Chicken Karahi 2

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Chicken Karahi ... A traditional Pakistani curry; chicken cooked with tomatoes, yogurt and spices. This recipe is completely different from the Chicken Karahi I posted earlier!

Chicken Karahi

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Serves : 3 - 4 

Ingredients :

• 1/2 kg. chicken, cut into medium pieces
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp.  ginger & garlic paste
• 2 to 3 green chilies, finely chopped 

Rainbow Lamingtons for 1st Blogoversary & 100th Post

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Today marks two milestones, my 1st Blogoversary & 100th post. Can't believe a year has passed! This blog was started exactly a year ago, just to keep record of all my tried & tested recipes. It has become my passion now and I really enjoy it. In this blogging journey, I have met so many kind blogging friends who who have always been encouraging me through their lovely comments. I enjoy reading every single one. Thank you all for being so supportive! Hope you will continue your support :)

To celebrate my blogoversary & my 100th post, I wanted to make something sweet & special. These lamingtons are my all-time favorite. The cake itself is quite soft & moist. After dipping in syrup, they would be more moist and melt in your mouth. And with the coconut, they tastes like a piece of heaven. So here goes the recipe:

Achari Aaloo or Pickled Potato Curry

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 Achari Aaloo or Pickled Potato Curry ... A tangy potato dish cooked with spices & mango pickle. Chanay ka Salan, Sooji ka halwa, Aloo ki Sabzi & Poori is a very popular Sunday brunch in Pakistan.

Achari Aaloo or Pickled Potato Curry
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Serves : 4

Ingredients :

• 250 gms. potatoes
• 2 tbsp. oil
• 1/4 tsp. cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp. mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp. fenugreek seeds
• 1/4 tsp. nigella seeds ( kalonji )
• 3 - 4 curry leaves
• 1/4 tsp. anise seeds ( saunf ), crushed
• 1/4 tsp. coriander seeds, crushed
• 1/4 tsp. carom seeds ( ajwaiin )
  

Butter Cake

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Butter Cake ... Using basic ingredients butter, sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder to make a  lighter & fluffier cake.

Butter Cake
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Serves : 6 - 8

Ingredients :

• 6 oz. ( 3/ 4 cup ) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
• 6 oz. ( 3/ 4 cup ) sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla essence
• 6 oz. ( 1 1/2 cup ) all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tbs. milk

Spicy Mutton Chops

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Spicy Mutton Chops ... Mutton chops marinated with yogurt & spices, and cooked till tender.

Spicy Mutton Chops

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Serves : 4

Ingredients : 

Marinade :

• 1 kg. mutton chops
• 1 cup plain yogurt

Eid al-Adha Mubarak & Sheer Khurma

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Eid al-Adha or "Festival of Sacrifice" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Hazrat Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Hazrat Isma'il as an act of obedience to Allah, before Allah intervened to provide him with a sheep— to sacrifice instead. On this day, those Muslims who can afford, sacrifice their best domestic animals as a symbol of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his only son. The meat from the sacrificed animal is divided into three parts. The family retains one third of the share; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the other third is given to the poor and needy. ( Source )


Sheer Khurma is a traditional Muslim festive breakfast & Eid's special dessert, prepared in South Asian countries especially Pakistan. It is served on the morning of Eid day in the family after the Eid prayer as breakfast, and throughout the day to all the visiting guests. It is a sweet vermicelli soup. Sheer Khurma was originally a Mughal-Afghan dish, imported to Mughal-India. Sheer means sweetened milk and khurma is made from dried dates. ( Source )

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Chocolate Chip Cookie ... a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips as its distinguishing ingredient. The traditional recipe combines a dough composed of butter and both brown and white sugar with semi-sweet chocolate chips. Variations include recipes with other types of chocolate or additional ingredients, such as nuts or oatmeal.