[onetspvanilla]

Originally Posted by Asvi

I'm making Chicken Koftay.

i made beef koftay today!! my husband always says i only make fancy food for davats and parties, so i made it for us for lunch, with rice and this really zesty cucumber-tomato-onion kachumber. i can't take any credit, since it was my mom's recipe, but it was soooo droolworthy.

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by onetspvanilla

i made beef koftay today!! my husband always says i only make fancy food for davats and parties, so i made it for us for lunch, with rice and this really zesty cucumber-tomato-onion kachumber. i can't take any credit, since it was my mom's recipe, but it was soooo droolworthy.

Nicee!

It's funny how you mentioned you only make fancy food for dawats, cuz i was talkin to my bro on the phone and he was askin me wat i was making and when i told him chicken koftay, he's like do you have people coming over and i was like nope..its jst me and hubby. lol

OMG..i jst tasted my chicken kofta and damn..its yum-O !!
Mommies are the BEST for shaing their recipes! lol

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum

lately i've made a lot of chicken. Marinated chicken, fried chicken, plain chicken. I'm tired of chicken, but yet again making CHICKIN biryani. Think I'll cheat and make it in a pan rather in the oven.

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by zzze

assalamu alaykum

lately i've made a lot of chicken. Marinated chicken, fried chicken, plain chicken. I'm tired of chicken, but yet again making CHICKIN biryani. Think I'll cheat and make it in a pan rather in the oven.

Isn't it easier to make it in the oven?

I find the easies way to make biryani is to cook the meat and sauce part in the pressure cooker, and use the amount of water you need to cook the rice. Soak the rice, then when the cooker is done, put the rice, meat, and sauce together in a baking dish, cover with foil, and let it sit until the rice is done. The whole process takes about an hour when you do it that way. How do you guys do it?

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum

im going to cook the chicken in the yogurt in a pan, i think that'll be quicker as the rice is nearly done. laimuun's way is putting uncooked meat in the oven with half cooked rice , i did that last time and it was nice, but it's nearly 9pm so i'm hurrying it up a bit.

[onetspvanilla]

i sometimes steam it on the stove, with a towel under the tightly-fitted lid. it depends on how much biryani i'm making.

[zzze]

Assalamu alaykum

Why a towel? To stop the moisture from leaving? I've cooked too much as usual, the rice just EXPANDS more than expected. Smells delicious though, may even post a pic

[onetspvanilla]

well mostly to absorb the moisture and keep from dripping back on the rice and making them mushy.

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum

oo i see. But i like mushy! tho the half cooked rice method prevents it from becoming so.
I added aubergine into my biryani...mmmm

[Aida]

I made korma and pulao following my mom's recipe.

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum

the biryani was bitter, too many cardamons and too much lemon. The bottom bit was ok tho, as for some reason i thought it a good idea to drizzle lemon on top. No cardamons next time, hate the things.

[sumiyia]

i don't like lemons in my biryani... ewwww and cloves are the worst when you take a forkful of biryani with a tiny clove hidden inside the grains of rice. yuck!

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum

i think laimunn's recipe asked for three! Never again, esp with the cardamons and the other such ungrinded ingrediants (except the cinnamon sticks ) the aubergine was nice in it. Just feel sorry for the haaris (forget what that is in english! the guy who looks after the building?!) he was well excited to have some home-made food (he's unmarried) and asked my husband if it was nice, but he hadn't tasted it. Poor guy. I'll make it up to him with some sharba tomorrow insha Allah.

[ChotooMotoo]

I thought you only put lemons in that kind of Bengladeshi Fish Biryani

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum



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