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Assalam O Alekum
Jumma Mubarak
Peas Pulao/ Matar Pulao simple but very very tasty n delicious in taste yummmmmmmm

 

Peas Pulao Recipe,
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

 

Ingredients,
Peas, Half Kg
Rice, Half Kg (soaked)
Fried Onion (home made), 1 Cup (save half for serving)
Salt. To Taste
Chicken Stock, 3 to 4 Glasses (you may use chicken cubes as well then add water according )
Cumin Seeds, 1 Tea Spoon
Green Cardamom, 2 to 3
Black Cardamom, 2
Cloves, 3
Cinnamon Sticks, 1 Inch 
Bay Leave, 1
Black Pepper Corn, 8 to 10
Aniseed Flower, 2 to 3
Fennel Seeds Powder, 1 Tea Spoon (please use freshly home made)
Whole Coriander Powder, 1 Tea Spoon (please use freshly home made)
Chinese Salt OR Chicken Powder, Half Tea Spoon
Oil, Half Cup

 

Method,
Heat oil add Fried Onion, Cumin, green & black Cardamom, cinnamon, aniseed flowers, bay leave, cloves & black pepper corn & saute', Add all chicken stock with peas, salt, fennel powder, coriander powder & Chinese salt cover the led & cook till peas are medium soft for 10 to 15 mins in medium flame, then add rice cook in medium flame adjust the water ratio as needed, when water is dried put rice on Simmer (dum). Serve & sprinkle remaining fried onion on top of the Peas Pulao. (Note, rice should not sticky carefully use water ratio, i used mold for making circle stand)

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Chicken & Raw Veggies Sandwich
Very Very Healthy....With Yummilicious Taste ??

 

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Chicken & Raw Vegetables Sandwich Recipe,
By Dua Fasih

 

Ingredients,
Boiled Shredded Chicken, 1 Cup
Hard Boiled Eggs, 2 (tiny cubes)
Carrot, Half Cup
Capsicum, Half Cup
Cucumber, Half Cup
Cabbage, 1 Cup
Spring Onion, Half Cup
Thick Fresh Cream, Half Cup
Mayonnaise, 1 Cup
Salt, To Taste
Crushed Black Pepper, 1/2 Tea Spoon
White Pepper Powder, 1/2 Tea Spoon
Mustard Powder, 1/2 Tea Spoon
Vinegar, 1 or 2 Table Spoon
Sugar, 1 Tea Spoon (level)
Bread Slices, As required (trim the edges)
Butter, As required

 

Method,
Cut all vegetables in julienne (same 1 inch size), Take bowl add cream, mayonnaise, sugar, salt, mustard Powder, vinegar & mix well. Add all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
Take bread, spread butter add chicken veggies mixture cut in triangles, serve with french fries & juice. 
(Note. If you on diet use brown bread, skip the boiled egg yolk, & do not add mayo & cream replace it with fat free yogurt, its more healthy )

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Russian Salad
The Best & My Fav Salad

This is authentic basic Russian salad recipe which i learn from my mom (may her soul rest in peace), She learnt from a Russian guy (my cousin's friend who were our guest in Pakistan) when i was kid, But now some of our cooking channels chef's made some variations & even Russians also, like we did with Biryani lol

 

Russian Salad Recipe,
Recipe By  Dua Fasih 

 

Ingredients,
Hard Boiled Potato, 2 (cut in cubes)
Cabbage, 1 1/2 Cup (shredded) 
Boiled Peas, Half Cup
Spring Onion (Green Part Only), Half Cup (Chopped)
Hard Boiled Carrot, Half cup (cut in cubes)
Full Boiled Eggs, 2 (chopped)
Mayonnaise, 1 Cup (if needed add more 1/2 cup, it depends which brand you use)
Salt, To Taste
Crushed Black Pepper, 1/4 Tea Spoon

 

Method:
Add all ingredients in a bowl, And mix gently with soft hands & Serve

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Creamy Potato Balls With Stuff Cheese
I cut in half from top just to show how cheese looks in

 

Creamy Potato Balls with stuff cheese Recipe,
Recipe By Dua Fasih

Ingredients,
Boiled & Mashed Potatoes, Half Kg
Salt, Half Tea Spoon
Crushed Black Pepper, Half Tea Spoon
Chicken Powder, Half Tea Spoon
Cream, 1 Or 2 Table Spoon
Cheddar cheese grated, Half Cup
Green chilies Chopped, 1 Or 2 Table Spoon (finely chopped)
Cream cheese, As Required (Add at least 1 Tea Spoon in each ball)
Spring Onion Leaves, Half Cup (finely chopped)

