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MANDI

Ingredients

500g rice

700g mutton

Salt as needed

6 tbsp oil

2 medium size onions

1 tsp whole cumin

1 tbsp whole hot spices

2 green chillies

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1 tsp dry ginger powder

1 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin powder

2½ glasses hot water

1 tsp butter

For the mandi masala —

1 tsp bay leaf

1 tsp cloves

1 tsp cardamom

1 stick cinnamon

1 tsp black pepper corn

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp roasted cumin 

Method

Put all the mandi masala ingredients in a grinder and grind well. Keep aside.

In a pot, add and marinate the mutton using salt, 1 tablespoon of mandi masala, turmeric, and oil. Keep in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

In a cooking pan, add oil, onions, whole cumin, whole hot spices, salt, green chillies and fry it until light brown. Add garlic, marinated mutton, salt, red chilli powder, black pepper, dry ginger powder, and cumin powder. Mix well.

Now add hot water and steam for 30-40 minutes on low heat. After steam let the mutton out and add rice in the pot and cook for a while. Afterward, add mutton on the surface of the rice and cook. In the end place a foil paper in the middle of the rice with hot coal and butter and cover it for a while to get that smoked aroma. Now your tasty mutton mandi is ready to serve.

VERMICELLI LOAF

Ingredients

1 pack vermicelli

¼ cup ghee

1 cup sugar

½ cup mawa

½ cup mix nuts

¼ tsp cardamom powder

2 egg white

½ cup powder milk

Method

In a pan, dry roast the vermicelli. Soak vermicelli in hot water for few second. Let the water drain. Grease a cake mould. Now in a bowl beat the egg thoroughly and make a foam. Add all ingredients to it. Mix gently. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake mould and bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes. When it is done, allow it to cool down. Cut into pieces and serve.

CHOCOLATE SALAMI

Ingredients

1 cup cocoa powder

200g tea biscuits, digestive

½ cup toasted almond, chopped

4 tbsp raisins

2 tbsp water

½ cup butter, melted

¾ cup condensed milk

2 rectangle plastic sheet

Coating —

2 tbsp cocoa powder

2-3 biscuits, powdered for coating

Method

Soak raisins in 2 tablespoons of water for 10 minutes. Break biscuits into large bits with hand. Then take biscuits, cocoa powder, chopped nuts in a bowl. Mix all together. Add soaked raisins, butter and condensed milk to the biscuits mixture and mix thoroughly. Mixture will be wet but firm. Divide the mixture into two portions. Place one portion in the centre of a plastic sheet. Then roll it into a log. Press it very tightly and twist the ends like candy. Repeat with remaining mixture to make second log.

Coating the log —

In a bowl mix biscuit powder and cocoa powder. Remove the plastic wrap from the chocolate salami log. Roll the log in cocoa-biscuit mixture. Slice with a sharp knife just before serving.

Photo: Sazzad Ibne Sayed

Food: Salina Parvin