biryani

We celebrated Eid Ul Adha , our festival on the 20th of Dec '07, and I had prepared this traditional organ meat curry prepared from the Qurbani ka gosht. This curry is loved by everyone, and is an excuisite recipe for this Eid which is also otherwise called as Bakr-Eid. Some of the traditional dishes prepared by muslims just after  Qurbani on  Eid-ul-Adha are Nihari ,  Maghaz Masala , and various kinds of the red meat preperations from the  Qurbani ka gosht . This organ meat curry is had as a breakfast/brunch along with Parathas, on Eid just after the sacrifice. And I thought to share the recipe here with you all. Instead of preparing this curry with the kidneys and lungs and liver of lamb, this curry can also be made the same way with any one of the organs, if anyone dislikes it. Lamb Organ Meat Curry - Masaledaar Bakre ki Kaleji Gurda Phepsa Ingredients: Organ Meat of a young Lamb - Kidneys( Gurda )-a pair; Heart( Dil ); Liver( Kaleji )-a pair; Lungs( Phepsa )-a pair; Trachea-cu...

Subhanallah its Eid today! May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) always guide us and make us better Muslims. The Kaaba at al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Saudi Arabia) I wish all my readers and dear friends a very Happy Eid. Eid Mubarak! Luv, Mona

Double Ka Meetha , also called as Dabal Ka Meetha, is one of the classic Nizami desserts ~ an eggless bread pudding, that hails from the city of Hyderabad, India. It also happens to be my miya 's most favorite dessert. Atleast every once in a month I get a request from Ir saying, 'Aaj double ka meetha banao na!' (which means 'Could you prepare Double Ka Meetha today?'). So, this weekend it was Double Ka Meetha at my house. Clockwise from right ~ Fried Bread Triangles, Simple Sugar Syrup, Thickened Milk with Saffron+Khoa, Fried mixed nuts Some of you might wonder why this sweet dish is called as ' Double Ka Meetha '. Milk bread, also called as double roti , is especially bought from Rose Bakery in Hyderabad, and this bread is used to prepare this famous mee tha . The bread is called as double ro ti or dabal roti, because the dough expands to double its size due to the action of yeast, and ro ti in Urdu language means 'bread'. So its double ro...

Eggplants/Brinjal/ Baingan are one of those vegetables which are often not much preferred by many people. I too did not like this vegetable much during my childhood, except when my Ammi used to prepare this eggplant snack. I and my sister really love it. These eggplant snacks are my all time favorite. Baingan Bhajiya - Eggplant Fritters I have used Japanese eggplants,  which are long and slender, like a cucumber. I buy these kind when I plan to prepare eggplant fritters as I feel the slices of the eggplants are of approximately same diameter and I can make many fritters out of just two Japanese eggplants. This time during my grocery visit to the market, I bought two of them and prepared these as snacks. They were yummy. You can however use the common ovoid shaped Indian eggplants too for this recipe. I love to enjoy these fritters without any chutneys. They are so tasty as they are. Baingan Bhajiya - Eggplant Fritters Ingredients: Gram Flour/Besan - 110 gms Japanese Eggplants - 2 ...

I had prepared this yummy lamb dish for dinner yesterday, from Madhur Jaffery's. It was delicious. Dum Gosht - Slow Cooked Lamb Curry The recipe is simple and quick to prepare. It takes only minutes for the stove top preparation, and the rest is to just let it finish off in oven at low heat until tender, so that it cooks completely and slowly. We had it with Afghani Naan and Plain white rice. It was a delicious meal! Here goes the recipe- Dum Gosht - Slow Cooked Lamb Curry Source: Madhur Jaffrey's Illustrated Indian Cooking Ingredients: Canola Oil - 1/4 cup Lamb meat - 500 gms, cut into 2 cm cubes Onions - 1, large, finely chopped Ginger-Garlic paste - 2 tsp Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp Salt - 2 tsp Black Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp Yoghurt - 1 cup, lightly beaten Method: 1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F. 2. Pour oil into a large non-stick pan on medium heat. When the oil is warmed, put the meat pieces into the pan, as many as the pan can hold, and brown them on all sides. W...

Ah! The weather has finally changed and I subsequently got to witness snow! .. snow for the first time in my life ! Earlier it felt quite peculiar to witness darkness at 4:00 pm itself in the evening, and I sometimes found it scary. I remember, back in India, between 4 and 5 in the evenings, children from every house would gather on streets or parks, team up and start playing games, the most common~Cricket! 5:00 pm was a lively, noisy time, when I mostly got to hear 'howz that!' or 'out!', but here in winters, it becomes pitch dark, with everyone returning home in the darkness for a long night from their job places. But I have eventually got used to it. Today I plan to make a nice big snowman in front of my house once my hubby returns home. I love watching snow from indoors. I love it when my feet goes inside the pile of snow and I leave a trail behind. lts fun! But, yeah, the cold outside is just too much, but if proper winter coats, caps, scarfs and gloves are worn, a...