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Recipes In Urdu - English Rice

Mazedar Sada Pulao Recipe in Urdu – English

Ghazala Akhter

sada pula2sada pulaosada pulao1Mazedar Sada Pulao Recipe
Ingredients:

  1. Chicken – 1 kg
  2. Onion – 1
  3. Cinnamon sticks – 2
  4. Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  5. Yogurt – 1 cup
  6. White cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  7. Salt – to taste
  8. Black pepper – 6
  9. Ground fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
  10. Big cardamoms – 2
  11. Green cardamoms – 4
  12. Clove – 4
  13. Rice – 750gm
  14. Black cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  15. Bay leaf – 1
  16. Green chilli – 5
  17. Oil – 1/2 cup
  18. Kewra – 1 tbsp
  19. Nutmeg, mace powder – 1/2 tsp
  20. Star anise – 1
  21. Green cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
  22. Fried and ground dry coriander – 1 tbsp

 

 

Method:
Take a pan, heat up oil and fry sliced onion until light brown, then add black cumin, big cardamoms, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf, and black pepper, white cumin seeds, clove,star anise, ginger garlic paste and chicken, fry well. Then add yogurt and salt, fry well. Then cover and let it cook until chicken is done. Then add fennel seeds, dry coriander, green chillies and water, cook and bring to boil. Now add soaked rice, mix and cook until water dries. Then add nutmeg powder, mace powder, green cardamom powder, kewra and yellow colour, mix and put on dum for 15 minutes. This pulao can be eaten without raita and salad.

Mutton & Beef

How to Cook Palak Koftey (Spinach With Meatballs)

Ghazala Akhter

palak-koftey

saag-kofta

Spinach With Meatballs

For 8 people

Ingredients:

To make meatballs:

  • Beef – 1/2 kg
  • Roasted chana – 2 tbsp
  • Cloves – 4
  • White cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Medium sized onions – 2 (lightly chopped)
  • Green coriander – 1 (lightly chopped)
  • Ginger – 1/2 tbsp (chopped)
  • Poppy seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Whole black pepper – 8
  • Black cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Bread slice – 2
  • Mint – 1
  • Red pepper – 3 (lightly chopped)

For gravy:

  • Spinach – 1/2 kg
  • Fenugreek leaves – handful
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tbsp
  • Medium sized onion – 2 (lightly chopped)
  • Garam masala – 1 tbsp
  • Oil – 1 cup
  • Fresh dill leaves – 2 bunch
  • Red pepper – 1 tbsp (crushed)
  • Ginger garlic – 1 tbsp (crushed)
  • Butter – 1 tbsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Green chilies – 4 whole

Method:

  1. To make meatballs, grind all spices and add crushed bread silces in mince and grind well.
  2. Then add green masala and onions.
  3. Mix and give them a medium sized ball shape.
  4. Then fry in a little bit of oil on low heat.
  5. Chop spinach, fenugreek leaves and dill, and soak in water for half an hour.
  6. After half an hour, drain water and wash thoroughly.
  7. Then add in a pan and cook on low heat.
  8. When water dries, then grind roughly.
  9. Now take a pan, heat up oil and fry onions until golden brown.
  10. Take them out of the oil and spread on a newspaper and crush with hands, mix all spices and return to pan.
  11. Then add grinded spinach, green chilies and meatballs.
  12. Then cook until oil comes on top.
  13. Finally, add butter and green masala.
  14. Put on dum for 5 minutes.
  15. Serve with tandoori nan.