pakistani home cooking: Kari Pakora

pakistani home cooking: Kari Pakora: .    Kari Pakora Kari pakora is a beautiful dumplings in a creamy yogurt sauce. Which have a beautiful combination of creamy...

Kari Pakora

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 Kari Pakora

Kari pakora is a beautiful dumplings in a creamy yogurt sauce. Which have a beautiful combination of creamy,smooth  yogurt sauce which is out of this world.

You can serve kari with rice or just eat with spoon.

 Ingredients

1 small onion

1 C. plain yogurt

3 TBS gram flour

2 C. water

salt and pepper

For pakora:

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 C. gram flour

3 TBS water

salt and pepper

1/tsp cumin seeds

oil for frying

For bagaar

5 TBS oil

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 cloves garlic

1 tsp cumin seeds

5 curry leaves 

In blender add half onion, yogurt, gram flour, turmeric, and water; blend into smooth sauce. Strain the sauce, then add this mixture to pot. Add salt and pepper cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.

Now make a mixture for pakora by adding baking powder,gram flour water salt and pepper and cumin seed mix and fry a teaspoon full in oil until golden and keep aside. When curry gets thick, add fried pakora and cover. In a small frying pan heat oil add 1/2 chopped onion, cumin,garlic, and curry leaves. Pour over curry and serve with white rice. 

curry pakora with white rice

Preparation time: 10 minute

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

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1. simple homemade Garam Masala.

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  1.   simple homemade  Garam Masala.

                Garam masala is one of the most commonly used spice mix, and home made is way batter then ready-made store brought .

Ingredients:

1 tsp cumin seeds

3 tbsp coriander seeds

1 tbsp whole black pepper

3 whole black cardamoms

1 tsp cloves

1 stick cinnamon

1 bay leave optional

4 tsp white cumin

1/2 tsp nutmeg and mace crushed

Method:

Put all the spices and an electric grinder and grind them into fine powder.  Store it in airtight container.

Note:

Garam masala can be used in almost all Pakistani savory meals. It has great medicinal properties, great flavor and aroma especially in the rice and meat dishes or any curries.

peshaweri channa pulao

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Channa pulao is one of the most common rice served with meat in Peshawar .  my mom and her mom was expert in the kind of rice and the secret ingredient was there sun dried onion .after it dried and then fried it give a very beautiful color and aroma .and off course the gram masala and the beautiful chickpeas and raisins. And the big soft meat which fork tender and melt In your mouth.

But as many years I have been living in America I try it with fresh onion and it is also very  yummy  .

So here a go giving you my family old recipe for chana pulao

Chana  pulao

Ingredients:

2 cups long grain rice [sella rice] or basmati rice

1/2-cup precooked or can chickpeas

½ cup raisins

Salt and pepper according to taste

3 black pepper corns

1 stick cinnamon

1tsp cumin seeds

1tsp garam masala

1 large cardamom

1 large onion thinly sliced

 1 large tomato thinly sliced

4 tbsp canola oil

4 cups water or meat stock

 large meat pieces  to serve with.

Method:

Wash  and soak the rice  in water for 3 hours if  you are not using sella rice soak only for 15 minutes. Don’t soak basmati rice more then 15 minutes .now add 4-cups of water and chickpeas  to a pot and bring to boil low the flame and let it cook for 15 minutes then off the flame and cover.

In a separate pot add oil and fry onion until golden add tomatoes and salt and all and add all the spices except garam masala and mash it with the back of the spoon .

And add the fry mixture and  sprinkle garam masala cover and low the flame and let the rice cook add raisins and let it cook until the water dries and the rice cook completely fluff the rice with fork and serve with meat curry and salad or Rita.

 

Chicken and spinach in coconut sauce curry

 

 

 

Chicken and spinach in coconut sauce curry

This recipe is sure a winner, serve it with naan or white rice and your family will happy to eat spinach .

This is simple chicken and spinach curry ,the addition of coconut give this dish creamy texture and beautiful yummy flavor.

  

Ingredients:

1 cup cubed chicken breast

1cup chopped baby spinach

1 shallot diced

1 medium size tomato chopped

¼ cup yogurt

½ cup coconut milk

salt and pepper

1/2tsp turmeric powder

1tsp cumin seeds

1 green chili roughly diced

1tbsp chopped ginger

1tbsp chopped garlic

¼ cup olive oil

Method:

In small bowl marinate chicken yogurt ,salt and pepper and keep aside for 15 minutes.

In pot add oil ,chopped onion, and garlic, ginger, cumin seeds and green chili  and sauté it for 5 minute.

Add tomatoes  and  ,turmeric powder ,  stir add the chicken and keep stirring when the chicken no more pink about 15 minutes.

 add spinach and coconut milk and let it simmer for 1o minutes .

Creamy chicken and spinach curry is ready enjoy it with white rice or home made naan .

 

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 about our new fruit company. 

As long as I remember I love cooking and feel happy when I cook something which others buy from the store .and that’s why I love making jam jellies and fruit spreads and sauces in home. My family ,relatives and friends know that  it’s never a work for me but it’s a hobby which is very dear to my heart. and all this start from my mom plum jam and my sister mehnaz mango jam .as a child a adore home made jam jellies and marmalades .

After I come to America I make plum jam every year in the season and give it free to my friends and family and every body loved it .and many give me the idea to start jam company after thinking ask everyone take all the help ,me and my friend majidah we start a new fruit preserving company called {A.M orchard preserves  }and we sell organic and regular jam jellies marmalade, sauces the homemade style and we do everything by hand all these bottles are handmade with the love and care. 

We also sell local  organic all natural honey .

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We use less sugar and more fruit.

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We make jam in small batches ,and we can customize jam according to your needs .less sugar ,or no sugar let us know

We use fruit pectin

We love making them.

We use natural ingredients

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Mix berries, and so on.

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