Chicken Biriyani Recipe......

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 2 cups
Chicken pieces - 3/4 kg.
Onion - 3 large, sliced
Yoghurt - 1 cup
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Green chilli paste - 1 tsp
Tomato puree - 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder (roasted) - 1 tsp
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 2 tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup
Saffron - a pinch
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Green coriander leaves - 2 tbsp, chopped
Water - 3 1/2 cups
Oil - 7 tbsp
Salt as required

Method:
1. Make a mixture with tomato puree, yoghurt, ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, roasted cumin powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder and salt.
2. Take the chicken and marinade it in the same mixture. Let it rest for 3-4 hours.
3. Put oil in a pan, heat it and fry onions till they turn golden brown.
4. Now, to this add the marinated chicken and cook the entire mixture for 10 mins.
5. Next in a pressure cooker, take the rice and add 3 1/2 cups of water to it. Also, take the saffron, mix with the milk and add to the rice.
6. Finally, add the cardamom powder and the chicken pieces, along with the marinade.
7. Mix all the ingredients gently, cover with the cooker lid and pressure cook for 1 whistle.

Garnish with green coriander leaves and serve hot.

BrEaD pUdDinG......(25-11-09)

Ingredients:
• 2 cups Milk
• 1/4 cup Butter
• 2/3 cup Sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 3 cups Bread Crumbs
• 1/2 cup Raisins or berries

How to make Bread Pudding:
• Boil the milk over medium heat.
• Add in butter, continue stirring until butter is melted. Cool to lukewarm.
• Combine sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for 1 minute.
• Slowly add milk mixture.
• Place bread crumbs in a lightly greased casserole.
• Sprinkle with raisins or berries if desired.
• Pour batter on top of bread.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until set. Serve warm.

eGg SaNdWiCh....

Ingredients

• 3 large eggs
• 2 slices of cheese of your choice (American works nicely and is cheapest)
• Mayo
• 4 slices of bread (use your favorite)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

1. Start off with toasting the bread, let it cool before you apply the mayo to it.
2. Heat up a pan to cook your eggs over medium heat.
3. Spray with non-stick spray.
4. Scramble the eggs up in a bowl, and pour into pan.
5. Cook the eggs as if you were making an omelet.
6. Cut the eggs with your food flipper into two parts, and make those two parts square!
7. Place cheese on top of each part, and cover with lid until cheese is melted.
8. While cheese is melting, it is now a good time to slap some mayo on that cooled down toast.
9. Place those rad egg squares on the toast, and make into a sandwich.
10. You can also put onions in the eggs, spam, ham, sausage, kielbasa, peppers, whatever floats your boat. It's like an omelet in sandwich form, be creative!!!

hOmE MaDe cAkE....

Ingredients

Plain flour - 1 and 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar - 1 cup

Egg - 1

Refined oil or plain butter - 1/2 cup

Baking soda - 1 tsp

Milk - 1 cup

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Method

Mixture Preparation

1. Beat the egg very well until it becomes lighter and looks like double the original quantity. (As you do while making omlete )

2. Mix sugar and oil together and stir them pretty hard till the mixture becomes light and fluffy.

3. Add the beaten egg to this mixture. Mix well to blend all ingredients thoroughly.

4. Now prepare a mixture of plain flour (maida) and baking powder and sieve it to avoid any lump.

5. Now gradually add this maida mixture, to the batter prepared by mixing sugar, oil and egg.Note: As you stir the mixture, it will become dense. Add some milk in small amount to make it smooth. Keep on repeating the process of adding maida and then milk as required, till batter is well blended (It should look fluffy/ soft).

6. Add Vanilla essence to the batter and again blend thoroughly.Cake Preparation

7. Grease the baking tin (or cake tin) with oil and dust it by sprinkling maida over greased surface evenly.Note: Use baking tin of 6 inch in diameter, so that it can easily get into the pressure cooker.

8. Pour the mixture into the greased baking tin.Note: Baking Tin should be made of Aluminium

9. Heat the pressure cooker on high heat for 2 minutes.Caution: If baking tin comes into direct contact of the base of cooker, it can harm ( overbake ) the cake.

10. Now put the cake tin containing the cake batter, inside on cooker dish.( Do not put water inside the pressure cooker)

11. Close the cooker lid and do not put the whistle on the lid. Lower the flame from high to low after 2 minutes.

12. Let it cook for 40 minutes, and then switch off the heat. Do not open the lid immediately.

13. After 10 minutes open the lid to check whether the cake is done. Put a skewer inside the cake.

14. If the mixture will not stick on it, means that cake is done.Note:You can make the cake without egg. Just add 1/2 cup refined oil more.Make sure that you stir it pretty hard, till you find air bubble in the batter.