Month: April 2021

To make good biryani you need to make use of good quality ingredients. The choice of good quality basmati rice, whole spices, spice powders, ghee,meat  all contribute to the flavors of a good biryani. 

1. Basmati Rice

There are many different kinds of basmati rice available nowadays. In India you can buy basmati rice either from the local stores or from online marts. If you buy from an online mart you can choose to buy from JioMart, Amazon, BigBasket. If you want your biryani to be more fluffy then buy the naturally aged basmati rice. Aged rice turns out to be more fragrant too.

2. Biryani Masala (Spices)

Good quality spices make the flavor of the Biryani better.  Therefore, choose a Biryani masala or a garam masala to elevate the taste of your biryani.

3. Ghee

Nowadays biryani is prepared using refined oil. But traditionally biryani was made using ghee. Therefore, you can prefer to add ghee.

4. Meat

You can use different parts of the meat in order to prepare a good biryani. If you want more tender then use succulent pieces of the meat.

5. Marination

Marination of the meat with spices and yogurt is the main step to making a good biryani. Marination makes the meat soft and more juicy. Therefore, you shouldn’t skip that part.

6. Rinsing and Soaking the rice

Rinsing helps to get rid of the starch. Soaking helps to cook the rice grains to fluffy and long.

7. Use low heat

Adjust the amount of heat required to cook the recipe. I prefer to cook the recipe in low heay instead of high heat.

     

 

Momo is a simple and healthy snacks recipe which is inherited from the Nepali cuisine. Although non-vegetarian momos are more popular then vegetarian momos, vegetarian momos  are becoming popular. 

What is a vegetarian momo ?

Vegetarian momo is a plane flour  based dumpling steamed with  cabbage carrot onion stuffing. It is a popular street food in India. It is typically served with  red colour spicy and watery momo chutney

Ingredients

For dough

Maida or aur plain flour

Some salt 

Water

For vegetable stuffing

Some Oil 

Some Finely chopped garlic

Some Finely chopped Ginger

Some Finely chopped Chilli

Little Chopped Onion

Little Chopped Carrot

Little Chopped Cabbage 

Little soya sauce

Little vinegar

Some Pepper

Some  Salt

 

Outer Layer Preparation

Add the dough from the cover and knead well. Divide the dough into many small disc shaped circles. 

Shaping momos

Now fill the small disc shaped circles with vegetable filling ( see vegetable stuffing ) and fold to seal the momo. Repeat this process with the other circle shaped small disc. Heat the momos in a steamer and steam for 5-7 minutes.

Serving the momos

Finally enjoy the momos which momo chutney.

 

Ingredients of the roll

Small sliced meat

Chapati or Paratha

½ medium onion

½ medium capsicum

½ carrot

1 teaspoon green chilli sauce

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon butter

Some ginger

Salt as required

1. Saute the filing for the roll

First cut thick slices of onion, capsicum, carrot, ginger. Add salt, pepper, lemon juice, tomato ketchup, chilli sauce and cook for a few minutes. Now add the meat slices and saute the mixture in hot oil.

    2. Now heat the chapati or Paratha in little oil for a few minutes.

3. Make the roll by adding the filing to the Paratha or Chapati

 

Serving 

Serve the roll with Tomato Ketchup.

 

Ingredients of the roll

Chapati or Paratha

½ medium onion

½ medium capsicum

½ carrot

1 teaspoon green chilli sauce

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon butter

Some ginger

Salt as required

1. Saute the filing for the roll

First cut thick slices of onion, capsicum, carrot, ginger. Add salt, pepper, lemon juice, tomato ketchup, chilli sauce and cook for a few minutes. Now add the meat slices and saute the mixture in hot oil.M

2. Make the omelette from the egg

3. Now place the chapati over the omelette

5. Add the filing and make the roll.

Serving 

Serve the roll with Tomato Ketchup.

 

Ingredients of momo chutney recipe

Dry red chilli

Tomato

Chopped Garlic

Virgin olive oil

Sugar as required 

Salt as required

How to make momo chutney

1. Soak the dry red chilli in water for around 3 hours
2. Boil the tomatoes for 5 minutes
3. Remove the tomato skin 
4. Chop the tomatoes, garlic  red chillies and put them in a blender for about  7 minutes
5. Blend the mix till it forms a smooth paste
6. Add some Virgin olive oil to the mix. Adding oil will make the chutney taste better.
7. Add sugar if you want a good sweet taste. If you want it to be more spicier add more dry red chillies .