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Recipe: Kathi Kabab

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Learn to make the real Kathi Kabab with us. Try out this simple recipe.

Ingredients:

• 500 gms Lamb (chopped into square pieces)
Paste of:
• 1 tsp Cumin Powder
• 1 tsp Chilli Powder
• 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
• 1-1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
• 5 Garlic Flakes
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Ginger Powder
• 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Rub the ground paste all over the surface and marinate for about 4 to 5 hours.
• Smear the lamb pieces with little oil and put it through skewer.
• Grill the pieces on a hot oven.

Nawabi sevian at a price of Rs 10,000 per kg!

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Lucknow, September 19: Eid is round the corner, so sevian can’t be far behind! A shop in this erstwhile city of the nawabs has come up with mouthwatering varieties of the sweet vermicelli dish, the most elaborate being priced at Rs10,000 per kg.

Naushijaan, one of the prominent Mughlai food restaurants in Lucknow, has opened its sweet shop that is offering delightful vermicelli dishes days ahead of Eid which falls on Sep 21.

Man bids $40,000 for a dozen Australian mangoes

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Sydney, September 16: A box of 12 Australian mangoes received a record bid price of $40,000 at a fundraiser here.

The Age reported that Sydney Markets staged its 19th annual charity auction Wednesday to mark the official start of the mango season and raise money for the Westmead Children’s Hospital and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

The season’s first tray of 12 Blush Packing House mangoes, grown in the Northern Territory, attracted four bidders.

“We are absolutely overwhelmed with that result,” auction spokeswoman Retina Hong was quoted as saying.

107-yr-old seeks her 23rd hubby

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Kuala Lampur, September 15: A 107-year-old Malaysian woman has said she wants to get married again, for the 23rd time, as she fears her husband wants to leave her, says a report.

When Wook Kundor married four years ago to a man 70 years her junior their wedding photos made regional media.

But now she fears her husband will not return home after completing treatment for drug addiction in Kuala Lumpur.

She told reporters she felt “lonely” without her husband, ahead of the Muslim feast at the end of Ramadan.

‘Insecurity’

Fried chicken cubes

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Ingredients

1/2 kg chicken 2 inch cubes pieces (boneless)
1 tbs lemon juice
2 tbs flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp or to taste salt
1 tbs corn flour
Bread crumbs as required
1 egg, beaten
Oil for frying

Method

Aloo Bonda

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Ingredients:

• 4 Potatoes
• 2 Cups besan
• 2 Green chilies
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp Garam masala
• 2 Cups oil

How to make Aloo Bonda:

• Boil the potatoes and mash it properly.
• Add red chili powder, garam masala, chopped green chilies to mashed aloo.
• Make ball of mashed aloo mixture.
• Add water to besan and make a batter of medium consistency.
• Now add turmeric powder and salt to batter.
• Dip each ball in the batter.
• Fry it till it turns golden brown.

Fish Biryani

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Ingredients:

• 2 Cups basmati rice
• 1 Cup tomato puree (preferably fresh)
• 1 Cup coconut milk
• 2 Cups of water
• 1 tsp Chili powder
• 1 tsp Garam masala(optional)
• 10-12 pieces of thorn less fish
• 1 Inch ginger
• 8 Flakes garlic
• 1 Cup yogurt
• 4-5 Green chilies
• 1 Bunch coriander leaves
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric
• 2 Onions sliced
• 2 tsp Oil
• Salt to taste

How to make Fish Biryani:
• For Marination:
• Grind ginger, garlic, green chilies, turmeric, and salt into a fine paste.

Haleem

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Ingridients:

• 200 gm Wheat (washed and soaked for 2 hrs)
• 300 gm Boneless Mutton
• 100 gms Cooking oil
• 3 Onions (sliced)
• 2 Lime
• 2 tsp Garam Masala
• Salt to taste

For paste:
• 20 gm Fresh Green Chillies
• 2 inch piece Ginger
• 6-8 flakes Garlic

How to make Haleem:
• Clean and marinate mutton with half of ground paste of ginger, garlic, green chillies and salt for 1 hour.
• Pressure cook the soaked wheat and marinated meat for about 45 minutes.
• Mince and grind to a fine paste.

Kathi Kabab

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Learn to make the real Kathi Kabab with us. Try out this simple recipe.

