoon mayonnaise
Cheddar Cheese - grated.

Method: 
  • Add butter in a pan and saute onions and garlic in it for a few mins.
  • Add chicken n mushroom, Stir fry for about 2mins till chicken is half cooked.
  • Now add in the bell pepper and rest of the spices and cook until all water burns out.
  • Make a paste out of fresh cream and corn flour and add it to chicken.
  • Cook till a boil comes and until chicken filling looks thick and saucy.
  • Remove from stove and add the sweetcorn and mayonnaise.
  • Add chopped coriander leaves ,if desired.
Preparation: 
  • After filling is cool ,add it to your cool flower cups.
  • Top with grated cheese and a sprinkle of dried oregano herb and a slice of tomato.
Return to oven and bake until cheese has melted.
Dough makes almost 3 dozen of these mini pies :) 

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Baked potato or Potatoes en Mille Feulles


Savory Herbs & Potatoes en Mille feuilles (or baked potatoes) with Creamy Sauce 

Ingredients: 

4 potatoes with skin
2 tablespoon melted butter
Dry parsley - 1 tablespoon
Oregano - 1 tablespoon
Thyme - 1 tablespoon
Salt - to taste
Black pepper - to taste
Parmesan cheese

Preparation: 
  • Slice the potatoes in the middle (do not cut the ends)
  • In a bowl, mix the butter with all dry herbs, salt and pepper. 
  • Wrap the potatoes with this mixture. 
  • Include this mixture between the cuts as well. 
  • Wrap potatoes in foil and bake for 1 hour in hot oven at temperature of 180'-200'
  • Remove the foil when potatoes become soft. 
  • Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake for 5 minutes more mins.
Creamy Cheese Sauce: 

Ingredients: 

Flour - 3 tablespoon 
Butter- 3 tablespoon  
Milk - 500ml
Salt - pinch
Black pepper - pinch
Nutmeg - pinch
Thyme - 1/2 teaspoon
Oregano - 1/2 teaspoon
Grated emmental cheese or cheddar cheese 

Method:
  • Melt some butter and add flour in it. 
  • Mix well till crumbs are formed, remove from heat
  • Add milk and slowly cook stirring constantly so that lumps are not formed. 
  • add all dry ingredients and cheese. cook on low flame till mixture is thick. 
Pour sauce over the baked potato and serve on side with steaks or any other dish. 

Garlic Potato Wedges


Garlic Potato Wedges
Ingredients:

2 lbs new potatoes
1/2 cup garlic butter (recipe below)
Salt - to taste
3/4 teaspoon pepper (optional)
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

Recipe for Garlic butter:

1/2-1 cup butter
4 cloves garlic (crushed, minced)
Combine butter and garlic in sauce pan, melt butter. heat up on low flame for about 1 min.

Preparation:
  • Wash potatoes, cut into slices 3/8" thick.
  • Wash potato slices again properly to remove starch. 
  • Place potatoes in bowl, add garlic butter, salt, pepper. Mix Well
  • Heat over to 425. 
  • Arrange potatoes in a single layer. 
  • Sprinkle with Parmesan. 
  • Bake for 15-18 minutes.
  • Potatoes should be a nice golden brown and soft in the  inside with a slightly crisp exterior.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Channa Chat..


Channa Chaat

Preparation:

potatoes 6-7 - boiled and cut in cubes.
Chick peas around 2 cups - boiled - or use canned.

take a big bowl
slice one red onion
3 tomatoes in cubes
2 green chili - chopped
half cup of imli chutney
salt - 1/2 teaspoons
red chili flakes - 1/2 teaspoon
cumin powder - 1/2 teaspoon
half bunch fresh coriander - chopped
lemon juice 3 tablespoon
mix well.
Add the chick peas and potatoes and mix all well.

Take 5 tblsp oil in a pan and roast 1 tablespoon white cumin in it and stir for 1 min. 
pour it with cumin on to the chaat.
The cumin baghaar gives it a glaze and a very fresh look!!

