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Daal Masoor (Yellow Lentils)

Easiest meal ever. Takes only 30 to 40 mins to complete, tastes great, extremely simply recipe. Ingredients Daal                      1 cup Salt                       ½ tsp Red Chili Powder    1 tsp Mustard Powder     ½ tsp Garlic                   10 - 14 cloves Cumin Seeds          1 tsp Oil/ Ghee             As needed Method Wash and clean the daal throughly, then leave to soak in hot water for 10-15 mins. In a deep pan, add about 2-3 glasses of water. Add the salt, chili, haldi and about 5-7 cloves of garlic. Cover and wait for the water to boil. Once it starts to bubble, add 1 tbsp ghee, stir once to make sure it dissolves and add daal. Stir daal through the spiced water, lower the flame, cover and set to cook. Stir occasion...

Shish Taouk with Spicy Rice

Ingredients For Chicken Marinade Chicken ½ - 1 kg (cubed) Tomato Paste 1 tbsp Chili Garlic Ketchup 2 tbsp Garlic 2 cloves (minced) Mustard 2 tbsp  Soya Sauce 2 tbsp Dried Oregano ½ - 1 tsp Olive Oil Yogurt Paprika Salt Red Chili Powder 2 tbsp 2 tbsp 1 tsp To taste ½ tsp To Skewer Capsicum Onions For Rice Boiled Rice 1-1  ½ cup Onion Tomato Capsicum Garlic Salt Turmeric Oregano Cumin  Olive Oil 1 (finely chopped) 1 (finely chopped) 1 (finely chopped) 2 - 3 cloves ½ tsp ½ tsp ½ tsp 1 tsp 5 tbsp For Garlic Raita Yogurt 1 cup Olive Oil 3 tbsp Garlic Salt Black Pepper Vinegar Oregano 3 - 4 cloves (minced) To taste ½ tsp 2 - 4 tbsp ½ tsp Method Mix chicken cubes in marinade and set aside for a few hours - anywhere from 2 to 6 hours should be good. Agar aa...

Funky Pulao.

So this genius @lahorihousewife calls it Shahjahani Pulao, but my brothers being brothers renamed it. Thori si mehnat hai, totally worth it though. Ingredients For Chicken Qorma Chicken ½ kg Ginger Garlic Paste 1 tbsp Red Chili Powder 1 tsp Salt To taste Fried Onions 1 cup (2 large onions) Ground Coriander 1 tsp Green Chili Paste Of 6 large chilies Tomatoes 4 (sliced or blended) For Layering Boiled Rice 1-1   ½ cup Mint Chutney ½ cup For Topping French Fries Of 4 potatoes Boiled Eggs 4 Toasted Almonds ¼ cup Method Fry the onions and keep them aside. Don't brown them too much, they'll turn bitter. Oil a deep pan, add ginger garlic paste and red chili with a little water. Add salt and fried onions, ground coriander and green chili paste. Fry for a few minutes, then add th...

Honey Sesame Chicken with Garlic Rice.

The chicken is sticky, sour and sweet; tastes great with the rice but two things to take care of while making this: Image courtesy: Cooking with Crystal. 1. Make sure you have the right kind of honey. Some types leave a certain smell and taste that overpowers and completely ruins the dish. What you're looking for isn't the flavor of the honey. It's the sticky texture and the smoky sweetness you can't get from processed sugar. If you're not a fan of honey, you can use unprocessed brown sugar but it won't retain the quality or texture given by using honey. 2. The sauce needs to be just right. If it's too thick, you won't be able to eat it with the rice because it'll dry up once cold. If it's too thin, it'll ruin the chicken and produce a dish that at best can be pronounced 'blah'. We're not looking for blah. We're looking for wowza. Okay, back to the recipe. Ingredients Chicken Chicken Breast 5...

Spicy Chicken Tortilla Wraps with Mexican Rice

I have only these words of warning for you: Lots of tomato puree. Lots of onion. Lots of spice. If you're not a fan of either of those, please go look at another milder, less tomatoey recipe. This one here is not what you want. For those who do love Mexican food (albiet a bit desi style) you'll use this recipe again and again. Seriously. It's long. Has a lot of steps but it's pretty simple and completely worth it. Also, those leftovers omg. Ingredients For the chicken Chicken Breast 2 (diced) Tomato Puree 1 tsp Salt A pinch Red Chili Powder 1 tsp Garlic 1 clove (minced) Ground Cumin 1 tsp Paprika ½ tsp Lemon Juice Of 2 lemons For the tortillas Chicken Listed above Corn 1 cup Beans (black or red, whichever you prefer) 1 cu...

Lemon Chicken

Ingredients Chicken ½ kg (cut into strips) Garlic Paste 1 tsp Ghee 2-3 tbsp Onion 1 (thinly sliced) Salt To taste Brown Sugar 1 tsp Oregano ½ tsp B. Pepper 1 tsp Lemon Zest 3 lemons Lemon Juice ½ cup Capsicum 1 Green Chili 1-2 Water 1 cup Corn Flour 3-4 tbsp Method Add ghee to a deep pan, wait till it's hot and add the garlic paste. Fry until golden, then add the chicken. Fry till it starts turning opaque, then add the salt, pepper, oregano, brown sugar, lemon zest, and half of the onion (keep the other half for later). Add half the capsicum and all of the green chilies, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Then add the water to the chicken, turning the heat up high. In a cup, mix the corn flour with some water and make a thin paste. Add the remaining onion, capsicum and lemon juice to the chic...

Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients Chicken 3 – 3 ½ lbs (whole) Coriander To tase Green Chillies 4 – 5 Cumin Seeds 2 tbsp (roasted and crushed) Ginger 2 tbsp (grated) Garlic Cloves 4 (crushed) Salt 1 tsp Red Chillies 2 tbsp Turmeric Powder ¼ tbsp Whole Spice 1 tsp Red Food Color As needed Lemon Juice 2 lemons Yogurt 1 cup Onion 1 (finely chopped) Oil 2 tbsp Method Mix cumin, garlic, salt, red chillies, turmeric, whole spice and yogurt in a bowl. Marinade the chicken in this mixture for about half an hour to one hour. Heat oil and add chicken, add green chillies, food color, onion and ginger. Cover with the lid until done. When cooked, garnish with coriander and whole lemons. Just before serving, pour lemon juice over the chicken. Serve with rice. - Increase all the spices by  ¼ or  ½...