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Mutabbaq or Martabak

Mutabbaq or Martabak is a Saudi traditional street food. Its very simple, easy recipe . Its kind of Indian stuffed bread. My recipe has a twist. I used the store bought mutabbaq leaves. and filling recipe is not traditional. I have given Indian touch to them 🙂 Its best for breakfsts, lunch box , snack time as well ifthar.

Traditionally this dish is prepared by kneading dough using all purpose flour, then cooking minced meat, cool them and add egg , then fill in the thinly spread bread and cook on a pan. Will post this traditional method too, next time.

Preparation time : 10 minutes

Cooking time : 20 minutes

Ingredients :

Chicken – 500 gms, boneless , minced

Onion – 2 large. finely chopped

Carrots, beans – 1/2 cup, finely chopped ( optional)

Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/4 th teaspoon

Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Pepper powder- 1 teaspoon

Coriander leaves – few, finely chopped

Eggs – 3

Salt – to taste

Mutabbaq leaves/ spring roll leaves – 8

Butter – 4 tablespoon

All purpose flour – 2 tablespoon ( to make glue)

Method :

Heat a pan, add 1 tablespoon of oil, add finely chopped onion and saute till soft. Add ginger garlic paste. Saute till raw smell goes. then add veggies (optional), minced chicken, salt, pepper, garam masala powder, turmeric and saute well. Close the lid and cook chicken till done. Do not add water, as chicken leaves its moisture. Switch off the flame. Let the masala cool down and keep aside. ( Make sure its completely cooled down)

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Note : If you already have any samosa masala filling , then can use it instead of preparing the above filling.

In a bowl, whisk eggs, add little salt, pepper, coriander leaves, cooled chicken masala and mix well.

In a small bowl, add little water to all purpose flour and mix well to form a thick lump free paste just like how you do for samosa.

Note: You can prepare the mutabbaq sheets by kneading all purpose flour, salt and oil to form a soft dough. Then roll thin breads of this dough like chapati and place the filling in middle, fold the sides to form a square shape.

Take a mutabbaq/ or spring roll sheet. place the egg mix on the sheet in square shape. Apply the all purpose flour paste on the all the sides . place another sheet on them and press it on the sides.

Grease some butter on the heated pan, cook the mutabbaq on both sides till light brown.

Cut them into smaller squares.

Chicken mutabbaq is ready to serve. You can prepare the filling with any meat.

We have a collection of other Ifthar snacks . Try these delicious recipes and enjoy with family 🙂

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Dinner Lunch Salad / chutney / dip Uncategorized

Chicken oats soup

Some healthy and easy soup recipe for Ramadan as well as for other days is here. I have already posted our traditional Fenugreek rice porridge in coconut milk- Metthero kanji recipe. We even like to have this oats soup instead . Its easy, simple. You can skip the chicken and chicken stock cube to make it veg oats soup. Seson it with your favorite spices and enjoy.

Cooking time : 20 minutes

Serves : 4

Ingredients :

Chicken – 2 bone in pieces ,

Onion – 1 small, finely chopped

Ginger garlic green chilli paste -1/2 teaspoon

Vegetables – 1/2 cup chopped ( carrots, beans, sweetcorn etc )

Chicken stock cube – 1

Oats – 2 tablespoons

Water – 3 cups

Method:

Heat a pot or cooker, add 1 teaspoon oil, add onion , saute till translucent. Then add ginger garlic green chilly paste. Saute till raw smell goes. Then add mixed veggies, chicken, 1 cup of water and cook till chicken is done.

Remove the chicken, separate the bone and shredd the chicken. Keep aside.

To the same pot, add chicken stock cube and mix well. Then add oats, 2 cups of water, mix well. Let it cook for 5 minutes on slow- medium flame.

Check for seasoning. Add pepper powder and salt if needed. Add the shredded chicken. Garnish with spring onion & serve.

Note :

Add 1 teaspoon each soya sauce and vinegar to give a Chinese twist to this soup.

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Also have a look at our Ramadan post as well as Soups & Salad recipes collections.

Breakfast Dinner Lunch

Phulka

Phulka is prepared in almost every house in India. This roti is made from whole wheat flour (atta). Phulka is a hindi word , which means “to puff”. The roti gets puffed up when exposed to direct flame. The phulka can be served with a variety of Vegetarian and Non vegetarian curry ! Here ,phulka is pictured with Soya Chunks masala .

