chicken Haleem

Ramzan and haleem are two inseparable parts in Hyderabad . Generally its prepared with Mutton, being a chicken lover I always preferred chicken Haleem. So thought of giving a try at home. Though its a time consuming job but if prepared with patience seeing the end result one is bound to feel happy. Lets get on with the cooking with the ingredients.

Ingredients 1 :

Broken wheat ( Daliya ) : 75 gms

Tuar Dal : 1/4th cup

Channa Dal 1/4 th cup

Black Gram Dal : 1/4th Cup 

Masoor Dal : 1/4th Cup

Cashew ;1/8th Cup

Almond : 1/8th Cup

Kismis : 1/8th Cup

Cloves : 10 Nos 

Cardamom : 10 Nos 

Cinnamon stick : 4 Nos 

Black Pepper : 10 Nos 

Shah jeera : 1 tsp 

Cumin seeds : 1 tsp

Coriander seeds : 1/2 tsp

onion ( medium ) : 5 Nos 

Dry red chilli : 2 Nos 

Ingredients 2 :

Minced chicken : 500gm

Hung Curd :1/3 Cup

Cloves : 7 Nos 

Cardamom : 5 Nos 

Cinnamon stick : 2 Nos 

Black Pepper : 1 tsp

Ginger Garlic paste : 2 tsp

Chilly Powder : 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder : 1/2 tsp

Green chilly paste : 5 Nos

Ghee : 1 Cup

coriander leaves 

Procedure : 

1. Marinate the chicken with curd, salt turmeric and chilly powder and ginger garlic paste .

2. Boil the marinated chicken with all the spices of Ingredients 2 . add enough water and 3 tsp of ghee. Pressure cook upto 7/8 whistle. 

3. Dry roast shah jeera, cumin seeds, coriander seeds and 2 dry red chilly .

4. Grind all the above shown lentils along with the already roasted spices in step 3 along with cashew, raisins and almonds  .

5. Make Beresta ( deep fried onions ) of 2 onions and fry some Cashew . Keep it aside for garnishing.

6.  Take a pressure cooker and add all the grinded powders mentioned in step 4. Add 4 cups of water to it & cover it and cook upto 4/5 whistles. 

7.  Take a kadai ( deep cooking pot ) , pour half cup of ghee.fry 2 onions and 1tsp of gingergarlic paste, fry till the raw smell is gone then add the boiled chicken and the boiled lentils ( step 6) and mix very well . Add coriander leaves and keep stirring  continuously.Cook it low flame for 45 min. 

8. Use a Masher to make a smooth paste . Before finishing add 1/4th cup of ghee and stir well.

Take it out in small portions in a bowl for serving.  Spread 2 tsp of ghee in each bowl and top it up with fried onions and cashew from the top . You can use a little of lemon juice .It enhance the taste. 

Coffee choco chip egg less cake

COFFEE CHOC CHIP CAKE (in pressure cooker)

I DEDICATE THIS CAKE TO ALL COFFEE LOVERS

Ingredients :

Flour ( Maida) : 1 and ½ cup

Backing powder:  ½ tsp

Sugar: ½ cup ( granulated )

Cocoa powder: ½ cup

Milk:200 ml

Butter: 50 ml

Coffee Cream :

Coffee: 3 tsp

Chocochips: 4 tsp

Sugar powder 2 tsp

Hot water: 2-3 tsp

Procedure :

1.     Take a pressure cooker with 250 grams of salt at the bottom and put it on the stove on high flame  ( Make sure that you put the lead of the pressure cooker without the rubber gasket and the  whistle. )

2.     Let the pre heating go on for 10 minutes in high flame. Meanwhile lets blend the ingredients and get the batter ready.

3.       Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar and coco powder well .Then added the milk and butter.... .Now i have used an electric blender and blended all the ingredients.

4.       Grease the baking container and pour the batter....By this time the pressure cooker oven is ready.

5.       Put the container inside with a raised bottom plate and bake it for 25 minutes in low medium flame.

6.       Put a fork inside the cake and check whether its done or not...Mine took 22 minutes ..but it may differ depending on the flame of your  gas stove

7.       Now take the cake out and let it cool

8.       Meanwhile i prepared a fluffy cream with coffee, hot water, sugar and Chocó chips. Here also i have used electric beater. If you want dalgona coffee effect then please feel free to use your hand and beat the decoction for 30 minutes or may be more. (If you really like the bitter taste then omit sugar )
9.  After your cake has cooled down cut it horizontally in two half  ...apply a thin layer of butter followed by benevolent amount of coffee cream between the layers of cake.

Save some cream and apply on top of the cake and  decorate with 2 tsp of chocochips. You can also use some whipped cream on top.  but i prefer to sprinkle some  powdered  sugar as i prefer  to retain the taste of coffee as it is.

Once you take a bite you should have the feeling you are having a cup of strong coffee with a nice choco cake.

ENJOY