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Hydrabadi Dum Biriyani is a cuisine from Hydrabad, located in India. This is their traditional cuisine. The speciality of this cuisine are; it's taste, it's Smell and it's Outlook. If you smell it once, however, you feel hungry inside even if you have had a meal just now! Ingredients: . For Marinating the Meat: Mutton - 1 1/2 Kg Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp Juice of 1 lemon Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Chilli powder - 2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1 tsp Salt to taste Green chillies - 2 nos chopped Yogurt/Curd - 2 tbsp Raw Papaya paste - 5 tsp Few Mint leaves Few Coriander leaves Fried Onions - 1 tbsp . Frying Onions Oil - 4 tbsp Onions - 7 to 8 nos thinly sliced . Cooking Rice Basmati Rice - 1 Kg Salt to taste . Cooking Dum Biryani Oil - 1 tbsp Ghee - 3 tbsp Whole Spices (Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom & Bay leaf) Saffron Milk . . Preparation : . Step 1: Marinating Meat 1. Mix all the ingredients & refrigerate it for minimum 12 hours. . Step 2: Frying Onions 2. Heat 4 tb...

Hydrabadi Dum Biriyani is a cuisine from Hydrabad, located in India. This is their traditional cuisine. The speciality of this cuisine are; it's taste, it's Smell and it's Outlook. If you smell it once, however, you feel hungry inside even if you have had a meal just now!  Ingredients: For Marinating the Meat : Mutton - 1 1/2 Kg Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp Juice of 1 lemon Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Chilli powder - 2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1 tsp Salt to taste Green chillies - 2 nos chopped Yogurt/Curd - 2 tbsp Raw Papaya paste - 5 tsp Few Mint leaves Few Coriander leaves Fried Onions - 1 tbsp Frying Onions Oil - 4 tbsp Onions - 7 to 8 nos thinly sliced Cooking Rice Basmati Rice - 1 Kg Salt to taste Cooking Dum Biryani Oil - 1 tbsp Ghee - 3 tbsp Whole Spices (Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom & Bay leaf) Saffron Milk Preparation : Step 1: Marinating Meat 1. Mix all the ingredients & refrigerate it for minimum 12 hours. Step 2: Frying Onions 2. Heat 4 tbsp ...

Tornado Potatoes is a cuisine made by potatoes by cutting them like Tornado shape and cooked as like Grilled Shik Kebab. This is a kind of Mexico Dish which is suitable for appetizer in your meal or as Snacks.  Ingredients: => 2 medium white potatoes => 4 tablespoons butter, melted => 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated => ½ teaspoon black pepper => 1 tablespoon garlic powder => 1 tablespoon paprika => 1 teaspoon salt => Parsley, chopped (for garnish) Preparation : = Preheat oven to 325ºF/160ºC. = Insert a skewer into the potato and gently push the skewer all the way through it. =  Hold a sharp, thin knife at an angle and cut in the opposite direction you are turning the skewered potato. = Gently fan out the potato down the length of the skewer, until you have an even gap between the slices forming the spiral. = Melt the butter and brush it all over the potato. = In a medium bowl, combine parmesan ch...

Uttapom is a popular Indian cuisine which have many categories. Vegetable Uttapom in one of them where many colorful vegetables have been put to decorate it to look beautiful. Ingredients: => 1 cup of Rice => 1/2 cup of Mash-Kalai Daal (Lentil) => 1/2 cup of Moshur Daal => 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder => 1 tsp of Salt => 1/2 cup of Chopped Onion => 1/2 cup of Green Capsicum =>  1/2 cup of  Red Capsicum => 1/2 cup of Tomatoes Preparation:  = Soak the Rice & Daals in water for around 6 hrs. Then blend them to a blender. = Mix baking powder and salt with this mixture and make a thick batter. = Heat a pan, take 1/4 cup of that batter pour it to the pan and spread it. Put other ingredients over it then cover with a lid. = After 1 min, flip the poured batter on the pan. Keep it like this for some time, then take it to a serving dish. = Serve hot. 

This is a great family favorite. Loved by both my wife and me. In fact, the recipe credit goes to her for having been able to replicate the recipe and taste that had become on of your go to orders and good tandoori restaurants. And this is an easy one to do too. Ingredients: => One chicken, cut into 6-8 pieces => 2 cups of yogurt => One large bunch of cilantro (coriander leaves) stems included => 3 tsps of salt => 1 1/2 tsps black pepper => 2 tsps ground coriander => 4-6 cloves of garlic => 2-3 green chilies Preparation; = Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend into a paste. = Marinate the chicken with the paste for at least 1-2 hours (you may scour the chicken to allow the flavors to go deep). You can also use thighs and bone in drumsticks. = Fire up the grill to high heat. = Lay the chicken pieces skin side down on the hottest side of the grill in order to sear the skin side well. = Grill for 5-10 minutes, depending on how hot the grill is (you do no...

Vindaloo is traditionally an Indian dish that derived from the Portuguese dish “Carne de Vinha d’ Alhos” , a dish of meat, usually lamb, with wine and garlic. The “Carne de Vinha d’ Alhos” was first brought to Goa by the Portuguese and became a Goa's meal often served during special occasions. The traditional  version is usually made with pork but here we give you the Bangladeshi version with beef sans wine. Ingredients: => Beef, cut into approximately 1″ cubes, 1 pound => Vegetable oil, 1 Tablespoon => Onion, finely chopped, 1 Tablespoon => Garlic, finely chopped, 1 teaspoon => Ginger powder, 1/2 teaspoon => Cumin powder, 1 teaspoon => Coriander powder, 1 1/2 teaspoon => Turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon => Mustard seeds*, ground into a paste with a bit of water, 1/2 teaspoon => Cayenne chili powder, 2 teaspoons** => Black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon => White vinegar, 2 Tablespoons => Green chili peppers (Thai chilis), 2 cut in half lengthwise, leave see...

Tehari is a rice dish with cooked with meat and is usually made very spicy. Unlike Birianis , Tehari is usually cooked with vegetable oil. No yogurt or cream is used in the cooking of it. A very common Tehari dish is one cooked with beef. This dish is very very popular in each & every Bangladeshi people, specially peoples who are from Old Town in Dhaka city.  Ingredients: => Beef 1 kg (2 lbs) => Onion paste  – 1/2 cup => Garlic paste – 2 tsp => Red chili powder – 1 tbsp => Turmeric paste – 1 tbsp => Ginger paste – 2 tsp => Cumin powder – 1 tbsp => Coriander powder – 1 tbsp => Salt – 3 tsp => Onions – 2 medium, thinly sliced => Cinnamon – 2 1/2 inch sticks => Cloves – 8 => Cardamom – 4 pods => Bay leaf – 1 medium => Green chili – 6-8 => Oil – 1/2 cup (or less) => Rice – 2 1/2 cup (preferably aromatics like Basmati or Kalojira) Preparation: = Cut beef into small pieces. = Simmer beef with the next 7 ingredients (pastes and powders) a...