Imli Chutney:soak 1/2kg of imli overnight into 4 glass of water.
squeeze and take out pulp and sieve twice thrice
mix in 6 tablespoon sugar
Salt 1/4 teaspoon
red chili 1/4 teaspoon
cumin powder 1&1/2  teaspoon
Let it cook at least an hour
Cool and store in a glass bottle. Mix in the channa Chaat.

Pineapple Aqua Fresca Cooler



Pineapple Aqua Fresca Cooler (Pineapple Water)
2 cups fresh or canned pineapple
2 cups cold water
1 cup ice
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice.

Add all ingredients in blender and blend until completely smooth. Pour blended juice through a sieve into a glass pitcher. Chill and stir before serving. 

Makes about 5 glasses. 

Spring Fried chicken

SPRING FRIED CHICKEN
Chicken Boneless 1kg (small pieces)
Garlic/Ginger paste 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Black pepper 1 teaspoon
White pepper 1 teaspoon
Cinnamon powder 1teaspoon
Sesame seeds teaspoon
1 Egss
Crushed Red Chili 2 tablespoon
Flour-3 tablespoon
Corn flour 3 tablespoon
Oil 2 tablespoon
Oil for deep frying
Preparation:

Apply all ingredients to the chicken chicken. 
Marinate for 15 minutes
Heat the oil in wok and Deep fry chicken on slow heat till it changes it color to golden brown.


Puff Pastry Sandwiches


Puff Pastry Sandwiches
Ingredients:

1cup mince beef or chicken cooked with garlic, salt and pepper.
1tablespoon spring onion (chopped)
2tbsp red or green capsicum (small cubes)
2tbsp fetta (small cubes)
2 square sheets of puff pastry

Method:
  • Mix all the above ingredients except puff pastry.
  • In sandwich maker keep half of the puff pastry sheet
  • Place 1 tablespoon of the filling mixture.
  • cover with the remaining part.
  • cook in sandwich maker. 

Chicken Salsa Rolls


Chicken Salsa Rolls

For Chicken:

Boneless Chicken 1/2 kg (small pieces)
Salt 1 tsp
Black pepper (to taste)
Crushed red chillies 1 teaspoon
Crushed cumin 1 teaspoon
Crushed mint leaves 3 or 4
Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice 4 teaspoon
Oil 1 tablespoon
pinch of Chinese salt
Soya sauce 1 tablespoon
Marinate for 30 mins

Put this marinated chicken on low heat & cover the lid till chicken is soft.
STEP 2:

Ingredients:
2 tomatoes grinded or 2 tablespoon tomato puree or u can use chopped tomatoes.
Garlic chopped 1 tablespoon
Onion chopped 2 tablespoon
Tomatoes chopped 1 tablespoon
Capsicum chopped 2tablespoon
Coriander leaves 1 tablespoon
Oil 1 tablespoon
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Crushed red chillies 1/2 teaspoon
Tomato ketchup 2 teaspoon

Preparation:
  • Add oil in pan
  • Add tomato paste, tomato ketchup, & garlic chopped
  • Heat it until tomato is well cooked then add onion, tomato, salt, crushed red chillies & capsicum.
  • Heat it for about 2 mins on low flame
Tortillas Preparation:
Ingredients:

Flour 2 cups
Wheat flour 1 cup
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Oil 2-3 tablespoon
Baking powder 1 teaspoon (leveled)
  • Mix all the ingredients and start to make the dough.
  • Make tortillas. 
Note: Tortilla recipe is for people who dont have tortillas available. I normally buy the ones in the store :) Just slightly heat the ones in store and go to next step. :) 

Preparation: 
  • Take one tortilla
  • Spread salsa on it
  • Add chicken on it
  • Roll it
  • Cover it with foil paper.
Enjoy home made tortillas. 

Tuesday, September 27, 2011


chicken cutlets with cheese



Chicken cutlets with cheese
  • Boil chicken(boneless) with a little water and some regular spices and then shred in small pieces
  • Boil potatoes and mash them.
  • Mix potatoes with chicken, coriander and mint and season with salt black pepper etc. 
  • Now put a peace of cheddar or mozzarella in the middle, make a flattened ball. 
  • Coat in egg and bread crumbs and fry till golden brown.

