Khoya Cake

Ingredients

Flour 2 cups
Khoya 250gm
Icing sugar 2 cups
Eggs 2 (optional)
Condensed milk 1 cup
Milk 1 cup
Baking powder 1 tbsp
Baking soda 1 tbsp
Kewra essence few drops
Unsalted butter 1 cup

FOR TOPPING:
Sugar 1/2 cup
Cashew nuts 1/2 cup
Almonds 1/2 cup
Pistachios 1/2 cups
Kewra essence few drops

Method
In a mixing bowl add icing sugar with butter to beat. Then add  eggs (if using) beat then add  khoya,Condensed milk,baking powder, baking soda and kewra essence to fold. Now add flour and mix it then add required milk to make smooth batter. Grease the cake mould and pour the batter in the tin and bake it on 180c for 30 to 35 mints. Take it out and leave it to cool. For topping take pan and add 1/2 cup sugar to be melt on low flame once it turns itno light brown thicky syrup fold in your nuts properly spread it on your cake and serve cool.

Khoya Cake

Banana Bread

Ingredients

All purpose flour/Maida 2 cups
Caster sugar 3/4 cup
Baking powder 1 tbsp
Baking soda 1/4 tsp
Chopped walnut 1 cup
Eggs 2
Mashed banana’s 3-4
Yogurt 1/2 cup
Oil 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Butter 1 tsp
Method
Dump all dry ingredients in a bowl mix well,
then beat all wet ingredients together,beat well,add dry ingredients and mix on low speed.
Grease up loaf pan with butter and pour the mixture in it.
Place it in a preheated oven on 180 and bake for 45-50 minutes.
Serve with cream or  ice cream.

Banana Bread

Dum ka keema

Ingredients

Beef mince 1 kg
Raw papaya 5 tbsp
White cumin roasted and crushed 4 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp heaped
Salt 2 tsp
Crushed red pepper 4 tsp
All spice 1 ½ tsp
Brown onion crushed ½ cup
Yogurt ½ cup
Lemon juice 3 tbsp
Ghee 2 cups
Coriander leaves chopped 2 tbsp
Green chilies chopped 4
Ginger Julian 2 tbsp
Fresh lemon 2

Method

Take out mince from mincer thrice; put all the above ingredients Raw papaya 5 tbsp, White, cumin roasted and crushed 4 tbsp, Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp heaped, Salt 2 tsp, Crushed red, pepper 4 tsp, All spice 1 ½ tsp, Brown onion crushed ½ cup, Yogurt ½ cup, Lemon juice 3 tbsp, mix well, marinate for 4 hours, just before cooking, mix ghee in the mince, give dum of coal, cook on low flame till water dries, serve with ginger Julian, coriander leaves, green chilies, lemon wedges.

Dum ka keema

Chicken Tikka Handi

Ingredients

1/2 kg boneless chicken, 1 inch pieces
2 onions, chopped
1/2 cup oil
1 cup yogurt
1 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
1 tsp. hot spices powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp. crushed red chilies
1 tsp. red chili powder
4 tbsp. lemon juice
2 chopped green chilies
Green coriander leaves, chopped
1 pinch orange color

Method 

Blend together raw onion with ¼ cup water.
Now in a bowl add onion mixture, ginger garlic paste, all spice powder, salt, lemon juice, crushed red pepper, orange color, red chili powder and yogurt. Mix it well,
Marinate chicken in this mixture for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a handi, add marinated chicken with mixture, cover and cook on low flame till chicken become tender and oil comes on top.
Put burned coal in handi and drop few drops of oil on coal and cover the handi immediately to give the bbq aroma to gravy.
Garnish with coriander and green chilies, serve with naan.

Chicken Tikka Handi

Minced Beef Biryani( Keema Biryani)

Ingredients

350 grams of Basmati Rice (washed well with a few changes of water and soaked for at least ½ hour - if needed)
400 grams of Minced Beef/Lamb (Keema)
1 large Onion thinly sliced (payaz)
tomato 1 large (tamatar) sliced
1" piece of Cinnamon Stick (Dal Cheeni)
5 Cloves (Loung)
Green Cardamom: 3-4(Choti Ilaichi)
Black Cardamom: 3 (bari ilaichi)
Black pepper: 3-4
salt 1 to 1/2 tsp (as u like)
Bay leaf: 1-2
coriander powder 1 tbsp (sookha dhaniya pissa howa)
Nutmeg powder:(jaifal) 1/2 tsp
A few strands of Saffron (Zafran) if u dont have u can use yellow food coloring
1 tsp. Red Chilli Powder (Pisi Lal Mirchain) (or to taste)
Plain Yogurt (dahi) 1/2 cup
1 tsp. Ginger Paste (Pisa Lehsan)
1 tsp. Ginger Paste (Pisi Adrak)
cilantro 1/2 bunch (sabaz dhanya adhi gathi)
Mint leave (podina adhi gathi)
1/4 cup of Milk (doodh)
2 tbsp. of Lime Juice (Nimbu Arkh)
100 grams of Clarified Butter (Ghee) or Cooking Oil

Method

Cook the rice in salted water until it is 3/4 done. Drain out the water and set aside. Mix the saffron(or yellow color) in milk and set aside.

Heat the clarified butter(ghee) in a wok(karhai) or deep pan; add the onion. Fry until it is golden brown. Add the all whole spices and allow to splutter. Mix in the minced meat, ginger paste and garlic paste and tomato fry for 10 to 15 minutes over medium heat. Once the beef is nicely fried and water has dried out and a fine aroma rises, mix in the plain yogurt and the red chilli powder,nutmeg,salt,coriander powder and continue to cook over low heat for another 3-4 minutes. Turn off the flame when oil leaves the mince and set aside.

