Sunday 29 September 2013

Pakistani beef burger recipe

Spicy beef burger recipe
This is one of my most appreciated recipes, I even gave it to a fast food corner and its very popular over there:
Beef burger

Ingredients:

beef minced meat 250 grams
mustard powder 1/4 tsp.
salt 1/2 tsp.
black pepper 1/2 tsp.
white pepper 1/2 tsp.
red chili flakes 1/2 tsp.
garlic paste 1/4 tsp.
tomato ketchup 1 tsp.
one egg
sliced bread 1 slice
burger buns
Lettuce
sliced tomato
mayonnaise
cheese slices
olive oil 1 tsp.

Method:

1- Mix salt, black pepper, white pepper, mustard powder, red chili flakes, garlic paste, tomato ketchup, egg, bread slice in minced meat and knead well.
2- Mix well and add one tea spoon olive oil.
3- Once mixed well make patties of large size (same size as bun)
4- Fry the patties on medium flame until well done from both sides.
5- Cut the burger buns in half.
6- Add little oil in the frying pan, heat the burger buns in it.
7- Spread some ketchup and mayonnaise on the burger bun
8- Put the fried patty on the bun and place cheese slice over it.
9- Add lettuce and tomato slice over it.
10- Cover it with the other half of the bun.
11- Serve this Pakistani spicy beef burger with French fries.

Monday 23 September 2013

Mamnoon Hussain Dahi Bhalla دہی بھلے

Dahi Baray (bhallay) recipe:
Mash Lentils dumplings in Yogurt is very delicious and specially divine dish during the summers.
Mamnoon Hussain Dahi Bhalla
Mamnoon Hussain Dahi Bhalla
You can prepare Dahi Bhalla for a dinner party as a complimentary side dish. In recipe used mash lentils but can also be added moong lentils because it says that addition of mung dal reduces the absorption of oil.

Ingredients:

White lentils ( Daal Maash) 200gm
Crushed red pepper 1 tsp
Ginger 1/2 inch piece
Salt 1 tsp
Baking powder 1 tsp
White cumin 1 tsp
Oil for frying
Yogurt 1 kg
Caster sugar 5 tbsp
Water 1/4 cup
Salt 1 tsp
Chili powder 1 tsp
Cumin whole 1 tsp
Chat Masala 1 tsp
Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
Green chutney as required
Sweet chutney as required
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Cooking Directions:
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1. Soak Daal in water for 5-6 hours..
2. Blend daal, crushed red pepper, ginger, salt, baking powder and white cumin in the blender..
3. Add water as required for blending..
4. Drop this mixture in preheated oil with spoon..
5. Fry for 8-10 minutes..
6. Put salt, red chili powder and cumin whole in a luke warm water..
7. Place fried Baray in the water after 2 minutes of frying for 4-5 minutes..
8. Add caster sugar and pinch of salt in the yogurt and mix well..
9. Pour this yogurt in the serving bowl..
10. Squeeze out water from the Baray by pressing them between hands..
11. Place these baray on the yogurt..
12. Again pour some yogurt over baray..
13. Sprinkle chat Masala, pinch of red chili powder, green chilies, coriander and meethi chutney over yogurt and serve.

Please do try this special recipe by Mamnoon Hussain a.k.a Dahi Bhalla king.

Friday 20 September 2013

Cake rusk at home recipe

Pakistani Cake rusk recipe:
Cake rusks are biscuits made from strips of baked cake and are baked again. They are very popular in Pakistan and we have them with Tea. Below is the recipe that you can try at home and enjoy.

Ingredients
Butter 4 oz (at room temperature)
Caster sugar 100 grams (4 oz or half cup)
Eggs 3
All purpose flour (Maida) 100 grams (4 oz or half cup)
baking powder 1 tsp
vanilla essence 1/2 tsp
yellow food color few drops in case of liquid or a pinch if its in powder form
Cooking Directions:
Beat the butter with a beater and add caster sugar and keep beating.
Add eggs one by one and keep beating until you add all the eggs.
Add and mix baking powder in flour.
Add vanilla essence and flour in the above mixture spoon by spoon and beat at a slow speed
Add food color at the end and fold it.
Grease cake rusk pan and sprinkle flour.
Pour the mixture in the pan.
Place this pan in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes at 180c or number 4.
When cake is ready cut it from the center and than make small pieces.
Place them again in an oven for half hour.
Invert side of cake rusk after 15 minutes and bake again for 15 minutes.
Take out of oven and serve.

Doner Kebab at home

Doner Kebab are very popular in Europe specially in Muslims looking for Halal food and are mainly made by Turkish people that's why they are called Turkish Doner Kebab. Below is the recipe that you can try at home:

Ingredients:

plain flour 1 tsp
dried oregano 1 tsp
dried Italian herbs 1/2 tsp
garlic powder 1/2 tsp
onion powder 1/2 tsp
Cayenne pepper 1/4 tsp
salt 1/2 tsp
ground cumin 1/2 tsp
ground coriander 1/4 tsp
ground black pepper 1/2 tsp
bread crumbs 100 gram
lamb/beef mince 500 grams



Directions:


  1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / gas 4.
  2. In a large bowl, mix flour and all the herbs/spices.
  3. Add the minced lamb/beef and thoroughly mix through all dry ingredients.
  4. Using a kneading method for around 3 minutes will ensure the meat is smooth and all dry ingredients are evenly combined.
  5. Place the mixture into a loaf tin and place on a baking tray.
  6. Bake in the oven for around 1 hour 15/20 minutes.
  7. Turn the loaf halfway through cooking time to ensure even browning.
  8. Once cooked, wrap kebab meat in foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
  9. Slice the doner kebab meat as thinly as possible.
  10. Serve with warmed pitta bread and salad (shredded cabbage, carrot, onion, sliced cucumber), yogurt and garlic sauce. You may add some chilli sauce as well.


I hope you will like this Doner Kabab recipe.