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.

Prawn Karahi

As winter is about to end in my homeland I am hopefully ending my series of seafood recipes. If you guys want me to make more seafood recipes please feel free to tell me in the comments.

Ending the series with a desi recipe called Prawn Karahi. Saw it on the Sanjeev Kappoor Khana Khazana Youtube channel, made a little adjustments on the ingredients according to my taste and I got to make one of the best Karahi's I have ever made.

This is my 154th recipe so far and I promise you I will start my own youtube channel after 200 recipes. With this said, I really hope I have enough money to buy a decent camera and a mic when I pass 200 recipes. So, far I have been extremely broke form the past 10 years but WHO KNOWS when my stars shine.

INGREDIENTS:

large prawns  600 grams

2 medium onions chopped

2 medium chopped tomatoes

tomato puree 6 tablespoons

5 dried red chilies

2 teaspoon whole coriander

2 teaspoon cumin seeds

2 green chilies thinly sliced

1 inch piece ginger juliened

freshly chopped coriander 2 tablespoons

8 black pepper corns

1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder

salt taste

1 teaspoon red chili powder


1/4 teaspoon turmeric

First we will make the karahi masala by grinding cumin, whole coriander, black pepper corns and dried red chilies.

I used fresh ones because they were easily available here but you guys go ahead and used the dried ones.

Time to add some oil to the pan and heat it over medium flame.

Add the chopped ginger and green chilies and fry until fragrant.

Add chopped onions and cook them till translucent or light brown.

Add the chopped tomatoes now along the tomato puree and cook till the tomatoes are tenders and properly cooked.

Occasionally give it a stir.

When the tomatoes are cooked you can now add the ground spices i-e salt, red chili powder, 1 tablespoon of karahi masala and turmeric.

Add the chopped coriander and give everything a good mix as well.

When this masala leaves the oil add the prawns and cook them until their color changes.

Add half a glass of water to the cooked shrimps and turn the flame on high.

When the water in the prawns start boiling add the garam masala and mix it thoroughly.

Turn off the flame after the water evaporates and you see oil separating from the masala. Prawn Karahi is ready to be served.

I had it with a paratha and it made my day. That is my honest feedback about this recipe.

Indonesian Stir Fried Noodles

Noodles are the most fascinating form of food and it has been dazzling us all since our childhood.

From maggie noodles to the hybird Chinese noodles and pastas our moms used to make for us to the chowmein from the desi influenced Chinese restaurants noodles have never failed to make us feel excited.

As I got into cooking and explored more cuisines I tried many form of pastas and noodles. Today I will try one more type of noodles which are known as Indonesian Stir Fried Noodles and is one of teh most famous street foods in Indonesia.

INGREDIENTS FOR SAUCE:

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce or oyster sauce

1 tablespoon red chili sauce

(click on this link http://chefshamsher.blogspot.com/2015/09/thai-red-curry-chicken.html to see how to make red pepper paste)

¼ cup chicken stock

1 tablespoon honey

2 teaspoon fish sauce

INGREDIENTS FOR STIR FRY:

200 grams of chinese egg noodles

2 Tbs cooking oil

200 grams of shrimps or your favorite type of meat

2 cloves garlic finely chopped

½ onion finely chopped

1 small carrot, sliced

Half cababge cut in bite size

beansprouts (can find it at alfatah or green valley if not then skip)


1 egg for serving

Add one tablespoon of oil in a owk on high heat and fry the shrimps. 

Season with salt and pepper and take them out as soon as they change color.

Make the sauce by adding chicken stock, soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, red chili paste and honey in a bowl.

Mix it well.

Add one more tablespoon of oil in a wok and add chopped garlic and onion. Fry until the garlic is brown and onions are translucent.

Add carrots and cabbage and fry for 2 minutes.

Season the vegetables with black pepper and salt according to your taste.

Add noodles to the wok and pour the sauce over it.

Mix the noodles well.

Add shrimps and been sprouts. Stir them in properly.

I had a green onion so I diced it inside as well.

Fry an egg. Sunny side up.

Serve Indonesian Stir Fried Noodles with a fried egg and sprinkle some sesame seeds on it. Do try it it is amazing.