Halwa, Poori, Cholay Recipe:

http://www.halal-mama.co.uk/search?q=halwa+poori

Halwa Poori Cholay is a savory/sweet dish made up with sweet halwa, spicy cholay, and lightly salted pooris.This dish is eaten at breakfast time and is enjoyed throughout Pakistan.I chose this dish because it is a traditional Pakistani dish that we eat every Eid in the morning for breakfast, to celebrate the beautiful holiday eid.This dish is really special to me because it’s connected to my culture and is a dish we associate with happy times and celebrating times.The ingredients needed to make each food is…

Cholay Recipe:

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 1 tbsp garlic and ginger paste
• 1 can (400 g)  drained chickpeas
• 3 tomatoes, chopped
• approx. 1 cup of water
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 2 tsp garam masala
• pinch of kalonji seeds
• 1 green chili / 1 tsp chili flakes
• salt and pepper to taste

Start by heating the oil in a pan.Fry onions till golden brown and then add garlic and ginger paste.Then add the turmeric powder, garam masala, and kalonji seeds stir well and fry for at least 2 minutes then add tomatoes.Cook until tomatoes are tender.keep adding water to avoid tomatoes from drying out but don’t add too much.once tomatoes are soft add chickpeas salt and pepper and let it simmer until cooked.Garnish with chili flakes and chilis.

Halwa Recipe:

 

• 1/2 cup semolina

• 100 g butter/ghee

• 1 cup sugar

• 2 cups water

• 4-6 cardamom pods

• 1 tbsp kewra essence

• handful of sultanas, almonds and pistachios

Heat butter in a pan.break up cardamon pods and cook in butter.roast semolina until golden.In another pan boil, sugar and water add essence.mix the two mixtures and let it simmer for 5 mins stirring occasionally.

Poori Recipe:

• 1/2 kg plain flour
• water to add
• 2 tbsp oil
• oil to fry

Start by making a smooth dough with flour water and a little bit of oil.Then heat a pan with oil. Make small dough balls.Roll out the dough into thin circular disks and fry.

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Kheer:

http://www.candycrow.com/2015/06/rice-kheer-recipe.html 

Kheer is a sweet rice pudding that is eaten for desert and is enjoyed all around Pakistan especially during the winter because it is nice and hot and delicious and warms you up when your freezing.This traditional sweet dish is a hit at Pakistani parties because it is a very common pudding that anyone from kids to elders can enjoy.The ingredients needed are…

• Milk – 1/2 liter
• Cooked Rice – 1/4 cup
• Saffron – pinch
• Pista – 1 tbsp
• Sugar – 1/4 pinch
• Cardamom – Pinch

Start by adding milk into a pan and let it cook until the milk is half its volume.Then add a pinch of saffron and let it mix in thoroughly.Add sugar and rice to it.after that add aAdd the pinch of cardamom and coarsely grounded pista to it. Cook until required consistency is reached.