Category: Food Recipes

Most pork  momos are made with flavourful pork  stuffing and  outer covering dough is made with plain  flour. 

Ingredients

For dough 

Plain flour 

Salt as needed

Water as needed 

For Pork filing 

Cup of Grated cheese

Cup of lean pork minced

Onion

Chopped Ginger 

Chopped Garlic

Chopped Green chili

Chopped onion

Chopped coriander leaves

Little soya sauce

Little vinegar

Some black Pepper

Salt as needed 

 

Dough preparation

First  the dough is prepared by mixing maida, salt, and water. The dough is kept in a small container. 

Chicken cheese stuffing preparation 

1. Take a large bowl and mix the ingredients for pork  filling  
2. Add black pepper and salt. 
3. Keep stirring the mixture.

Outer Layer Preparation

Add the dough from the cover and knead well. Divide the dough into many small disc shaped circles. ( The number of disc shaped stuffing depends on the number of momos you want to  make. If you want to make 6 momos make 6 disc. If you want to make 8 momos make 8 disc )

 

Shaping momos

Now fill the small disc shaped circles with pork 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

Transfer the pork momos to a plate and eat it with chilli garlic chutney

 

Although a non vegetarian version of the burger is more common, the vegetarian version of the burger like the Aloo Tikki Burger is also very tasty.

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 Burgers

2 Mashed Potatoes, Boiled, and Peeled

½ tbsp of red chili powder

½  tbsp of turmeric powder

½  tbsp of coriander powder

½  tbsp of coriander powder 

½ tbsp of chat masala

Chopped fresh coriander 

1 tbsp Mayonnaise

Fee iceberg lettuce leaves

1 onion cut into a few ring sized slices

1 tomato cut into a few ring sized slices

2 cheese slices

Method 

Preparing the potato tikki

1. Mash the potatoes in a bowl. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder,chat masala, chopped coriander, salt. Mix it nicely!
2. Divide the mixture into few equal portions and flatten on a flat surface.
3. Freeze the mixture for about 30 minutes
4. Heat oil in a non stick pan  and deep fry the potato tikkis till golden brown.

Prepare the burger

1. Cut a burger into two horizontal pieces
2. Add mayonnaise
3. Fill the burger with the deep fried aloo patty
4. Place a few lettuce leaves, 1 tomato slice, 1 piece onion ring 
5. Add a piece of cheese slice
6. Cove the bun
7. Repeat the steps 1-6 for the Other bun

 

Chicken Burger is a kind of sandwich which consists of a crispy chicken breast filled between slices of a bun. 

Serves 2 

Ingredients

For chicken marination

2 pieces of succulent chicken

Oil 2 tbsp

1 tbsp onion powder

1 tbsp garlic powder

½ black pepper powder

½ mustard powder

 

For preparing batter

½ Cup corn flour

½ Cup all purpose flour

2 tsp garlic powder

½ tsp onion powder

½ tsp mustard powder

Black pepper powder

Salt

 

Putting in all together 

3 tbsp Mayonnaise

Garlic powder

Onion powder

Mustard Powder

Burger Buns

Iceberg Lettuce

 

Method

There are many steps involved in preparing a nice  chicken burger

1. First step is to marinate the chicken breast pieces with oil, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper powder,and mustard powder. Keep the marinated pieces for 30 minutes.
2. The next step is to prepare the batter. For preparing the batter mix corn flour, all purpose flour, garlic powder, onion powder, mustard powder, black pepper powder, and salt.
3. The third step is to dip the marinated pieces of chicken into the batter and freeze for about 30 minutes
4. The fourth step is to fry batter coated marinated pieces of chicken in oil
5. Once fry is done keep the fried pieces separately
6. Now it’s time to construct the burger. Take a bun and cut into two pieces. Then add mayonnaise to the bun. After that add one piece of fried chicken to the center of the bun. On top of that add iceberg lettuce to give a great taste. You can also add some garlic powder, onion powder and some mustard powder inside the bun.
7. Serve the chicken burger with hot tomato sauce. 

 

Afghani Malai momo recipe.

Most chicken  momos are made with flavourful chicken stuffing outer covering dough is made with plain  flour. 

Ingredients

For dough 

Plain flour 

Salt as needed

Water as needed 

For Chicken filing 

Cup of Minced chicken 

Onion

Chopped Ginger 

Chopped Garlic

Chopped Green chili

Chopped onion

Chopped coriander leaves

Little soya sauce

Little vinegar

Some Pepper

Salt as needed 

 

For Afghani Malai Marinade

Curd

Cream

Mint powder

Garam masala

Kasuri methi

Coriander

Salt and pepper 

Dough preparation

First  the dough is prepared by mixing maida, salt, and water. The dough is kept in a small container. 