 

Ingredients For Stuffing,
Cheddar cheese grated, Half Cup
Cream cheese, As Required (Add at least 1 Tea Spoon in eah ball)

 

Ingredients For Coating,
Flour 1 cup
Beaten Eggs, 1
Bread Crumbs, As Required

 

Method,
Mix all the ingredients in potatoes, take a portion of potatoes mixture in your palms, place a tea Spoon of cheese in between, roll to form a ball, roll in flour, dip in beaten egg, finely roll in crumbs and deep fry. Serve with ketchup & along with some kind of mayo or creamy Veg salad, Its complements a lot.

 

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Nan Khatai
Really Itna Perfect Taste k khud hi bna k khud hi khushi ho rhi hai

 

Nan Khatai Recipe
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

 

Ingredients,
All Purpose Flour, 2 Cups
Gram Flour, 4 Table Spoon (heaped)
Vanilla Essence, 1 Tea Spoon
Caster Sugar, 3/4 Cup 
Baking Powder, 1 Tea Spoon (do not add soda otherwise they lose shape & become flatten thin)
Ghee, 1 Cup
Egg Yolk, For Brushing 
Almonds, As Required (Optional)

 

Method,
Sieve All dry ingredients (All purpose flour, gram flour caster sugar & baking powder) Then mix all dry ingredients & vanilla essence well. And make a dough with the help of ghee (do not knead just mix n make dough) make a shape of your desire & brush with yolk, place the almonds on top & press with slow hand & bake in the oven OR in the pot which you like. 

 

(For Oven User)
Place baking tray in preheated oven and bake at 350 degree Fahrenheit (180 degree Centigrade) for around 15-18 minutes or until Nna Khatai's starts to turn light golden in color. After 15-minutes, check the Nan khatai and keep an eye on it while further cooking (every oven has different settings and it may little longer or shorter time) Remove baking tray from oven and transfer Nan Khatai's over cooling rack (or wire rack). Nan Khatai will be soft at this time but they will turn crispy and soft as they cool down. Once at room temperature, they are ready to enjoy.

 

(For Pot User)
Preheat the pot (with in pot stand or burner or microwave inner rack) for 10 mins then place the nan khatai plate or tray in the pot on the steal rack or stand or whatever you used. & cover the led tightly, firstly cook in high flame for about 5 mins then 15 mins in medium low. Check Nan Khatai if its need more time then give 3 to 4 mins more. Then transfer Nan Khatai's over cooling rack (or wire rack). Nan Khatai will be soft at this time but they will turn crispy and soft as they cool down. Once at room temperature, they are ready to enjoy.

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Fresh Lime Juice Nothing Like Fresh Juices
Ya ALLAH tera jitna shukar ada karein kam hai itne pyare aur mazey k fruits bnaye aur tera lakh lakh shukar k itni haisiyat di k hum khareed k unko enjoy kar skein ALHAMDULLILAH

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Crispy Chicken Patty Burger & Red Sauce With Home Made Potato Smiles

The Most Delicious Burger With Tempting Sauce

 

Crispy Chicken Patty Burger & Red Sauce Recipe,
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

 

Ingredients,
Chicken Mince, Half Kg
Salt, To Taste
Fine Chopped Onion, Half Cup
Fine Chopped Green Chilies
Crushed Garlic, 1 Table Spoon
Worcester Sauce, 1 Table Spoon
Soy Sauce, 1 Table Spoon
Butter, 1 Table Spoon
Crushed Black Pepper, 1 Tea Spoon
Mixed Herbs, 1 Tea Spoon
Mustard Paste, 1 Tea Spoon
Bread Slice, 3 to 4 (soaked in milk)
Egg, Half or 1 (depend the chicken minced dryness)

Ingredients For Coding,

Beaten Eggs, 1 Or 2
Bread Crumbs, As Required
All purpose Flour, As Required

 

Method,
Add all ingredients in a bowl & mix well, Make a patty shape its depend how thick you want. Now Code in All purpose flour then dip in eggs & finally code bread crumbs. Refrigerate for 10 to 15 minutes then Shallow Fry in medium low flame. Fry till they become golden brown from both sides.

