Amrati recipe with a refreshing drink

Today I am sharing a common recipe “amrati” and a delicious shake “Mango lassi”. Enjoy these recipes in Holy month of Ramadan and feel healthy and refreshed.

Amrati Recipe

Amrati is also known as “Jalebi”. Jalebi is a very tasty sweet dish of Sub-continent and very popular in Pakistan. Amrati is also used as iftar recipe and prepared mostly on special occasions. Here is the complete method of preparing Amrati:

Ingredients

Water                                                 Two cups

Yogurt                                                One cup

Sugar                                                  One cup

Baking powder                                 half spoon only

Self raising flour                               2 and ¼ cups

Three saffron stands

Orange food coloring

Rose water                                       one table spoon

Vegetable oil                                    1 cup only

Instructions

Separate flour and baking powder with the help of sieve three to four times

In another bowl make a mixture of food color, saffron and yogurt

Now mix yogurt mixture into sieved flour and baking powder, now leave this batter for two hours.

Get a pan, add two cup water, rose water and sugar in the pan and put it on the stove till the sugar melted and the color of the syrup turn to golden.

Now pour the batter in the ketchup distributor.

Now heat the oil and pour batter from ketchup dispenser in the heated oil in circle shape. Now fry it for two minutes till the color turns to golden

Take away from heat and put it in the prepared golden syrup for five minutes

Amrati is ready, now serve it.

Mango Lassi:

I am not specifying amount of the ingredient, you can vary it according to the quantity you want to prepare. The thing that I recommend is that you must take all the ingredients as much as fresh possible because it affect on the quality of shake.

Ingredients:

1. Milk
2. Yogurt
3. Mango pulp
4. Sugar to taste
5. Ice cubes as required

Method:

Find a food processor. Add milk, yogurt, mango pulp, sugar and ice cubes in the blender and blend them well until the mixture become soft and creamy. Now you can serve it with some fruits.

Note: The recipes mentioned above are not for the diabetic patients. If you are a diabetic patient then don’t try these recipes. You can get sugar free recipes through this link: http://www.sugarfreedessertsrecipes.org/

Delicious Burgers for this Eid

You may hear and read about a lot of difficult burger recipes, but we are giving you an easy recipe of potato and chicken burger in this article. Potato and chicken burger makes a filling snack either for iftaar or as a complete meal for Ramadan dinner.

Chicken and Potato Burger with Chutney:

Ingredients of Green Chutney:

• Tamarind pulp                                  ½ cup
• Whole red chilies                             4 medium
• Garlic                                                  3 cloves
• Mint leaves                                       1 tablespoon
• Coriander leaves                              1 tablespoon
• Cumin powder                   1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste

Ingredients of Chicken and Potato Burger:

• Chicken mince                   200 grams
• Potato mashed                                2 medium size
• Red chili powder                              1 teaspoon
• Red chili flakes                  1 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder    1 teaspoon
• Lemon juice                                      4 tablespoons
• Mint leaves                                       1 tablespoon (chopped)
• Coriander leaves                              1 tablespoon (chopped)
• Green chilies                                     2 medium size (chopped)
• Plain flour                                          1 cup
• Bread crumbs                                   1 cup
• Tomato ketchup as required
• Tomato slices as required
• Cucumber slices as required
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Put chicken mince, 2 tablespoons oil, red chili powder, red chili flakes, garam masala, salt and 2 tablespoons lemon juice in a pan and cook until chicken become soft then dry the mixture. And let it cool.
• Take a bowl put mashed potatoes, chicken mince mixture, mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chilies, 2 tablespoons lemon juice and salt in it and mix it well.
• Now make the medium size kababs of potato mixture.
• Roll the kababs in plain flour then in bread crumbs.
• Repeat this procedure with all the kababs in the same way.
• In a fry pan add some oil and shallow fry all the kababs until golden brown.

Method to Prepare Chutney:

Pour tamarind pulp, red chilies, garlic, cumin powder and salt in a pan and cook for 10 minutes on low flame. Then pour this tamarind mixture, mint and coriander leaves in a blender and blend well. Your chutney is ready.

How to get ready burgers:

• Slice the buns in half and butter both sides and toast them until golden.
• Spread tamarind chutney on the half bun then lettuce leaves, cucumber slices and tomato slices on it.
• Place potato and chicken kabab on it then pour some tomato ketchup on kabab.
• Put the other half of the bun over it and serve immediately.
• Make all the burgers in this way and serve them hot with French fries.

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Sweet Recipes

During summer, everyone wants to eat something sweet and cold. You have tried many recipes again and again. Do you want something new? Here we are sharing some recipes that you have not seen in the past. I recommend that you must try these recipes.

Vanilla Fudge

Ingredients

Sugar                                                  two cups

Sour cream                                       half cup

Corn syrup                                         less than half cup

Butter                                                 one table spoon

Vanilla extracts                                three table spoons

Walnuts                                             one cup (chopped)

Salt to taste

Instructions

Get a pan and add sugar, sour cream, butter and corn syrup in it. Now start cooking it on low heat and let it cook for 10 minutes. Now add salt in the pan and cook for 10 on medium heat.

The temperature of the pan has to reach 230 degrees during the cooking.

Now remove the pan from heat and let it cool for some time.

Add vanilla extract when it becomes cool at room temperature and mix it quite well.

Now add chopped walnuts in the pan and stir it continuously.

Pour the mixture in a bowl and let it cool in the refrigerator for two hours.

Now cut it into triangle shape and the delicious vanilla fudge is ready to serve.

