Paaya Biryani

Hey guys , well i know , i know . I have been absconding for quite sometime now and I have a real good reason for doing so . What you ask well what if i tell you that i that i brought a recipe a Hyderabadi special that is an rarity even in Hyderabad . Very very exciting i know , well i was at my elder sisters house , and after hearing about my blog she asked , why don't i blog about the paaya biryani , well yes paaya is a specialty of Hyderabad , but i am sure you wouldn't ever heard of paaya biryani though. For all excited readers here's the recipe .

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Category:   Main course

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Ingredients:  

• paayya (goats legs)-8
  
• rice (basmati preferred)-1 & 1/2 kgs
  
• mint 2 cups
  
• ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
  
• onions sliced -4
  
• garam masala (a powdered mixture of all the spices used here.)
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masala
  
• clove
  
• elachi
  
• cinamon
  
• sajeera or Caraway, Wild cumin
  
• Black pepper seeds 3-4 seeds
  
• turmeric-1/2tsp
  
• corriander leaves-1cup
  
• lemon-3
  
• clarified butter or ghee
  
• oil
  
• bay leaves
  
• green chilies-1 or 2
  
  Method:

  wash and soak the rice.

  Preparations for the meat

  The payya should be roasted and cleaned first, now put some oil and onions in the cooker and cook till the onions go a liltle brown , now add the paayya and add green chilies ginger garlic paste , salt to taste ,a liltle bit of mint leaves. Now add water to the mixture such that the amount of water added should be enough to cook the rice , here we are adding two and half liters of water , now add salt to taste , and let it cook in the boiling water till the meat goes soft.

  Preparations for rice

  Take a vessel heat some ghee in it , add some bay leaf about one or two ,onions,garam massala ,chopped green chilies one or two , black pepper seeds , caraway seeds and roast till the onions go brown .Now add the soaked rich and fry it for some time . After the rich is partially fried and After the meat is cooked , add the contents of the cooker to the rice mixture . now let it cook untill the rich is fully cooked.

  when the rice is fully cooked add all the lime juice , all the mint and a generous table spoon of ghee.

  let it cook for another 5 minutes on low flame and then takle it off the flame . this dish is best eaten with daalcha,or any other wet dishes would also suit it .

Mirchi bhajji

Hi, guys i am back and today i ll be bringing to you a snack that has been the heart of the long lost of Telganian cuisine (Telangana is region in the Andhra Pradesh in India also my home town)  any Hyderabadi would know about it and is common part of the Hyderabadi street food , its really a quick dish easy to make and easy to eat , so lets go on & make it , then ...


category: snacks

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Ingredients:
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• gram flour-1/4kgs
  
•  coriander  powder-1cup
  
•  salt -to taste
  
•  carom seeds-1tsp
  
•  oil
  
•  ginger-garlic paste-1tbsp
  
•  baking soda-couple of pinches
  
•  big fresh green chili - 10 to 15
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  Method: 
  ************** Take a bowl and pour the gram flour and some water and make a thick paste, add carom seeds ,baking soda , ginger garlic paste and salt , let the mixture rest , now take the green chilies , slit it longitudinally and deseed it , now mix salt and coriander powder and fill the chilies with this mixture, now take a pan and heat some oil , when the oil is ready dip the chili in the paste made before and deep fry it ,when the color changes and starts becoming brownish red , take it out , put it on a tissue paper and drain the excess oil , sprinkle some chat masala on top the dish and garnish with some onions 
  now the dish is  ready to be served .

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  Nutritional value:
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     The Good:
    
    
    1. Gram flour
        
       
       This food is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Magnesium and Copper, and a very good source of Folate and Manganese.
       
       Read More http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4406/2#ixzz1Th5D8WOZ
       
       
       
    2. Green chili
       
       
       Chili peppers, despite their fiery “hotness” are one of very popular spices known for medicinal and health benefiting properties.
       
       
       Read more at:http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/chili-peppers.html
       
       
       
    3. carom seeds
       
       
       Strongly pungent and aromatic, ajwain seeds are one of the popular spices commonly feature in Indian and Middle- eastern cuisines
       
       
       Read more at:http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/ajwain.html
       
       
            
       
       
• The Bad
  The only disadvantage of this dish is that it has been deep fried , deep fried dishes are not good for health as they are tough to digest and contain a lot of oil or fat , also all the healthy contents of the dish are removed from its ingredients
  

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Tori Ki Sabzi

Hi guys , well another its bright sunny day to be blogging about the one thing we live for and that is food,well most people who know indian cuisine well would know that its an vegetarian dominated and today I am gona blog about another curry of RIDGE GOURD commonly know as Thori or Thorai in India , this is eaten in a variety of forms in India, such as chutney, add them to the dal or make a curry with this vegetable. In Maharashtra, India, dodka (ridged gourd/luffa) and ghosavala (smooth luffa) are common vegetables prepared with either crushed dried peanuts or with beans. But here we are going to make another variety with a south indian touch. So lets start cooking.

Category:Main course

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Ingerdients
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• rich gourd-1/2kgs
  
• tomatoes - 2 to 3 make sure the tomatoes are large in size and also very red in colour
  
• onions-3 to 4 depends on the amount of gravy you would like
  
• oil -as necessary
  
• salt -to taste
  
• turmeric-1tsp
  
• red chilli powder-to taste
  
• ginger garlic paste-1tbsp
  
• milk - 1 cup
  
• fresh creame-2 tbsp
  

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Method
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take a pan and heat some oil in it after that cut the onions julian style and add it to oil and cook till onions go brown till the onions get cooked peel the rich gourd , chopp it into medium sized pieces , ince the onions become brown add the rich gourd, add turmeric, salt, ginger-garlic paste, now cook for till all ingredients caramalise together and all ingredients get mixed together this will take about 5 mins, now add red chili powder and finely chopped tomatoes,let it cook till the tomatoes go soft and its juices come out , now add the milk and cook till oil starts coming out from the sides , now add creame let it cook for another 2 mins . take the dish off the flame add some freshly cut corriander and garnish , the dish is ready to be served.

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  Nutritional Value
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Believed to be originated in the Arabic desserts and spread throughout the world. It is a dark green vegetable on the exterior side with white pulp and white seeds embedded within in a spongy flesh. Ridge gourd is low in saturated fat and cholesterol, high in dietary fibre, vitamin C, riboflavin, zinc, thiamin, iron, magnesium and manganese. The nutritional value of gourd makes it suitable for maintaining optimum health, weight lose. It has excellent cooling properties. Ridge gourd is a powerhouse of nutrients and are rich is dietary fiber, vitamin C, riboflavin, zinc, thiamine, iron and magnesium. It is also low in fat and calories. Being low in saturated fat and cholesterol make it the ideal choice for those who wish to lose weight. It also has very high water content, making it a very low calorie vegetable (only 60 calories in 100 gm of cooked ridge gourd). vegetable has excellent blood purifying properties which helps to purify, restore and nourish liver protecting it from alcohol intoxication. Cellulose in ridge gourd helps to overcome constipation and also aids in curing piles. A glass of Ridge gourd juice mixed with other healthy vegetables in the morning can help to strengthen your immune system against any infection.
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