 

Red Sauce Recipe

Recipe By Dua Fasih

 

Ingredients,
Chopped White Onion, Half Cup
Ketchup, 3 to 4 Table Spoon (heaped)
Crushed Black Pepper, Half Tea Spoon
Hot Sauce Or Chili Sauce, 1 Table Spoon (heaped)
Salt, To Taste
Oil, 1 Table Spoon

 

Method, 
Add Oil & white onion fry & stir till onion's become pinkish then add all ingredients cook for 2 to 3 mins more in low flame. 

 

Assembling

 

Ingredients
Lettuce Leaf Or Ice Burg 
Cheese Slices
Buns
Mayonnaise 
*Red Sauce
*Fry Chicken Patty's

 

Method,
Heat the buns and spread mayonnaise then place the lettuce leaf / ice burg then place the cheese slice then chicken Patty & lastly add hot sauce as you desire cover the top of bun

 

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FOR POTATO SMILES,

Recipe By Dua Fasih

 

Ingredients;
Potatoes. 2 large boiled
Cheese. 2tbsp grated(I used chadder cheese) you can use Parmesan too
Salt to taste ...
Oregano. quarter tsp
Corn flour. 3 tbsp
Oil for deep frying.
Chicken powder 1/2 tsp or chinese salt 1/4 tsp
chili powder 1/4 tsp (optional) i added to give it little spicy touch.. if u like u can add while or black pepper..

 

METHOD:
Take boiled potatoes and grate them.
Now take them in a bowl along with all the other ingredients except corn flour and oil.
Mix them really well.Now add in corn flour and mix well.shape it into dough
put this dough in fridge and let it rest and chill for 1 hour.There are two ways to make it, make it individually by dividing the dough into equal portions.Shape each portion into a smooth ball.Take a ball,flatten it out. OR Sprinkle flour on surface to prevents it from sticking.. Roll out 1/4 inch thick
cut with round cutter to get equal size ... 
.. Now use a straw/ lolipop stick or anything round to make two eyes and a spoon to make smile.I used both methods.. so you can try out both or any one.. Heat oil for deep frying drop the smiles in hot oil and fry till it get crispy from both sides.
Drain in paper towel.Serve with ketchup

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Simple & Typical Desi Pakistani Dinner
Panch-Mail Daal Chawal Platter
(with Tomato Chatni, Raw Mango Chatni, Kachmber Salad & Papar)

 

Panch-Mail Daal Recipe,
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

 

Ingredients

Five Mix Daal (Mash, urhar, masoor, moong, channa), 3 to 4 Table Spoon (each daal)
Salt, To Taste
Red Chili Powder, 1 Table Spoon
Turmeric, 1 Tea Spoon
Garam Masala Powder, 1 Tea Spoon
Ginger, 1 Table Spoon (Chopped)
Fresh Green Coriander, 3 to 4 Table Spoon

For Temper,
Button Red Chilies, 5 to 6
White Cumin, 1 Tea Spoon
Onion, 1 Big (sliced)
Oil, 1/2 OR 3/4 Cup

 

Method,
Soaked all daal together for 1 hour then cook with salt, red chili powder & turmeric untill all daal's are soft. Mash daal with spoons back or with masher. Then add garam masala, ginger & fresh green coriander & off the flame.
Take frying pan add oil cumin & onion, when onions are brown then add button red chili and fry for one minute. & pour Tempered on Daal.

Serve With,
Rice Is Simple Boiled
Salad is simple kachumber salad
Simple typical Raw Mango Chatni
&
Simple typical pakki timatar ki chatni

 

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RAW MANGO CHATNI RECIPE,
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

Ingredients,

Raw Mangoes, 1 kg (peal & cut in cubes)
Mint, Half Bunch 
Fresh Green Coriander, 1 Bunch 
Green Chilies (the thin ones), 8 to 10
Salt, To Taste
Fresh Roasted Crushed Cumin, Half Tea Spoon

 

Method,
Blend well all things in blender with a very very little water.
Served Or Freezed

 

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Pakki Timatar Ki Chatni Recipe,
Recipe By Dua Fasih 
 
