A.R.A.D. (A Recipe A Day)

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Smoked Chicken Biryani

This biryani dish is straightforward yet full of flavours.

Preparations:

1. Soak half a kilo of rice in cold water for an hour
2. Chop 200 gm onions in thin slices, fry them and make crispy onions called Bilista
3. Chop 200 gm tomatoes thinly sliced
4. Half cup coriander leaves, finely chopped
5. Quarter cup of mint leaves, finely chopped

Ingredients (to serve 4 people):
Chicken 500gms

Onions 200 gms (2 medium)

Tomatoes 200 gms (3 medium)
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp

Cloves 4-5

Cardamom 4-5

Cinnamon 1 inch

Black peppers - 10-15

Red chilli powder 1 tsp

Chicken powder 1 tbsp

Dry plums 6-8

Tumeric 1 tsp

Corriander powder 1 tsp

Cumin seeds 1tsp

Oil 100 ml + some to fry onions

Procedure:
1. Put half the oil in a pan and add the cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, and cumin seeds. Add 1 cup of water and bring it to a boil.

2. While this is boiling, cook your soaked rice in a lot of water and 3 tsp salt.

2. Add chicken pieces, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric and coriander powder and let it boil for 10 minutes.

3. Add dry plums and chicken powder. Cook for another 5 minutes.

4. Add fried onions, layer it with chopped tomatoes, and layer it with coriander and mint.

5. Check if rice is 80% cooked.

6. Now add more than half of the 80% cooked rice on top of the coriander layer. Add orange food colouring.

7. Add remaining rice on top and cover with a lid. Spread the remaining 50ml of oil on top of the rice.

8. Cook in high until you see the steam gushing out of the lid.

9. Turn the heat to low. And let it cook for 15 minutes.

10. Make a bowl-like structure using aluminium foil put this on top if the rice. Burn 1 piece of charcoal and put it in a foil add 1 spoon of butter and put the lid back on. This will create smoke that will be absorbed by the biryani.

11. Serve hot and enjoy with yoghurt raita.

Labels: biryani chicken

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Thursday, December 07, 2017

Any users?

Hello, Salaam, Namaste :-)

Is anyone still using this blog?

I am planning to start posting on this blog again soon. So wanted to know if anybody is still using it.

Please take some time out and drop a 'Yes' in the comments.

Bye byeeeeeeee
Daagh

Thursday, December 07, 2017 | Permalink |

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Khow Suey

Yes yes yes!!! After like 7 years I am posting on ARAD again!

This time it is a dish from Burma. This is a very desi-fied dish. Looks complex but is very easy and definitely impressive when you serve.

Khow Suey is prepared on the table by the guest themselves. So it can be tailored as per your taste.

Ingredients (to serve 4 people):
Meat - Chicken/Lamb/Beef: 500gms
Spaghetti 400gms
Coconut milk (Ready can or milk powder to make 500ml milk)- 2 cans
Garlic - 5-6 cloves
Whole red chillies - 2 to 3
Paprika powder 1 tsp
Tikka Masala 2 tsp
Garnishing

Procedure:
1. Spaghetti: Get the usual spaghetti and boil it with little oil and some salt. I generally use hot kettle water and then boil the spaghetti in that.
2. Coconut Curry: Heat 2 tbsp Oil add garlic, whole red chilly and curry leaves. Then add besan (gram flour) keep stirring. Once you can smell the cooked besan, add coconut milk and water. Cook for 10 minutes, the curry should go a bit thick. Then paprika powder and salt as per taste.
3. Chicken/Lamb/Beef: Chop the meat of your choice in thin strips. Making them thin will cook them soon and make them easy to eat with spaghetti. Heat oil, add finely chopped onions. When light golden, add tomatoes (finely chopped or canned tomatoes) and cook till it becomes a homogeneous paste. Add chicken tikka masala and salt as per taste. In another pan, heat 2 tbsp oil and add meat. Cook till meat changes colour. Add the fried meat to onion-tomato paste. Cook for another 10 minutes on medium heat.
4. Garnishing: Garnishing to be served in individual bowls

a. Chopped spring onions
b. Ready salted roasted peanuts
c. Fried potato sticks
d. Crispy fried onions
e. Finely chopped coriander
f. Lemon juice.

Serving Instructions:
You can mix together Spaghetti, Coconut Curry and Meat curry in one big pan before serving. Or you can leave them all in separate serving bowl and you can mix them at the table. Garnish your bowl with some or all of the garnishings above.

It definitely taste as good as it looks. Even better!

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

We are on Facebook atlast :-)

Dear all,

I know it has been ages since we updated this blog. Not that we are not trying new recipes but just because we are a bit too tied up with our little one who is a handful :-)

I am planning to be active again on this blog and keep it more updated. As a starter, I have created a facebook page for it and am sure many of our regular readers are on facebook so just like our page and we will try our best to keep this blog updated.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Recipe-A-Day/142456559150597

Regards and thanks for your patience.

Fatee and Saleem, also Timki

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Thursday, March 05, 2009

Sesame Chicken

Ingredients:
* Chicken breast 200gms
* Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
* Soya sauce 1 tbsp
* Chilli sauce 1 tsp
* White vinegar 1 tsp
* Ginger-garlic paste 1/2 tsp

Procedure:
Cut chicken into thin strips when it is half frozen and half thawed.
Marinate chicken in above sauces and pastes for half an hour.
Roll the marinated chicken pieces in sesame seeds.
Shallow fry on low heat for 15-20 mins or until light golden.
Serve with salad and crisps/fried samosa strips.

Labels: Chicken, fried, snacks

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Oven ki Murgh...

Ingredients
For the sauce
* Tomato puree 2 tbsp
* Mustard sauce 1 tsp
* Lemon juice 1 tbsp
* Red chulli powder 1 tsp
* Zeera powder 1 tsp
* Turmeric powder 1 tsp
* Dhaniya powder 1 tsp
* Single cream 100 ml
* Salt

For the curry
* Chicken breasts 4
* Black pepper powder 1 tsp
* Vegetable oil 4 tbsp
* Whole garam masala 1 tbsp
* Onion 2 medium chopped in rings
* Ginger 1 inch, chopped in fine strips
* Garlic 5-6 cloves finely chopped
* Green chillies 2-3 finely chopped

Procedure:
Mix tomato puree, 2 tbsp water and other sauce ingredients into a sauce like consistency.
Marinate chicken with salt and pepper for 15-20 minutes
Heat oil, add whole garam masala, then add chicken breast in a single layer and fry them on both sides until light golden brown.
Remove chicken and place them in the baking dish
In the same oil which was used to fry chicken, add onion, ginger and green chillies and fry them for 3-4 minutes and spread them on the chicken evenly.
Now add garlic to the same oil and cook them till golden. Add sauce and cook till it heats up.
Pour this sauce over the chicken, make sure not to disturb the onion placement on it.
Cook in a pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes.
Serve hot with naan/rice.

Labels: baked, Chicken, Gravy, oven, sauce

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Chili-Corn Balls

Ingredients:
* Sweetcorn 1 can (250gms)
* Spring onions 5-6
* Green Chilli 1
* Red chilli powder 1 tsp
* Cornmeal 4 tbsp
* Green corriander
* Egg 1 medium
* Salt
* Oil

Procedure:
Finely chop spring onion and green chilli, mix with sweetcorn, chilli powder, salt and beaten egg.
Add corn meal and mix well. Put aside for 10 minutes.
Heat oil, make small balls of the batter and fry them on medium heat till golden brown.
Serve hot.

Labels: chilli, corn, snacks

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