Paulami's La Passion

 Hello friends. This New Year I decided that every month I will share a new recipe that I have tried and has come out good. Today’s recipe is ideal for a cold Sunday lunch or dinner . Its spicyness will definitely keep you warm inside . I don’t know how much authentic this recipe is but I have tasted this kind of chicken curry in PWD guest house where we used to stay during our vacations. The recipe got its name because this was the standard chicken curry made by the caretakers of the sprawling Bungalows used as circuit house or guest house by the government officials. So let’s start the recipe .                 Kg Ingredients:- Chicken- 1 kg Potato - 2 cut into big cubes Egg -4 nos hard boiled Onion -2 big cut into long thin slices Ginger paste Garlic paste Tomato 2-3 cut into pieces Whole garam masala Black pepper corns Bay leaf Red dry chilli Jayatri/ mace  Turmeric powder Red chilli powder Cumin powder  Coriander powder  Yo...

 Hi friends I am back with another dessert dish . It is very simple but at the same time very delicious and I think the Americans can vouch for me . It is there most common dessert . The Apple Pie . Today I  made it from scratch and will share it with you . Ingredients:- For pie crust:- Flour- 2 cups Unsalted butter -75gms Salt Cold water 1/4 cup For filling:- Apple- 5 nos peeled cut into small pieces Lemon juice 3 tbsp Sugar -4 cup tbsp Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp Cornstarch - 1 tbsp Raisins  Procedure:- First let’s make sure he pie crust . Cut the butter into small cubes and start mix it with the flour . Add a pinch of salt . Continue mixing it till the flour take the shape of small crumbles . Then start adding chilled water with a spoon to the flour and bring it together. Don’t  over mix the dough. Cover it with a clean wrap and keep it in the freezer for 20 mins . Meanwhile add the lemon juice , sugar , cinnamon to the apple pieces , mix it and let it rest for a whil...

 Hi friends today I have come up with a recipe which is a traditional food of Uzbekistan.  It is  some kind of national dish in most of these Central Asian countries . Even in Tussia it is a very popular dish,It is similar to our chicken pulao but slightly different. Usually they make it with beef or lamb but since I am more of a chicken lover I will share the chicken version. It is very easy to make and very delicious to eat . So let’s start the recipe . Ingredients:- Rice - 3 cups (approx 750 gm) Chicken - 1 kg Carrot - 500 gms chopped long and 1 cm thick Onion - 250 gms finely chopped  Garlic - 1 whole only remove the outer layer Cumin powder-1 tbsp Coriander powder 1 tbsp Pepper powder -11/2 tbsp Bay leaf Sunflower oil - 5 tbsp Butter -50 gms Salt and sugar  Water -7 cups  Procedure;- First take a thick bottomed pan and put oil and butter in it . Add the bay leaf . Then put the onion . Fry it till translucent. Add the chicken . Fry it till light brown....

 Hi friends today I have come to share with you a very tasty and easy chicken recipe . It is very popular in North India and requires very few ingredients. So let’s begin with the preparation. Ingredients:- For Kadhai masala:- Coriander seeds-1 tbsp  Fennel seeds -1 tsp Red chilli-2  You have to dry roast these ingredients and grind it into powder. Chicken -500 gms  Kaju paste-4 tbsp Tomato  1 big size Onion 2 medium size Capsicum 1 big Ginger paste -1tbsp Garlic paste -1 tbsp Lemon juice -2 tbsp Coriander leaves 2 tbsp Kasoori methi 1 tsp Cream - 4 tbsp Oil 5 tbsp Procedure:- First slice the capsicum and half of one onion into medium size cubes. Fry them in high flame for few minutes until you get a grilled flavour. Remove it Now add another tbsp of oil and fry 1 tsp of jeera and red chilli . After you get the smell add onion pieces and ginger and garlic paste . Fry for some time and then add the chicken. Add the Kadhai masala to it and mix it properly and then...

 Hi friends with the festive season peeping round the corner today I want to share a sweet dish with you which I am sure won’t disappoint your sweet tooth . It is called apple kheer . So let’s begin. Ingredients:- Milk - full cream one litre Apple -2 medium size cut small thin slices Condensed milk 1/2cup Sugar - 3 tbs Cornstarch -2 tbs Dry fruits -(almonds , cashew, raisins) -1 /2 cup Cardamom powder -1 tsp Kesar - few strands Procedure:- First take a fry pan, put 3-4 tbs of water and stir the apple pieces in it . Add the sugar in it . Fry the apple till it become light brown . Remove it from pan and strain the excess juice if any and let it cool . In another pan boil the milk . Keep on stirring and add the dry fruit in it . Add the condensed milk and keeping on stirring in medium flame . Mix the cornstarch in 2 tbsp cold milk and add it to the milk while continuously stirring it . Now add the apple pieces and stir it for another 5 mins in low flame . Sprinkle some cardamom powder...

 Hi friends. After my chicken marathon let me share a veg dish with you . In Delhi it is one of the most popular dish among paneer lovers . It is very easy to cook and very tasty to eat .  Ingredients:- Paneer -300 gms Onion -2 medium size Green capsicum - 1 big Tomato -2 small size Ginger paste -1 tsp Coriander seeds -1 tbsp Red chilli -1 whole Salt Oil -4 tbsp Turmeric powder -1 tsp Chilli powder -1 tsp Procedure:- First dry roast the coriander seeds and red chilli in a pan . Remove it from heat and grind it into a coarse powder . Set it aside . Cut the paneer into medium size . Chop the capsicum and one onion into thick wedges . Grate the other onion . Then take a pan put oil and then sauté the grated onion . Add turmeric and chilli powder . Add the chopped tomatoes and ginger paste . Stir fry it till the tomato become soft . Add salt and 1 tsp of grounded masala . Add the capsicum and the bigger onion pieces . Sauté the mixture till the capsicum had become a little soft . ...