Chicken Vegetable Pulao, Flaky Vegetable Squares And Banana Honey Bread by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients For Banana Honey Bread:

• Flour 8 oz
  
• Baking powder 1 tsp
  
• Butter 8 oz
  
• Bananas 8 oz
  
• Caster sugar  4 oz
  
• Grated rind of lemon a little
  
• Eggs  2
  
• Honey  6-7 tbsp
• Grated nutmeg 1/4 tsp
  
• Honey  2 tbsp

Method:

1. Beat butter add in caster sugar and mashed bananas, fold in flour and baking powder, rind of lemon, nutmeg and honey.
2. Pour in a loaf tin and bake at 180 degree C for 1 hour or till done.
3. When loaf is cool, warm the honey for the topping an brush all over.
   

Ingredients For Chicken Vegetable Pulao:

• Basmati rice 2 cups
  
• Onions sliced 2
  
• Yogurt  1 cup
  
• Chicken boneless  2 cup
  
• Mixed vegetables 2 cups
  
• Bay leaves  2
  
• Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
  
• Green chilies  4
• Black pepper 1 tsp
  
• Red chili powder 1/2 tsp
  
• Cardamoms 2
  
• Cloves  4
  
• Cinnamon  1 inch piece
  
• All spice powder 1 tsp
  
• Ginger paste  1/2 tsp
  
• Garlic paste  1/2 tsp
  
• Mint leaves  1 tsp
  
• Coriander leaves 1 tsp
  
• Salt  to taste
  
• Oil  1 cup

Method:

1. Wash and soak the rice for half an hour.
2. Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and fry each one separately in oil.
3. Heat oil in a a pan, add onions, yogurt, chicken boneless, red chili powder, ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, black pepper powder, cumin seeds, bay leaves, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, chopped green chilies.
4. Cook for 6-8 minutes stir well.
5. Add all vegetables and cook till chicken and vegetables are tender.
6. Add salt in water and boil.
7. Add the rice to this to this hot water.
8. Strain with 3/4 th done.
9. Now its time to arrange rice and vegetable and chicken mixture layers.
10. You should have two layers of rice and one layer of vegetable mixture.
11. Top it off sprinkle fresh chopped mint leaves and fresh chopped coriander leaves.
    

Ingredients For Flaky Vegetable Squares:

• Puff pastry 1 kg
  
• Egg 1
  
• Olive oil 1 tbsp
  
• Onion chopped 1
  
• Garlic chopped 2 cloves
  
• Brinjal, cubed 1
  
• Zucchini, sliced 1
  
• Capsicum, chopped 1
• Tomato chopped 1
  

Method:

1. Divide puff pastry into half, roll it out, brush with egg, top with the other puff pastry.
2. Cut into large squares.
3. Place on baking tray and bake at 180 degrees C for 20 minutes.
4. Let cool. Meanwhile heat oil, add onion and garlic, saute, add brinjal, zucchini, capsicum, tomatoes and saute.
5. When vegetables are done, make sure excess liquid is evaporated.
6. Just before serving, cut a round hole in each of the pastry cases, pull out soft pastry from the center, fill the cavities with the vegetable mixture and serve immediately.