Muthi Kabab

                                                                                                             Cooking Time : 10 mins
                                                                                                                   Serves: As Desired

Temptingly tasty kababs recipeis here for you .Mince pomegranate , tomato ,gram flourand chaat masala are main ingredients.Everyone will love this snack. Serve hot with green chuttni and ketchup.

Ingredients:

700 g beef mince (20% fat 80% meat)
2 medium sized onion
4 – 8 green chillies
3 cloves garlic
1 tbspn ginger
Salt
Red chilli powder
1 tspn garam masala
1 tbspn chaat masala
½ tspn cumin seeds
1 egg
1 tomato deseeded and chopped fine
½ bunch of fresh coriander (chopped)
2 tspn gram flour (pan roasted)
Oil for shallow frying

Method:

-In an electric chopper, chop onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies together. Take this mixture in your hand (little by little) and squeeze access water and keep it aside.

-In a deep mixing bowl, put mincemeat and add all the spices, onion mixture, chopped tomatoes and coriander. Add egg and mix with your hands. Mix, mix and mix until well combined.

-Keep aside for 10 minutes.

-Now take a handful of this mixture and give them oval like shape, like seekh kabab but without whole.

-Fill a skillet with oil to 5cm.

-Fry the kababs and serve hot with tamarind sauce or podina raita.

Kharay Masalay Ka Keema

                                                                             
                                                                                                         Cooking Time: 35 mins
                                                                                                                      Serves: 4-6
Here is a most versatile mince meat recipe prepared with whole spices .Kharay Masalay ka Keema is great with paratha and roti.

Ingredients:

- 1kg. minced meat (keema)
- 1\2 cup ghee or oil
- 3 onion, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp. garlic paste
- 1 tsp. ginger paste
- 1\2 cup water
- 1 tsp. salt or according to taste
- 1\2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 inch fresh ginger, coarsely chopped
- 8 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 8 whole red chillies

Whole spices

- 1 tsp. black pepper
- 1 inch piece cinnamon stick
- 4 black cardamoms
- 4 green cardamoms
- 1\2 tsp. cloves
- 2 bay leaves (tez patta)
- 1 tbsp. coriander leaves
- 3 green chillies finely chopped (optional)

Method:

1. Heat oil in a heavy based saucepan, add 1 onion and stirring frequently fry until it is light brown about 5-8 minutes. Remove onion from oil and set aside.

2. In the same oil add minced meat, garlic and ginger paste. While stirring, fry the minced meat for about 5 minutes or until it turns brown.

3. Now add water, salt, whole spices, reserved onions, ginger and garlic. Cook over medium heat for 20- 25 minutes. Add little more water if it dries up quickly.

4. Beat yogurt until smooth. Add yogurt, brown onions, and whole red chillies to the mince mixture and stirring frequently fry until all the moisture has evaporated.

5. Garnish with green chilies and chopped coriander leaves.

6. Serve with Nan, Roti and Paratha.

Honey - Tips

Storage:

Store honey at room temperature – your kitchen counter or pantry shelf is ideal. Storing honey in the refrigerator accelerates the honey’s crystallization. Crystallization is the natural process of glucose sugar molecules aligning into orderly arrangements known as crystals. It is not an indicator of spoilage, impurity, age or quality.

If your honey crystallizes, simply place the honey jar in warm water and stir until the crystals dissolve, or place the honey container into near boiling water that has been removed from the heat:

1. Bring a pan of water to a boil
2. Turn off the heat
3. Place the honey container in the water with cap open
4. Leave until both have cooled
5. Repeat as needed

Cooking Tips:

For best results, use recipes developed for using honey. When you substitute honey for granulated sugar in recipes, begin by substituting honey for up to half of the sugar called for in the
recipe.

With experimentation, honey can be substituted for all the sugar in some recipes.

When substituting honey for sugar in baked goods:

Reduce the liquid in the recipe by 1/4 cup for each cup of honey used.
Add about 1/2 teaspoon baking soda for each cup of honey used.
Reduce oven temperature by 25 degrees to prevent over-browning.

For easy measuring and clean-up, coat measuring cup or spoon with cooking spray before adding honey

Benefits of Honey Skin & Hair

Eight new ways to use raw honey

1. Stock up for emergency food stores:

Raw honey has a long shelf life because of its high sugar content and naturally occurring enzymes. In fact, some say raw honey can last indefinitely. This makes honey an ideal (and delicious) food to add to your emergency stockpile.

2. Sooth a sore throat and ease your cough:

Raw honey is well known for being the perfect cold remedy. A blend of raw honey and fresh lemon juice can be taken as needed to treat a sore throat or cough.

3. Boost your athletic performance: 

 Don't waste your money on commercial energy gels that contain food additives and artificial coloring. Research has shown honey is effective for improving athletic performance. A spoonful of raw honey before aerobic activity can provide an energy boost plus a variety of important nutrients.

