Afghani Zarda Pulao افغانی زردہ پلاؤ

Afghani Zarda Pulao is a very delicious sweet and spicy rice dish.
My family liked it very much.

Ingredients For Curry:

• Chicken 8 pieces
• Oil 1 cup
• Yoghurt beaten 1 cup
• Onion chopped 1 cup
• Garlic crushed 1 medium pod
• Ginger crushed 2 inch piece
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper whole 20
• Coriander whole 1 teaspoon
• Fennel whole 1 teaspoon
• Caraway whole 2 teaspoon
• Cinnnamon stick 2-3
• Cloves whole 15
• Cardamom whole 3
• Cardamom small 6

Procedure:

• Fry onion in oil till light golden.
• Add spices stir then add chicken stir and fry for 4-5 minutes.
• Now add ginger, garlic and yoghurt and fry for 2-3 minutes then add 1 cup water and cook on medium flame till chicken is done.
• Chicken Curry is ready for Afghani zarda Pulao.

Preparation of Boiled Rice:

• Rice (soaked in water for 30 minutes) 1/2 kg
• Salt 1+1/2 teaspoon
• Water 4-5 glass
•  Boil rice in water with added salt till 1 kanni remain (near to cook).
• Drain and keep aside.

Colouring:

• Saffron  1/4 teaspoon
• Warm water 1/4 cup
• Add saffron to warm water and keep aside for 15 minutes.

Nuts:

• Almonds  1 tablespoon
• Pistachio  1 tablespoon
• Soak almonds in water to soft, remove skin and fry in 1teaspoon of oil till light golden
• Pistachio should be fry in oil for a little while.

Orange Syrup:

• Orange peels from 1 orange, thin strips
• Sugar 1 cup
• Boil orange peels in 1-2 cup of water and drain.
• Now take 1 cup water in a pan add sugar and boiled orange peels and cook till thick syrup is obtained.

Procedure For Afghani Zrada Pulao:

• Now all the ingredients for making Afghani Zarda Pualo are ready.
• Take a large pan, arrange bottom layer of 1/2 quantity of boiled rice, then add Chicken curry layer, then remaining rice. At top sprinkle orange syrup, nuts and saffron colour. Simmer for 20-25 minutes.
• Delicious Afghani Zarda Pulao is ready.
• Mix and serve with salad and raita. 

Aaloo Gosht آلو گوشت

Aaloo Gosht is a delicious dish of Punjab. It is usually served with fried rice or roti. In near past it was served in wedding with phulka roti (tavi de roti, bread cooked on a large iron skillet) in villages.



Ingredients

• Mutton   1 kg
• Aaloo (Potatoes)  chopped 1/2 kg
• Tomatoes chopped 2-3
• Onion chopped 3
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Yoghurt 250g
• Oil 1 cup
• Fresh Coriander leaves for garnish
• Garam masala 2 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Red Chilli powder 2 teaspoon
• Haldi powder  1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 2 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Fry onion in oil till golden brown.
• Add mutton and spices except garam masala, tomatoes and fry for 3-5 minutes. Add yoghurt and fry for 5 more minutes.
• Add 1-2 cup water cook on medium low  flame till meta is tender.
• Now add potatoes and cook for 5 minutes, now add water according to your need of shorba (gravy) and cook till potatoes are tender.
• At last sprinkle garam masala and fresh coriander leaves and simmer.
• Delicious Aaloo Gosht is ready.
• Serve with roti or fried rice.

Mattar Pulao (Peas Pulao) مٹر پلاؤ

Mattar Pulao is  simple vegetarian pulao with all the goodness of Mattar (peas) flavour.
Its recipe is simple.



