cooking with uzmababar

Mutton Nehari Recipe/Mutton Nehari Delhi StyleNehari/Restuarant style        The Dehliwallas  or as most Lucknawi loyalist believe in the kitchens of the Nawabs of Awadh, in the latter part of the 18th century at the decline of the Mughal Empire Nihari is rumoured to have taken birth either in the back alleys of the Jamia Masjid in Delhi .A  Arabic word Nahar which means morning, thus the very name Nihari implies it is to be consumed early in the morning. This rich slow-cooked beef delicacy was the reason the Nawabs of Lucknow would take an indulgent nap between Fajr (morning) and Zohr (early afternoon) prayers. They ate Nihari for breakfast, especially in the winters .The high protein meat allowed for a progressively slow increase in blood sugar and therefore resulted in decreased cravings through the day. This practice continues to date; the labourer still eats Nihari early in the morning to sustain him through the day, and the wea...