Kabuli Halwa, Batair Yakhni And Fry Batair by Chef Gulzar

Ingredients for Kabuli Halwa:

• Kabuli chickpeas  300 gm
• Milk  1 kg
• Sugar  250 gm
• Khoya 250 gm
• Almonds and pistachio  1/2 cup
• Coconut  1 cup
• Small cardamom  10-12
• Clarified butter  1-1/2 cup

Method:

1. Wash kabuli chickpeas and clean it.
2. Then take it out from bowl and dry, pour milk and let it cook.
3. When the lentil is tendered, dry the milk and remove it from stove, and pour it in blender.
4. Then put the cardamoms for making it crispy and then roast till the it is cooked well and its colour changes.
5. Now pour coconut powder for roasting.
6. Along grated coconut and roast it.
7. When the halwa leaves its ghee then remove it from stove.
8. Now take it out in a serving dish and garnish it with almonds and pistachios.
9. Delicious kabuli halwa is ready.

Ingredients for Batair Yakhni:

• Batair  4-5
• Ginger garlic paste  1 tbsp
• Onion  1
• Red chili paste  1 tbsp
• Turmeric paste  2-3 tbsp
• Yogurt  1/2 cup
• All spices  1/2 cup
• All spice powder  1 tsp
• Oil  2-3 tbsp
• Salt  to taste

Method:

1. Wash the batair and mix the yogurt, Pour oil in a pan heat it and add garam masala.
2. Then add onions for frying, add ginger garlic paste for frying.
3. Now roast it by adding batair.
4. Along salt, turmeric, red chili paste for roasting.
5. Then add water cook it till the stock becomes ready.
6. In the end sprinkle garam masala, serve it by taking it out in dish.

Ingredients for Fry Batair:

• Batair  4-6
• Red chili powder  1 tsp
• Black pepper  1 tsp
• Coriander powder  1/2 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste  2 tbsp
• Gram flour  3-4 tbsp
• Green coriander  1/2 bunch
• Green chilies  2-3
• Mint leaves  1/2 bunch
• Yogurt  1/2 cup
• Yellow food color  a pinch
• Clarified butter/ oil to fry

Method:

1. Clean batair and pour yogurt keep it on a side. Then wash it.
2. Now add green coriander, mint, green chilies and make paste of it.
3. Then put it in a mixing bowl, add green paste, red chili powder, black chili powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, gram flour, pinch of yellow color and then mix it nicely marinate the batair, leave it for half an hour.
4. Now pour oil or ghee in a pan, fry the batair in it, then place them on a tissue paper, so that its oil can be absorbed by the tissue and batair becomes dry.
5. In end, take it out in a dish and then serve it hot.