CHOLE BIRYANI

*CHOLE BIRYANI*
RECIPIE BY HUDA JOHARI ZARIWALA @ SWEET N SALTY INDULGENCE

Yes you read it right chole biryani,to be honest my initial plan was to cook chole and chawal the traditional way but as you all know I love giving my twist to the traditional recipies,and I was also bored of cooking regular chicken,mutton biryanis so this twist...
And NO this recipe is not my invention I had read it on the menu of some Veg.Restaurant and had today after contemplating on the recipe I finally decided to give it a try and yes it turned out delicious...

*INGREDIENTS*
250 gms soaked and boiled Chole
250gms curd
100gms chopped tomatoes
100gms birista
2tbspn thinly fragmented ginger
1tspn crushed black pepper
1 tspn garam masala powder
1 tbspn dhania jeera powder
1 tbspn chopped green chillies
1 tspn red chilli powder
1 tspn Aamchur powder
1 tspn fennel powder
Fist full of chopped mint n corriendor
2 potatoes cubed and fried
500gms soaked and boiled basmati rice
Half cup milk infused with saffron and kewra water
3 tbspn pure ghee
3 tbspn oil
Salt to taste

Phew!!! Quite a few ingredients haan..but trust me the efforts will be totally worth it..

*METHOD*
Step 1-In a huge bowl mix in Chole with tomatoes,birista,ginger,chillies, and all the spices along with curd and fried potatoes.Set it aside for 2 hours in fridge
Step2-Now in a High wall thick bottom vessel heat oil n ghee and add the marinated chole to it.Give a quick stir.
Step3-Sprinkle the chopped mint and corriendor and mix well
Step4- Now layer it with rice,pour over the saffron and kewra infused  milk and leave the biryani on dum for 30-40mins on a very low flame.
SERVE PIPING HOT WITH SWEET CURD RAITA!!!
*DO TRY THE RECIPE AND LET ME KNOW HOW DID IT TURNED OUT*

Spicy Quinoa Pancakes

*QUINOA CHILLA*

HEALTHY RECIPIE BY HUDA JOHARI ZARIWALA @ SWEET N SALTY INDULGENCE

Well today I tried Quinoa Flour Chilla and it turned out to be amazing n delicious..Quinoa is considered to be a super food and is nutrition packed it's high on protein,gluten free and rich in fibre...So all those looking out for a healthy weightloss Recipie should go ahead and try this one!!!

*Ingredients*
3 tbspn Quinoa Flour
2 tbspn curd
100ml water (approx)
Cup full of chopped veges I used onion,tomato,capcicum,chillies and corriendor
1tspn red chilly powder
1tspn dhaniajeera powder
Salt to taste
1/2 tspn baking powder
1 tspn pure ghee or butter for making pancakes

*METHOD*
#In a bowl combine all the ingredients and set it aside for 10 mins
#Heat a non stick pan rub littel ghee to it and spread half of the mixture on the pan (this recipe will yield two pancakes)
#Cook on low heat till the top of the pancake appears dried
#Rub little ghee and flip the pancake and cook on the other side
#It takes approximately 3-4 mins on medium heat to be well cooked
#Serve hot with Chutney or Curd
Happy eating