Apricot Flan, Mince Biryani And Chicken Irani By Shireen Anwer

Ingredients for Apricot Flan:

• Butter 6 ounces
• Flour 6 ounces
• Sugar 6 ounces
• Eggs  4
• Baking powder  2 tsp
• Vanilla essence  1 tsp
• Milk  1/4 cup

For Filling:

• Apricot dried  250 gm
• Water  2 cups
• Sugar  4 ounces
• Corn flour  1 tbsp
• Butter  1 ounces
• Cream whipped  8 ounces

For Custard:

• Milk 1 cup
• Corn flour  2 tbsp
• Sugar  3 tbsp
• Vanilla essence  few drops

Method:

1. For making filling: add butter, sugar beat it well until it becomes light and fluffy.
2. Now add eggs, filtered flour, and stir it slowly.
3. Now add the flour, vanilla essence, milk and fold it.
4. Then mix it in filling pan and bake it in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
5. Now take it out in a platter.
6. For making filling: Cook the dry apricot and sugar, till they are tendered.
7. Now add cornflour and butter for cooking, until it becomes thick.
8. Then garnish with filling and serve it as chilled.

Ingredients for Mince Biryani:

• Mince  1/2 kg
• Rice  1/2 kg
• Whole spices mixed  1 tsp
• Oil  1/2 cup
• Brown onion  1 cup
• Ginger garlic paste  1 tsp
• All spice  1 tsp
• Salt  1 1/2 tsp
• Chili powder  3 tsp
• Tomatoes  2 chopped
• Yogurt  1/2 cup
• Coriander leaves  1/2 cup
• Mint leaves  15 to 20
• Green chilies  4 to 6 whole
• Boiled eggs  2 for garnish
• Potatoes  2 cubed
• Peas  1 cup
• Turmeric  1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Soak rice for 30 minutes.
2. Now add salt, whole garam masala and boil until it remains to 3/4th. Then take out the water and keep it on a side.
3. Now pour oil add ginger garlic paste, mince, salt, chopped red chili, chopped tomato fry it well. Cover it and simmer it for 15 to 20 minutes.
4. Now add yogurt, potato cubes, peas, cover and cook until potatoes are tendered.
5. In the end add green coriander, chopped mint, green chilies, garam masala.
6. Put boiled rice and mix it with mince. Along fried onions, saffron mixture, kewra and simmer it.
7. Now garnish with boiled eggs slices and serve.

Ingredients for Chicken Irani:

• Chicken  1 kg or 12 pieces
• Yogurt  1 cup
• Cream  1/2 cup
• Onion brown  1/2 cup
• Oil  1/2 cup
• Ginger garlic  1 tbsp
• Almonds grinded 2 tbsp
• Salt  1 tsp
• White cardamom grinded  1/2 tsp
• Black pepper powder 1 tsp
• Lemon juice  2 tbsp
• Saffron  1/4 tsp
• Kewra  dew drops

Method:

1. Add salt, lemon juice, ginger garlic paste on chicken pieces, marinate it for 30 minutes.
2. Now heat the oil in a pan, put the marinated chicken and fry it for 10 minutes.
3. Then pour beaten yogurt, salt, chopped red chili, cover and let it cook, till the chicken tenders.
4. In the end pour oil, heat it add chopped green coriander, kewra water, saffron and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Take it out and serve.