Ingredients:

• Rice (soaked in water for 1/2 hour)    500-750 g
• Mattar (peas seeds)  1 -2 cup
• Onion chopped 2
• Tomatoes chopped 2
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Oil 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• Chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Cardamom brown whole 2
• Cinnamon sticks 2
• Cardamom green 6
• Black pepper whole 20
• Cloves whole 10
• Tez patta 2

Procedure:

• Fry onion in oil till golden brown, Add spices and ginger- garlic paste, tomatoes and  fry for 5 minutes.
• Now add mattar and 1 cup water and cook till mattar are tender.
• Add 4-5 glass of water  , when boil add soaked rice.
• Cook till rice near to cook.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Delicious Mattar Pulao is ready.
• Serve with Mint raita, and salad.

Plum Chutney (Aaloo Bukhara Chutney) آلو بخارا چٹنی

Aaloo Bukhara Chutney is a well known chutney, served in fruit chat in punjab and used as a side dish with rice and other dishes.


Ingredients:

• Sugar 700-800g
• Dried plum 1/2 kg
• Water 1 glass
• Skinless Almonds   50g
• Chahar Magaz (Pumpkin seeds)  2 tablespoon
• Salt 1/2 teaspoon
• Red Chilli 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper 1 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala 1/2 teaspoon
• Ginger powder 1teaspoon

Procedure:

• Soak plum in water for 1 hour.
• In the same water cook plum with sugar and spices till required thickness is obtained.
• Add almonds and pumpkin seeds and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Delicious Plum Chutney is ready.
• Cool and serve.

Bohri Fried Chicken بوہری چکن فرائی

Bohri Fried Chicken  is a very popular and tasty dish of Bohri community of Karachi. Bohri community settled in Saddar, Hyderi and near  Shaheed-e-Millat road. I visited Bohri bazar Saddar with my wife to purchase some items of Bohri community like their distinct cap. We visited Taheri Masjid market of Bohri Community to buy their cap for photography, we were surprized when shopkeepers refused to sell cap to us saying that we are selling these caps to our community only however they sold us other items . I do not stressed to buy cap  and respected their reservations.   This community is a peaceful, religious  and bussiness community of Karachi. My classmate Aftab Hussain Ezzi (Now setteled in Canada) and one of my Boss and Director of  Unilever Brooke Bond Pakistan Ltd Mr. Aziz Karachi wala was belong to this community. I ate Bohri Chicken Fry with my family on the occasion of Aftab Bhai's wedding. I dedicate my this recipe to Aftab Bhai and Razia Bhabhi and their family. I also acknowledge Aftab Bhai's mother (late) love and respect we recived whenever we visted their home near Hyderi. I also acknowledge Mr. Aziz Karachiwala (also setteled in Canada) for his assistance and guidance when I was at Unilever Brooke Bond.




Ingredients:

• Chicken  8 pieces
• Oil fry frying
• Egg  beaten 2
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Vinegar 2 tablespoon
• Maida or Corn starch  2 tablespoon
• Black pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• White pepper 1/2 teaspoon
• Chinese salt 1 teaspoon
• Red Chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Garam masala 1 teaspoon
• Water 1/2 - 1 cup

Procedure:

• Add all spices and vinegar to maida and mix well, rub and coat on chicken pieces and keep in refrigerator or cool place for 2 hours for marination.
• Take water in a pan add marinated chicken pieces and cook on simmering heat till tender.
• Turn off flame and leave to cool.
• Heat oil in a karahi, roll the chicken pieces in some maida and then dip in beaten egg and fry  till golden in colour.
• Delicious Bohri Fiedy Chicken  is ready.
• Serve with Tomato Ketchup.
• Bohri Community is serving their meals in a large thaal (plateer) and start eating meal with licking salt at first.
• Bohri  Fried Chicken can be cooked as a whole chicken instead of chicken pieces.

Pizza پزا

Pizza is a world renowned dish of Italy.  Everybody likes to eat Pizza.  You Can bake Pizza at your home easily if you have time and a little skill. There are three Basic steps in Pizza making, Making a Pizza base, Pizza sauce and Topping.