Now in a big pot add first layer of of boiled rice in the bottom of the dish. Cover with a half portion of the prepared keema and sprinkle half of the saffron milk and half the quantity of the lime juice and half of mint leaves and cilantro.. Cover with another portion of rice and repeat the layers for the keema, lime juice and saffron and mint leaves and cilantro.and then then third final layer of rice.. Now put it on Dum on very low heat for 10 to 15 minutes... after 15 minutes turn off the heat and mix the biryani and serve the very delicious hot biryani with riata or plain yogurt .

Minced Beef Biryani( Keema Biryani)

Checker Board Cake

VANILLA CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients for vanilla cake

1 cup room temperature unsalted butter (225gm)
1 ¾ cups sugar (350gm)
5 room temperature eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour (360gm)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract or essence
1 ¼ cup non-fat buttermilk (250ml)
Tip: You can make buttermilk at home. Take 1 cup room temperature milk and add 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice. Let this stand for 5-10 minutes and then use accordingly.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180C.
Grease and put some parchment in your pans. Then grease the parchments as well and dust with a bit of flour.
Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Scrape sides of bowl every few minutes using the whisk attachment or a rubber spatula. This is crucial. Otherwise you're going to be left with chunks of butter in your finished batter. So make sure you cream it well and don't rush!
Add eggs one at a time. Making sure each egg is perfectly incorporated before you add another. If you skip too quickly past this stage, you will have a cake that smells of eggs because the bits of egg that aren't fully beaten in will bake separately in the cake and it will be like having scrambled eggs cooking in your cake, eww! So incorporate the eggs whenever you reach this stage for any cake recipe!! Remember to scrape down the sides of the bowl after every few eggs. Add vanilla.
Add flour and buttermilk in three alternative pours, starting and ending with flour. Mix on slow speed and scrape the bowl during the process. I know, it's a pain in the butt. It's worth it. At this stage do NOT over mix, just combine until the batter is incorporated. Over mixing can ruin your cake.
Once everything is well incorporated, use a plastic spatula to fold the batter a few more times to make perfectly sure you've got everything will mixed.
Divide the batter between your cake pans. Bake in preheated oven for twenty-five to forty minutes. Check for doneness by pressing gently on the cake. If you leave an indent, not done. If it bounces back gently without leaving a mark, done. You can use a toothpick to check also. Don't over bake the cake!
Let the cake cool in the pan for a few minutes then turn it out onto a rack to finish cooling completely.

CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1 cup boiling water(if u add 1 tsp coffee to it cake will be more delicious )

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely........
HOW TO ASSEMBLE CAKES WITHOUT SPECIAL PANS..
So how do you make a checkered cake with out a special pan?
Well… you do need some cookie cutters.
First I baked a chocolate layer and a vanilla layer. I cut each layer in half to get four layers.
I have used 8 inch and it worked fine because my cutters was not exact.
You need a 6″ cookie cutter. If u dont have cookie cutter u use any bowl of 6 inches... just give the impression on cake and cut it with the help of knife.. and 3 inch cookie cutter or bowl...cut each layer into 3 circles..Then swap inner circle rings with opposite layer.Frost the inside of each circle before putting in the next piece. This keeps the pieces together when the cake is cut.Frost each layer.Add each alternating layer... and at end frost the whole cake .. hopefully u understand the method... —

INGREDIENTS FOR CHOCOLATE GANACHE

1 pound semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 cups heavy cream
pinch of salt

Directions

Place the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl. In a medium saucepan, bring the cream to a bare simmer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate, add the salt, and let stand for 2 minutes. Whisk until melted and smooth. Let cool, stirring occasionally, until thick and spreadable, 4 to 5 hours. (Note: Don’t try to speed the cooling process by putting the frosting in the refrigerator; it will become lumpy —

BUTTER CREAM FROSTING

Ingredients
3/4 cup
butter, softened
(150gm) (5oz)
2 cups
confectioner's (icing) sugar
(250gm) (8oz)
1 tsp.
vanilla essence
2 tsp.
hot water

Instructions

Beat together the butter and icing with a mixer until well combined, smooth and creamy.
Add the vanilla and hot water.
Beat some more and use!
NOW DECORATE AS U LIKE

Checker Board Cake

Aslam Road ki Biryani

Ingredients

Chicken cut into 12 pieces 1 kg
Yogurt ½ kg
Rice 750 gm
Black cardamom 2
Tomatoes sliced 3 medium
Potatoes cut in thick slices 4 medium
Cloves 6
Black pepper whole 6
Green chilies 6
Coriander leaves chopped ½ bunch
Mint leaves chopped ½ bunch
Turmeric 1 tsp leveled
White cumin 1 tsp heaped
Orange red color ¼ tsp
National (or any other good quality) Biryani Masala 2 tbsp
Chili powder 2 tbsp
Salt 1 ½ tsp
Oil ½ cup

Method

Marinate 1 kg chicken with ½ kg yogurt, 2 tbsp National Biryani Masala, 2 tbsp chili powder, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp color for 30 minutes, boil rice with 2 tbsp salt and water as required till 1/4th done, drain and keep aside, in a large cooking pan spread base with 4 sliced potatoes, top with marinated chicken, sprinkle 6 cloves, 6 black pepper and 2 black cardamom on the marinated chicken, top with 3 sliced tomatoes, ½ bunch of chopped coriander leaves, ½ bunch of mint leaves and 6 green chilies, topped with 750 gm boiled rice, put ½ a cup oil on top, cover and cook on high flame for 10 minutes, then simmer for 20 minutes till rice done.

Aslam Road ki Biryani