Ingredients:

• 500 gms Lamb (chopped into square pieces)

Paste of: • 1 tsp Cumin Powder
• 1 tsp Chilli Powder
• 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
• 1-1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
• 5 Garlic Flakes
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Ginger Powder
• 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Rub the ground paste all over the surface and marinate for about 4 to 5 hours.
• Smear the lamb pieces with little oil and put it through skewer.
• Grill the pieces on a hot oven.

EID SPECIAL: Sheer Korma

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Made of vermicelli, milk and nuts, this is a delectable dish and a real treat to the taste buds.

Ingredients

1 pack Vermicelli
1 gallon fresh whole milk
1 cup sugar
20 cloves whole cardamom pods
1/2-teaspoon cardamom powder
1 cup slivered almond, cashews and pistachios
1/2-cup fresh cream
1/2 teaspoon saffron strands
3 tablespoons charoli nuts
1/2-cup light brown raisins
1/2-teaspoon rose water
1-tablespoon butter

Procedure:

Woman spends $600,000 on dog

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Beijing, September 11: A millionaire in northern China paid four million yuan ($600,000, BD226,200) for a dog and ordered 30 luxury cars to come to the airport to greet her and the animal, local media reported. The woman and her new pet – a black Tibetan Mastiff – flew into Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi province, a report on popular news portal sohu.com said.

Chicken Pakora

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500 gm Boneless Chicken Pieces
2 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Ground Cumin
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1-2 each Chopped Green Chillies (Jalapeno)
1 Chopped Onion
1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
2 tsp Vinegar
1 cup Curd
1 tsp Lemon juice

Preparation:

Put everything but chicken and batter in blender and blend till fine
Marinate the chicken pcs with the resulting mixture
Keep in the fridge for 40 minutes.
Put chicken in batter
Deep fry it until its colour changes to golden brown Condiments
Serve the chicken pakora with coriander or mint chutney or tomato ketchup

FRUIT CUSTARD PUDDING RECIPE

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Here’s a delicious pudding recipe with lots of fruits. Learn how to make fruit custard pudding.

Ingredients:

1 small cake
1 tin cocktail fruits
2 cup fresh cream
4 cup milk (doodh)
4 tbsp custard powder
1 cup sugar
1/2 packet strawberry jelly
1 apple (seb)
1 orange (santra)
1 cup grapes (angoor)
4-5 cherries

How to make fruit custard pudding:

* Cut cake in the centre into two halves.
* Prepare jelly according to the instructions.
* Beat cream until it thickens.
* Peel all the fruits and cut into small pieces.

Dahi Ke Kebab Recipe

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This is an unusual recipe of dahi ke kebab.Here dahi or yougurt is mixed with cottage cheese and then made into tikkis.

Ingredients:

1.2 ltrs yoghurt
100 gms cottage cheese grated
40 gms chopped onion
30 gms chopped ginger
10 gms chopped fresh coriander
cornflour to dust
30 gms cashewnut powder
30 gms chopped raisins
4 gms white pepper powder
4 gms cardamom powder
salt to taste
oil to grill

How to make dahi kebab :

* Hang yoghurt overnight.
* Saute the onion and ginger in minimum oil till it sweats.
* Mix the other ingredients.

Kachchi Biryani Recipe

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Kachchi biryani is another recipe for hyderabadi murgh biryani. Hope you like it.

Ingredients:

1 kg Chicken legs
600 grams Basmati rice
4 medium Sliced onions
10 grams Ginger paste
12 grams Garlic paste
8 grams Red chilli powder
1 bunch Coriander leaves
1 bunch Mint leaves
4 nos. Green chillies
5 nos. Cardamoms (green)
6 nos. Cloves
2 inches Cinnamon
5 grams Peppercorns
3 grams Mace
200 grams Curds
3 tblsp Lemon juice
100 ml Milk
2 grams Saffron
100 ml Oil
30 ml Ghee
As per taste Salt

How to make kachchi biryani:

Egg Korma Recipe

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Egg Korma recipe is a tongue tantilizing dish. Boiled eggs and served with the korma curry.

Ingredients:

Eggs 6
Onions 2 medium
Milk 1/4 cup
Cashewnuts 2 tbsps.
Green Chillies 5
Coconut (scraped) 1 tbsp.
Coriander Powder 1 tbsp.
Cloves 3
Cinnamon 1 inch
Green Cardamoms 2
Ginger 1 inch
Vegetable Fat (ghee) 3 tbsps.
Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp.
Salt to taste
Coriander Leaves 1 tbsp

How to make egg korma:

* Peel and chop the onions. Peel and chop the ginger. Chop the cashew nuts. Wash and chop the green chillies. Clean, wash and chop the coriander leaves.

