[Songbird]

Originally Posted by iTz_NoT_Me_iTzZu

Thanks sis, i'm gonna try my hand at it. I'm pretty good with dough

Gosh you're brave. I was raised on this cuisine and yet I wont even dare to try making it on my own.

Just remember to use plain flour and approximately 3 cups of flour to 1 part milk. It's very hard to give the precise measurements. You can usually tell if the dough is right. As you're pinching them into shape, make sure you pinch HARD so that the edging of the whole isn't thick. So pinch, then press, pinch, then press till you have an almost-perfect circular-shaped Piramech.

Some ladies add a few table spoons of oil to the dough too, but not olive oil.

Good luck sis.

Oh and when frying you need to fry it firstly with the hole facing down. When the sides turn a golden brown, lightly flip it over [with a fork and knife] so that the hole is facing upwards. To give it extra flavour, when it's frying you can add some of the oil into the hole - like a teaspoon or so. Tastes good that way but again, horrible for your waist-line.

Remember, if you have too much flour on your dough, the oil will go brown very quickly and your Piremech will also look a little dark and not 'attractive'.

The more attractive your Piremech, the attractive your future husband will be. Or so our mothers would tell us!

Oh, and when you've pinched them into shape [see 2nd pic] make sure you place a tea-towel over them so that the dough doesn't harden. Keep them all covered till you're ready to fry them.

We usually make them up like in batches, THEN fry them. The oil shouldn't be too deep as to immerse them, nor too shallow. Basically, when you lie the Piremech into the oil, the oil should reach about half way up the Piremech. If you get what I mean. Uf, so hard to describe in words!

[flutterz]

so i think i might have some issues with uncooked chicken, ground beef etc. i got some n didn't get a chance to cook it right away so it's in the freezer but now i don't know how to go about cooking it. i know you're supposed to thaw it n then cook it but i can't seem to get myself to do it. i do have a simple recipe for the keema n i'll prolly end up making it but the chicken is beyond me. what do you DO with whole chicken? (i think the meat market fella cut it into 12 pieces). ideas?

i have a feeling that this thread is gonna be my #1 resource for recipes.
thank you, all of you recipe-sharing folks...

[raatkirani2005]

Marinate and bake the chicken pieces. Or if you can cook desi food, make a salan out of it (like chicken karahi).

[hijabihoodlum]

Originally Posted by flutterz

so i think i might have some issues with uncooked chicken, ground beef etc. i got some n didn't get a chance to cook it right away so it's in the freezer but now i don't know how to go about cooking it. i know you're supposed to thaw it n then cook it but i can't seem to get myself to do it. i do have a simple recipe for the keema n i'll prolly end up making it but the chicken is beyond me. what do you DO with whole chicken? (i think the meat market fella cut it into 12 pieces). ideas?

i have a feeling that this thread is gonna be my #1 resource for recipes.
thank you, all of you recipe-sharing folks...

my older sister had this one "signature" chicken dish for like, the first 2 years she was married. she just took the chicken pieces, dumped barbeque sauce all over them in a single layer in a glass baking dish, and baked them (covered them half way through so they didnt burn). and that was it.

[shadha]

So after several months of avoiding the kitchen, I went back the other night and tonight. The other night I made homemade meatballs in homemade sauce-- awesome.

Tonight I tried something different-- honey glazed beef and vegetable stir-fry.

Oh my sugar cookies it was off the hook! Everyone went up for 2nds and 3rds. The honey was an amazing addition to the norm. Even once my plate was done, I drizzled more honey on it.

In a large bowl I combined about 4tbs of soy sauce 1tbs of vegetable oil, 1tbs of cornstarch, and about 2tbs of honey.

I thinly sliced the beef cubes [about 2pds] and added the them to the soy mixture. Allowed them to marinate for 30mins covered in the fridge.

Meanwhile, I began to stir-fry the vegetables- broccoli, watercresents, baby corn, shredded carrots, thinly sliced red pepper and french green beans. It was about 4c. of vegetables in total.

After the vegetables became tender, I transfered them to a bowl and heated a bit of oil in the empty wok. I then began to stir-fry half of the beef stripes. Once they were done, I transfered them over to the bowl of vegetables, and began cooking up the remaining half of the beef.

Once the beef was cooked enough that I was able to safely taste it, I did so and drizzled additional honey on it.

I combined the beef and vegetables together and bam. All done.

I made parboiled white rice to go along with it. Cooked that up with some olive oil, parsley, pepper, salt, and butter.

So yeah, Alhumdulilah dinner was bangin.

The picture isn't because I already began eating it when I remembered to take a picture.


shadha-

[Timbit]

Shadha, that looks great.

Two questions though: Do you mean water cress or water chestnuts, for the veggies? I'm not sure what watercrescents are and those are the two things I can think of that you might have meant. Typo?

Also: the honey is just for the beef marinade, right? Not the veggies?

MoonStar: thanks for posting two recipes earlier! Both turned out well!

[shadha]

Thanks.

Oh! So sorry! My mistake, yes water chestnuts.

I used the honey to marinade the beef, but I also drizzled it on my food while eating. Depends on personal taste eh.


shadha-

[Yahya]

assalamualaikum

i want to cook something, but i dont have any special cooking powers

ho well, ill take my chance at being a blob

wassalamualaikum warahmatullah
yahya

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by flutterz

so i think i might have some issues with uncooked chicken, ground beef etc. i got some n didn't get a chance to cook it right away so it's in the freezer but now i don't know how to go about cooking it. i know you're supposed to thaw it n then cook it but i can't seem to get myself to do it. i do have a simple recipe for the keema n i'll prolly end up making it but the chicken is beyond me. what do you DO with whole chicken? (i think the meat market fella cut it into 12 pieces). ideas?

i have a feeling that this thread is gonna be my #1 resource for recipes.
thank you, all of you recipe-sharing folks...

What to do with a whole chicken? Well, you rub it all over with spice and a tablespoon of oil, and bake it like tandoory chicken. Then you take the leftovers, and cook them with pulao rice the next day

[flutterz]

so like is there any way of getting the chicken from frozen to thawed to washed to marinated to cooked w/o actually having to touch it or even look at it?

darn.

i miss my mommy...

[hijabihoodlum]

so i've decided that i know if i'll like stuffed grape leaves by looking at it first. some people make theirs very sour or with a lot of liquid; i don't like them that way. i prefer when they're milder and have a lot of rice in them, and are drier.

what spices go in stuffed grape leaves? i know that there's rice in there, but i don't know what else...do you put tomato sauce in? lemon juice? i'd like to know

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by flutterz

so like is there any way of getting the chicken from frozen to thawed to washed to marinated to cooked w/o actually having to touch it or even look at it?

darn.

i miss my mommy...

YESSSS there is!!! which is what i did today

i wore gloves to hold the frozen chicken inside the plastic bag, held it under some hot water for a couple seconds till the bag didnt stick to the chicken anymore, and then plopped the frozen chicken into the pot to cook. put some of the laziza karhai/fry masala, cut some tomatoes, some garlic, some ginger, some oil and some water, and left it covered on high heat for a while. the chicken thawed/cooked itself pretty much, yielding really yummy karhai chicken.

[MoonStar]

what about washing it? there's blood and fatty goo stuff you want to wash off first. If you put it in a strainer and wear gloves it's not so hard.

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by MoonStar

what about washing it? there's blood and fatty goo stuff you want to wash off first. If you put it in a strainer and wear gloves it's not so hard.

i think i got lucky cuz someone had washed it already

[Variable]

I don't like chicken with bones in it.






just thought I'd throw that out there