Khausey

Khausey is a Burmese dish, which have been adopted by the Memon community of Pakistan, and modified to suit our palettes.

Its hearty and delicious.

It does require a bit of work, but its well worth the effort.

I got this recipe from my Sister-in-law, and she got it from somewhere on the internet.

It basically comprises of 3 components, Karhi (either gram flour karhi or coconut karhi), Chicken Masala and Noodles. I'm making gram flour karhi here.

Servings: 2 

So, for this you'll need:   

For The Karhi:

1-2 tbsp of Gram Flour (Besan)

250 grams of Yogurt

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp of Red Chili Powder

1/2 tsp of Turmeric Powder 

1/4 tsp of Cumin (Zeera)

1/2 tsp of Lemon Juice

For Chicken Masala:

250-300 grams of boneless Chicken (cubed)

1 medium Onion sliced

1 tsp of Ginger Garlic Paste

1 tbsp of Tomato paste

Salt to taste

1 tsp of Red Chili Powder

1/2 tsp of All Spice Powder (garam masala)

1/2 tsp of Coriander Powder

2 tbsp of Yogurt

Other Ingredients :

1/2 packet of Spaghetti

1 Medium Onion fried till golden brown

1-2 Spring Onion chopped

Lemon wedges

Potato crisps (i used doritos :D) 

Add all the ingredients, except lemon juice, for the Karhi in a heavy bottomed pan with 2-3 glass of water. Cook for 1 and a half to 2 hours on low flame. Add lemon juice in the end.

Heat a little oil in a pan, add Onions, Fry till light golden.

Add chicken, ginger garlic paste,

Tomato paste,

Salt, All spice, Red chili powder, Coriander powder. 

Cook for 2-3 minutes. Then add a bit water and leave to cook for 30 minutes.

When the water evaporates. Add yogurt.

Cook on high flame till saucy and thick. Check seasoning.

Boil spaghetti.

Prepare Condiments.

To serve, Add noodles in the bottom of the bowl, pour karhi on top, place chicken masala in the center.

Top it off with condiments.

Super delicious !! 

Enjoy !! 

Singaporean Rice

II'll be sharing a recipe for Singaporian rice with u today,

and i'm not even sure if there is such thing as Singaporian Rice in Singapore :D

But I made it today, And enjoyed every bite of it.

This is not my recipe, its a recipe by a great chef/designer and the person who inspires me to cook

Farah Jahanzeb Khan.

You can check out her group here.

I've adjusted the recipe and the ingredients slightly to suit my taste.

This recipe has a lot of prepping and a lot of steps, 

you'll have to be in the kitchen for a long period of time. 

But in the end, when you are done and you come to table for dinner, you'll be happy

and when you can a bite of this, you'll want to make it again !! :D

So yea that sums it up to how delicious this dish really it !

Ingredients :

(For the Gravy)

1/2 kg of boneless chicken

1 inch piece of ginger

5-6 cloves of garlic

1 cup of tomato puree

4-5 tbsp of tomato ketchup

2 tbsp of Soy Sauce

1 tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce

1 tbsp of Vinegar

Salt to taste

1 1/2 tbsp of Red Chili flakes (adjust according to taste) (Farah Jahanzeb used Paprika powder instead of this)

1/2 tsp White Pepper

2 tbsp of Brown sugar

2 cups of Chicken Stock

1/2 tsp of Chinese Salt

2-3 Green Chilies (sliced)

(For the Rice)

750 gms of Rice.

1/2 tsp of Ginger Garlic paste

Green part of about 4 Spring Onions

1 Carrot

1 Capsicum

1 tbsp of Soy Sauce

1 tbsp of Chili sauce

1 tbsp of Vinegar

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp of freshly ground Black Pepper

1/2 tsp of Chinese Salt

(For the Vegetable Stir fry)

1 Capsicum

1 Carrots

1 Onions

(you can use any veges you like, like cauliflower, cabbage, corn)

(For the Mayo Sauce)

1/2 cup of Mayonnaise

1 tbsp of Chili Sauce

Salt to taste

1/4 tsp of Black pepper

Spaghetti : 1/2 packet boiled.
Fry 3-4 cloves of garlic till golden.