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Ingredients:

  1. Atta – 3 cups
  2. salt – 1/2 teaspoon
  3. water – as required to knead
  4. ghee – 1 teaspoon

Method :

Step 1: Take a mixing bowl. Add atta and salt. Add water gradually and knead it into a soft dough. apply ghee all over the dough. Let it rest for 20 minutes (optional)

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Step 2 : Make small to medium balls.

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Step 3 : Flatten the balls to the desired size.

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Step 4 : heat a tawa. put a roti . cook one side.

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Step 5 : after a while, (when it is 1/4th cooked) , flip it over. Cook it on this side until well done.

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Step 6 : Now turn the roti again and hold it directly on the flame. the roti will puff well.

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Step 7 :Remove from the flame. Apple ghee (optional).

check out our collection of Roti/ Paratha Recipes !

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Breakfast Dinner Lunch

Soya Chunks masala

Soya chunks masala is a tangy – spicy masala. Soya chunks are healthy and rich in protein . It is rightly considered as ‘vegetable protein ‘ or ‘meat analogue’ as many use soya chunks as an alternate to meat . Soya chunks are really easy and quick to cook. It can be served with Rumali Roti , Bhatura , Phulka etc

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Preparation time : 20 minutes( soaking) + 7 minutes

Cooking time : 25 minutes

Ingredients :

  1. Soya chunks – 100 gms
  2. onion – 3 medium (chopped)
  3. ginger (chopped)- 1 tablespoon
  4. garlic (chopped) –  1 tablespoon
  5. tomato – 2 medium (make puree)
  6. red chilly powder – 1.5 teaspoon
  7. coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
  8. garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon
  9. turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  10. soy sauce – 2 tablespoon
  11. vinegar – 1 tablespoon
  12. ketchup – 1 tablespoon
  13. chilli sauce – 1/2 tablespoon
  14. sugar – 1 teaspoon
  15. coriander leaves – to garnish
  16. oil
  17. salt

Method :

Step 1 : Soak soya chunks in lukewarm water for 20 minutes. drain it. Heat enough oil in a skillet and deep fry these until golden brown. keep it aside.

Step 2 : Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. saute chopped garlic and ginger for a couple of minutes . then saute chopped onions until it turns golden.

Step 3 : Add spices – red chilly powder , coriander powder , garam masala powder , turmeric powder- and salt. Combine well.

Step 4 : blend tomatoes in a blender / grinder without adding water. Add this tomato puree to the above . give it a good mix. saute for a couple of minutes

Step 5 : add soy sauce, vinegar ,ketchup, chilly sauce and sugar . stir well.

Step 6 : Finally, add fried soya chunks and stir it well. cover and cook for 2-4 minutes on medium heat. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Serve it hot with roti / phulka.

Also, check our collection of Veg Curry / masala / dry recipes

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Dinner Lunch

Prawns Biryani

This is a delicious prawn biryani with a flavorful combination of basmati rice , fried prawns, spices and herbs. The prawn biryani is made by first frying the prawns and then putting it into a thick gravy made of onions, tomatoes and other spices and herbs. It is then assembled with basmati rice and kept in dum . Fresh veggie salad is enough to complement this biryani. Alternatively, it can be served with Mirchi ka salan  too !

Check our blog for other biryani recipes – 

King fish biriyani

Chicken Dum Biryani

Hyderabadi mutton biriyani

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Preparation time : 15minutes

Cooking time : 40 hour

Ingredients :

  1. Basmati Rice – 3 cups
  2. Prawns – 1 kg
  3. red chilly powder – 1/2 tablespoon
  4. turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
  5. Onion – 6 medium(chopped)+2 (sliced)
  6. Tomato – 3(chopped)
  7. lime juice – 1 tablespoon
  8. Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
  9. Green masala paste (Click here to know how to make it) – 2 tablespoon (or according to your spice requirement) [ I have also mentioned below the quantity of ingredients for green masala paste required for this recipe ]
  10. Coriander leaves – 1 handful
  11. Mint leaves – to garnish
  12. saffron- as required to sprinkle
  13. cashew and raisins – to garnish
  14. whole garam masala
  15. ghee, oil
  16. salt

Method :
Step 1 : Wash and soak the rice for at least 30 minutes. Soak a few strands of saffron in 1/4 cup of water.

