Top 5 Traditional Sub-Continental Meals That You Must Try
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As Everyone knows, Food is a very essential part of our life and all of us do have certain likes and dislikes. Some of us may like spicy while others like a sweet dish and our environment around us also play a huge factor in determining the particular taste for us.
Sub-Continent has a really big history regarding its cooking stuff. Sub-Continent was also known as the "Golden Bird" due to its immense and high-quality crops. It was because of this reason they were able to develop different types of genres in the Culinary department. Following are their Top 5 Miracle dishes.
1: Chicken Biryani
Ingredients required For Biryani
INGREDIENTS
| AMOUNT
| STATE
|
---|---|---|
Chicken
| 1 kilogram
| Cut into medium pieces
|
Curd
| 1 cup
| With 3 spoon water
|
Ginger and Garlic
| 2 Table Spoon
| Paste
|
Nut Mag
| 1 Table Spoon
| Chopped
|
Bay Leaf
| 0.5 Table Spoon
| Crushed
|
Red Chili
| 5 to 6
| Chopped
|
Lemon
| 2 Table spoon
| Cut with skin
|
Rice
| 1 Kilogram
| Soaked in water
|
Onion
| 2 big sized
| Chopped
|
Prunes
| 8 to 10
| As it is
|
Cardamon
| 4 to 5
| Seeds
|
Tomato
| 2 to 3
| Chopped
|
Coriander
| As much as you like
| Powder
|
Green Chili
| As much as you like
| Chopped
|
Peppermint
| As much as you like
| Chopped
|
Oil
| 1 cup
| You know better
|
Cumin
| 1 Table Spoon
| Powder
|
How to make this dish ?
- First of all, take the chicken and mix it with Curd, Chilies, Ginger, and garlic paste. Now let it sit like that for more than half an hour.
- After that, take the cooking pot and put some oil in it. Then put the chicken inside and cook it till it appears brownish and then roast it. After that, take some Nut-mag and mix it in the pot.
- After that, take another pot and after putting some oil in it, you are to heat it up and add onions to it. Cook the onions till they are light brown and then add Cumin and various spices to them. After that, ass the paste of ginger and garlic and cook the onions.
- After that, add the rice already soaked in water and then add water according to the amount of rice. Dry all the water and take the pot off the stove.
- Now, you will notice a layer of broth over the rice. Add green chilies and other things to the dish. Now, put on the lid and let it steam cook itself.
- After the steaming, mix it very well and your Dish is ready to be served.
Cooking time :
To Cook this, It roughly takes 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Calories in 100 grams
There are 400 to 600 Calories with :
Total Fat: 15.8 grams
Protein: 49.6 grams
Carbs: 95.9 grams
2 : Nihari
Ingredients required for Nihari
INGREDIENTS
| AMOUNT
| STATE
|
---|---|---|
Beef
| 1 Kilogram
| Cut into small pieces
|
Knuckle and Marrow meat
| 0.5 kilogram
| As they are
|
Oil
| 1.5 cup
| You know very well
|
Garlic
| 2 Table Spoon
| Paste
|
Onion
| 2 to 3
| Chopped
|
Wheat Flour
| 50 grams
| Cleaned
|
Red Chili
| 5 to 6
| Chopped
|
Salt
| As much as you like
| Added Water
|
Fennel flower seeds
| 2 Table spoon
| Powder
|
Water
| Depends on you
| Warm
|
Fried Onions
| 3 Table spoon
| Dried
|
Cumin seeds
| 3 Table spoon
| Powder
|
Bay leaf
| 2 to 4
| Crushed
|
Mace
| 2 Table spoon
| Powder
|
Nut Mag
| 2 Table spoon
| Chopped
|
Ginger
| 1 Table spoon ginger
| Paste
|
Cloves
| 10 to 15 Cloves
| Crushed
|
Lemon Juice
| 1.5 Table spoon
| Squeezed
|
How to cook this dish ?
- First of all, mix all the spices together except lemon juice and grind well, then add lemon juice and mix it thoroughly.
- Now take your cooking pot and put oil inside and heat it. After that, add the paste of Garlic and mix with the oil and then add meat and let it cook for a while. Add the amount of water according to your meat but a large quantity is required. Cook on a very low stove flame in order to make the meat more tender.
- Now, add the amount of flour that you desire e.g. for 50 grams 3 glasses. You can use boneless meat if you want to. Now, mix all of this.
- Now, add chopped onion in it and add a little bit more oil and then heat it for another 30 minutes.
- Now, your dish is ready. It tastes exceptional with a naan, bread, etc.
Cooking time :
This dish is one other most lengthy and it consumes the time of 4 hours.
Calories in 100 grams
There are 413 calories with :
Total Fats: 54 grams
Protein: 37 grams
Carbs: 9 grams
3 : Karahai
Ingredients required for Karahi
INGREDIENTS
| AMOUNT
| STATE
|
---|---|---|
Mutton (Goat meat)
| 1 Kilogram
| Cut into small pieces
|
Tomatoes
| 2 to 3 Big sized
| Chopped
|
Green chilli
| 3 to 4 medium ones
| Chopped
|
Garlic
| 2 Table spoon
| Paste
|
Ginger
| 2 Table Spoon
| Paste
|
Red Chilli
| 0.5 Table spoon
| Chopped
|
Salt
| As much as you like
| Added water
|
Black pepper
| 1 Table spoon
| Crushed
|
Oil
| 2 Big Spoons
| You know better
|
How to cook this dish ?