4. Treat minor cuts, scrapes and burns:

 Raw honey is an ancient remedy for cuts, scrapes and burns due to its natural antibacterial properties. Simply clean the area, dab on a small amount of raw honey, and wrap as normal. Change wrapping at least once daily until the area is healed. The honey may also help to reduce scar formation.

5. Make a simple sugar scrub:

Soften your skin by exfoliating with a mixture of raw honey, sugar and sweet almond oil. Store the mixture in a glass jar and use as needed. You'll save a fortune if you exfoliate with this instead of using those expensive department store scrubs.

6. Use as a glossing treatment for hair:

Coat your hair with raw honey and let it sit for ten minutes before washing as usual. Honey works as a clarifying and conditioning treatment, making your locks shiny and smooth.

7. Improve your sleep:

 A spoonful of honey before bed (by itself or in a cup of warm herbal tea) is a natural sleep remedy that can help you relax and fall asleep faster.

8. Enjoy a honey facial:

 Massage a teaspoon of raw honey into your face and let it sit for 10-30 minutes before rinsing with cool water. This simple honey mask can smooth your skin, fight wrinkles, improve skin tone, reduce redness, and help with blemishes.


9. Beautiful Skin:

Honey can do wonders for your skin. That’s the reason why you will find it in many skin-care products today. Honey acts as a great anti-aging agent and moisturizer. It is rich in natural antioxidants that have anti-microbial properties. They help protect your skin from harmful UV rays and facilitate the skin’s ability to rejuvenate. Honey also has the ability to absorb and retain moisture and this helps in keeping the skin well hydrated, fresh and supple. It is known that ancient women used honey and milk to keep the skin youthful, radiant and smooth. Here are some easy recipes of facial mask and exfoliators that you can try at home.

10. Fights Acne:

It’s embarrassing and debilitating to have acne. Honey benefits to rescue those suffering from chronic acne. It plays a crucial role in the treatment of acne. Acne is caused by the build-up of oil and dirt on skin. Since honey absorbs impurities from the pores on the skin, it acts as an ideal cleansing agent. Honey is also a natural antiseptic, and soothes and heals your skin. It is often used to get rid of pimples.

When you buy honey, make sure you buy raw honey. Raw honey gives better results than regular honey as it has all its beneficial values intact because it is unfiltered. Organic honey can also be a great alternative.

Facial Mask 


1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon fuller’s earth (multanimitti)
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method:

Mix them well to form a thick paste.
Apply it to skin and leave it for 15 minutes.
Wash it off with warm water.
Use this mask to give your face that oomph!

Facial Exfoliator Recipe:

Use this exfoliator to remove dead skin cells from their roots. This also helps in terminating blackheads. Exfoliation is good for oily as well as dry skin. It should be done at least once a week.


Honey
Lemon juice
Sugar

Method:

Mix them and gently rub it on your skin.
Leave it for about 10-15 minutes and rinse with warm water.
Honey cleanses your skin, lemon juice brightens it up and sugar works as an excellent exfoliator. If you are battling a breakout of blackheads, read my earlier post Nine Ways to Get Rid of Blackheads for Good

Facial Mask 

Glowing skin 

1 teaspoon honey (preferably raw honey)
1 teaspoon olive oil
Yolk of an egg

Method:

Blend all of them together and apply it to face.
Leave it for 15-20 minutes and then wash it off with warm water.
This mask will help you remove sun tan and give a glowing skin.

Healthy Hair:

Honey with all it goodness does wonders for your hair! Know how honey benefits hair! It cures dry, damaged and dull-looking hair. It helps retain moisture and get rid of dry, itchy flakes on your scalp. It also helps keep your hair clean, lustrous, healthy and shiny. Try the following hair mask to get smooth and shiny manes: Other than this, you can even learn more hair masks in this excellent post.

Honey Hair Mask:

Honey
Olive oil (preferably extra virgin)
Lemon (you can substitute lemon with whipped yoghurt if you wish to)

Method:

Heat together three tablespoons of olive oil with two tablespoons of honey.
Further, add a tablespoon of lemon juice and mix well.
Apply the mixture to the scalp and hair when still warm.
Leave it for 30 minutes or longer and then rinse and wash off.

For Quick Rinse:

After shampooing your hair, add two teaspoons of honey and some lemon juice to three cups of water and stir. Rinse your hair with this concoction and dry it normally.

For Quick Boost:

To give your hair a regular boost of honey benefits, mix a teaspoon of honey with your shampoo and apply to your scalp and hair. Work it to lather and let it sit for two minutes or so and then, rinse it off.


Hair packs:

For silky hair: If you want manageable and silky hair especially during the monsoons, apply this pack on your hair. Mix two tablespoons of curd, two eggs, juice of lemon and five drops of honey in a bowl and apply it on your scalp and hair. Keep it for half-an-hour before washing it off with water.
Shiny locks: Another hair pack using honey is mixing it with olive oil and applying it on your locks. Keep it on for some time and then wash it off. This will add a shine to them.

