Join Farhana on her up-coming cooking class presented by: Lets Get Cookin' at 4643 Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village, California on Wednesday, the 27th of April' 2011 at 6:30 PM The title of the class is A Royal Indian Feast Farhana Sahibzada returns to "Let's Get Cookin" to cook an elaborate Indian/Pakistani Meal Class menu includes: Murgh ka Qorma Chicken Biryani, and for dessert Zarda, the traditional Indian/Pakistani sweet rice saved for special occasions and special holidays! Fahana will show you how to prepare these recipes and students will participate in making them. Join in and remember to bring a friend along Cooking Classes make great gifts!!

Cooking With Farhana

Cooking With Farhana
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Mattar Palao:

1 medium onion Thin Sliced
¼ cup Olive Oil
1 tea spoon salt
½ tea spoon Cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
1 stick cinnamon
1 black cardamom (slightly cracked open)
2 cups 'basmati' rice
3 cups water or chicken stock
1 teaspoon Garlic pureed
2 cups frozen peas



Heat oil in a deep cooking pot, add the cumin seeds, stick cinnamon, black peppercorns and the black cardamom and sauté spices for 15 to 20 seconds and then add the sliced onions. Cook on medium low heat stirring occasionally for even browning. When the onions turn a light golden color add the garlic, salt and the peas stir for a couple of minutes and add the rice. Sauté the mixture for 3 to 5 minutes and then add the chicken stock or water, liquid should be enough to cover the rice about 1/4 of an inch. Cover and cook for 10 to 12 minutes on a medium high flame, once the liquid starts to bubble set the pot with the cover on into a 350 degrees pre heated oven for about 20 minutes, lower the oven to 250 degrees and let the rice steam bake for another 20-30 minutes. Remove from oven and keep covered until ready to serve. Rice pot can be kept warm in the oven set to 'warm' until ready to serve! Sprinkle with additional cumin seeds if desired.

Conducting Indian Cooking Class at the Art's Institute

Johnny and Evlyn making Smaosas!!

This picture was taken at the Grove in Los Angeles Last Month at a Book Signing event for Ms. Martha Stewart! The book signing was held at Sur La Table

Here are some photos from a cooking class I was invited to do for the Cooking School at the Art's Institute in Santa Monica, California to a delightful group of young Chefs!

The class was on a basic everyday Indian meal and I included in it some important culinary tips on the techniques and use of spices in Indain/Pakistani Cooking! The school is delightful and it was a sheer joy to work with this very special group of young chefs and Chef Rivet who heads the International Cooking Program of the school. For starters we made some mouth watering Samosas!