Paaya Nahari Recipe

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Paaya Nahari is a typical hyderabadi cuisine. It is a dish made from trotters. A rather unusual and typical hyderabadi recipe.

Ingredients:

8 nos. Trotters
2 nos. Onions
1 tblsp Coriander seeds
1 tblsp Jeera
4 nos. Brinjals
4 nos. Dagad phool
2 pieces Cinnamon
6 nos. Cloves
6 nos. Black pepper
4 nos. Cardamoms (green)
As per taste Salt

How to make paaya nahari:

* Clean and cut the paaya into three pieces.

CHANA DAAL RECIPE

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Ingredients:

1 cup chana daal
7 cup water
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp corriander powder
1 tblsp tamarind pulp
1 tsp sugar
1 tblsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp black mustard seeds
1 chopped garlic clove

Preparation:

* Soak the chana daal in 4 cup water for 2-3 hours then wash and drain.
* Boil 3 cups water and the salt in a pan.
* Add the chana dal, cover the pan and cook over medium flame for 30 min.
* Stir the dal when cooked.

Recipe: Almond Ice Cream

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Updated on Wednesday, September 09, 2009, 09:53 IST Tags:Almond Ice Cream
This rich and delicious ice cream is the ultimate treat to the senses.

Ingredients

1 lb of blanched almonds
1 pint of heavy cream
4 tablespoons rose essence.
6 pints of whole milk
1 lb sugar

Procedure:

Nine couples wed for 99 cents

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Los Angeles, September 10: Nine couples marked Wednesday’s special date 09/09/09 by getting married for the low price of just 99 cents.

The mass ceremony took place as part of a special promotion for the 99 Cents Store in Hollywood, California.

Local TV station KTLA showed the brides and grooms sauntering down the aisles adorned in 99-cent flowers and other bargain decorations.

The ceremony was followed by a buffet of 99-cent food, before the store whisked the happy couples off for luxury honeymoons.

–IANS–

Thousands of Chinese wed on 09-09-09

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Beijing, September 09: Tens of thousands of Chinese couples rushed to tie the knot across the nation Wednesday, or 09/09/09, hoping that the “triple 9 day” will bring them good luck and eternal love. In Mandarin, the number “9″ is pronounced the same as the word “jiu” that means “forever, perpetual or eternal”.

Scared of sun, this man hasn’t stepped out for 25 years

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Chhattisgarh, September 09: He hasn’t stepped out of his house for 25 years. No, he isn’t physically challenged. This 44-year-old man, who lives in a Chhattisgarh village, is simply scared of the sun and its rays.

Gautam Singh Parihar has kept himself confined to his small house in Dhamtari district’s Hinchhapur village for all these years because of his great fear of the sun rays – a phobia neither doctors nor witch doctors have been able to cure.

PhD scholar from Stanford turns cabbie

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Hong Kong, Septembern 08: A PhD scholar from Stanford University who drives a taxi after he lost his job at a Singapore research institution has become a star of sorts after he began blogging about his “uniquely Singapore” experiences.

Cai Mingjie, who was born in China and got his PhD in biochemistry from Stanford, lost his job in May 2008 at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), where he had worked for 16 years as principal investigator.

Trouser-wearing women fined $200 in Sudan

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Khartoum, September 07: A Sudanese judge convicted a woman journalist on Monday for violating the public indecency law by wearing trousers outdoors and fined her $200, but did not impose a feared flogging penalty.

Lubna Hussein was among 13 women arrested July 3 in a raid by the public order police in Khartoum. Ten of the women were fined and flogged two days later. But Hussein and two others decided to go to trial.

“I will not pay a penny,” she told the Associated Press while still in court custody, wearing the same trousers that had sparked her arrest.

Crying is good for relationships: Study

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Washington, September 07: Crying is known to be a symptom of physical pain or stress but it can improve personal relationships, says a new study.

New analysis by Tel Aviv University (TAU) zoologist and evolutionary biologist Oren Hasson shows that while tears signal distress, they also function as an evolution-based mechanism to bring people closer.

“Crying is a highly evolved behaviour,” explains Hasson.