Mince Chicken Kofta Pulao

Ingredients

for making kofta
mince chicken - 250 gm
onion - 2
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
juice of half lemon
egg - 1
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
few corriander leaves
juice of half lemon
few corriander leaves

for making pulao
rice - 1/2 kg
1 big onion
cumin seed - 1 tsp
bay leaf - 1
tomato - 2
ginger garlic paste - 1 tbl.sp
corriander powder - 2 tbl.sp
roasted cumin powder - 2 tbl.sp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
water/chicken stock - double the quantity of rice

Method
for making kofta
Mix all the ingredients given and make small balls and deep fry in oil till golden brown in color.

for making pulao
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seed, when they splutter add onions bay leaf and cook till onions become translucent. Add ginger garlic paste and stir fry for few seconds till the raw smell goes. Add tomtoes and cook till it is completely mashed up.
Add all the powdered masala and stir fry for few seconds. Add water and corriander leaves and let it boil.
Add rice  and cook till it is 3/4th done. Place these koftas in the rice and again cover and let it cook till the rice is fully cooked. Serve hot with raita.

Paneer Jalebi

Ingredients
paneer - 150 gm
all purpose flour - 1 tbl.sp
few pistachios chopped

for making sugar syrup
sugar - 1 cup
water - 1/2 cup
cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
few strands of saffron


Method
For Making Syrup
mix together all the ingredients given and boil it till one thread consistency.

Mix together paneer and all purpose flour to make a soft dough. Roll it into thin long strip and shape it like jalebi. Deep fry in hot oil and put in sugar syrup. Serve hot.

Potato Fritters

Ingredients
grated raw potato - 2 medium size
onion - 1 small
egg - 1
all purpose flour - 2 tbl.sp
few corriander and mint leaves
salt and chilli as per taste

Method
Mix all the ingredients together and take a spoonful and deep fry in hot oil till golden brown in color.
Serve hot with ketchup.

Oats with Dry Fruits Laddoo

Ingredients

Take dry nuts like almonds, pistachio, walnuts,seedless dates, cashewnuts, raisins in any quantity you like.
 Jaggery  - 1 cup
oats - 1 cup
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
sesame seeds - 3 tbl.sp
nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp
salt - 1/4 tsp
ghee/butter - 3 tbl.sp


Method

Dry roast almonds, pistachio, cashewnuts, walnuts and keep coarsely make a powder of it.
Dry roast oats for few seconds and keep aside.
Heat jaggery using 1 cup of water till one thread syrup. To it also add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.
Heat ghee/butter in a pan add raisins. When it puffs up add sesame seeds, fry for a second and then add seedless dates.  Let the dates soften a bit and then add these coarsely powdered nuts, oats and salt and mix well. In the end add jaggery water and mix well. When little warm make round balls and refrigerate it. Have it daily in the morning on empty stomach . Its very good for health.

Vegetable Mayonnaise Sandwich

Ingredients
few slices of bread
cabbage grated - 1 cup
carrot grated - 1 cup
capsicum chopped - 1 cup
sweet chilli sauce - 1 to 2 tbl.sp
mayonnaise - 2 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste

Method
In a bowl mix all the ingredients given. In a pan toast bread using butter or ghee.
Spread this mixture on the bread and cover it with another bread.
Cut into half and serve.

Fried Prawn Pulao

Ingredients

Prawns - 200 gm
rice - 1/2 kg

for marination
chilli powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
salt as per taste
juice of half lemon

for making pulao
onion - 1 big
green peas - 100 gm
few curry leaves
ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
tomato puree - 2 tbl.sp or 2 to 3 tomatoes
chillli powder - 1 tsp
green chilli - 2
corriander powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
salt as per taste
juice of half lemon
few corriander leaves

Method
First clean and wash prawns and marinate it with ingredients given. Leave for half an hour and then fry it and remove and keep aside. Wash rice and soak in water for half an hour.

In the same oil fry onions till soft. Then add curry leaves, ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds.
Then add tomato puree and cook for 2 to 3 minutes and add all the powdered masala and green chilli. Fry for a minute. Then add green peas, juice of half lemon, salt, corriander leaves and water. The water should be double the quantity of rice.
Leave it to boil.
When it starts boiling add rice and cook on a medium flame till done. In the end add fried prawns to it. Mix it well and on a slow flame leave it to simmer for few minutes till rice is fully cooked.

Serve hot with raita.

Chicken Tikka Biryani

Ingredients
Rice - 1 kg
chicken pieces - 1 kg

for marination
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
corriander powder - 1 tsp
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
tandoori masala -  2 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste

for the masala
ginger garlic paste - 1 tbl.sp
tomato - 4 to 5
corriander powder - 1 tbl.sp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
yoghurt - 3 tbl.sp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
star aniseed - 1/2
mace - 1/2
onion fried - 5 to 6
green chillies - 3
few corriander leaves
biryani masala - 1 tbl.sp
salt as per taste


for making rice
small piece of cinnamon - 1
cloves - 3 to 4
cumin seed - 1 tsp
salt as per taste


Method
Wash and soak rice in water for an hour.
Slice onions and deep fry in oil till golden brown in color.
Marinate chicken with the ingredients given.
Keep aside for an hour and then deep fry in oil and keep aside.

In the leftover marination masaala add all the ingredients given  along with fried chicken except tomato and ginger garlic paste.

Make rice with the ingredeints given and cook till it is 75% done and then drain the water and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan  add  1 tbl.sp of ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes.

Then add chopped tomatoes and cook till it becomes soft. Then add the chicken tikka masala and cover and cook for few minutes.

Add rice to the masla and garnish with food color, fried onions , corriander leaves, garam masala about 1/2 tsp, little ghee or butter. Cover and cook till the rice is properly cooked.