Method:

(For the Gravy)

Cut Chicken in cubes

Roughly chop ginger and garlic.

Heat a little oil in a wok, stir fry chicken with a pinch of salt and black pepper

...when cooked, take out and keep aside.

In the same wok heat around 2 tbsp of oil, add ginger garlic. When fragrant...

...add tomato puree, tomato ketchup..

...salt, red chili flakes, white pepper, Chinese salt, brown sugar...

...soy sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire Sauce. Mix.

And let cook for 2 3 minutes.

Add chicken stock and the fried chicken (taste and adjust seasoning at this point). Cook till thick and delicious.

In the end add sliced green chilies. 

The gravy is DONE !! yay !!

(For the Rice)

Boil rice. Drain and keep aside.

finely dice the vegetables.

Heat about 3-4 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add ginger garlic paste. Saute till fragrant.

Add the vegetable and fry on high heat for a minute. Add the sauces, salt, black pepper and chinese salt.

Add the rice and mix.

(For the Vegetable Stir fry)

Cut the vegetables as desired :D

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a wok, add the vegetables and stir fry with a pinch of salt on high heat. 

(For the Mayo Sauce)

Add everything in a bowl

and mix !!! 

Now for Assembling.

Fill the rice on the base in the dish in which you are going to serve

...than a layer of chicken gravy..

...Stir fried vegetables...

... spaghetti...

Fried garlic..

Mayo sauce...

Top it of with sev if you like.

Enjoy!!!

Tips : You want everything to be hot at the time you serve than this is how you'd proceed.

1st : Boil the spaghetti and rice.

2nd :  while they are boiling chop up your veges and everything.

3rd : make the gravy.

4th : make the mayo sauce.

(these steps can be done like an hour or two before serving)

Now you have to work fast.

5th : make the rice base.

6th : heat the gravy while you are making the rice.

7th : stir fry veges and directly add on top.

8th : heat the boiled spaghetti in the microwave for a minute and add.

9th : fry the garlic and add.

Submitting this recipe at Midweek Fiesta.

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Chow Mein

Today i came up with "MY" own recipe of chow mein. It is a lot more delicious and delectable than before. As for the recipe that i posted earlier, i will not go into detail of what happened with it, believe me, u dont want to know, i'll just tell you that I came across a very unworthy and a selfish person, she called me names and insulted me, making me realize what a selfish and a bitter person she is at the core with all the sugar coating on the outside. It was sad. Anyways, lets not dwell on that, we all come across such people in life, right ?

So here goes,

Ingredients:
Chicken : 1 breast fillet, cut in strips
Black pepper : 1/2 tsp
Salt : to taste

(For the Sauce)
Ketchup : 3 tbsp
Soy Sauce : 2 tbsp
Oyster Sauce : 2 tbsp
Chili Sauce : 1 tbsp
Red chili flakes : 1 tsp or according to ur taste
Salt : to taste
Ginger : 1/2 inch piece crushed
Garlic : 3 large cloves crushed

(For the noodles)
Egg noodles : 1 packet
Capsicum : 1 large sliced or 2 medium
Cabbage : 1 small
Carrots : 2
Spring onions : 3-4
Salt : to taste
Black pepper : 1/4 tsp
Chinese salt : 1/2 tsp

Yea we eat "A LOT" of ketchup :D

Method :

Marinate chicken in salt and black pepper. Leave for 10-15 minutes.

Slice veges. Keep aside.

Mix ingredients of the sauce with 3 tbsp of water. Keep aside.

Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a wok of high flame. Cook chicken till tender.

Add Veges, salt, black pepper and chinese salt. Stir fry on high flame.

Add the sauce. Mix. When the sauce starts to bubbles...

 Add spring onions...

...and egg noodles.

Toss and serve.

Enjoy!

Tip: If you like a little more spice than u can add 3-4 sliced green chilies with the vegetables.