Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Variety of Indian breads

1. Simple or plain roti
 Made of whole wheat

2. Tandoori roti
 Made of whole wheat

3. Plain Parantha
 Made of whole wheat and butter

4. Gobhi parantha
 Made of whole wheat, stuffed with Gobhi and brushed with butter


5. Besan ki roti
  Made of whole wheat, besan, onions and brushed with butter

6. Aloo parantha
  Made of whole wheat, stuffed with Aloo and brushed with butter

7. Paneer parantha

 Made of whole wheat, stuffed with Paneer and brushed with butter

8. Methi parantha
  Made of whole wheat, stuffed with methi and brushed with butter

9. Tandoori naan
 Made with wheat flour

10. Garlic Naan
  Made with wheat flour and some garlic

11. Pudina Parantha
   Made with wheat flour and some pudina on it

12. Egg parantha
Made with whole wheat and eggs

Top healthiest Indian foods

List of commonly ordered delicious and healthiest foods in India:

1. Tandoori Chicken
2. Chana Masala
3. Alooki Sabzi
4. Chicken Tikka Masala
5. Chicken biryani
6. Veg korma
7. paneer butter masala
8. grilled fish
9. sambar chawal
10. tandoori roti

Traditional Indian Chicken Tikka Kebabs

Ingedients:

1 pound boneless chicken
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 spoons beaten curd
1/4 teaspoon salt
half teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon coriander

Preparation method:

cut the chicken into small pieces. Mix these pieces with lemon juice and salt together. keep them aside for half an hour and now mix all other ingredients in a separate bowl. put the chicken pieces in this mixture and marinate it properly for two hours. now mold the mixture on the grill rods and apply some oil. cook it for about 6 minutes and serve delicious kebabs with onions and green chutney.

Top Biryani restaurants in Delhi/NCR

1. Angrezee Dhaba
Greater Kailash: M 72A, M Block Market, Greater Kailash

2. Viva Hyderabadi
DLF phase 1: 3rd Floor, Food Court, DLF Mega Mall, DLF phase 1, Gurgaon

3.  Hyderabadi Dum Biryani
Mayur Vihar phase 1: 24 DDA market, Mayur Vihar Phase 1, Delhi

4.  Z Corner
East Patel Nagar: 28/14, East Patel Nagar Market, New Delhi

5.  Oberoi Biryani:
Atul Kataria Chowk, Old Delhi Gurgaon Road, sec-14, Gurgaon.

 

Top Biryani Restaurants in Lucknow

Here comes a list of top biryani restaurants in Lucknow:

1. Lucknow Biryani center

Charbagh: Next To Mansi Institute, Basiratganj,

2. Wahid Biryani
Lalbagh: Near Novelty Cinema, Lalbagh, Lucknow

3. Shahi Jam Jam Biryani
Charbagh: Subhash Marg, Rani Ganj, Charbagh, Lucknow

4. Milan Biryani Corner
Aliganj: Puraniya Chauraha, Aliganj, Lucknow

5. Chote Lal Biryani
Charbagh: Next To Hansi Institute, Bashirat Ganj,   

Yummy Meat kebabs

Ingredients:

2 pound eat
2 onions finely chopped
2 green chillies, finely chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoons garlic paste
4 cloves
2 teaspoon coriander
oil

Preparation method:

Rinse and wash meat properly and drain out water completely. We will cook kebabs on grill so make your grill ready by preheating it. Now mix all the ingredients and put it around the rods used in grills. Apply some oil to the mixture and cook it until properly cooked. Serve it with onions and green chutney.

Saturday, 17 August 2013

Relish the Vegetable Scotch Biryani



The making or the Vegetable Scotch Biryani

What you need?

Ingredients for the rice:
1 cup of basmati rice
2 table spoons of butter
One/Fourth T spoon of Coriander seeds
One/Fourth T spoon of cumin seeds
1 tea spoon turmeric powder
8 to 10 chopped Almonds (badaam)
Kishmish (Raisins) – One/Fourth bowl
3 to 4 cardamoms
Salt
2 cinnamon sticks

Ingredients for the vegetables:

1.5 table spoons of plain butter
3 cloves
1 t spoon coriander seed
5 cardamoms
2 onions – chop them
2 table spoon ginger paste
2 table spoon garlic paste
Almonds – 3 to 4 – chop them
1/4 t spoon cumin seeds
Cauliflower – half a bowl
Beans green ones – around half cup
4 potatoes medium sized
Salt
1 cup water
Carrots – One big one – cut it small

Garnishing: 1 cup Blended Scotch Whisky



How to cook?

Alright! Now that you have done the hardwork of gathering all the ingredients, lets start cooking.

To cook the rice, clean it and drain out excess water.

In a flat pan, put the butter on low heat.  Now add the butter. Add the raisins and brown them. Add the almonds and turmeric powder and the cumin seeds along with the cardamom and coriander seeds. Also you can add the cinnamon at this stage. This will take around 3 minutes. Pour the water and also add he salt. Set it on low heat now and place a tight cover on the heating pan. Shut the heat. Let it  be covered for 15 minutes.

Now on the other side, you may start cooking your favorite veggies. You may add the onions and put some oil. Let it brown and cook it for around 2 minutes. Add the garlic paste along with the ginger paste. Mix it tightly. After 2 minutes, add the cauliflower, beans, potatoes (aloo), carrots. You may pour in some salt as per your taste. Let it cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the coriander seeds, cumin seeds and rest of the remnant spices. The heat has to be slightly high to cook the vegetables. Once cooked, pour the rice in the vegetables. Mix it. Cook it or about 10 minutes more. Now serve it. You may garnish it in the end.

Once ready, pour the cup of blended whisky on top of the rice.

That’s it. Enjoy your biryani.