Chicken Harra Masala

Who remembers that Lemon Max dish washing bar's advert back from the day who had this stupid slogan "HARRA KAAM MEIN KHARRA" which raised many eyebrows and who knows what else.

Well this recipe is "HARRI KAAM MEIN KHARRI" as it is green spicy and packed with a punch of Desi flavor.

This is called Chicken Harra Masala and it is like 90% of the recipes in my catalog, very simple and amazing.

Just a hand full of ingredients with salt and garam masala will help you create this magic and trust me your family/in-laws will love you or at least start loving you after you make this for them.

INGREDIENTS:

500 grams or half chicken (medium sized boti cut)

1 onion finely chopped

300 grams yogurt

1/2 cup coriander leaves

1/2 cup mint leaves

6-8 green chilies

2 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste

1 tablespoon  salt

1 teaspoon garam masala

Let's start with making the green sauce by blending green chilies, mint leaves, coriander leaves and yogurt together.

Now that is done we will move on to frying the chopped onion.

Fry it till it is light brown and then add the chicken.

Fry till the chicken changes it's color and then sprinkle garam masala over it.

Cover and cook for 2 minutes and then add salt so chicken releases it's water and cooks thoroughly.

Now add the green sauce we blended earlier to the pan. Give it a boil, turn the heat to low and let it simmer for 8-10 minutes.

Uncover it and witness the oil separated from the green masala. That's it, green chicken masala is ready to be served.

Have it with naan or khameeri roti or even chappati. Never tried it withrice but you know everything tastes better with rice.

Moroccan Red Bean and Chickpea Salad

Hello losers, weight losers and weight watchers, I'm here to save your lives. I bring you something which will not only satisfy your hunger but will also satisfy your flavor needs(what's yo flava tell me what's yo flava).

Moroccan Red Bean and Chickpea Salad. The recipe I used here is authentic but my improvisation cannot rest. So, I added some vegetables and spices to it to make it up to my standards which are not so high but maybe a little higher than your life.

Ingredients:

1/2 teaspoon garlic paste

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup olive oil

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 tablespoons ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 15-ounce cans red kidney beans

1 15-ounce can chickpeas, rinsed

1 cup finely diced tomato

1 cup finely diced onion

1 1/2 cups chopped fresh coriander leaves

1/2 cup chopped fresh mint leaves

1 15-ounce can of sweet corn

Optional

1/2 teaspoon chaat masala

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon red chili pepper

First of all we will mix together the chickpeas, red beans, corn, coriander, mint, tomatoes and onions in a bowl of course.

Now mix salt, cinnamon, cumin, in the lemon juice and then add the oil to it.

Now pour the oil and lemon juice mixture in the mix beans and vegetables. Mix it up like your health depends on it.

This step is totally optional as I wanted a more spiced up flavor. I sprinkled the above mentioned quantity of red chili powder, black pepper and chaat masala.

The extremely healthy, full of protein and other nutrients that I don't know about. The Moroccan Red Bean and Chickpea Salad is ready and it will give the time of your life better than the people around you.

I'm still coping, still mourning and still trying to get everything together. Cooking everyday because I have no other option.

Would love some feedback. Ladies and gentlemen Moroccan Red Bean and Chickpea Salad.

Fish & Chips w/ Mint Peas And Chunky Tartar Sauce

There was a time when people did not know me. Then I started cooking and everyone was like "Hey Shamsher! you're my best friend."

There was also a time when people did not use to love me and pay attention towards me. Then God gave me game and I started hustling. Learned cooking and then people started loving/praising me but now I don't feel like loving them back. To hell with everyone THIS people is my very own Fish & Chips sided with Tartar Sauce and Mint Peas.

This is made after watching a lot of videos and reading a lot of recipes and instructions. 

Today not only you will learn how to make Fish & Chips but also to make the most CRISPIEST Fish & Chips alongside something which I never knew existed called Mint Peas. Mint Peas is so simple like my life and is very easy to make.

Then last but not the least comes the Chunky Tartar Sauce which will be so delicious that you will leave the fish and eat it alone. ALONE

Let's start now...

First up I will suggest you to make Tartar Sauce and freeze it. So, it's nice and chilly when you eat it with the fish.

For Tartar Sauce you need:

Mayonnaise 1 pouch or depends on  your quantity. I had to made more because me and my family being Kashmiris eat like animals.

Capers around 4-6 tablespoon

4 Gherkins

(Both gherkins and capers are easily found at AlFatah and Green Valley in pickle form and the pickle form is required.)

2 Hard boiled eggs

4 Shallots diced

Dill leaves a bunch

2 Lemon Juice

Hand chop the dill leaves and add the gherkins, capers and hard boiled eggs to a chopper. Finely chop them.

Take the mayo out in a bowl. Add the dill leaves and the chopped gherkins, capers and hard boiled eggs along side the lemon juice and your CHUNKY Tartar Sauce is as ready as a groom to say 'kabool hai' on his wedding.

Now it's time to make them crispy chips.

For chips you obviously need chips and the quantity depends on you.

A suggestion is that you cut your chips nice and thick and put them under water for at least 30-60 minutes before making anything as it will remove some starch from the potatoes.

Drain these potatoes.

Warm up some water till it simmers and add these chips in to the simmering water for 90 seconds to 2 minutes NOT ANYMORE THAN THAT. Drain.

 The oil type we will use to fry stuff is SUNFLOWER OIL.

Don't mind this packet, mom did not let me use her oil stock. This is how cruel is my family to me. Now, I sound like a stupid rich brat but I ain't even rich bruh.

Warm up the oil on medium heat and enter all the potatoes for the initial fry. YES WE ARE FRYING CHIPS TWO TIMES.

Now heat the oil on FULL HEAT and fry them chips again till they are light brownish on outside which is the sign that they are DONE.

Chips are done.

Now moving to the next phase which is the fish.

You need:

Fish fillets

I literally cooked more than 2 kilograms.

Place the fish on a paper toweled plate and season it with some salt and black pepper. The salt will extract all the moisture out of the fish and it will make the batter stick to it firmly and also the batter will stay crispier this way.

For the fish batter you need:

1/4 cup of milk

1 tablespoon of honey

300 ml club soda

corn flour or rice flour preferably

salt & pepper as per taste aka HASB E ZIAQA

Put the flour in a bowl add salt & pepper. Then add 300 ml of club soda(make sure its cold), milk and honey. Whisk it and make it into a thick paste form.

Grab the fillet from one corner. Dip the fish fillet in this batter, shake of the extra batter on the fish gently and FRY till the outer crust of the fish is brown. Drain.

The fish is done, nice and crispy.

Now comes the final part of this recipe. Mint Peas. Funny name lol

You need:

2 tablespoons of butter

250 gms of boiled peas

finely chopped mint leaves

This is easy as cake and I do not know how to make cake. Anyway

Melt butter in a pan

DARN LOADSHEDDING BUT I WILL NOT STOP. - mobile flashlight -

Add peas and let them mix up with the butter. Then add mint leaves and squish the peas gently with a wooden utensil.

Out everything you've made above nicely on a plate. Sit back and enjoy your Fish & Chips w/  Mint Peas and Chunky Tartar Sauce.

 

DRAIN!