BIRYANI MASALA
Direction : Heat cooking medium, add Biryani masala, water and pre-soaked rice. Add mutton/ chicken pieces as desired, a pinch of saffron/ turmeric powder and cook as usual.
Chick Peas overnight with extra water. Strain. In a large pan heat 50g cooking oil. Fry 120g chopped red onions till golden brown. Add two chopped tomatoes (120g) and stir. Add 20g Chana Masala, 1 tspn. salt, and ChickPeas.
Beat a small bowlful of natural yoghurt, add Chutney Podina Powder to taste. Alternately, in a mixer, grind 20g red/spring onion, add 3 tspn. Chutney Podina Powder and water to mix, to form a watery paste. Check seasoning.
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Coconut fish curry : Clean ½ kg. fish, apply salt and keep aside. Soak 30g coconut powder/milk in half a cup of water and add ½ tspn. turmeric powder, 20g Fish Curry Masala and salt to taste. Chop 120g red onions finely and saute in 30g cooking oil in a flat pan till light golden
mutton pieces and brown them turning occasionally on medium flame. Lastly add 250 ml. of hot water. Cover & simmer on low flame. Add more water if required & cook for about 45 min. or till it is tender.
Cut 500g Paneer in triangular pieces of 4 cm. base. Make paste of 100g onions and 120g tomatoes separately. Also blanch, peel and grind 10 almonds into a fine paste adding ¼ cup water. Alternately cashew nuts can also be used.
Apply it on the chicken, inside cavity and into the slits. Bake in an oven preheated at 200c or Tandoor for 15 minutes. Then remove from oven and baste Chicken with 25g edible oil. Put into oven/Tandoor. Remove from oven when tender. Serve hot.