Zulekha's Kitchen

Lemon Pickle has a sweet, sour, spicy taste... in short its one of the best lemon achar, rest Lemon pickle has just sour taste but this has many flavors in it.     This Nimbu achar doesn't need any sunlight nor any specific time or season, in fact you can serve the mixture instantly when you make the achar, I start having this achar the moment its been made, as I cannot resist my self. Though best when served after a week or 2 ( approximately 15 day)  as it will give time to Lemons to be soft and the mixture gets thick day by day. Nimbu achar can be served with any Indian cuisine, be it with varieties of daal, or any kind of veggies, or khichdi or mutor pulao or veg pulao...this achar can be served with any desi dish.   INGREDIENTS : 3 Lemons 3 green chillies 1 tsp full heaped red chilli flakes 3 lemon for juice  2- 3 tbsp sugar salt  METHOD:  1. Wash lemons and slit into four , make sure tha...

Keema ( Mutton Mince)  is one of the most famous non veg dish, though keema has lots of variations like green mutor keema ( Click here for recipe ) , green keema rice ( Click here for recipe )  , keema biryani and there are loads of appetizers made of keema ( mutton mince ), but here I am sharing masala keema, this masala keema is tossed in whole and grounded spices, to taste as delicious as it looks, the vibrant red colour adds a glory, and justifies it as a NON VEGETARIAN dish.  But for me, keema only means masaledar , tari- dar delicious spicy mutton mince. I do not remember when did I start having it but yes I can say since child hood, as being raised up in a typical muslim ( follower of Islam) family where non veg is the only dish served every day. I still remember my grand ma use to not like the food unless it did not have tari on it, she had a saying " woh gosht ka saalan hi kya jisme tari na ho,, tari se hi kubsurati aati hai " ( Its of no use if...