Aaj kya pakaaya/khaaya

[Lusi]

how u make them puri? they dont look oily AT ALL.

As always stunning food by everyone.

I use flour totillas, fried them in hot oil and high heat/flame. Since the tortillas are almost cooked so you don't have to fry them longer, just fry them 5 seconds on each side. Just make sure your oil is nice hot...

[NaMaan]

@Ira

Well i have been taking pics but wasnt able to post 'em.

I made bagels for breakfast last weekend. Sorry the pic aint that great and i had to make hubs keep his hands off of them while i take the pic. I made bagels with cheese, bagels with sesame seeds and served with cream cheese that had olives and pimentos in it. They were totally yummy.

Apple Pie (i didnt have a pie plate)

Cake i decorated for my Wilton course 2 but it got smushed while i was getting it home

Biryani i made one day:

Wow … it looks so great. Specially Apple pie and Biryani …

Great job

[MARRIED_NY]

@_Plusha

married ny ur biryani luks soooo tempting…drools plzzz post the recipe…n where iz anday ka salan?? i cant c the pik..

yeh raha je app ki khidmat mai,anday ka salan

[Lusi]

@adrasteia

Lusi the aloo salan and halwa looks nice
post halwa recipe.

Im going to try them out both next week.

Thanx!

Ok here is the recipe for halwa…

Sooji 1 cup
Besan 3 tbsp
All Purpose Flour 2 tbsp
Sugar 2 cups (or add less like 1.5 or 1.75 cups if you don’t want too metha)
Oil almost half cup
Water 3 cups
Cardamom 4-6

In a pot heat oil, add cardamom (kind of opened) and add sooji. Bhonafy sooji till goldenish brown. keep stirring it while bhonafying it. Then add besan, bhonafy it for couple mins, then add all purpose flour and do the same thing. Then add sugar, slightly incorporate in the sooji besan mixture and quickly add water. Stir the mixture, keep it on medium heat and cover it. After few mins again stir. Reduce the heat to medium low, cover it and keep checking every few mins. When you see that sooji has absorbed all the water, and the halwa is not sticking to the sides of the pan, it means it is almost ready. bring the heat to low and leave it on dum for few mins. When done garnish and enjoy!

Oh and I added food color after adding water to the sooji. If you want yellow halwa then just add food color otherwise your halwa will be beige brownish color…lol

Oh and if you feel that it still needs cooking time and it is burning from the bottom, then reduce the heat and if you have a tawa or that thing you put under the pots for dum, use that. Though I was using a non stick pan but I still ended up putting the tawa under the pot so it doesn’t burn. Oh and stir frequently.

[Lusi]

@Ira

Well i have been taking pics but wasnt able to post 'em.

I made bagels for breakfast last weekend. Sorry the pic aint that great and i had to make hubs keep his hands off of them while i take the pic. I made bagels with cheese, bagels with sesame seeds and served with cream cheese that had olives and pimentos in it. They were totally yummy.

Apple Pie (i didnt have a pie plate)

Cake i decorated for my Wilton course 2 but it got smushed while i was getting it home

Biryani i made one day:

WOw… everything looks great!

Bagels look pretty professional!

[somegroovychick]

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wow, ira, good job on the bagels!!

i made peach pie, and chocolate chip cookies. and now im going to distribute them to everyone at work so i'm not tempted to eat them all on my own. doh.

[somegroovychick]

sgc i make palah gosht by adding everything at once n cooking it at low heat...take a pot add oil+ 3 sliced onions+ ginger garlik paste+ meat+ dhaniya powder+ haldi+ red chilli powder+ kashmiri mirch powder+salt(be careful while adding salt cuz palak has its own salt content) + 2 tomatoes+ 4 bunches of palak...let it cook on slow heat till meat gets tender...now add 1 bunch soya and 1 bunch methi...now bhoonify it till oil gets seperated...add in green chillies and fresh coriander!

awesome, thank you!
where would i buy soya in toronto? what does it look like? and what is methi in english?

[chips6]

@somegroovychick

wow, ira, good job on the bagels!!

i made peach pie, and chocolate chip cookies. and now im going to distribute them to everyone at work so i'm not tempted to eat them all on my own. doh.

