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Village style Beef curry

Ingredients: 1 kg beef or mutton (cut into pieces) ½ cup onions (thinly sliced) 2 tbsp ginger, paste 2 tbsp garlic, paste 2 tsp red chili, powder 2 tsp turmeric, powder ½ tsp coriander (whole) ½ tsp cumin (whole) ½ tsp fennel (whole) ¼ tsp fenugreek (whole) ¼ tsp black cumin (whole) 2-3 cardamom pods 1 inch cinnamon ½ cup oil Salt to taste How to cook: Dry roast coriander-cumin-fennel-fenugreek-black cumin and make a paste. Heat oil in pan and fry onions for 5 minutes Add ginger-garlic paste, stir well. Add red chili and turmeric powder, put some water and stir. Add roasted masala and meat, stir for 5 minutes more. Add water, cover the lid and cook until meat is more than half done and oil come up. Add cardamoms and cinnamons and stir some more times. Add water and cook on low heat until meat is tender and gravy is thick. You can sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves if you wish. Serve hot with rice or roti.

Chicken White Karhai

Ingredients: 1½ kg Chicken cut into small pieces 1 cup Yogurt, beaten ½ tsp Black pepper, powder ½ tsp White pepper, powder Salt to taste 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste 1 tbsp Garam masala powder   3 Onions, chopped   4 Green Chilies, chopped 1   inch Ginger, slices   ¼ Cup Oil Cream to taste (optional) How to cook: Heat oil in a pan. Sauté ginger garlic paste. Add chicken & fry till color changes. When little water is left, add onion (leave some part for later use). Mix green chilies & ginger slices. Beat curd & mix garam masala powder, black pepper, white pepper, salt & mix it in chicken. Mix left over onion, more ginger slices. Sprinkle 2-3 tsp fresh cream if you like. Cook until oil separates and chicken is done. Serve hot.

Chicken Karhai

Ingredients 1 Chicken 250 gms Tomatoes 5-6 Green Chilies 2 tbsp Oil 1 tbsp Ginger & Garlic paste 1 tbsp Coriander, paste 1 tsp Cumin, paste Garam Masala, Whole Salt to taste How to cook Heat oil in a pan. Add garam masala and chicken. Fry, put lid and simmer till meat is tender. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry. Add all the masala and chopped tomatoes to the chicken and fry all together. Slit the green chilies and fry them along with the chicken. Put the lid and let it simmer for few more minutes. Serve hot with tandoori naan.

Chicken Masala 2

Ingredients: 1 Chicken, (cut into small pieces) 2 medium Onions, chopped 5-6Tomatoes, cut 1½ tsp Salt 1½ tsp Red chili, powder 1 tbsp Garlic crushed 1 tbsp Ginger, crushed Coriander leaves, chopped (for garnishing) 4-5 Green Chilies (for garnishing) 2 tbsp Coriander seeds 1 tsp black cumin ½ cup Cooking oil. How to cook Fry onions in a pan till golden brown. Add chicken and stir. Add the remaining ingredients and cook over medium flame. When the oil separates, cook for additional 15 minutes, and keep stirring. When the meat is cooked, reduce heat and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Garnish with fresh coriander and green chili, and serve with roti or naan.

Chicken Masala 1

Ingredients: 1-2 kg chicken ¼ tsp Cumin powder 1 tbsp garlic, paste 1 tbsp ginger, paste 2 small tomatoes, chopped 1 onion, paste 4 tbsp oil 3-4 green peppers ½ tsp black pepper, crushed salt and red chili powder (up to taste) 1 tbsp achar gost masala powder How to cook: 1.       Heat oil in a pan. 2.       Add cumin, garlic, ginger, onion paste, crushed pepper, green peppers, and tomatoes. 3.       Cook it until the oil comes on top. 4.       Then put chicken, salt and chili powder and mix well. 5.       Cook on low heat for 10 minutes. 6.       When the chicken is almost done put the achar gost masala and mix it well. 7.       Cook on high heat, stir until oil separated.

Sialkot Badshahi Chicken

Ingredients 1 Chicken, cut into pieces 1 Lemon, juice 2 Onions, thinly sliced 400 ml Yogurt 1 tsp Black pepper, ground 2-3 tsp Chili powder 1 tsp Turmeric 1 inch Cinnamon 2-3 Cardamoms 3-4 cloves 1 inch Ginger, paste 2 cloves of garlic, paste 2 black cardamoms A few seeds of whole black pepper 200 ml cream A little oil Salt to taste How to cook Squeeze the juice of one lemon on the chicken and mix everything thoroughly. Marinate for three hours. Heat oil in a pan Add chicken and cook for 15-20 minutes until water goes out. Take the chicken out and fry the onions in the same oil till they dissolve. Pour yogurt into the pot together with all the spices, garlic and ginger. Cook on low heat. When the gravy becomes thick, add the chicken. Add cream and garam masala. Garnish with fresh, chopped green chilies and coriander leaves. Serve with rice or naan.