Persian chocolate truffle tart

Ingredients

Double cream                                   1/4 liter

White chocolate                              ¼ kg (cut into small pieces)

Butter                                                 50 gram

Rose water                                       two table spoon

Honey                                                one table spoon

Saffron                                               one pinch

Pistachios                                          two spoons

Instructions

Add cream in the pan and boil it on medium heat. Remove from heat before it starts boiling.

Add butter and white chocolate in the pan while stirring continuously until it melts.

Add the saffron, rose water and honey in it.

Pour this mixture in the bowl and add pistachios in it. Put this bowl in the refrigerator for two hours.

After two hours, remove it from the refrigerator and mix it well for three minutes with electric mixer.

Again put this bowl in fridge for two hours.

After two hours, remove the bowl from refrigerator and mix again for a second.

Now put this mixture in the pastry case and garnish it with gold dust or dry fruits.

Again return it to refrigerator for an hour.

The delicious chocolate pastry is ready to serve. You can serve it with tea or coffee.

Note: the upper given recipes contain high amount of sugar, so if are a diabetic patient then don’t try these recipes. You can search sugar free recipes here: http://www.sugarfreedessertsrecipes.org/ 

Meatloaf Recipe

This is the best meatloaf recipe that I have seen after a long time. It is so simple but yummy enough to use as an Iftar recipe. I hope you will agree with me if you try this out. Now I will come on the point, here are the ingredients required for the meatloaf: http://blush.com.pk/category/food/

Half pound pork

One pound beef

Half cup of celery, chopped

3 spoons of green bell pepper

One cup of bread crumbs

Half cup of parsley, chopped

One spoon of dried basil

One egg

Salt

Black pepper

Six peppered bacon slices

Method

Preheat oven on 350 degrees.

Combine all the ingredients except bacon, in a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to mix the ingredients well. Mix it well, until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.

Streak a plate or baking sheet that has sides with foil and pour the meatloaf mixture onto the foil. Shape into a loaf and cover with the peppered bacon slices.

Bake for approximately 1 and half hours. You should cook your meatloaf to the internal temperature of 170 degrees.

You may choose to serve the meatloaf with just the bacon on top or you can use any sauce like mushroom sauce with the meatloaf.

Chicken Parmesan Recipe

Chicken parmesan is very delicious dish. Chicken parmesan is one of the most demanded dishes in restaurants of the India. One can make it quite easily by the given recipe, you must try this as an Iftar recipe. http://blush.com.pk/category/food/

Ingredients

four boneless chicken breasts,
one or two eggs
1/2 cup milk
seasoned bread crumbs
2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
8 slices mozzarella cheese,

1 jar spaghetti sauce
Parmesan cheese

Method

Beat the egg and milk together in a bowl with a spoon. Dip the chicken breasts in milk and egg mixture. After dipping in egg and milk mixture now dip it in bread crumbs.

Heat olive oil in a pan on medium-high heat. Brown the chicken in the hot oil on both sides until golden, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Now set chicken in a baking dish.

Slice 8 pieces of mozzarella cheese and put two on each chicken breast. Pour 1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce over all.

Now sprinkle some Parmesan cheese and a little more mozzarella, and then bake at 350° for about 30 minutes.

Serve with spaghetti, garlic bread and a nice green salad, in a well decorated way.

Beef Burger

Beef is easily available on very cheap rates all over the Pakistan. Burger can be made in a lot of ways. Beef burgers are very easy to prepare in a short time. You must try this in your home; surely you will enjoy beef burgers. Here is the complete method of preparing Beef burgers. http://blush.com.pk/category/food/

Ingredients

As much beef as much you want to prepare. For burgers for four people you will need half kg beef from store
Toppings of your choice (butter, cheese, bacon, burger buns, tomato ketchup, and lettuce) or anything else you love to have on your burger

Salt and pepper

Instructions
Mix the beef with your hands with the salt and pepper in a large bowl. Create burgers according to the size you want with the ground beef.
If you wish to stuff the burgers with anything as i like cheddar cheese. Make a well in the burgers with your fingers. Place the filling in the well and cover over with the ground beef you took out making the well.
Now cook under a grill. If you are using bacon then place that under the grill for 7 minutes. You can also cook in a pan, it’s up to you.

Beef burgers are ready; now serve with salad and cold drink.

Tip: you may wish to grease the grill with oil to make sure that the burgers do not stick.

Kuwaiti Chicken Mechbous

Rice dishes like Briyani are very popular in Arabian states. Kuwaiti chicken mechbous is also known as Kuwaiti briyani. For today’s Iftar recipe we selected Kuwaiti chicken mechbous. http://blush.com.pk/category/food/

Ingredients

Chicken
Salt
1 cinnamon stick
2 cardamom pods
2 or 3 whole cloves
5 black peppercorns
Flour
3 cups basmati rice
Onion-spice topping
yellow onions, finely chopped
vegetable oil
¼ cup golden raisins, soaked in water
ground cardamom
¼ tsp. dried black lime
ground black pepper
sugar
Tomato sauce (duqqus):
tomatoes, chopped
water
garlic, crushed
one spoon tomato paste 

Directions

1) Rinse chicken inside and out. Place in a stockpot with enough water to cover. Add cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, cloves, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, and continue to boil uncovered over medium heat for 35 minutes.

2) Drain fat off the top of the broth and strain broth to remove spices. Prepare three cups of basmati rice according to package directions, using broth from chicken instead of water. Add salt if necessary.

3) While rice is cooking, cook onions in a nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, until clear. Sprinkle with a little water and stir quickly until onions are brown and the water has evaporated. Stir in oil, drain raisins, and spices. Cook for one minute. Remove mixture from skillet and set aside.