HARIRAH

HARIRAH (almond flavored drink)

Harirah is an exotic almond and cardamom flavored drink. It is a highly nutritious and very tasty appetizer. It is an ideal drink for growing kids. It is very simple to make with very easily available ingredients. So lets proceed with our recipe. 

Cooking time 20 mins

Serves 3

INGREDIENTS

Milk 2 glass (full fat)

Ghee 1 tsp

Cardamom 2

Sugar Sweeten to taste

Almonds ½ cup (soaked for 5 hours)

Sweet melon seeds 1 tblsp soaked for 2-3 hours (kharbuje ke beenj)

Saffron 1 pinch

METHOD

STEP 1: Soak the almonds for 5- 6 hour. The longer the almonds soak, the creamier the almond milk.  Drain the almonds from their soaking water .Remove its skin. Place the almonds in the blender then blend continuously for two minute until becomes a fine paste.

STEP 2: Place the melon seeds in a blender add ½ cup of water. Blend them for 2 minutes. Pour the seeds mixture into the strainer. 

Press all the seed milk from the melon seed meal.  Squeeze and press with clean hands to extract as much seed milk as possible.

STEP 3: Heat ghee a sauce pan add crushed cardamom saute for a min. Then add milk, set it on a low flame for boiling.

STEP 4: When the milk starts boiling add almond paste, melon seed paste and sugar. Taste the almond milk, and if a sweeter drink is desired, add sugar to taste. Cook until the raw smell is gone (it take about 3-4 mins). Now your harirah is ready to serve. Pour it to a glass garnish it with sugar and saffron strings.

                                   

CHICKEN CHEESE SANDWICH

CHICKEN CHEESE SANDWICH

Preparation time 15 min

Cooking time 10 mins

INGREDIENTS

Brown bread 8 slices()

Chicken 150 gms

Butter 1 tsp

Black pepper ½ t sp

Ginger 1 pieces (1 ½ long)

Garlic 2

Green chili 1

Salt to taste

2 Cheese triangles or u can use 2 tbl spn of cheese

METHOD

STEP 1: Boil the chicken with ginger, garlic, black pepper and green chili. Set aside.

STEP 2: Grind the chicken and other ingredients. Your sandwich filling is ready.

STEP 3: Apply butter on one side of the bread.

STEP 4: Now evenly spread the filling over the bread and cover it with other bread slice. Your chicken sandwich is ready .

  
 

SPICY SHRIMP BIRYANI

 

Shrimp biryani,this is another exotic briyani for sea food lovers. Shrimp/Prawn Biryani is a traditional Indian rice based dish prepared with aromatic spices, saffron and basmati rice.  This particular variation of biryani brings out the tender and delicate flavor of shrimp. Biryani recipe looks damn complicated but it is quite easy to make. It's the yummiest of all biriyani.Lets proceed with our recipe.

Preparation time 20 mins

Cooking time 30 mins

INGREDIENTS

SHRIMPS OR PRAWANS 400 GMS(shrimp, peeled, raw, de-shelled & de-veined)

Basmati rice 2 cups or 400gms  (wash and soak it for half an hour)

Oil 3 tbl sp

Ghee 2 tsp

Onions 2 medium sized (finely sliced)

Tomato 2 medium (diced)

Ginger garlic paste 2 ½  tsp

Coriander leaves ½ cup (washed and chopped)

Mint leaves ½ cup(washed and chopped)

Green chili 3

Lemon juice 2 tsp

Yoghurt 4 t sp

Chili powder 1 tsp

Turmeric ½ tsp

Cinnamon stick 1 inch long

Cardamoms 2-3

Cloves 2-3

Saffron 1 pinch soaked in ½ small cup of milk (optional)

Salt to taste

METHOD

STEP 1: Heat oil in pan add cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves .Sauté it for a min.

STEP 2: Add sliced onion fry them till they turn golden. 

STEP 3: Add coriander, mint, and green chili sauté for a min .Now add shrimps, turmeric and ginger garlic paste, mix them well. Stir it for some time.

STEP 4: After the raw smell goes off add tomatoes, yoghurt, chili powder, lemon juice and salt. Mix them very well. Cover the lid for 3-4 mins.Now add water as required and cook them until the shrimps are done and oil starts separating from the whole mixture. Do not overcook as the prawns will get rubbery in texture.

STEP 5: Take a large, deep dish  (it MUST have its own cover and the dish  capacity must be of 1 kg).Add ¾ portion of water .Set on the stove for boiling. When water starts boiling add the soaked basmati rice, salt and 1 tsp of oil. When the rice is 3/4 cooked, strain the rice and keep aside.

STEP 6: Now add the cooked rice over the shrimps masala . Mix them roughly. Pour the saffron soaked milk over the rice. Cover the lid lightly. Cook on a very low heat flame for 5- 7 mins. Your shrimp saffron biryani is ready to serve.

MASALA OATS

Oatmeal is one of those foods everyone thinks is super healthy. But, is that always tasty? My answer will be no, not always. So I came up with this recipe which healthy and satisfies your taste buds too. Lets learn to make a healthy tasty oat meal.

Preparation time 10 mins

Cooking time 10 mins

INGREDIENTS

Oats 1 cup

Olive oil 1 tsp

Onion ½ finely chopped

Tomato ½ chopped

Ginger garlic paste ½ tsp

Coriander leaves ½ cup chopped

Carrot finely chopped 1tsp

Capsicum chopped 1 tsp

Yoghurt 1 tsp

Chili powder ½ tsp

Coriander powder ½ tsp

Turmeric ¼ tsp

Salt to taste

Lemon juice1/2 tsp

Method:

STEP1: Heat olive oil a pan fry the chopped onions until it turns golden. Now add ginger garlic paste, chopped carrot, capsicums and coriander leaves sauté it for a min.

STEP 2: Add chopped tomato, yoghurt, chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric and salt cook them for 2-3 mins until the oil separates. The masala is ready.

STEP 3: Add 2 cup of water to the masala.Let the water boil now add the oats cook for 3-4 mins. Finally add lemon juice. Your masala oats ready to serve.