Mesmerising awadhi food
Recreating the primordial magic of India’s royal era, the Gateway Hotel at Kozhikode is hosting a grand food festival till May 13.
Awadhi Gosht Quorma
Ingredients
- Mutton curry cut (washed and drained)-1 kg
- Onion sliced thinly-500 gms
- Golden fried onion-100 gms
- Refined Sunflower oil-200 ml
- Ginger garlic paste-100 gms
- Cardamom green-5 gm
- Cardamom black- 5 gm
- Cinnamon-5 gm
- Cloves-5 gm
- Bay leaf- 5 gRed Chilli powder -to taste
- Coriander powder - to taste
- Yellow chilli powder- to taste
- Deghi mirch- to taste
- Salt- to taste
- Cashewnut paste-100 gms
- Curd-100 gms
- Cardamom Powder-5 gms
- Kewda essence-15 ml
Method:
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel. Add whole spices and let them splutter.
- Add mutton pieces and seal the vessel from all sides on a high flame. Lower the flame and add sliced onion and continue sauteeing until the onion is transparent.
- Add ginger garlic paste and saute for two minutes or until the raw smell disappears.
- Add the spice powders and salt and cook for a minute. Add the brown onion and curd and cook until the fat separates.
- Cover the meat with water and cook, covered on a very slow flame until the meat is done.
- Add the cashewnut paste and cook for 10 more minutes. Adjust the seasonings.
- Finish with the cardamom powder and kewda essence.
Galawti Kebab
Ingredients
- Lean mutton mince-1 kg
- Ginger garlic paste-100 gms
- Fried onion paste-100 gms
- Raw papaya paste-70 gms
- Cashewnut paste-100 gms
- Dum Pukht Masala powder-to taste
- Chilli powder- to taste
- Salt- to taste
- Roasted gram powder-100 gms
- Chopped green chillies-optional-to taste
- Chopped coriander leaves -optional
- Ghee-300 gms
Method:
- Mix all the ingredients together. Knead well and leave to marinate for 3 hours in a refrigerator.
- Divide the marinated mince into lemon sized balls. Form into paties of about 2 inches diameter. Heat a griddle to medium hot and grill the patties, baste with ghee, turn over and cook for 1.5 minutes on each side.
- Serve hot with mint chutney.
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