Saucy Recipes

  Mutton Biryani  Recipe: Sanjay Hingorani  Ingredients: 2 cups Rice Long Grain Basmati, soak for a couple of hours, half cook the rice with the potli. Add oil and salt to the water. Strain and keep it aside to cool down. 1 kg Mutton 4 Onions slices 4 Small potatoes cut halves 4 large Tomatoes chopped Plenty of Ghee Mint n Coriander leaves chopped Spices: For rice Potli: 2 Green Cardamoms, 2 Black Cardamoms, 1 inch Cinnamon, 1 Star Anise, 4 Cloves, 2 Bayleaves, 5 Peppercorns, Birista: 4 large onions slices. Fry till dark brownish. Use half in cooking the meat and half while dressing the biryani. For the meat curry, marinade: 1 tbsp Meat Masala 1 tbsp GnG paste 1 tsp Cumin powder 1 tsp Turmeric Powder 2 tsp Coriander Powder 4 tbsp Curds Whole spices: Remember less is more. Use half for cooking the curry and half for the rice potli. 2 inch Cinnamon 10 Peppercorns 8 Cloves 6 Green Cardamoms 4 Black Cardamoms 4 Bayleaves 4 Star Anise 2 inch piece of ginger Method: Cook the Mutton the way y

  Breakfast or Evening snack, new addition to my weekly menu.  Appe  Recipe: Sanjay Hingorani  Ingredients: 2 Cups Rava / Semolina 2 tbsp Curds beaten with little water 1 Capsicum chopped fine 1 Onion small chopped fine 1 Carrot chopped fine 2 Green chillies chopped fine 1/2 tsp Turmeric 1/2 tsp Coriander 1/2 tsp Cumin 2 tsp Fresh Coriander 1/2 tsp Salt 1 pack Eno fruit salt Oil Tempering: 2 tsp oil 1 tsp Black Mustard seeds A few Curry leaves chopped Method: In a large mixing bowl, put all ingredients together and then add upto 1 cup water but do it slowly and make sure there are no lumps and the batter is lightly pouring consistency. Not liquidy at all. Once everything is mixed well add the tadka. Curry leaves and Black mustard seeds. Mix in well. Let the batter rest for a while. The rava will absorb water and the batter may get tighter. Adjust the water. Add the Eno and little water to get it going. Stir well. Keep the appe pan on medium heat. Brush oil lightly. Take spoonful of the

  Chicken Salad / Wraps  Recipe: Sanjay Hingorani  Ingredients: 500gms Chicken boneless, boiled and shredded. 5-6 slices Chicken salami - I like it cooked a bit in butter. Chop into small pieces. Capsicum - cut small bite sized pieces , I used red yellow and green. Onions - chopped or slices Iceberg Lettuce - roughly chopped Mayonnaise - can use Ranch or Chipotle Salt n Pepper A touch of Tobassco Method: Mix everything is a bowl, make sure you add enough mayonnaise. Can add other veggies like cucumber or olives or jalapenos (Subway style) Eat on its own or put in rotis or padanthas and make wraps with a layer of omlette and cheese Yumm n Tasty Eat, Enjoy, Repeat !  Cheers  Sanjay 

Rajma Tikkis  Recipe: Sanjay Hingorani  Inspired by Chef Meghna of  Meghna's Food Magic  Ingredients: 1 Cup Rajma / Red Kidney Beans, soak overnight, pressure cook to 5 seetis, drain n keep aside. Make sure all the moisture is out. 2 Medium Potatoes boiled and mashed. 2 tbps Besan / Gram flour, toasted till it gets lightly brownish. Don't burn it. 3-4 Green chillies fine chopped 2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves fine chopped. 1 tbsp Fresh mint leaves fine chopped 1 tbsp My Special Garam Masala 1 tsp Red chilli powder 1 tbsp GnG Paste 1 tbsp Ghee for extra flavour Method:  We need the Rajma to be drained properly, I have kept the texture lightly tough, not very soft. This will help to bind the tikkis and not go gooey. In a large mixing bowl add the rajmas and potatoes and the toasted besan plus all the above ingredients and mash and mix together. It should come together very nicely, no lumps etc. Tough dough not gooey. If there is a problem add some more toasted besan. Make tikki ro

  Special Garam Masala  Recipe: Sanjay Hingorani  Every household will have a different combination and have different results. A few ingredients quantities go or and down and the results are completely different. The following ingredients make the super special Garam Masala. I have literally added all of the below. Toasted together and then cooled and coarsely grind them. Keeps good in airtight container. Make small batches to keep it fresh. Ingredients: Mace / Javitri 3-4 Cloves / Laung 5-6 Star anise / Chakra phool 4-5 Coriander Seeds / Dhania 3 tbsp Black Peppercorns / Kali Mirch 2 tbsp Green Cardamoms / Hari Elaichi 7-8 Black Cardamoms / Badi Kali Elaichi 4-5 Cinnamon / Dalchini 3x2 inches sticks Dry Pomegranate seeds / Anardana 3 tbsp Dry Fenugreek leaves / Kasuri Methi 3 tbsp Bay Leaves / Tej patta 4-5 Dried Red Chillies 8-10 I made this my way. So let me know what you think. Eat, Enjoy, Repeat ! Cheers  Sanjay