Zulekha's Kitchen

Butter Chicken Frankie is a lip smacking and delicious appetizer , in which I have given a filling of butter chicken and then assembled it in frankie way by adding onion vinegar salad and rolled tightly in egg chapatti . Though Frankie is a famous Indian street food , served in all street side joints with many variations like mutton frankie , chicken frankie , veg frankie and so on. Well I was preparing Butter Chicken with butter naan for my afternoon meal , but as I wanted to have something different so end up making into Frankie style . To my surprise my Butter Chicken Frankie turned out so delicious that my family demanded to make it more often .  Here is my Butter Chicken Frankie recipe . INGREDIENTS FOR MARINATION  :   1 kg boneless chicken  2 tbsp ginger garlic paste 2 tsp tandoori masala  1/4 cup curd  1 tbsp lemon  1/4 tsp garam masala powder  1/4 tsp cumin powder salt to taste  1-2 tbsp oil   1 tsp ...

Bhuna Gosht is a non creamy , delicious , and flavorful dish , served with parantha or naans with fresh salads . Basically Buna gosht has a thick gravy made out of onions , tomatoes and other spices , roasted in the oil to get that perfect taste . Well the name says it all , Bhuna means roast and gosht means mutton . The more you roast the spices with onions and Mutton pieces , the better it tastes .   The best way of cooking mutton meat , be it boneless or with bones is to cook by slow cooking method , in the thick gravy made out of onions and tomatoes and other spices roasted in oil . But if you are running late , then you can pre boil the mutton pieces in little water with some ginger garlic paste and salt . But I would suggest you to make by slow cooking method . Here is the recipe of Bhuna Gosht . INGREDIENTS :  500 gms lamb boneless meat  2 -3 green cardamom pods  2-3 pepper corns  2-3 cloves  2 black ...

Red Saucy Mayo Pasta has   a creamy texture , which has delicious taste and is delectable too .Though usually pasta is , specially the red one is made with tomato base , but as my hubby is not too fond of tomato based gravies , I twisted this recipe by making white sauce and then adding mayo sauce mixture of my Chicken Burger Recipe . As this was an experiment , I had the remaining sauce mixture of my Chicken Burger Recipe , which I wanted to utilize in any of my recipe , so thought to add to the pasta and make a different taste altogether . And trust me the taste turned out to be so delicious , that my daughter insisted to make this version when ever Pasta is being made. Here is my Recipe of Red Saucy Mayo Pasta ...      INGREDIENTS :  1 and half cup pasta  1 1/2 tbsp all purpose flour  1 cup milk  1/8 tsp dry basil  leaves  2-3 tbsp butter  1 cup cheese grated  sat  SAUCE MIXTURE:  5 ...

Home made  Burger Buns are easy to make , they surely take time , say about 3 - 4 hours , but trust me once you make at home you will always keep making them . You can make burger buns and hot dogs too out of the same recipe . Here is my recipe of Burger Buns . INGREDIENTS :  3 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour ( maida )  4 tbsp sugar ( 1/4 cup sugar ) 1 tbsp instant yeast  1 tsp salt  1 egg  3/4 cup - 1 cup water  1 cup milk  1/4 cup butter  2 tbsp melted butter  1 tbsp egg mixture  1-2 tbsp sesame seeds  METHOD :  1. In a sauce pan , heat milk , water and butter together and make it very warm.  In another large bowl , add half all purpose flour , salt , yeast and  sugar . Mix well .  Now add the milk mixture into the flour with an egg . Start kneading the dough , in between keep adding the rest of the remaining dry flour and make a soft dough .   ...

Palak Paneer is a creamy , delicious vegetarian Indian dish . The recipe consist of paneer in thick gravy made of Spinach puree , seasoned with spices . Here in this Recipe I have saute paneer in butter , to give more flavor to the dish . In fact some add crumbled paneer in the gravy , where as some add tomato and sugar to balance the taste .Here is my version of Palak Paneer .....! INGREDIENTS :  1 bunch spinach  150 gms paneer  1 tsp coriander powder  1 tsp kasuri methi ( optional )  2 -3 green chillies  1-2 bay leaves  1/4 tsp cumin seeds  50 -70 gms cashews  4-5 cloves of garlic butter  1 small onion finely chopped  1/4 tsp garam masala  1/4 tsp red chilly powder  2 -3  tbsp cream 1 tomato  ( peeled and chopped ) ginger julienne for garnish lemon wedges  sat to taste  vegetable oil /ghee /butter  METHOD :  Rin...

PEANUTS CHUTNEY is a lip smacking condiment served along with the Palak Daal or Tadka Daal Rice . Here is the recipe of Peanuts Chutney ... ! INGREDIENTS :  100 gms peanuts  8-9 peeled cloves of garlic  1 tsp kashmiri red chilly powder  salt to taste  1 tbsp oil  METHOD :  Take roasted  peanuts , you can use roasted or plain, salted or unsalted ,fo r plain/raw peanuts (Singh ) , roast on tawa , stirring every now and then, until they change colour or keep in oven for 5 minutes . Once done, shed the skin , separate it ( from the skin ) and keep aside . Crush peanut and garlic together in mortar pestle , not too coarse not to powdered . Add salt and red chilly powder , but you have used salted peanut make sure you just add a pinch , mix well . Now in a fry pan heat oil, add the peanut and fry for few seconds like 4-5 seconds continuously stirring so as to prevent it from sticking . ...