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Pasta and left overs go well with each other. Especially when we homecooks, dont feel like being in the kitchen for longer times. I had many left over cut vegetables and some chicken in the refrigerator, so I thought of preparing a simple one dish meal adding pasta to it. Spiral Veg-Chicken Pasta You can enjoy this it at lunch, dinner or even at breakfast. You can even pack it in a lunch box and have this healthy and filling meal for lunch. Here goes the recipe: Spiral Veg-Chicken Pasta Serves : 3 Ingredients: Canola Oil - 2 tbsp Chicken breast pieces - 250 gms, cut into 1 or 1 1/2 cm cubes Yellow Onion - 1 cup, finely chopped Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp Baby Carrots - 3/4 cup, sliced thinly Green capsicum - 3/4 cup, chopped Red capsicum - 3/4 cup Cabbage - 3/4 cup Tomato Paste - 1 tbsp Water - 2 cups Maggi Chicken Bouillon -Halal -2 cubes Dry roasted Coriander seed powder - 1 1/2 tsp Cilantro - for garnish Spiral pasta - 250 gms Method: To Prepare the Pas...

Haleem, is a stew or a porridge made by slow cooking the lentils, meat and broken wheat together. It is a nutritous one-dish meal, perfect for a cold weather, or a starving stomach. Murgh/Chicken Haleem garnished with fried onion slices, halved lime and sliced green chillies It is mostly a middle-eastern dish in origins, heavily modified by Hyderabadis to suite their palate and is today one of the most famed dishes of Hyderabad city. It is usually prepared by muslims at  Iftaar or dinner in the holy month of  Ramadhan . I remember back in India, stalls and shops, especially for the month of Ramadhan would be set up and people would gather in big crowds to have it then and there, or parcel it and take home for everyone at home. The crowds and the stalls, the Pista restaurant famous for Haleem being one such, which would especially be seen in the month of Ramadhan in Hyderabad was a sight to watch, remember and recollect always. This dish needs some pre-planning and is a little bit tim...

Dahi means Yogurt, and V ade , or V ada (vada is a single deep fried lentil ball and v ade or v adas is the plural of v ada ) are the deep fried lentil balls shaped differently according to the recipe in which you are adding them. Different kind of v ade are added in different dishes. In this particular recipe the v ada are shaped like little doughnuts and added to the Yogurt relish. Dahi-Vade are one of the most favorite snacks enjoyed by Indians. And Muslims in Hyderabad usually prepare it in Ramadhan for Iftaar , when they break the fast. My version of the Dahi-Vade is simple. I combined the recipes of my Mother and Mother In Law here. Soak the dal a day ahead, then then I go to the kitchen an hour before the Iftaar time to prepare it so that they are just ready before the Iftaar time. Dahi-Vada - Lentil cakes in Yogurt Sauce Ingredients: For the Yogurt Relish- Yogurt - 500 gms Water - 1 1/2 cups Salt - 1/4 tsp Green Chilli paste - 1 tsp Sugar - 1/2 tsp For the Vade- Urad Da...

Ramadan Mubarak to all Muslims !! "There has come to you Ramadan, a blessed month, which Allah, the Mighty & Sublime, has enjoined you to fast. In it the gates of heavens are opened & the gates of Hell are closed, & every devil is chained up. In it Allah has a night which is better than a thousand months; whoever is deprived of its goodness is indeed deprived" - Prophet Muhammad (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) [Sunan An Nasa'i, Vol. 3, Book of Fasting, Hadith No. 2108] Ramadan, the month when all Muslims fast, starts from tomorrow. For all those of you, who do not know what Ramadhan is,.. and what Muslims do in this month,.. i thought of publishing this post where i will explain to you all about Ramadhan in simpler terms... Ramadan is the ninth Islamic Arabic month, according to the lunar calender, when all Muslims fast. It is also the month when Quran , the Holy book of Mulims, was sent down from heaven. Every Muslim fasts during this whole month. ...

Tandoori Chicken is a classic Indian dish. The chicken is marinated in yogurt spiced with ginger garlic and other aromatic spices and some edible food colour. It is left to marinate for minimum 6-8 hours, or for best flavor~overnight, in the refrigerator. During Ramadhan, you can marinate the chicken pieces a day ahead, and just before the iftaar time, you will have to grill them up, and keep them warm in an oven. Tandoori Murgh - Chicken Marinated in a mixture of Yogurt seasoned with Spices Traditionally the Tandoori chicken is made in a  Tandoor (Indian clay oven) but today I prepared it in the oven. During summer I prepare it in a Charcoal BBQ Grill for a delicious smoky flavor. Tandoori Murgh - Chicken Marinated in a mixture of Yogurt seasoned with Spices Ingredients: Chicken - 1, skin removed, cut into big 8 pieces (approx) Lemon juice - 6 tbsp Salt - 3 tsp Yellow Onion - 1, large, roughly chopped Ginger-garlic paste - 3 tsp Saffron threads - 1 big pinch Milk - 1 tbsp Butter - 2 ...

Ah! The long weekend has gone by and I still wanted more of it. Weekends just fly away, dont you all also think so? Today I am sharing with you all the recipe for 'Pasinde', my naniam mi - grandmother's version. This is a dry meat curry with a thick and aromatic gravy consisting of a range of spices, shallow fried french beans and potatoes . Pasinde ka Salan Pasinde is one of the most classic Hyderabadi dishes loved by the muslims mostly. My family loves it. We enjoy it with Paratha or Rice and  Khatti Dal . Pasinde ka Salan - Meat Cooked with Spices, French Beans and Potatoes Ingredients: Boneless Veal Meat - 600 gms, cut into thin long strips, 5 × 7.5 cm and 1.2 cm in thickness) Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 1/2 tsp Yogurt - 1 cup Salt - 2 tsp Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp Canola Oil Green Beans - 10, each cut diagonally into 3 pieces Potatoes - 2, large, peeled and sliced thick from the longer side Yellow Onion - 2 Khus Khus - 1 tbsp Chironji nuts , Almonds,...