Step 2: Clean the prawns well. Marinate it with chilly powder , turmeric powder and salt. Heat enough oil in a kadai. Deep fry prawns . Keep it aside.

Step 3 : In a deep sauce pan , heat 2 tablespoon ghee and 5-6 tablespoon of oil . Deep fry sliced onion. Keep it aside. In the same oil+ghee , fry cashew nuts and raisins. Keep it aside.

Step 4: In the same pan , pour 2-3 tablespoon oil. Saute chopped onions. when it turns golden, add ginger-garlic paste. Saute well. Add tomatoes and saute until it is well cooked

Step 5: Add the green masala paste .Give it a good mix.saute till raw smell disappears .

Step 6: Add the fried prawns and salt. Combine very well. Add lime juice,  2-3 tablespoon of chopped coriander and mint leaves.  Cover and cook on medium flame for 5 minutes.

Step 7 : Mean while, heat enough water in a pot. Add whole garam masala (cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardomom) . When the water starts to boil, add rice and salt. (you may also add lemon, it prevents the rice grains from sticking to each other). Cook for 4-5 minutes. (rice should not be over cooked). Remove from flame and drain the excess water.

Rice and prawn masala is ready. Now we have to set it.

Step 1: Take a deep saucepan. Put 1/4th of the cooked rice at the bottom of the sauce pan. sprinkle little fried onions, coriander leaves, mint leaves and saffron water.

Step 2 : Put the prawn masala as the second layer.

Step 3 : Put the remaining rice. sprinkle the fried onions, coriander leaves, mint leaves and saffron water.

Step 4 : Make 5-6 holes throughout using a spoon. Pour a teaspoon of ghee in each hole.

Step 5: Cover it tightly with a lid. Keep in low flame (dum) for about 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix it well and serve hot .

Note :

Green masala ingredient quantity for 1 kg prawn –

  1. green chillies – 6
  2. ginger – 1/4 inch piece
  3. garlic – 3/4 pod
  4. coriander  – 3/4 tablespoon
  5. fennel seeds – 1/4 teaspoon
  6. jeera – 1/4 teaspoon
  7. cinnamon – 1 small piece
  8. cloves – 1
  9. cardomom – 1
  10. peppercorns – 3
  11. turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  12. coriander leaves – 2-3 tablespoon

roast all the dry ingredients in slow flame slightly. Then grind everything together.

Check our blog for more Prawn/ shrimp recipes at b2d !

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Breakfast Dinner Lunch

Methi Chicken

Methi Chicken is a mildly spiced creamy curry in which the unique flavor of fenugreek leaves is imparted into the chicken. Fresh fenugreek leaves or kasuri methi can be used to prepare this dish. Methi chicken goes very well with rice, roti etc.

Check our blog for Rice Dishes and Roti/ Paratha Recipes ! 

Preparation time : 10 minutes

Cooking time : 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  1. Chicken – 1/2 kg
  2. onion – 3 (sliced)
  3. Tomato – 1 big
  4. jeera powder – 1/2 teaspoon
  5. garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon
  6. turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  7. curd – 2-3 tablespoon
  8. ginger-garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
  9. green chilly – 4
  10. cashew nuts – 12
  11. fresh fenugreek leaves – 1 bunch or kasoori methi – 2 tablespoon
  12. salt
  13. oil

Method :

Step 1 : cut and clean chicken. Marinate it with curd , ginger-garlic paste , slit green chillies and salt. Keep it aside

Step 2 : In a heated pan of oil, saute the onions until brown. Switch off the flame. Let it cool . Make a paste and keep it aside.

Step 3 : make a smooth paste of 1 big tomato . set aside.

Step 4 : Heat oil in a pan. Transfer the fried onion paste. saute for a minute. Then add tomato paste. saute until raw smell disappears .

Step 5 : Add the spices – jeera, garam masala and turmeric powders. combine well.

Step 6 : Transfer the marinated chicken into it.  Combine very well. check for salt. Cover and cook until chicken is done.

Step 7 : Grind the cashew nuts with little water to a smooth paste. Add this to the above chicken gravy.

 Step 8 : Finally add finely chopped fenugreek leaves or kasuri methi. sim cook for 5 -7 minutes. Remove from heat.

Check out for more Chicken dishes !!

 

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