Bread Pokada.. Bread Fritters.

Bread Pokada. First time i ate this bread pokada in faizabad after my marriage. It was good but some how i din't like it that much, i felt it was too oily. Most of the time when we go to my in-laws place, my elder brother in-law brings this bread pokada from his favorite shop for breakfast, because my hubby like's to eat this oily stuffs sometime. He was telling me from a long time to cook break pokada, i also use to tell him ask me anything to cook i will cook for you immediately except bread pokada. On last saturday he had gone for a hair cut and i felt this is the right time i should cook few bread pokada before he come's home, but before i prepare to cook he was home :) After seeing me cooking he was happy. I served with some mint chutney, tomato sauce and hot ginger tea.

Ingredient's

4-5 Bread Slices

1cup Gram Flour (Besan)

1/4th tsp turmeric powder

1/4th red chili powder to taste

1/4th tsp Garam Masala powder

1/4th coriander powder

1/2 tsp Ajwain

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Water to make a batter

Cooking Method.

Heat oil in a kadhai. Cut Bread slices into desired shapes (like triangle, rectangle etc.)

In a bowl add gram flour, salt, chili powder, garam masala, coriander powder, turmeric, ajwain and mix it.

Now by pouring little water at a time to make a smooth batter (neither too thick nor too lose)

Dip bread piece in the batter and fry till crisp on medium flame.

Serve bread pakora hot with Green Chutney and Tea.

Chicken Dum Briyani..

Chicken Dum Briyani. I had cooked this Briyani on my 3rd year marriage anniversary. From that time i had kept this in draft but never got the right time to post it. I think now i can't make this post to wait for any more, because for me tomorrow never comes. I used to think cooking Dum briyani is difficult then the normal briyani which is cooked by mixing every things together, but it is not right. They both take same effort and same time.. Now I prefer dum briyani because it taste better then the normal briyani... I have not used deep fried onion in this recipe, i have saved it for one more recipe of dum briyani. Do try and let me know.

Ingredients.

1/2 kg Basmati rice 

Chicken 1/2 kg

Few strands for saffron 

2 big size onion, 4 tomato (finely chopped)

3 green chilly (chopped) 

4 to 5tbsp of chopped coriander and mint leafs

2tbsp Ginger, garlic paste

2tbsp red chilly powder, 1tbsp turmeric powder 

1tbsp coriander powder, 1tbsp garam masala 

1cup curd, 2tbsp lemon juice

Salt as per taste.

For Tempering.

2 bay leafs, 1 cinnamon stick, 2 green cardamom

2 cloves, 1 big black cardamom, 2 star anise

1tbsp shah jeera 

Oil as per your requirment.

Cooking method.

Wash and soak the rice in enough water for 20 to 30 minutes. In the same time soak the saffron also in warm water. 

Heat the deep frying pan add oil, when oil is hot, add all the tempering ingredients and leave till it become's brown. 

Then add onion, ginger garlic paste fry for till the onion becomes lite golden brown, then add chicken, turmeric, and salt, fry it till the chicken starts leaving oil. 

After that add red chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala, give a quick stir, then add tomato, curd, lemon, green chilly, and cook till the tomatos becomes soft, then add 2tbsp of mint and coriander leafs and mix it well.

Half boil the rice in a seprate pan. add water in to rice as per it required's. Then in a separate big pan add one layer of chicken and one layer of half boiled rice. Then sprinkle from top saffron water and left over mint and coriander leafs. (you can make as many as layers you like, but i have made one 2 layers). Cover the lid and cook till the rice is completely cooked in a medium flame.

Serve hot hot with (Raita)