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Cherry Almond Loaf

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Finally the season for fresh farm picked fruits and with it comes the delima of how to use all these beautiful fruits before they go bad. One of the fruits that go bad really soon is cherries. They are really delicious but had to consume a lot. Not advisable as well as it might lead to frequent visits to the loo :). So here is a very delicious and convenient way of using the cherries . A moist quick loaf with sweet cherries. Ingredients: Almond: 1 Cup Blanched and finely Ground All-purpose Flour: 1 1/4 Cups  Baking Powder: 1 Tsp Unsalted, Softened Butter: 1 Stick  Sugar: 3/4 Cup  Large Eggs:3  Ripe Cherries:2 Cups Pitted  and cut Into Quarters Procedure: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease an loaf pan In one bowl. Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder. In another bowl beat the butter with the sugar at medium speed with a hand or table mixer until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one a...

Amritsari Murgh Makhani

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Amritshari Murg Makhani  is a delicacy form state of Panjab which is really famous for its colorful culture, big hearted people and delicious lip smacking food.  Ingredients: For the marination: Chicken pieces: 1 pound Ginger Garlic paste: 2 tbsp Curd: 4 ytbsp Lemon juice: 1 tbsp Coriander powder: 1tsp  Cumin powder: 1 tsp Onion: 1 medium chopped Red chilli powder: 2 tbsp Salt to taste For the gravy: Tomato Puree: 1 cup Butter: 2 tbsp Red chilli powder: 1 tsp  Ginger :1 tsp finely chopped Green chilli: 2 finely chopped Orange color: 1/4 tsp Fresh cream: 2 1/2 Tbsp Coriander powder: 1 tsp Cumin powder: 1tsp Sugar: 1tsp Salt to taste Procedure: Mix all the ingredients for marination to make a paste. Marinate the chicken pieces with the paste and let it marinate for 2 hours. Heat butter in a heavy bottom wok and add the marinated chicken to it. Cook till the chicken is tender. In the meanwhile in a saucepan, heat butter ...

Panasakatha Tarkari (Kathal / jackfruit curry)

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Unripe jackfruit is widely known as panasa katha in Odisha. It has a mild flavor and distinctive meat-like texture and is compared to poultry. It is used in curry dishes with spices, in Bihar, Jharkhand, Sri Lankan, Andhran, eastern Indian (Bengali) and (Odisha) and Keralan cuisines. The skin of unripe jackfruit must be peeled first, then the remaining whole jackfruit can be chopped into edible portions and cooked before serving. Ingredients: Raw Jackfruit : 1 medium size (Peel of the outer layer of the raw jackfruit and cut into small pieces) Potato : 2  medium size cut into quarters Onion : 1 medium finely chopped Ginger Garlic Paste: 2 tbsp Tomato: 1 medium finely chopped Oil : 2 tbsp Turmeric Powder: 1tbsp Chilli Powder: 2 tbsp Cumin Powder: 1 tbsp Coriander Powder: 2 tbsp Cinnamon: 1/2 inch Cardamom : 2 bay leaf: 2 Salt to taste Method: Par boil the pieces of jackfruit with salt and some turmeric powder . Heat oil in a frying pan fry the boiled ...