Khade Masale ka Gosht (Goat Stew)

This blog is becoming too inspired with meat recipes, I need to put some more vegetarian dishes.

This is not really a new recipe but it is one of my family's favorite and Haroon wanted me to put this recipe up. It is a slightly different interpretation of the good old stew. This can be made with either goat or chicken.
I cook it in Indian pressure cooker, so the cooking time is much less than if I were to cook it in open pot.

Ingredients

1 Lbs Mutton (Goat)
3 medium /350gm Onion chopped
8 cloves Garlic
2 Tbs chopped Ginger (2" piece)
3 medium Tomatoes
1/2 tsp cumin seed5-6 cloves
8 black pepper corn
3 green cardamom
1" cinanmon
3 tbs dahi/ yoghurt
1 tsp Salt
3-4 Red chilli
1/2 Cup oil (can put less per preference)

1/2 cup water

Green chilli & Cilantro for garnishing

Method

Roughly Chop Onion, Ginger & Garlic.

Heat Oil in the pressure cooker and add Onion & red Chilli and  fry it for 1 min

Add Ginger Garlic, Meat, Tomato 

Add remaining spices and Fry it for 2 min 

Add water and pressure cook till meat is tender but not completely done.

 

Open the pressure cooker when all the steam has been let out.

Add Dahi  and mix well and cook( Bhooney) till oil separates.

Garnish with Cilantro and green chilli

Buffalo Bites

(Another recipe courtesy of Shireen Anwer)

This is a great appetizer and a big hit with kids. It can be made in advance and the last step of mixing the sauce can be done at the time of party. I made this for my daughter's party once and there were quite a few concerned looks at the table, and comments like oh we will only take pizza.  I asked them to try one each and see what they thought and before long I had to make a second batch :) I am still getting requests from her friends to please make it again.

Ingredients

For Marination

1 lbs boneless Chicken cubecut

1/2 cup maida (all purpose flour)

2 Tbs Corn flour

1 tsp Baking powder

1 egg

1 tsp salt ( or to taste)

1/2 tsp chilli powder (can add more if you want spicier)

Ice Chilled Water

Buffalo Sauce

2 Tbs Chilli Oil ( Can be store bought or made at home )

1 Tbs crushed Garlic 

4 Tbs Hot & sweet sauce 

2 Tbs Honey

2 Tbs Tomato ketchup

1/2 cup Oil For Frying chicken

Mix all the ingredients for marination in ice cold water

Add Chicken and set aside for at least 30 mins

Heat Oil in a wok  and fry chicken on high flame
Remove and set aside (this can be done  a few hours earlier)

Sauce

Heat Chilli oil and fry crushed garlic till it is aromatic

Add Hot & sweet sauce, honey and ketchup and mix well.

This can be made and set aside  .

Mix Chicken bites and Buffalo sauce in the wok and serve with on tooth picks.

Bon Appetite.

How To make chilli oil at home :

Take about 4 TBS crushed red pepper in a bowl

Heat 1/2 cup canola /corn Oil and por on top of the crushed pepper

Let it sit for 1 hour

Strain the oil and discard pepper and keek the chilli oil in a bottle for future use

Quick Alternative: 

If you want a quicker and healthier alternative you can use  Kraft Shake N Bake Chicken seasoning Mix and  Store bought Buffalo sauce.

Mix Chicken cubes in Kraft  Shake N bake bag of seasoning shake it well so that it gets coated on all sides.

Place it in a tray in oven and bakeas  per instructions on the box.

Mix with Buffalo sauce.