Benefits of Honey

Discover the health benefits of one of the oldest sweeteners on earth, plus some interesting trivia, some great recipes and a few cautions.

Bees swallow, digest and regurgitate nectar to make honey; this nectar contains almost 600 compounds. We need our bees, so let’s do everything we can to save them and keep them here on this earth.

Honey is so good we have included it in our list of powerfoods that should be in your kitchen right now

Health Benefits:

1. Prevent cancer and heart disease:

Honey contains flavonoids, antioxidants which help reduce the risk of some cancers and heart disease.

2. Reduce ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders.

Recent research shows that honey treatment may help disorders such as ulcers and bacterial gastroenteritis. This may be related to the 3rd benefit…

3. Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-fungal:

“All honey is antibacterial, because the bees add an enzyme that makes hydrogen peroxide,” said Peter Molan, director of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

4. Increase athletic performance.

Ancient Olympic athletes would eat honey and dried figs to enhance their performance. This has now been verified with modern studies, showing that it is superior in maintaining glycogen levels and improving recovery time than other sweeteners.

5. Reduce cough and throat irritation:

Honey helps with coughs, particularly buckwheat honey. In a study of 110 children, a single dose of buckwheat honey was just as effective as a single dose of dextromethorphan in relieving nocturnal cough and allowing proper sleep.


6. Sweetener:

 Sugar can be substituted with honey in many food and drinks. Honey contains about 69% glucose and fructose, enabling it to be used as a sweetener that is better for your overall health than normal white sugar.

7. Weight Loss:

 Though honey has more calories than sugar, when honey is consumed with warm water, it helps in digesting the fat stored in your body. Similarly, honey and lemon juice as well as honey and cinnamon help in reducing weight. Read more about the benefits of honey in weight loss.

8. Energy Source:

 According to the USDA, honey contains about 64 calories per tablespoon. Therefore, honey is used by many people as a source of energy. On the other hand, one tablespoon of sugar will give you about 15 calories. Furthermore, the carbohydrates in honey can be easily converted into glucose by even the most sensitive stomachs, since it is very easy for the body to digest this pure, natural substance.

9. Skin Care with Milk and Honey:

 Milk and honey are often served together, since both of these ingredients help in creating smooth, beautiful skin. Consuming milk and honey every morning is a common practice in many countries for this very reason.

Dry Beef Chilli

                                                                                                  Cooking time:25 mins
                                                                                                           Serves: 4-5

Dry Beef Chilli is really healthy traditional cooking recipe. It is very easy to prepare and gives you unique taste of Beef & Mutton Recipes.

    Ingredients :

Beef undercut cut into thin strips 1 1/2kg
Soya sauce               1 tbsp
Garlic               8  cloves
Salt                to taste
Black Pepper       1  tsp
Vinegar             2 tsp
White pepper powder   1 tSP
Sugar                 1 tsp
Oil                   4 tbsp
Green chilies( cut in to halves ) 15
Cornflour            1tsp
Sesame oil    for drizzling
Chicken cube flour  1 tsp

Method:

Marinate undercut with sugar,blackpepper,white pepper, soya sauce, vinegar,garlic,cornflour,chicken cube flour and salt for 1 hour .
Heat oil in a wok and cook undercut  on low flame till dry .
Fry green chillies in the same wok for few minutes, add undercut and cook for a few minutes,dish out.
Drizzle sesame oil on top and serve.

Shab Daig

                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                       Cooking Time: 40-45

                                                                                                   Serves :4-6

Sapid recipe of shab daig will be hit if you make it by this recipe. Meat, mince balls, turnip, carrot are main ingredients of this dish. Make this for lunch menu on sunday and don't forget to send it to your neighbours.

 Ingredients:


  Mutton                                  1kg
  White turnip,beef mince   1/2kg each
  Carrots,lemons,tomatoes,
  onions (finely cut)                  3 each 
 Green chillies fresh coriander   
  (finely cut)  1/2 cup  altogether 
  Turmeric powder                       1 tsp
  Cumin powder,sugar                          1 tsp each
  Chickpeas (roasted and powdered)       1tbsp
   Red chilli powder                           1tbsp
   Hot spices powder                           2 tsp
  Coriander powder ,garlic/ginger paste    2 tbspeach 
   Hot water                                          3 cups 
   Salt                                                    to taste 
   Yogurt, oil                                     1 cup each 


         Method:

• Cut turnips and carrots in to thick pieces.
• Cook mutton with oil, onins, turmeric, red chillies, coriander ,garlic/ginger and 1 cup water in a pot till tender.
• Add yogurt,suger and tomatoes, fry thoroudhly.
• Mix chickpeas, cumin and 1/2 hot spices  in mince,grind and shape  in to balls.
• Heat oil in a wok and meatballs golden,remove
• Fry carrots  and turnips in the same oil .remove 
• Add meat ball,  carrots,turnips and remaining water to pot and keep on dum.
• When oil separates add coriander and chillies, and remaining hot spices.
• Squeeze lemon juice on top and serve.