Amritsari Bhuni Arhar Ki Daal, Creamy Minced Cutlets And Tikka Pulao by Zubaida Tariq

Ingredients for Amritsari Bhuni Arhar Ki Daal:

• Black lentil 1 cup
• Green coriander chopped 1 bunch
• Onion chopped 1
• Tomato chopped 2
• Green chilies chopped 5
• Dry mango 1 tsp
• All spice powder 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder 1tsp
• White cumin crushed 1 tsp
• Ginger chopped 2 tbsp
• Oil 3 tbsp
• Red chili powder 1/2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash gram lentil with lukewarm water and soak it.
   
2. Then put lentil in lukewarm water and boil with turmeric.
   
3. When it is tendered well, strain its water.
4. Heat oil in one pot and do chopped onions light pink.
   
5. Then put red chili powder, crushed green chilies, chopped tomatoes and chopped ginger and roast it.
6. When water of tomatoes dries, add lentil, roast again and simmer it.
7. Then put all spice powder and chopped green coriander and simmer it.
8. When steam comes up, serve daal with hot chapati.

Ingredients for Creamy Minced Cutlets:

• Minced beef 1 kg
• Egg 1
• Bread slices 2
• Chopped green chilies 4
• Fresh milk 1/2 liter
• Bread crumbs 1 packet
• Chopped coriander 1/2 bunch
• Black pepper powder 1 tsp
• Butter 1 tbsp
• All purpose flour 3 tbsp
• Oil as required
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Put salt in mince and cook in water.
2. When water dries, mix bread slice and grind in chopper.
3. Put butter in one pot and roast all purpose flour.
4. Then cool all purpose flour, put milk, make thick white sauce and mix in mince.
5. After that, mix green chillies, chopped coriander and black pepper powder, make small small cutlets, dip in eggs, coat with bread crumbs and fry it.
6. Delicious creamy minced cutlets is ready.
   

Ingredients for Tikka Pulao:

• Rice 2 to 2-1/2 cup
• Yogurt 1 cup
• Oil 1 cup
• Chicken 1
• Lemons 3
• Crushed cardamom 4
• Green chilies 4
• Chopped onion 4
• Crushed black pepper 1 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Chicken tikka masala 2 tbsp
• Red chili flakes 1/2 tbsp

For Stock:

• Chicken bones 1/2 kg
• Garlic 1
• Ginger 1 piece
• Onion 1
• All spice as required
• Water 2-3 cups
• Fennel seeds 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Put water, chicken bones. fennel seeds, whole coriander, onion, garlic, ginger, all spice and salt in one pot,, cook it and then strain it.
2. Then heat oil in one pot, do chopped onions golden brown and take out.
3. Then put 1/2 cup yogurt, ginger garlic paste, chopped small cardamom and green chilies in oil and roast it lightly.
4. Then mix chicken tikka masala, lemon juice, red chili flakes, 1/2 cup yogurt, salt and crushed black pepper in chicken, dry its water and keep it aside.
5. Now put stock in pot. When it boils, take out water of rice, add rice and  salt, stir it and cover it.
6. When water dries, keep on simmer.
7. Now fry dry masala chicken in individual pan and do golden brown.
8. Before serving, take out pulao in dish, keep chicken on top and put fried onion.
9. Delicious tikka pulao is ready.