Chicken Won Ton



Chicken Won Ton.........:)


Here u go with the recipe:

For chicken stuffing:
chicken boneless - 1 cup
spring onion( only da green part, finally chopped ) - 1 tbsp
mayonnaise - 2 tbsp
soya sauce - 1 tsp
green chillies ( finally chopped ) - 1 tsp
paprika powder - 1 tsp OR red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
salt - 1/4 tsp


Method:
mix all da above ingredients together and stuff 1 tsp of da mixture to each wrapper. I used da regular roll patti dat is readily available frm da bakery shops.
herez da link to guide how i wrapped da roll patti.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0g03vSzXoo

For Laii/ glue to wrap da wontons:
dissolve 2 tbsp of maida or cornflour in water.... ENJOY :)

Apple Crumble...





Apple Crumble
Ingredients
Apples 3 medium cooking apples
Granulated sugar 6oz (170 grams)
Butter or cooking margarine 6oz (170 grams)
Self-raising flour 10oz (280 grams)
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup crushed or Corn Flakes (any breakfast cereals will do)
1 Medium-sized oven-proof dish
Scales
Fork

Preheat your oven,  Heat settings are 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 5.

-Mix the butter / margarine with the flour in a dry bowl using a fork until you have a texture like breadcrumbs. It's not important that every single bit is like breadcrumbs, but try and get most of it like that. This will take about three minutes. If you are adding the optional ingredients of oatmeal or Corn Flakes, do it now. Mix it all in well.

-Add 4 (not all the 6) ounces of sugar to the mixture and mix it all together with the fork. This will tend to make the mixture even more like breadcrumbs. That's your crumble mixture made and ready.

- Peel the apples and cut each one into four parts. Cut out the core from each of the sections.
Slice the apple quarters - no need to slice them too thinly, about six slices per quarter section of apple will do just fine.

-Put the apple slices into the casserole dish. If you are adding the optional cinnamon, do it now. Make sure it is sprinkled evenly throughout the apples. Sprinkle the remaining 2 ounces of sugar evenly over the apples.
Now, evenly spread the 'crumble' mixture over the sugared apples.

-Put this into the middle of your pre-heated oven at 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 5 for 40 minutes.

One trick, put the apple crumble under a hot grill for about 30 seconds to 'brown' the crumble topping. Keep a good eye on it though because 30 seconds too much can result in a very black crumble topping!
When the crumble is cooked, leave it to cool for at least 15 minutes.
Beware, apple crumble can stay really hot for an hour or so.

Serve hot or cold with ice cream, cream or custard....ENJOY

Moist rich chocolate cake.


Moist rich chocolate cake.
Recipe:


Chocolate sauce:
Mix
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup butter - melted
3 large spoons (cake cocoa)

then mix
1 cup flour
1 paket baking powder or 2 tsps of baking powder
3 eggs
3/4 cup chocolate sauce prepared b4.

pour batter into a non stick pan and put in oven for around 35-45 min on 180 degrees.

Bring the rest of the chocolate sauce to boil and pour on the cake.
Cool off at rooom temperature and enjoy... :) 

Creme Brulee..


Creme Brulee..
Melt in your mouth Creme Brulee.... :)

Crème brûlée ( /ˌkrɛm bruːˈleɪ/; French pronunciation:also known as burnt cream, crema catalana, or Trinity cream is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel. It is normally served cold. The custard base is normally flavored with vanilla, but is also sometimes flavored with lemon or orange (zest), rosemary, chocolate, coffee, or other fruit.

INGREDIENTS
426 ML Double Cream (yOU CAN USE 48% fat HEAVY CREAM OR WHIP CREAM)
100ml full-fat milk
1 vanilla pod (I used vanilla essence 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence)
5 large egg yolks
50g caster sugar , plus extra for the topping

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to fan 160C/conventional 180C/gas 4.

Sit four 175ml ramekins in a deep roasting tin at least 7.5cm deep (or a large deep cake tin), one that will enable a baking tray to sit well above the ramekins when laid across the top of the tin.

Pour the cream into a medium pan with the milk. Lay the vanilla pod on a board and slice it length wise through the middle with a sharp knife to split it in two. Use the tip of the knife to scrape out all the tiny seeds into the cream mixture. Drop the vanilla pod in as well, and set aside.