Ingredients For  Base:

• Maida (Patent Wheat Flour)  1/2 kg
• Dry Yeast  1 satches (8 gram)
• Luke warm water 1 cup
• Sugar 1+1/2 teaspoon
• Olive oil  1-2 teaspoon
• Salt 1 teaspoon
• Milk powder 1 tablespoon
• Oregano/Ajwain 1/2 teaspoon

Procedure For Base (Dough)

• Add Yeast and sugar in 1/4 cup water mix well and keep aside for foam on top.
• Add oil , milk powder, origano and salt to maida, then yeast water and remaining 3/4 cup water, knead well for 10-15 minutes.
• Keep aside in a dark and warm place for 2 hours.
• Then punch and knead again and keep aside for 15-20 more minutes.
• At last knead and roll according to your required size or tap in a pizza pan.
• Keep for 10-15 minutes then apply sauce and toping.

Things to Know:

• Active yeast in luke warm water will grow faster
• Sugar is added to yeast water as a catalyst.
• Punching in required to remove gas.

Aaloo Cholia (Potato with Green Gram) آلو چھولیہ

Aaloo Cholia is a very delicious curry from Punjab. It is prepared during winter when cholia/sholia is available.

Ingredients:

• Cholia seeds (Fresh Green Gram seeds)  1 Cup
• Aaloo  chopped 2-3 medium size
• Tomatoes chopped 2
• Onion chopped 2
• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
• Oil 1 cup
• Fresh Coriander leaves for Garnish
• Salt to taste
• Red Chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Haldi powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Garam Masala 1/2 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Saute onion in oil, remove and grind and keep aside.
• In the same oil saute garlic and ginger, add tomatoes , chilli, salt and haldi and fry for 2 minutes.
• Now add grinded onion and fry for 2-3 minutes then add green cholia seeds , fry for another 2 minutes.
• Add 1 glass of water and cook on low heat till cholia is tender. Add potatoes now and cook till tender.
• Add as much as water according to your need of gravy thick or thin, cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with garam masala and fresh corinader leaves and simmer.
• Delicious Aaloo Cholia Curry is ready.
• Serve with Roti.

Fish Tikka فش تکہ

Fish Tikka
Fish Tikka is a very tasty snack. Low in cholesterol and rich source of protein. Easy to cook.


Ingredients:

• Fish cubes   1/2 kg
• Crushed Garlic 1 teaspoon
• Crushed Ginger 1 teaspoon
• Crushed Green Chilli  2 teaspoon
• Lemon juice 1-2 teaspoon
• Black pepper cutter 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Lemon wedges as desired
• Tomatoes squares as desired
• Bamboo sticks (pre-soaked in water) 6-8
• Oil for grilling/saute frying

Procedure:

• Mix all spices together and coat on fish cubes , leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
• Insert marinated fish cubes, lemon wedges and tomato squares to bamboo skewers.
• Grill over charcoal fire, drip oil during grilling.
• Or saute fry in frying pan in little oil.

Dakkous (Saudi Arabian Tomato Sauce)

Dakkous (Saudi Arabian Tomato Sauce)
Saudi Arabian and other Middle Eastern Nations are using Dakkous with Kabsa Rice.
Its recipe is very simple no sugar is added as with Tomato Ketchup and Salsa.


Ingredients:

• Tomatoes  1/2 kg
• Onion (spring or regular) chopped 1
• Garlic cloves  chopped 4
• Green Chilli chopped 1
• Vinegar 1 tablespoon
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper cutter 1 teaspoon
• Chilli powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
• Cinnamon sticks 2
• Oil  1 tablespoon

Procedure:

• Boil tomatoes in water with 2 cinnamon sticks , then mash and keep aside.
• Now saute garlic and onion in oil. Then add green chillies and mashed tomatoes and spices.
• Cook till thick , at last add vinegar and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Delicious Dakkous is ready. Serve as needed or refrigerate.