Chocolate Brownies by Chef Saadat Siddiqui

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter or oil              200 gram

Sugar                                         8 ounces

Egg                                            4

Refined flour (Maida)              8 ounces

Baking powder                        1 tsp

Cocoa powder                         2 ounce or 1/2 cup

Milk                                             4 tbsp

Vanilla essence                      1 tbsp

Chocolate                                 200 gram (grated)

For icing:

Chocolate                  300 gm

Cream                        4 tbsp

Method:

-        Preheat your oven at 180 C.

-       Beat butter and sugar very well, then add egg one by one, beat till it is creamy

-       Mix flour, baking powder, coco powder and a pinch of salt and strain it three times

-       Now fold this flour mixture in butter and egg mixture (with spatula or wooden spoon, do not use beater). Also add vanilla essence and milk.

-       In the end fold grated chocolate.

-       Now pour the cake mixture in rectangular cake pan (in cake pan, spread a butter paper, and grease it with oil). Bake at 180 c for 35 to 40 minutes.

For icing:

Melt the chocolate on double boiler, then add cream in it and mix it. Coat the top of brownies smoothly.

Murgh cholay by chef saadat siddiqui

Ingredients:

Chicken (qorma pieces)                                          1 kg

Onion                                                                           1

Chickpeas (Kabuli chanay) (boiled)                       3/4 cup

Ginger garlic paste                                                    2 tbsp

Yogurt                                                                           1 cup

Chili powder (lal mirch powder)                              1 1/2 tbsp

Crushed black pepper (kuti hoi kali mirch)           1/2 tsp

Coriander powder (dhania powder)                       1 1/2 tbsp

Turmeric powder (haldi)                                           1 tsp

Whole all spices (sabut garam masala)               2 tbsp

All spices powder (pissa garam masala)             1/2 tsp

Salt                                                                                 as per taste

Oil or clarified butter (ghee)                                       1 cup

Green chillies                                                               for garnishing

Green coriander leaves                                              for garnishing

Method:

-       Heat oil in a pan, fry sliced onion, also add chicken and ginger garlic paste in it and cook it for 5 minutes add whole spices, chili powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder and cook the chicken till tender.

-       When chicken is tender add boiled chickpeas (kabuli chanay) and cook it further.

-       Lastly add crushed black pepper, all spices powder and mix it.

-       Take it out in a serving dish, garnish with green chilies and coriander leaves