Chicken cheese stuffing preparation 

1. Take a large bowl and mix the ingredients for chicken  filling
2. Add black pepper and salt. 
3. Keep stirring the mixture.

Outer Layer Preparation

Add the dough from the cover and knead well. Divide the dough into many small disc shaped circles. ( The number of disc shaped stuffing depends on the number of momos you want to  make. If you want to make 6 momos make 6 disc. If you want to make 8 momos make 8 disc )

Shaping momos

Now fill the small disc shaped circles with chicken 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 about 10 minutes.

Coat the momos in a  Afghani Malai marinade

Grill the coated Afghani Malai  marinade momos

Grill the momos in an oven

Serving the momos

Transfer the momos to a plate and eat it with chilli  chutney

 

Pulao is a rice dish made by boiling rice in a steamer pot with added spices and then frying it. This is a very popular recipe in the Indian subcontinent, Middle-east and people there like it very much. The adding of spices gives off a fragrant smell from this food.

There are various kinds of pulao recipes like matar pulao, chicken pulao, Kashmiri pulao, and vegetable pulao. These pulao recipes are eaten with meat or vegetable gravy, salad, and kebab.

Pulao is a popular dish in the subcontinent and believed to have been brought into the sub-continent culture by the Muslim rulers in its history. People prepare this recipe on happy, joyous occasions alongside other traditional cuisines.

The rice used for making pulao is known as Basmati which is long, slender, and grained aromatic rice. Using this rice for cooking pulao gives it a unique taste.

The spices and seasoning like cardamoms, cinnamon, bay leaves, etc. are used in this recipe making it highly delicious. People from middle-east also eat this revered dish alongside their other traditional cuisines.

Vegetarians eat a version of this recipe called matar pulao and vegetable pulao. These versions of pulao are made by adding sautéed vegetables to the pulao giving it a rather unique taste.

Non-vegetarians either eat the normal pulao or the chicken pulao. Since this is a basic dish mostly people often include other dishes to eat with this food recipe.

Vegetable Pulao Recipe

Course: Main Course,  Cuisine: Indian, Prep Time: 15 m, Cook Time : 15 m , Total Time : 30 m , Servings : 2 ( Ingredient quantities will vary accordingly. For example, if the dish is prepared for 4 servings double the amount of ingredients will be required )

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice

• chopped onion  1 number

• tomato chopped 1 number

• 1/2 cup green peas

• 1/2 cup chopped carrot

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 piece cinnamon

• 3 piece clove

• 1/4 tbsp garam masala powder

•  turmeric powder 1/4 tbsp

• red chili powder 1/4 tbsp

• 2 tbsp oil

• 1 tbsp ghee

• little coriander leaves

• 1 cup water

• salt to taste

Instructions

1. Wash the rice and soak it in water for about 30 minutes. Drain the water and keep it aside.

2. Heat the ghee and oil in a pan.

3. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, onion, and saute till the onion turns brown in color.

4. Add chopped tomato,green peas, and carrot. Stir fry for 3 minutes.

5. Add soaked rice, garam masala powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, and salt

6. Stir them for a few minutes. Add 1 cup water and mix well.

7. Close the lid and pressure cook over medium flame.

8. Serve vegetable pulao with fresh coriander leaves.

Variations

There are many many variations of vegetable pulao. When I make vegetable pulao I mostly make it with vegetables.  If you are health freak you like to make it with palak, beetroot, carrot or meethi.

Nutritional value

 Pulao is rich in calories and fat. This recipe is cooked with ghee and oil making it a calorie-rich food. Therefore people with health issues like hypertension and blood pressure must avoid this food item.

This dish also has a subsequent amount of vitamins and minerals. Adding vegetables can help increase its nutritional value making it a vegetable pulao.

 This traditional recipe is a must-try for people with other cuisines together. The fragrance and aroma of this recipe along with its taste is an attraction to many. Overall pulao is the pride and heritage of the people of Asia and is enjoyed by people all over the world.

Notes

Pulao is mostly made with basmati rice. To get great results the basmati rice need to be fragrant and long-grained. The rice can be also be aged or parboiled.

Serving Ideas

Indian vegetable pulao is served with raita, papad, and pickle. In southern states it is served with coconut chutney. It is also nice dish for bachelors to make for dinner.