Black Bean Soup

Black Bean Soup

  1. In a large pot over medium-high heat, place the beans in three times
    their volume of water. Bring to a boil, and let boil 10 minutes. Cover,
    remove from heat and let stand 1 hour. Drain, and rinse.
  2. In a slow cooker, combine soaked beans and 1 ½ quarts fresh water.
    Cover, and cook for 3 hours on High.
  3. Stir in carrot, celery, onion, garlic, bell peppers, jalapeno pepper,
    lentils, and tomatoes. Season with chili powder, cumin, oregano, black
    pepper, red wine vinegar, and salt. Cook on Low for 2 to 3 hours. Stir the
    rice into the slow cooker in the last 20 minutes of cooking.
  4. Puree about half of the soup with a blender or food processor, then pour
    back into the pot before serving.

Broccoli Cheese Soup

Broccoli Cheese Soup

  1. Bring broccoli and broth to boil, simmer 5 minutes, and add American
    Cheese cubes.
  2. Heat on low until cheese melts, add salt and pepper to taste.
  3. If soup is too thick, add heavy cream to thin to desired consistency

Basic Bean Soup

Basic Bean Soup

  1. In a large bowl, combine the beans with the water, cover and let soak
    overnight.
  2. In a large pot over medium high heat, combine the soaked beans with
    water, carrots and onion. Add more water to cover all, if necessary. Bring
    to a boil, then reduce heat to low and let simmer for 4 to 6 hours.
  3. Add ketchup just to get desired color. Season with salt and black pepper
    to taste.

Sindhi Biryani

Sindhi Biryani

  1. Slice the onion and fry it in oil until it is light brown. Take out 1/4
    of it and keep aside.
  2. Add Garlic (Lehsan), Ginger (Adrak), tomatoes, prunes (Aaloobukharay),
    salt, chili powder, cloves, cardamoms, Black Pepper, (Kali Mirch), Cumin
    Seeds (Zeera), and cinnamon to the remaining fried onions.
  3. Fry this until the tomatoes are tender and the water is dry.
  4. Then add meat, yogurt and water (if desired) and cook on medium heat
    until the meat is tender and the water has evaporated.
  5. On other side boil the potatoes until they’re half cooked.
  6. Now, add green chillies, mint, coriander leaves, and the half boiled
    potatoes to the meat. Simmer for 2, 3 minutes. Your meat curry is done.
  7. Boil the rice with salt, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and black cardamom
    and drain the water off when the rice is half done.
  8. Layer the curry with the rice in a pot in one on one layers. Sprinkle
    the food color, fried onions, and chopped mint leaves on top of the last
    layer.
  9. Close the lid tightly making sure no steam passes out of the pot and
    cook on low heat until the rice is done.
  10. Gently mix it before serving.
  11. Serve with Raita.