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Badaam ka Harira

Mona — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:21:07 +0000

Healthy and nutritious, badaam ka harira used to be enjoyed as a regular breakfast durng my childhood in Hyderabad. Ammi served harira along with warm parathas, which were torn and soaked in it. Roasted flour in ghee gives a distinctive taste to the harira and also helps thicken it. Badaam ka Harira – Thick Almond Milk During fall/winters [...]

Dum ke Rote

Mona — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:50:54 +0000

Rote, are baked~cooked on dum, sweet and crunchy semolina flat breads (or you can also call them jumbo sized semolina cookies) made in Hyderabad city, which are deliciously crunchy from the outside, but soft in the center. This confection has the all goodness in them, including exotic saffron, nuts, khoa and glorious ghee. Semolina -Sooji The following is [...]

Murghi ka Salan

Mona — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:57:57 +0000

Out of all the curries that I prepare using chicken, this one is perhaps the one I prepare most usually at home for meals. Ginger-garlic paste, yogurt and lemon juice tenderize the chicken and the yogurt and tomatoes render a subtle sour flavor to balance the sweetness of the fried onions in the curry. Coriander [...]