Ingredients,
Onion, 1 big sliced
Tomatoes, 3 to 4 sliced
Salt, To Taste 
Red Chili Powder, 1/2 Tea Spoon
Green Chili, 2 to 3 (cut into 2 pieces)
White Cumin, 1 Tea Spoon
Oil, 3/4 Cup

 

Method,
Heat Oil add cumin and onion fry till light golden add tomatoes salt n red chili cook in low flame till all tomatoes are soft then add green chili n dry all tomatoes water. & Serve

 

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Kachumber Salad 
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

Ingredients,
Onion, 1 medium (medium tiny sliced)
Tomatoes, 1 Small (medium tiny sliced)
Cucumber 1 with peal (medium tiny sliced)
Fresh Green Coriander, 2 Table Spoon
Fresh Mint Leaves, Few
Green Chili, 1 (cut very thin)
Lemon Juice, 2 Table Spoon

 

Method,
Add all ingredients in a bowl n mix well

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Sarsoon Ka Saag With Makai Ki Rotiiii aahaaaa

The Famous Yummiliious Punjabi Food  

 

Sarsoon Ka Saag Recipe,
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

 

This is a perfect recipe of sarson ka saag, believe me its not bitter at all. 

 

Ingredients 
Mustard Leaves, 2 kg
Spinach, 1 Kg
Fenugreek Leaves, 1 Bunch 
Bathua (Lamb's Quarters, pigweed, goosefoot, Or wild spinach whatever you called), 1 Bunch (i did not get so i omit usually i add)
Corn Flour (Makai ka aata), 4 to 6 Table Spoon
Green Chilies Chopped, 5 to 8 (As per Taste)
Salt, (To Taste)
Ginger, 1 Inch (Fine Chopped)
Desi Ghee Or Butter, Half Cup

For Tempering,
Whole Red chilies 4 to 6
Garlic, 4 to 5
Butter, 4 to 6 Table Spoon

 

Method,
Take pot add Mustard Leaves, Spinach & Fenugreek Leaves, Lamb's Quarters Leaves, ginger, green chilies salt & turmeric and cook in low flame without adding any water, (Optional, add little sugar or jaggery to remain the leaves color Bright Green) all leaves have own water which they release, and cook in them own waters, When all waters dry then add 2 to 3 cups of hot water accordingly, and cook, When half cup water is remaining use masher to mashed leaves, Mashed till all leaves are fine blend, when mashing if requires water then add hot water little little when needed and add Makai flour gradually n occasionally 1, 1 table spoon, It helps to maintain the bitterness of leaves (but do not use any blender or chopper) In all this procedure it takes 2 hours approximately but i prefer to cook saag atleast 6 to 8 hours, it depends on you if you are in hurry then cooked like this otherwise add water much to cook leaves in 5 to 7 hours on slow flame and then its really easy to mashed leaves with the masher
After mashing the leaves add ghee and cook for few minutes until ghee comes out .
Then make temper with butter Garlic and whole red chilies, Pour on the top serve with Home Made White Butter & Makai ki Roti, lassi & Yogurt
(Note,Some people add onions you may so, 1 small chopped onion fry golden in ghee add ghee with onions after mashing)

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Winter Special 
Jaggery Kheer / Gur Ki Kheer
My Mosttttttt Fav

 

Jaggery Kheer Recipe,
Recipe By Dua Fasih 

 

First of all i tell you that in taste is very different from other kheer's
Try to make very little Quantity because our taste buds used to sugary flavor not jaggery flavor but i loveeee Jaggery kheeerrrrr

 

Ingredients,
Jaggery, 400 to 500 Grams
Soaked Rice, 1 Cup
Black cardamom Powder, 1 Tea Spoon (do not use green cardamom)
Milk, 3/ 4 to 1 liter
Kewra Water, 1 to 2 Table Spoon
Nuts, For Garnishing

 

Method,
Take a pot add jaggery with 2 cups of water and cook till jaggery dissolves & then sieve the jaggery's water to clean the all jaggery dirt n strong particles. 
In the other hand take another pot add soaked rice with 3 cups of water n cook till rice become mushy, (use masher or back of spoon), Add jaggery's water in the rice & add black cardamom powder as well, cook for more 10 to 15 mins n stir continuously.
When its thick like kheer then add hot or lukewarm Milk in 2 to 3 batches n mix well, Manage the milk Quantity. Add kewra water & cook for 10 to 15 mins. Serve hot or chilled with Nuts