Nargisi Koftay with Gravy

It is very famous mouth watering dish, It seems  to be difficult  to make, there fore it is usually made in certain festivals,but today I am going to tell you its easy recipe.

Ingredients for Nargisi Koftay:

Ground beef/ chicken:  2 lb ( wash by dissolving whole ground meat in water in large pan  thoroughly  and then pass it through large plastic sieve, this should be done twice, and leave it as such in sieve, so that whole of the water drained out and ground meat become dry , it will take 15 min)

Onion: 2 large ( Fry it to brown )

Red chili: 1 Tablespoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful

Almond: 10

Green Cardamom: 6

Coriander seed: 2 tablespoonfuls

White cumin: 2 Tablespoonfuls

Poppy seed (Khashkhash): 2 Tablespoonfuls (optional)

Bread crumb: ½ cup

Eggs: 10 (8 fully boiled eggs and keep 2 eggs raw)

Recipe:

1.     Take half of the ground beef /chicken in a pan and cook it without oil till its water become dry then add it to rest of the ground beef.

2.     Now  fry almond, green cardamom, coriander seed, white cumin and poppy seed  in a fry pan without oil.(In this way special aroma develop in spices), now grind it in coffee seed grinder, and add it in ground beef

3.     Now add fried onion, red chili, salt, 2 raw eggs and bread crumb in ground beef and mix well with hand  and chop it in chopper.

4.     Now take handful of ground beef in hand and cover it over boiled egg firmly. In such way make all koftas( Another option is to make half of the eggs,and make kofta with each half)

5.     Now shallow fry them carefully in a fry pan

     Gravy

You can make the gravy in the same way as that for qorma/ fish kofta .For the new readers I am going tell you its recipe.

Ingredients for Gravy:

Onion:1 small for frying and 2 small chopped to make a paste.

Ginger paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Garlic paste: 1 Tablespoonful

Oil: 3 tablespoonful

Red ground chili: 2 Tablespoonful

Haldi( Termeric powder): ½ Teaspoonful

Salt: 1 Teaspoonful or as desired

Ground  coriander powder: 1 tablespoonful

Yogurt: ½  cup

Ground  gram masala: 1 teaspoonful

Green cardamom: 5

Kewra water: 1 Teaspoonful ( Pour in gravy in the last stage when dish is ready to serve)

Recipe:

1.       Fry onion in oil till light brown, add green cardamom to fry.

2.       Now add  all ingredients  to fry except ground garam masala

3.       Fry well, add 1 cup of water  allow it to cook, when water dry and fry  well

4.       Now add 1 cup of water and add Nargisi Koftay in gravy and cook for 10 min

5.       Now pour garam masala powder over it

6.       You may garnish it with green pepper and coriander leaves

7.       Now Nargisi Koftay with gravy is ready, you can serve it with rice or nan

Preparation:

For Nargisi Koftay: 45 min

For Gravy: 15 min

Tuna Sandwich/ Burger

Today I am going to tell you a very easy and quick recipe for Lunch, breakfast or a party. I ate it in Dunkin Donuts in sandwich form in croissant roll. You can also make it in round or long burger.

Ingredients:

Croissant roll: 3-4 or Burger: 3-4

Tuna can (Small): 5 oz

Mayonnaise: 3 Tablespoonfuls

Horse reddish sauce: 1 Teaspoonful (optional to enhance flavor)

Black pepper: ½ Teaspoonful

Green chili: 1 (finely cut)

Onion: 1 (small, finely cut)

Tomato ketchup

Tarter sauce

Recipe:

1.       Cut Tuna can and drain all of the water or oil what ever is used to preserve it, put all of tuna in a bowel and mix 3 tablespoonful of Mayonnaise, Horse reddish sauce 1 teaspoonful, onion, green chili and black pepper.

2.       Cut croissant roll longitudinally, Fill it with tuna and apply ketchup on one side.

3.       In the same way make all three sandwiches .Warm it in microwave oven for 10 -15 secs only at the time of serving.

4.       Serve it with Tartar sauce.

Preparation Time:  20 min

Chicken Biryani

It is very easy and delicious recipe of chicken biryani. Let you try and give your comments.

Ingredients:

Chicken( without skin, cut into small cubes upto 16 pieces of chicken). 2 lb

Basmati Rice purchase from Indian/Pakistani superstore. 3 glass (1 ½ lb) wash and soak in water.

Onion. 3 large (finely cut for frying)

Ginger paste. 2 Tablespoonfuls

Garlic paste. 2 Tablespoonfuls

Red chili powder. 3 Tablespoonful

Haldi (Turmeric powder). 1 Teaspoonful

Corriender seed powder. 1 Tablespoonful

Garam masala powder. 1 Tablespoonful

Bay leaves. 2-3

Cloves.6

Green cardamom. 6

Salt. 2 Teaspoonfuls

Tomato paste/ puri . ½ cup

Yougart. ½ cup

Dried Prune . 6

Pather Phool. 6(optional to enhance flavor)

Green chilli. 4 cut finely

Green coriander leaves. Small bunch cut finely

Vegetable oil . 4 Tablespoonfuls

Kewra. 1teaspoonful for Qorma and 1 teaspoonful for biryani at last stage with colour

Orange food colour( use for zarda). ½ teaspoonful

Lemon juice / Vinegar. 3 Tablespoonfuls

Recipe:

1.       First of all we make qorma of chicken, then boil rice and finally make layers of rice and chicken and keep over low flame for slow cooking( for daum)

2.       Fry onion in oil in a pan till golden brown  then remove half of it on a paper towel lined plate

3.       Now add cardamom in oil and fry for few seconds then add chicken and fry well till it become white and water absorbed.

4.       Now add red chili, haldi (turmeric powder), coriander powder, salt, 2 tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, dried prunes, pather phools and yogurt. Keep frying then add tomato paste and fry well and add ¼ cup of water and cook till the  chicken became  tender ,then  add Green chili, green coriander leaves and garam masala  cook for few minutes and stop cooking it should be dried. Add kewra water(to enhance flavor)

5.       Now boil water 8 cups with 2 tablespoonfull of salt, bay leaves and cloves and 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice/ vinegar then add soaked rice in it, let it cook till half cooked, then pass  the rice through sieve/strainer r so that whole water will be drained out.

6.       Now take half of the rice in the same pan in which you boiled them, then spread whole chicken evenly over rice then spread fried onion over it then spread remaining boiled rice over the chicken.

7.       At last pour kewra water  over it and sprinkle orange food colour evenly.

8.       Cover tightly and put over medium flame for 3 minutes then slow down the flame .

9.       Remain as such for 15-20 minutes. Insha Allah your delicious briyani will be ready to serve.

10.    You can serve it with Yougart Raita.

Preparation Time:

For cooking Qorma : 40 mins

For Biryani: 30 mins