Sunday, March 1, 2015

Mutton Nihari


mutton nihari

Preparation Time :15-20 minutes
Cooking Time : 2 hours

Ingredients :
  • Mutton : 500 gm
  • Onion : 1 large thinly sliced
  • Garlic paste : 4-5 cloves
  • Ginger paste : 1 tbsp
  • Shan Nihari masala : 2 tbsp
  • Roasted wheat flour : 2 tbsp
  • Shah jeera : pinch
  • Annie star : 1
  • Javitri : 1/2
  • Cardamom : 4
  • Cinnamon : 1"
  • Whole black pepper : 4
  • Laung : 4
  • Salt to taste
  • Vegetable oil : 6-7 tbsp
  • Ghee : 2 tbsp


Procedure :

1) Clean and wash mutton pieces and keep aside.
2) Take a pressure cooker.Add 1 tbsp oil, heat it. One by one add all whole garam
     masala (shah jeera,annie star,javitri,cardamom,cinnamon,whole black pepper,
     laung) and fry them for few seconds.
3) Add mutton pieces and 1 tsp of salt .Saute them for 2 minutes.
4) Now pour 2 cups of water and pressure cook it.(2 whistles). Strain mutton pieces
     and keep aside.
5) Now take a kadai ,heat oil and ghee.Now add sliced onion and fry them till its
    colour changes to light brown.Take out half portion of onion slices for oil and keep
    aside.And fry rest of the onion slices to dark brown.Fry them in medium heat.Also
    take this portion of fried onion or beresta from oil and keep aside.Let it cool down
    and then keep it in refrigerator for half an hour.It will make beresta crispy.
6) Now in the remaining oil again put lightly fried onion and then add mutton pieces.
    Mix it well with fried onion.Cook it for 2 minutes in medium heat.
7) Now add ginger and garlic paste.Mix them well.Then add nihari masala.saute it for
    another 4-5 minutes in medium heat.
8) Now add meat broth from pressure cooker and let it boil.Cover the kadai and cook
     till mutton is almost done.
9) In a frying pan dry roast 1-2 tbsp of wheat flour / atta for few seconds.
10) Now sprinkle roasted flour over mutton and mix them well.Cook for another 5-6
     minutes .Atta will help your gravy to become thick.Check the seasoning.
11) Now add crispy fried onion ,mix them well.Your mutton nihari is reay to serve.

 Serve hot with roti,naan or rice.

Friday, February 13, 2015

Hridoy Horon Pithe


hridoy horon pithe

Preparation Time : 1 & 1/2 hour
Cooking Time : 1 hour

Ingredients :
  • All purpose flour / maida : 1 & 1/2 cup
  • Ghee : 1/4 cup
  • Salt : pinch
  • Baking soda : 1/8th tsp
  • Baking powder : 1/8 th tsp
  • Milk : 1/2 cup
  • Sugar : 1 cup
  • Water : 1 & 1/2 cup
  • Saffron : pinch
  • Cardamom : 2 crushed
  • Vegetable oil : 1 cup


Procedure :

1) In a bowl take flour ,pinch of salt ,baking soda and baking powder. Mix them
    well. Add ghee and mix it well with flour. Knead it for 10 minutes with your
    palms. Now add milk and knead them well.Make a soft dough.Keep it aside
    for atleast 30 minutes.
2) Now take a pan and boil water and sugar . Add crushed cardamom .Make thick
    syrup. Keep it aside.
3) Divide the dough 5-6 balls and roll each balls into very thin flat bread.
4) Fold the flat bread as paper fan and fold in half. Seal inside with wet finger and
    fold  the open edges opposite way to make a heart shape and seal with water and
    cut the excess part.



5) Heat oil in a frying pan and fry pithe on medium heat till its colour changes to
    golden brown.
6) Soak them in warm sugar syrup for at least 1 hour. Take them out from syrup .
    Garnish them with saffron.

    Enjoy Hridoy Horon Pithe.