- First of all, put the meat in the frying pan and add ginger or garlic paste to it. Fry the mixture at medium heat so that any or all water dries up.
- After that, add water according to the amount of your meat, for 1 kilogram, add 3 glasses of water and put the lid on. Cook the meat at medium heat until the meat becomes tender.
- After cooking, when the meat looks all ready then add the remaining ingredients: oil, black pepper, red chilies, and salt. After that, if any water still remains, then cook the meat at a medium pace and keep stirring until all of the water has dried up. After that, add green chilies and tomato to it.
- Then, bring the heat to a slow pace and cover the lid and cook for 10 minutes.
- Keep cooking until the tomatoes become soft and water dries up.
Cooking time :
It takes up to 35 to 40 minutes to make
Calories in 100 grams
There are 350 to 550 calories in this with :
Total fats: 69 grams
Proteins: 19 grams
Carbs: 13 grams
4 : Haleem
Ingredients required for Haleem
INGREDIENTS
| AMOUNT
| STATE
|
---|---|---|
Mutton
| 1 Kilogram
| Finely chopped
|
Wheat Grains
| 1.5 Kilogram
| Soaked in hot water for 2 hours
|
Lentils
| 1 cup
| Boiled in water
|
Onion
| 3 to 4
| Chopped
|
Garlic
| 1 Table spoon
| Paste
|
Ginger
| 1 Table spoon
| Paste
|
Spices mixture
| 2 Table spoon
| Powder
|
Red Chilli
| 1 Table Spoon
| Chopped
|
Coriander
| 1.5 Table spoon
| Powder
|
Peppermint
| 10 to 12 leaves
| As it is
|
Green Chilli
| 5 to 6
| Chopped
|
Cumin seeds
| 2 Table spoon
| Crushed
|
Ginger root
| 1 to 2 pieces
| In two pieces
|
Lemon
| 2 Table spoon
| Squeezed
|
Turmeric
| 1 table spoon
| Powder
|
Butter
| 2 cups
| As it is
|
Salt
| As much as you like
| Added water
|
Soda
| A tincture
| As it is
|
Oil
| 1.5 cups
| You know better
|
How to Cook this Dish ?
- Take a pot and put butter inside and heat it.
- Then, take the meat onto a frying pan and add the Following ingredients like garlic paste, spices, red chilies paste, Coriander powder, turmeric, and salt. Mix it well and cook the whole under medium heat.
- Take a separate pot and add the grains to it. Add lots of water and one or two spoons of salt and boil it. When the grain becomes tender and soft add the Soda to it and then again cook it from 16 to 21 minutes.
- Now mix the meat with the grains and mix it thoroughly. Mix it continuously so that they are mixed into each other completely. Now grind the lentils in a grinder and make a thick paste by adding 2 to 3 cups of water in it while grinding.
- Now, pour the lentil paste on the meat and grains mixture and mix them thoroughly. Now place the pot on a stove after mixing it thoroughly and cook the mixture on normal heat for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Now, fry the other onion on some butter or ghee and make them brown. Now, separate the oil with absorbent paper. After the Dish is cooked, sprinkle the Spices, fry onions, coriander, cumin, and peppermint onto the plate and serve.
- Keep some of the lemons apart too because lemons can give it a unique texture too.
Cooking time :
This dish takes up to 5 to 6 hours.
Calories in 100 grams
There are 353 to 400 calories in it with :
Total Fats: 61 grams
Protein: 34 grams
Carbs: 5 grams
5 : Channa Chat
Ingredients for Chaana Chat
INGREDIENTS
| AMOUNT
| STATE
|
---|---|---|
Chick peas
| 15 to 30 ounces
| Boiled in water
|
Potatoes
| 1 or 2 large size
| Chopped
|
Onions
| Half large size
| Diced
|
Coriander
| 1 Table spoon
| Crushed
|
Green chili
| 5 to 7
| Chopped
|
Spices
| As much as you like
| Powder
|
Tarmarind
| 2 Table spoon
| Powder
|
Tomato
| 1 medium size
| Chopped
|
Salt
| As much as you like
| Added water
|
How to Cook this Dish ?
This is simply a side dish that we use as an appetizer, still, it is very tasty and I think deserves a place in this article.
- Boil the potatoes in water until they become very soft. Remove the skin of the potatoes and cut them into small pieces. Wash the chickpeas and remove their skin.
- Chop the onions, coriander, chilies and take all the spices, and put them in a bowl along with the potatoes and chickpeas, and mix them thoroughly.
- Your appetizer is ready to be served.
Cooking time :
It takes from 5 to 10 minutes to make.
Calories in 100 grams
There are 200 to 220 calories in it with :
Total fats: 09 grams
Proteins: 18 grams
Carbs: 78 grams
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