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These are old recipes from Awadh kitchens, very rarely cooked now.

This Ramzan I hope to curate some of them once again.

Recipe and Photo by Dr Tahir Zaidi who has cooked it for his family’s iftar.

Ingredients

1. Mutton pieces ( leg or shoulder) – 1/2 kg

2. 1 onion finely sliced

3. 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste each.

1 onion ground to paste

4. 1 tbsp coriander powder

5. 1 tbsp haldi powder

6. Broad beans ( sem)!seeds 250 gm

7. Oil 3tbsp

8. Salt to taste

9. Chilli P to taste

10. 1 tsp garam masala ( to be added after it’s cooked and ready for serving)

Method

Peel and Fry the broad bean seeds and keep aside

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker and fry the sliced onions till golden brown.

Add the powdered & ground masala and keep roasting for 10-15 minutes till oil leaves the sides and it emanates a roasted smell.. Add dashes of water to prevent it from burning. masalas

Add the meat and roast for another 5 minutes.

Add some water and pressure cook for 10 minutes.

When the steam escapes completely add the seeds and let it simmer on low heat for 5 minutes

Garnish with green chilli and coriander leaves.

Sem – choose ones with ripe seeds
Sometimes these are also. Sold loose



]]> https://ranasafvi.com/sem-ke-beej-ka-salam-with-mutton-dastarkheaneramzan/feed/ 0 37221 The Jharokha Darshan in Fatehpur Sikri https://ranasafvi.com/the-jharokha-darshan-in-fatehpur-sikri/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:46:17 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/the-jharokha-darshan-in-fatehpur-sikri/ Jharokha Darshan an old Indian custom was adopted by Akbar and carried on by all subsequent Mughal emperors.

The emperor would appear at sunrise right after his fajr prayers before his subjects.

This is the Jharokha in Fatehpur Sikri in the room called Daftar khana or as Prof Rezavi identifies it the Ibadat Khana

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