Mutton Malai Boti

From a very long time many people have been telling me to make this but I was being a bit inconsiderate of their requests.

My previous recipe for Chicken Malai Tikka was liked by a lot of people and the response was amazing so I decided that I need to give this a try as well. This recipe is none other than Mutton Malai Boti.

To make my version of this luscious BBQ specialty you need to make a paste by grinding 1/4th bunch of coriander, 6-8 green chilies, 1 inch piece of ginger and 4 garlic cloves with some water.

INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoon papaya paste

2 kilogram boneless mutton cut in 1 inch or slightly bigger cubes

1 teaspoon garam masala

2-3 teaspoons salt or as per taste

1 tablespoon cornflour 

half cup yogurt 

half cup cream

half cup of green paste

1 teaspoon crushed red chilies 


1 teaspoon red chili powder

1 teaspoon black pepper powder

It is very simple to make. 

Put the meat in a deep bowl.

Add all the ingredients to the meat and mix everything properly.

Cover the bowl with plastic sheet or aluminum foil.

Let this marinate for 4 hours to preferably overnight.

I let it rest overnight.

Some people told me that the marinade is too thin or watery but when you will give it propery time to marinate, the meat will absorb a lot of it and the marinade will thicken,

After a full night of marination my meat looks something like this.

NOW THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM!!!

I do not have a desi grill or even a smoke to make this the way it is supposed to.

BUT WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES EVERYTHING CLOSES AND YOU SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN ETERNAL DESPAIR.

Joking ! You can always make this in an oven by broiling it.

Preheat the oven on broil at 400 degrees. Will take around 10-20 minutes depending upon your oven/

After preheating take a baking tray, cover it with aluminum foil.

Spray or brush some cooking oil on it.

Place the marinated meat on it and out it in the oven for around 20-25 minutes.

Take out the tray and flip all the pieces of meat. Broil it for another 15-20 minutes and Mutton Malai Boti is ready to be served.

Serve it over some fresh lettuce and slices of onion and sprinkle some chopped coriander on it. Have it with chatni, naan and I promise you that you will love me forever. JOKING! There is nothing like love.

Mutton Rogan Josh

What I will tell you all today is Rogan Josh. A Persian dish made with mutton and rich in tomatoes and various spices.

Rogan Josh is a Persian dish inspired from Kashmiri and Mughal cultures.

This was also my very first recipe for this blog which I made again after a long time for some special guests today.

Stay tuned to my twitter and facebook page which is https://www.facebook.com/chefshamsher/ for a recap of Eid-ul-Azha

INGREDIENTS FOR BASE:

500 grams mutton

salt as per taste

1 tablespoon of crushed whole spice (pissa hua garam masala)

2 tablespoon milk cream (aise hee aap log whitening cream daal dein toh kon zimahdaar hai)

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1 finely chopped onion

Juice of 1 lemon

INGREDIENTS FOR PASTE:

1 teaspoon fennel seeds (saunf)

8 green chilies

2 teaspoons ginger & garlic paste

1 1/2 teaspoons red chili powder

1 1/2 teaspoons coriander powder

1 onion

2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

Start off with tenderizing your meat by adding 2-3 glasses of water in a pressure cooker. Add the meat to it and let the whistle blow for 12-15 minutes.

You can boil the meat if you feel like but I had guests at home so time was not to mess around with.

Meanwhile the meat tenderizes. Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add the chopped onion and crushed garam masala. Fry till golden brown.

Meanwhile the onions are frying you can make the paste by adding onion, fennel seeds, coriander powder, red chili powder, ginger & garlic paste and chopped coriander leaves.

Add the paste you made and salt. Fry well for 4-5 minutes. FRY IT PROPERLY OKAY.

Now after 12-15 minutes the mutton is done tenderizing.

Add the tender mutton cover it well with the paste and then add tomato paste with water.

NOTE - If the mutton after tenderizing has water left in the pressure cooker then add it with the mutton and do not add water after adding tomato paste.

Cover the lid and cook the mutton until the gravy reduces and oil separates.

 

Take the lid off after 5 minutes or when the oil separates.

Add fresh cream and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. 

Mix it well and cook for 5 more minutes on high heat.

Mutton Rogan Josh is ready and let's dish it out now.

Here you go everyone. Try this and I bet you are going to love it more than you love your siblings. Eat it with naan, paratha and your hands.

Don't forget to comment.

Chicken Malai Handi

Cooking in summers is directly proportional to living in hell. It's like the devil is standing there and laughing at you like he is waiting for your arrival in hell but hats off to the mothers, the sisters and the wives who do this every day. I KNOW YOUR PAIN and very deeply tbh.

With this thought and sentiment I would like to give you another installment of a very quick yet a very delicious recipe.

I have taken this recipe from a blog called The Spice Tales http://thespicetales.blogspot.com/ which is run by Urooba Malik one of the kindest people I have ever come across. Thank you Urooba for such a wonderful, easy and quick recipe.

This recipe is called 'Chicken Malai Handi' and is no doubt one of the best boneless chicken handis I have ever tasted. The original recipe link is - http://thespicetales.blogspot.com/2016/03/desi-all-way.html

Ingredients:

1 kg boneless chicken breast cut into 1-1.5 inch bite sized chunks

15 cashews

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

1 tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 tablespoon ginger paste

1 tablespoon garlic paste

5 tablespoon cream

1 cup yogurt

50 grams butter

1/4 cup water

The process is very simple.

Need to prepare the marinade for the chicken.

For that we will grind the cashew nuts and sesame seeds in to a fine powder.

Now in a bowl add yogurt, cream, ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, black pepper and grounded sesame seeds + cashew nuts.

Mix it up until everything is properly infused in each other like two lovers become one. NO THERE IS NOTHING LIKE LOVE.

Add the chicken in it and marinate it for at least 2 hours.

After the chicken is marinated. Melt the butter in a non stick pan and add the chicken with all teh marinade in it along the water.

Let it cook on medium low heat for 10 minutes while covered.

Uncover it and cook it for 10 more minutes on medium heat.

Chicken Malai Handi is ready to serve.

Garnish it with chopped coriander and green chilies. Best with roghani na'an, roti or paratha, I even had it with a little mutton biryani I made yesterday and it was amazing.

Ladies and gentlemen take a dive with me in this creamy dish called Chicken Malai Handi.