Gathering thoughts…
Hello! I am glad to be here and just type out my thoughts, not for the sake of anyone but myself. Hopefully I get to be regualar in the process. Look forward to it. Currently I am preparing for my Steps for my future residency program, so this is not a great time to start. Nonetheless, this can be an outlet and a break.
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Now to the final steps- Step 11 - Now the cover this vessel with a lid tighly and heat it on high flame for a few minutes. Gently open the lid after 2 minutes. If you see the steam coming out, reduce the flame to light. If you don’t, continue the same step with lid covered for another 2 minutes until you get the steam, followed by turning the flame to light (simmer mode). This…
Step 7 - While the cooker stuff is happening, you can start on the second component, which is the rice. Boil the water (almost 2 + 2 times the cup of rice added) only with the bay leaf, a cardamom and a clove and a few drops of oil. Add a few leaves of mint. Squeeze a little lemon for a zing. Step 8 - Add the soaked rice from step 2 to this hot (boiled) water. Don't cover it…
Step 4 - There are some things you keep ready in advance, like 2 finely chopped tomatoes, a bunch of coriander leaves, and half lemon. Now add them all to the the cooker. And stir them well. In the figure of eight..? Yes, try. The tomatoes will release a lot of water. Keep stirring well to mash the tomatoes completely. Again when all of the fluid is gone, you'll know when to…
Now that you have read the part 1 of it, let us get started with the steps - Step 1 - Chop a large onion (or 2 small ones) into really fine slices. Add 4-5 tablespoons (a little more if you want added oiliness. No harm there.) of oil in a large vessel which is a cooker, needed to prepare the curry-like thing that's needed. First add the a few spices - an elaichi, a clove,…
I am quite sure that it's not an uncommon thing for any desi/middle eastern child to declare the following statement - My mom's biryani is the best in the whole wide world! And I'm no such exception to this. I do believe my mom's biryani is the best and every other person who has tried it so far has claimed the same. I thought every biryani all around the world almost tasted…
