Flavours Of India

Indian food is as diverse as its culture is. The food has touch of its every race, geographical settings, its climatic conditions and the essence of people belonging to the place. But one common thing which is found in almost all types of Indian foods is the aromatic use of Indian Species. The foods of India are known as the most mouth watering dishes in the world. The aroma of the food can make your stomach churn and groan to have some taste of them.

They are from different parts of country like Kashmir, Punjab, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and others. The delicacies of Kashmir are known for their inclusion of red chilly, nuts, fruits, saffron, and other ingredients. The Punjabi food is known for their vigor and energy, exclusive use of richness of butter and ghee. The most popular food of Punjab is – ‘Sarso ka saag and Makke di roti.’ They also favor a lot of use of spices like – ginger, garlic and onion along with tomato. The North Indian delicacies are again famous for the famous Mughlai dishes which are a gift to the region from the famous Persian Ancestors. They have made dishes famous like – kabab, kormas and parathas.

Here are few famous dishes which you can prepare in home and have the same taste and aroma as it is served to you in a big restaurant or famous road side food joints called 'Dhabas'.

SHAHI PARATHA:

Ingredients:

Wheat flour 2cup, Minced meat 750 gms, 2 beaten Eggs, I chopped Onion, 1 chopped tomato, 5 green chillies chopped well, garlic and ginger paste, Coriander leaves chopped, 2 tablespoons of oil (refine), 2 tablespoons of ghee, red chilly powder for taste and salt of desired amount.

Method of Preparation:

Knead the floor with some water to form smooth dough. Fry the chopped onions on oil till they are brownish-pink. Also fry the paste of garlic and ginger. Keep them aside. Cook the minced meat in 2/3 cup of water, added with required amount of salt, red chilly powder. Cook it till dry and meat gets boiled. Now make two omelets with the beaten egg of equal size. Make two thin chappathis with the dough. Place one omelet over one chappathi and spread the chopped green chillies, coriander, minced meat prepared; the paste fried with onion and cover it with other omelet. Top this with the second chappathi and press the edges so that they stuff inside don’t come out. Take a tawa fry pan and add the ghee or butter on it. Fry the paratha till it is brownish red and fried well.

Serve it hot with some chutney or sausage. It would be a delicious item to have breakfast.

MASALA GOSHT (Spicy fried meat)

Ingredients:

Meat 750 grams, 1 onion, ginger garlic paste of 1 tablespoon, curd 300ml, pepper corns, cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms, red chilly, turmeric paste, ghee and salt for taste.

Method of Preparation:

Chop the meat into fine pieces that could be cut and eaten easily by a fork and knife. Heat some oil in a pan and add the meat and other ingredients in the pan. Use a good cooking spoon to mix them well. Now cover the whole item and cook for 45 minutes or so. Don’t add any water. Now open the pan and add required amount of ghee and fry the meat till it is reddish brown in color. Serve the preparation hot with few coriander leavens chopped over it.

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