Chicken and shrimp biryani

It took nearly a week for me to post a recipe ...sorry guys:( Whenever i open my laptop my kid will be the first person to grab it from me.At last i am posting this special recipe .I wanted to try something different from the usual biryani,so i combined both shrimp and chicken ...wow..i assure you guys the taste is really awesome:)Here comes the process...




Ingredients

1.Chicken-1 lb
2.Shrimp-1 LB
3.Onion-1 lb
3.Tomato-3
4.Mint leaves-1/2 cup
5.Coriander leaves-1/2 cup
6.Biryani masala-3 tsb
7.Chilli powder-3 tsb
8.Green chilli-5
9.Bay leaf,cloves,cinnamon-each 2
10.Basmati rice -2
11.Oil
12.GG paste-4 tsb


Procedure
Wash basmati rice and keep it aside.Marinate shrimp with curd and salt for 1 hr.Now in the cooker pan add oil,when hot add clove ,bay leaf and cinnamon.Then comes the diced onion ,saute for a while when turn soft, add gg(ginger/garlic) paste cook till the raw smell goes,then add tomato .Fry till the water comes out.Now add powder masala(biryani masala and chilli powder).Saute till the raw smell goes.Add mint ,coriander and green chilli.The main secret tip is to saute well till the oil oozes out.Finally add the cleaned chicken ,marinated shrimp and rice.For 1 cup of rice add 1 1/2 cup of ware and cook for 3 whistle.Now biryani is ready to serve with onion raitha:)

Sweet poli

This is one of favourite sweet and famous sweet in south india.I tried many times but something or the other goes wrong..but this time it turned out perfect.I got some tips from blog friend Viji(vcuisine).



Ingredients

For the pooran:
1.Channa dhal-1 cup
2.Sugar-1 1/4 cup
3.Cardoman-1/2 tsp

For the dough:

1.All purpose flour-1 cup
2.Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
3.Salt-a pinch
4.Oil-3 tsp

Method

First make a dough out of all purpose flour ,salt ,tumeric powder and oil.Knead the dough well with water.Cover it with wet cloth and keep it aside for 3 hrs.In the mean time soak dhal for 1 hr.In a pressure cooker coook it for 3 whistle.Without adding water grind dhal to a fine paste in a blender.Now in a kadai add this dhal paste and sugar .Stir untill it becomes thick.Now add elachi powder.Let it cool for a while.Make this pooran into lemon size balls.Take little of the maida roll a bit and keep this pooran in the middle and cover.Now roll same like chappathi.In the dosa pan put this poli and cook till its well cooked.Yummy poli's are ready to serve:)