Grilled Egg Sandwich

Ingredients

4 hard boiled eggs,
shelled and julienned1 spring onion,
chopped fine1 tomato,
chopped fine1 capsicum,
chopped fine3 green chillies chopped finely(optional),
50ml mayonnaise,
20g fried onions,
8 slices bread,
100g butter,
coriander leaves finely chopped,
salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. Mix egg with all the chopped vegetables,mayonnaise,fried onions,coriander leaves and seasoning.
2. Butter the bread slices on both sides.
3. Put the filling on four breads and cover them each with the remaining four breads.
4. Grill the breads on high till golden brown.
5. Remove and cut into two pieces.
6. Serve with potato wafers and tomato ketchup.

Tips Do not stuff a lot of filling on the bread,it can drip while eating.

Chicken Biriyani

Chicken biriyani ingredients:

1. Chicken - ½ kg
2. Basmati rice - 3 cup
3. Ghee - 5 tsp
4. Onion big - 1 sliced
5. Tomato medium - 1 chopped
6. Green chillies - 5
7. Ginger - 2 inch
8. Garlic - 4 pods
9. Cashew nuts -10
10. Saffron - a pinch
11. Coconut milk - 1 cup
12. Coriander leaves - ½ cup (chopped)
13. Mint leaves - ½ cup (chopped)
14. Water - 5 cups
15. Cardamom - 2
16. Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
17. Jaji flower - 1
18. Anasi flower - 1
19. Cloves - 3

Preparation:

First clean and wash the chicken pieces. Drain all the water and keep it aside.Next make a paste with green chillies, ginger and garlic. Take a pressure cooker and heat with 5 tsp of ghee. Then add cardamom, cloves, anasi flower, jaji flower, cashew nuts and cinnamon.Fry for few seconds. Then add onions and sauté for 2 mins. Then add tomato pieces, chicken pieces and paste. Sauté until the raw smell disappears.Now add the washed basmati rice and combine well.Then add coconut milk, water, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Again combine well and close the pressure cooker.Pressure cook for 2 whistles and switch off the stove.Chicken biriyani is ready. Serve with onion raitha.

Dal Makhani

Ingredients

50g (soaked) whole black beans
1 tablespoon coriander leaves
10g (soaked) rajma
10g (soaked) channa dal
1-tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
30g yogurt
50g blanched chopped tomato
1/2 small onion (chopped)
Salt
Red chilly powder

Method:

Take the pulses and clean them properly.
Add water, salt, chili powder, ginger garlic paste and cook in pressure cooker for about 40 minutes or till the dals get cooked.
Mash the dals and leave on low flame, so that the pulses get properly mixed.
Add the beaten yogurt and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Take a pan and heat a tablespoon of water. Add onions and cook till they soften.
Add chopped tomatoes, chilly and little salt. Stir for about 5 minutes.
Add this mixture to the dals and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Garnish makhani dal with coriander leaves and then serve it hot.

Hyderabad Biryani

Ingredients:

350 gms Basmati Rice
200 gms Potatoes
200 gms Carrots
100 gms Onions
4 Green Chilies
30 gms Ginger
20 gms Garlic
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1 tsp Red Chili Powder
1 cup Curd
2 tbsp Milk
1/3 cup Mint
1/3 cup Coriander Leaves
4 tsp Rose Water
50 gms Cashewnuts
50 gms Almonds
25 gms Raisins
120 gms Ghee
Salt according to taste

Making:

Wash and soak the basmati rice for half an hour. Drain the water. Put the rice, some more water and add half the whole garam masala and salt in a pan.
Bring the rice to a boil and cook until the rice is done. Drain and keep aside.
Dice the peeled potatoes and carrots and wash them. Slice the onions and green chilies.
Peel ginger and garlic and chop finely. Chop the coriander and mint leaves.
Soak the almonds in water for half an hour and keep aside.
Beat the curd in a bowl and divide into two equal portions.
Dissolve saffron in warm milk and add it to one portion of the curd mixture.
Heat ghee, add the remaining garam masala and sauté over medium heat until it begins to crackle.
Add onions until golden brown. Then add green chilies, ginger, garlic and stir for a minute.
Add turmeric and chili powder, saute for half a minute add the chopped vegetables and stir for a minute.
Add the portion of plain curd, stir, add 2/3 cup water, and bring to a boil, then simmer until the vegetables are cooked.
Add the dry fruits and nuts when the vegetables are done.
In the handi with the cooked vegetables, sprinkle little saffron curd, mint and coriander.
Then spread half the rice and again sprinkle the remaining saffron-curd, mint and coriander and top it with the remaining rice.
Place a moist cloth on top, cover the lid tightly so that it gets sealed.
Put the handi on dum in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes.
Serve the hyderabadi biryani hot with mint chutney and other vegtables.