Keema Mutton Biriyani

"Keema" means minced meat, so keema biriyani means biriyani which is prepared by minced meat.

Ingredients For Keema Biriyani

1.Minced Mutton - 750 gm
2.Ginger paste - 2 tsp
3.Garlic paste - 2 tsp
4.Green chilly paste with 6 no
5.Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
6.Curd - 3/4 cup
7.Lemon juice - 2 tsp
8.Coriander leaves
9.Raw papaya grounded - 1 table spoon
10.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
11.Oil - 6 1/2 tsp
12.Salt
13.Basmathi rice - 400 gm
14.Sha jeera - 1/2 tsp
15.Onion sliced - 5 no
16.Saffron - 1/2 tsp
17.Milk - 1/3 cup
18.Ghee - 3 table spoon

How to make Keema Biriyani

1.Mince the mutton really well and then marinate it with ginger garlic,green chilly paste.Also add garam masala powder,curd ,coriander leaves,lemon juice,grounded papaya ,turmeric powder ,salt and 3 table spoon oil to it.And keep it for 1 hour.

2.Soak the rice for 20 mts in water and then drain it out from the water.

3.Boil 2 litre of water and add salt ,sha jeera and 1 tsp oil and rice to it .When the rice become half cooked drain the rice out from the water.

4.Heat 3 table spoon oil in a pan and fry the sliced onion in it till it becomes golden brown color.

5.In a heavy bottom vessel add ghee and then place half of fried onions in the bottom portion.

6.Then add the marinated minced mutton on top of the fried onions.Also spread rest of fried onions on top of it.

7.Then spread the rice on top of it.

8.Add the saffron to milk and prepare the saffron milk.

9.Sprinkle the saffron milk on top of the rice .Cover the vessel with a tight lid and cook it on top of a hot dosa tava for 2 mts.Then keep the fire on simmer and cook it again for 30 mts on low flame.

10.Now the delicious keema mutton biriyani is ready to be served.

Kada Roast (Quail Roast ) - Kerala Recipe

Quail is a small sized bird ,small as a little chick.Recently i started to raise quails and thus i was in search of delicacies of quails.So today i am going to prepare the quail fry or kada fry with my own backyard quails. My servant helped me in clean the quails.



Ingredients

1.Kada /Quail - 2 no
2.Onion - 3 sliced
3.Ginger and garlic paste - 2 tsp
4.Green chillies chopped - 3 to 5 no
5.Tomato - 1 big
6.Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
7.Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
8.Coriander powder - 1 tsp
9.Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
10.Salt
11.Curry leaves
12.Oil - 2 tsp
13.Coconut milk - 2 tsp

Preparation

1.Heat the oil in a pan and saute the ginger garlic paste first.Then add the onions to it and saute it well.Then add the green chillies ,curry leaves ,tomato to it and saute it well.

2.Add the cleaned quail to it .You can cut it in to 2 big pieces.In this recipe we are adding the quail before adding the powdered masala to it.Then add the turmeric powder,red chilli powder,coriander powder, garam masala powder,salt,coconut milk to it and mix it well.

3.Then keep the fire in low flame and cook it for nearly 20 mts.Cooking time of quail is really low but to make the roast perfect cook it in low flame for 20 mts.Now the kada roast is ready to be served with palappam....

Tomato Curry Beef By Lekshmi Nair

Ingredients

1.Beef - 1/2 kg
2.Onions - 4
3.Ginger chopped - 1 table spoon
4.Garlic chopped - 1 table spoon
5.Corn flour - 4 table spoon
6.Kashmeri chilli powder - 4 tsp
7.Tomato puree of 4 no
8.Tomato sauce - 1 1/2 table spoon
9.Water - 2 cup
10.Oil - 3/4 cup
11.Salt



Preparation

1.Marinate the beef with 2 tsp of red chilli powder,salt ,2 table spoon corn flour .And keep it for 30 mts.

2.Deep fry the beef in hot oil .Till it becomes brown color.Take 2 table spoon oil out from it and saute the chopped ginger and garlic in that oil .

3.Add 2 table spoon of corn flour to it and mix it well then add the sliced onions to it.When it becomes light brown color add 2 tsp of chilli powder to it cook it till the raw smell goes.

4.Then add tomato puree & sauce to it and mix it well.Then add the fried beef and little salt to it.

5.Then add 2 cups of water to it and cook it in a pressure cooker.Keep it in high flame till 1 whistle and then keep it in simmer for another 20 mts.

Now it is ready to be served.......