Mughlai Recipes

Mughlai Biryani

Ingredients:

For the meat: 1kg lamb/ chicken cut into 2" pieces (if using chicken, use breast or thigh fillet)

4 large onions sliced thin

2 tsps garlic paste

2 tsps ginger paste

1/2 cup almonds

6 tbsps ghee/ vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil

1" stick of cinnamon

5 cloves

3 pods cardamom

8 peppercorns

2 tsps coriander powder

1 1/2 tsps cumin powder

1 tsp garam masala

1 cup yoghurt

Juice of 1 lime

1 cup chicken/ beef stock

2 tbsps finely chopped coriander leaves

2 tbsps finely chopped mint leaves

South Indian Dishes

Dosa

Ingredients

Rice - 3.5 cups

Urad dal - 1 cup

Fenugreek seeds - 2 tblsp

Beaten Rice( poha)- 2 tbsp

Bengalgram dal - 2tblsp (optional)

Oil - to fry dosas

Salt - to taste

Chutney Recipe

ONION CHUTNEY RECIPE

 

Ingredients

Small onion(shallots), Chopped-   3/4 cup

Red chillies – 5

Tamarind-  2 pinches

Salt – According to taste

Oil- 2tbsp

Mustard- 3/4 tbsp

Urad dal- 1tbsp

Curry leaves- 1 sprig

Method:

1.      In a kadai add a tsp of oil fry red chillies and add peeled chopped small onion and fry until golden spots appear here and there. Cool down and grind to a smooth paste with little water,tamarind and salt.

2.      Heat oil in kadai and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table and pour the ground mix with little more water. (1/8 cup) Immediately switch off the stove and give a stir.