Aww...SGC...it must be your famous peach pie that u once posted on GS a while ago...
I have tried that recipe a few times...and my husband likes it...:)

[chips6]

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WOW IRA....your bagels look so good...!!
so does the rest of the stuff....:)

[cricketplaya]

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I would like to give award to the thread opener and awards to all those for posting their food dishes and give this thread the award of thread of the year!

[ShiNoO]

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^Hehehe thanks!!

Ira, I love your cooking, you got me craving biryani!!

ANd Lusi you got me craving halva poori :-(
I'm on a diet these days so just boring food for me :-( Although I have to say that I have tried the chicken kabab dish that u posted a while back and EVERYONE liked it so much!!! Thanks :-)

I've only been cooking boring food cuz I'm eating very healthy. Occasionally I made something for hubs seperately. Waise bhi ramadan is around the corner and insh'allah everyone here will be cooking lots of food!

For those who asked: I have already posted my biryani and baingan ka raita recipe on this thread. Just do a search on my name!

Rest of you all, keep cooking and keep posting so we can be inspired a little more!

[mehroo]

@_Plusha

well xclusively_me i make baingan ka raita by simply roasting the baingans on flame n peel off its skin…and mash it…in a seperate bowl add crushed garlik+salt + black pepper +red chillies crushed in yogurt…mix and add mashed baingan…then prepare a bhagaar…heat oil and mustard seeds+zeera+green chillies+ red whole chillies+curry leaves…pour the bhagaar on the raita n serve! loki ka raita is also made in the same way but u just havto boil the loki…sumtyms i cut the baingan cubical n deep fry them n add them in the above dahi mixture …its tastess soo yummy!
loki ka raita

that looks good , will try that .

[mall]

@_Plusha

well xclusively_me i make baingan ka raita by simply roasting the baingans on flame n peel off its skin…and mash it…in a seperate bowl add crushed garlik+salt + black pepper +red chillies crushed in yogurt…mix and add mashed baingan…then prepare a bhagaar…heat oil and mustard seeds+zeera+green chillies+ red whole chillies+curry leaves…pour the bhagaar on the raita n serve! loki ka raita is also made in the same way but u just havto boil the loki…sumtyms i cut the baingan cubical n deep fry them n add them in the above dahi mixture …its tastess soo yummy!
loki ka raita

by roasting the baingan on flame u mean actual fire from stove? cus the baigan is raw, is it cooked well if we roast on flame? and dusnt it get burnt very easily? would lovvvvvvvvve to try ur recipe

[_Plusha]

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mall yes u can roast baingans on naked flame (medium low heat) only the peel gets burnt n u'll find nice soft baingan from inside...peel automatically comes off wen its burnt..it is done the same way lyk we do for baingan ka bharta! do try it its yummy spcially with tahari or chanay ka pulao matar pulao!

[mall]

@_Plusha

mall yes u can roast baingans on naked flame (medium low heat) only the peel gets burnt n u'll find nice soft baingan from inside...peel automatically comes off wen its burnt..it is done the same way lyk we do for baingan ka bharta! do try it its yummy spcially with tahari or chanay ka pulao matar pulao!

thank oooo! i will try :)

[_Plusha]

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Jhinga biryani with kachumar raita! piks didnt come out half as gud as the real biryani waz!

[mall]

@_Plusha

Jhinga biryani with kachumar raita! piks didnt come out half as gud as the real biryani waz!

Good Lord! Plusha… the biryani looks absolutely delicious and juicy with all the masalas and all… and the rice grain is so long!!! i have seen so many biryani dishes and eaten at various places but ive always noticed the biryani is not masaledaar… my biryani is popular cus i put alot of tomatoes and masal so its more redish and everythin.. way to go gal! where do u live?

[_Plusha]

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thnx mall...yeah exactly even i lyk masaledar biryani...i hate wen the biryani iz too dry...yeah i put tomatoes at the end in the masala so tht u can taste the bits of tomatoes in the biryani...do post ur biryani pik i wanna c it...well these dayz m living in karachi cuz of my university but actually i live in dubai...i keep on travelling! :)

[MARRIED_NY]

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GIRL AWSOME biryani, i loveeeeeeeee shrimp..lagay rahu lagay rahuuu.:) MASHALLAH

[_Plusha]

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yupp i agree shrimps r soo yummyyyy....specially tempuras...thnx btw ;)