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Gulab Jamun Recipe
Gulab jamun is the famous Mithai Recipe (dessert) of South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Just like Jalebi, Gulab Jamun is also served on special occasions such as weddings, festivals, birthday parties, Eid and Diwali. Gulab jamun is made of dough consisting mainly of milk solids in a sugar syrup flavored with cardamom seeds and rosewater or saffron. Every one loves gulab jamun. My daughters are crazy about gulab jamun. They want to eat julab jamun every evening. But due to its high sugar contents, it is best served on special occasions. Ingredients3 cup powdered milk 2 cup flour 2 tbsp rosewater 3 tbsp melted butter 1 tbsp cardamom powder 2 tsp baking sodaFor the sugar syrup3 cup sugar 6 cup water Oil for fryingMethod Make the dough by combining the milk powder. Bisquick, butter . … Read entire article »
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Indian Chicken Jalfarezi Curry
Curry is a daily main dish in Indian cuisine. There are many kinds of curry like mutton curry, chicken curry, vegetable curry, fish curry, and beef curry but chicken curry or chicken jalfarezi is most popular recipe in India. Chicken curry is sometimes also Chicken Jalfarezi. Chicken curry or chicken jalfarezi is prepared with lots of spices and capsicum which gives the unique flavor to this chicken curry jalfrezi. It is particularly more popular in Punjab. Through out the world Chicken Jalfrezi or Chicken Curry is available in Indian Restaurants. A typical curry consists of chicken in tomato, onion, yogurt based sauce flavored with coconut milk, ginger, garlic paste and a verity of spice turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, salt, cumin, cardamon, and cinnamon but chicken jalfarezi is a … Read entire article »
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Moong Dal Recipe – Moong Lentils Recipe
Dal or lentils are very common part of the South Asian cuisine. In India and Pakistan daal is part of every day meal and is prepared using several different recipes. There are many different kind lentils are commonly used in the Indian subcontinent which include Masoor dal, Green dal, Chana dal, Arhar dal, Toor dal, Rajma dal, Urad dal, and many more. Moong Dal is probably the most popular dal recipe in India and Pakistan. It is easy to make, healthy and very nutritious recipe. Tadka (baghar) is most important thing in dal recipes, because all the spices and flavors are added to the dal recipe during the tadka. Common Tadka ingredients are cumin, garlic chopped cloves, cilantro, dried red chilies and gram masala. Moong dal is best serve hot … Read entire article »
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Chicken Samosa Recipe
Samosa is very popular snack in South Asia. In India and Pakistan many varieties of Samosa are made. There different recipes using different ingredients for samosa with regional flavors and names such as Punjabi samosa, memoni samosa, Gujarati Samosa, Hyderabadi samosa, Arabic Samosa, Tamil samosa, Chicken Samosa, Vegetable samosa, Minced beef samosa, daal samosa and many more. Samosa are usually served with evening tea as a snack, in offices people eat samosa during lunch. Samosa is a spicy snack and takes much time to prepare the ingredients. It may not look as simple and easy as one might want it to be but once you have made them a few times then it becomes easier and simpler to handle and serve samosas quickly. You can serve samosa hot with mint chutney, … Read entire article »
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Fish Kebab Recipe
Kebab is a traditional recipe dish in Asian, cuisine. There are many kids of kebab like beaf kebab, mutton kebab, chicken kebab, vegetable kebab and fish kebab. In South Asia fish kebab is very famous. Fish kebab is very spicy and delicious recipe. Usually my daughters are not very fond of sea food because of its smell but fish kebab is an exception and they love it. Fish kebab is also an easy to make recipe, ready just in 15-20 minutes. Fish kebab is served hot with rice, tomato ketchup, mint chutney and salad. Ingredients2 lbs fish (swordfish, halibut, or salmon) 1/2 cup oil 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp ginger paste 1 tsp garlic paste 1 tsp black pepper powder 1 tsp chaat masala 1/2 tsp gram masala 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp vinegar Salt to taste 4 green chili … Read entire article »
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Indian Paneer Tikka Masala with Chicken
Paneer tikka masala is a popular recipe in India. Indian recipes are usually spicy and tikka masala are known for their spiciness. Paneer remains the most common type of cheese used in traditional South Asian cuisines. The use of paneer is more common in Northern India. Indian Paneer tikka masala is famous all over world, specially in UK and USA where Paneer Tikka Masala is famous dish in Indian restaurants. Traditional paneer tikka masala is actually a vegetarian recipe but my recipe here has boneless chicken which makes it different from traditional recipe but more closer to Chicken Tikka recipe. Ingredients1/2 kg chicken boneless (cut into small pieces) 3 cup paneer (cut into 1.5”cubes) 1/2 cup yogurt 1 tsp red chili powder 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1 small green capsicum 1 small red capsicum 1 onion 1 tbsp fresh chopped … Read entire article »
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Jalebi Recipe
Simple easy Jalebi recipe to prepare the popular sweet at home. Jalebi is a very famous dessert or sweet in South Asian cuisine. In India and Pakistan Jalebi is known as a celebration sweet. People distribute jalebi in on special occasion like wedding parties, birthday parties, on someone’s success at job or education, and so on. It is probably the most popular and common sweet in Pakistan. Jalebi is a fried sweet, It is made by milk, sugar syrup, flour and food color. Jalebi can be served by dripping warm. It has some what chewy texture with a crystallized sugary crunch. Jalebi is commonly sold in Pakistan and India, and it is available in every sweet shop. Children specially love Jalebi. It is considered some what difficult to prepare at home. … Read entire article »
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Chicken 65 Recipe
Chicken 65 is a popular recipe in Indian cuisine. It originated from South India. The origins of the name Chicken 65 are unknown. Some claim that it represents the year 1965 when this recipe was introduced in a South Indian restaurant, while other believe that it represents the 65 spices added to prepare it. Though the recipe we are sharing with you does not contain 65 different spices neither we were able to find any such recipe. So it seems the first claim that Chicken 65 is named after the year it was introduced is most probably true. There are many folklore stories about Chicken 65. The first story is that the spices must soak for 65 days. The second story is about the Indian soldiers who needed something quick and … Read entire article »
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