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Kaleji

Amma's notebook · Main course, page 1

Liver cooked with onions and spices, then bhuna until the oil comes out.

Kaleji, in Amma's handwriting
Amma's original. Tap to open full size.

Method

  1. Cut and clean the kaleji and let all the water drain.
  2. In a pressure cooker heat oil, add garam masala and then onions. Fry until the onions are done.
  3. Add ginger-garlic, salt, haldi and mirchi and fry for a while. Add methi bhajji if using.
  4. Add the kaleji and fry for some time. Add a little water and pressure cook.
  5. When the cooker has cooled, put it on high flame and bhuno until the oil comes out.

Serve with

Garnished with kothmir.

Typed up from Amma's handwritten notebook. Her Hindi and Urdu words are kept as she wrote them.

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