Put the egg yolks and sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk for 1 minute with an electric hand whisk until paler in colour and a bit fluffy. Put the pan with the cream on a medium heat and bring almost to the boil. As soon as you see bubbles appear round the edge, take the pan off the heat.

Pour the hot cream into the beaten egg yolks, stirring with a wire whisk as you do so, and scraping out the seeds from the pan. Set a fine sieve over a large wide jug or bowl and pour the hot ixture through to strain it, encouraging any stray vanilla seeds through at the end. Using a big spoon, scoop off all the pale foam that is sitting on the top of the liquid (this will be several spoonfuls) and discard. Give the mixture a stir.

Pour in enough hot water (from the tap is fine) into the roasting tin to come about 1.5cm up the sides of the ramekins. Pour the hot cream into the ramekins and fill them up till the top - it's easier to spoon in the last little bit. Put them in the oven and lay a baking sheet over the top of the tin so it sits well above the ramekins and completely covers them, but not the whole tin, leaving a small gap at one side to allow air to circulate.

Bake for 30-35 minutes until the mixture is softly set. To check, move the roasting tin slightly and if the crème brûlées are ready, they will wobble a bit like a jelly in the middle. Don't let them get too firm.

Lift the ramekins out of the roasting tin with oven gloves and set them on a wire rack to cool for a couple of minutes only, then put in the fridge to cool completely. This can be done overnight without affecting the texture.

When ready to serve, wipe round the top edge of the dishes, sprinkle 1½ tsp of caster sugar over each ramekin and spread it out with the back of a spoon to completely cover (Anne Willan's tip for an even layer). Spray with a little water using a fine spray (the sort you buy in a craft shop) to just dampen the sugar - then use a blow torch to caramelise it. Hold the flame just above the sugar and keep moving it round and round until caramelised.

Serve when the brûlée is firm, or within an hour or two.

Got this recipe from BBC GOOD FOOD...
and for those who want to see what the actual recipe looked like the link is here:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2745/ultimate-crme-brle

for those who need a visual learning: here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF5ONHB9QAY

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Chicken Pulao


Chicken Pulao
Ingredients:
Rice 1 kg
chicken 2 medium sized
ghee 2 n half cup
sliced onion 4
onion paste - 1 cup
ginger paste - 3 table spoon
garlic Paste - 1 Table Spoon
Jaifal - pinch
Joyotri - quarter teaspoon
Cinnamon paste - 1 teaspoon
green Cardamom Paste - half teaspoon
long Paste 3
salt 2 table spoon
sugar 1 table spoon
lemon juice 2 table spoon
Yoghut - 1 & half cup
Posto paste 2 tablespoon
milk 1 Cup

  • Add yoghut to chicken pieces, little amount of ginger garlic paste & half teaspoon of red chili powder too.
  • Mix well n marinate it for at least 20 hours. 
  • fry onions until they are transparent, add all the paste masala and the powdered masalas.
  • Add the marinated chicken liquid.
  • When it comes to boil add the chicken pieces & add some water.add salt n lemon juice to it.
  • Wen the chicken is fully cooked and the oil rises upon the gravy remove it from heat.
  • wash rice grains and soak them for half an hour.them drain them.
  • heat oil in the stove & add green cardamons, Cinnamon stick, bay leaf & little ginger garlic paste.
  • Now add the rice and fry u hear splattering sound. Add warm water & salt too.
  • cook in a medium heat until the liquid is almost gone.
  • now put it in dum in low heat n cook until the polao is fully done.
Take away two third of the polao from the pulao pan and spread a even layer of cooked chickens,carefully draining it from the gravy...add little amount of gravy in between.
Sprinkle beresta, almonds, kismis, green chilis, also pour some milk in places.
cover it with half the pulao and repeat the layering.
now spread the final layer of polao and sprinkle some more beresta, milk, jafran colour,green chilies n kismis.
cover the pot n again keep it in dum in very low heat.
u can seal the sides of the pan using atta as we seal Kacchi biriyanis pan.
open just before serving.