Pot Roast روسٹ بیف recipe by morEwish

 

Classic Pot Roast is an easy to make comfort food that is hearty, filling, and can easily feed the whole family. This Pot Roast is perfectly seasoned and served with tender vegetables!

Pot roast is a big, tough beef cut, seared, covered and cooked slow with herbs and veggies in a flavourful broth until fall apart tender. Good choices for a pot roast include a chuck roast (which I use in this recipe), a round roast or brisket. Select a roast that has lots of marbling in it -which carries flavor and helps make the gravy absolutely mouth-watering!

I always suggest to sear your roast first, the flavour you get when searing your meat first is incredible. The fat is rendered while juices are sealed. This step is well worth the extra time and dishes. While slow cooking, the meat will release amazing flavour into your gravy. Then slow cook using whichever method you like - stove top, slow cooker or instant pot.

You can make this roast in slow cooker, just season the roast with salt and pepper as directed in the recipe. Searing in oil in a skillet is an optional step. Searing your beef roast helps the fat render and seal in the moisture. But I also recognize that one of the benefits of using a slow cooker is a short prep time so that you can throw everything in. Place the seared or un-seared meat directly into a slow cooker. Add in all remaining ingredients and cook on low 8 hours.

TIP: It’s better to cook pot roast on the low setting rather than the high setting when it comes to pot roast. Your meat will be tender and delicious every time.

Amazing bonus of this recipe is the rich gravy that get cooked right in the pot to drizzle all over your beef roast! You can serve as it is or whisk corn starch in cold water or some cold cooked liquid until smooth (this is called a slurry). Remove beef and veggies from the broth and bring to a simmer. Then just whisk the slurry into the simmering broth until thickened.

Pot roast is an instant favorite in my household! Not only is it easy to put together, but it makes for great pot roast sandwiches as leftovers, or tucked into a wrap or pita. I served this hearty and heartwarming recipe over mashed potatoes and with a side of homemade red lobster biscuits.

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Ingredients:

1 can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies
1/2 cup beef broth or water
1/2 cup ketchup
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
4 teaspoons mustard
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons black pepper powder

2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 large onion, halved and sliced
1 medium green pepper, halved and sliced
2 carrots cut into chunks or baby carrots
1 beef chuck roast (2 to 3 pounds)
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water or cold cooked liquid from roast

Recipe inpired by Taste of Home

Qeema Matar in Crock-pot recipe by morEwish 🍽

As per the promise I am sharing another delightful recipe, which you can prepare easily in a Crock-pot - Matar Qeema. It's typical Indian/Pakistani dish where ground meat (Qeema) is simmered with warm desi spices and finished by sautéing with Green Peas (Matar).
The simplicity and ease of this dish makes it a weeknight wonder, and it’s elegance makes it an entertaining classic.

Crock pot recipes have come a long way over the years! You can find slow cooker recipes for almost any meal, from overnight breakfasts to desserts and healthy meal and now Desi Crock pot recipes too. Just throw the ingredients into your Crock-Pot, let that slow cooker go to work, and come home to this ready-to-serve dinner!

It's easy to customize this keema recipe to your style and taste. You can use your choice of ground meat: chicken, turkey, beef or lamb. You can substitute peas with potatoes and you have yourself another classic Qeema Aloo (Minced meat with potatoes). This is a semi-dry dish and you can be enjoy it with Naan, pita bread or with simple basmati rice.


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Ingredients: 

Grounded Meat (Qeema) - 1 lbs 
Onion, sliced 1 medium, 1/2 cup

Tomatoes 2  medium

Salt 1 tsp, to taste
Red chili powder 1 tbsp
Coriander powder 1 tsp
Garlic 1 tbsp
Ginger 1 tbsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Peas (matar) 1/2 - 1 cup
Oil
Garam masala and chopped cilantro for garnishing

Yakhni Pulao in Crock-Pot recipe by morEwish

I think Crock-Pot is one of those gadgets which is must for every kitchen. If you are working or going out to run errands, just dump your ingredients in Crock-Pot and you will come back to a amazing dinner waiting for you!

Yakhni Pulao is an aromatic rice dish where the rice is cooked in a meaty broth. Simple and comforting! You can use any meat like beef, mutton or chicken, I used Veal today..  Some days just call for Yakhni Pulao. Warm and delicious, it's great for the soul on cold fall days and goes perfect with some raita and salad!

My cousin Uzma baji made me realize that there are very few Desi/Pakistani recipes developed for Crock-pot. I started testing desi recipes in crockpot and after trial and error I came up with lot more crockpot recipes including this Yakhni pulao. This time I just made stock/yakhni in crockpot but I will be sharing how to make rice in crockpot soon inshAllah. And I have lot more other desi recipes coming soon too!

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Ingredients: 

Meat (Beef/ mutton/ veal) 2 lbs 

For Stock/Yakhni:
Onion 1 medium
2 - 3 tbsp Coriander seeds (sabut dhaniya)
2 tbsp fennel seeds (saunf)
1 tbsp cumin seeds (zeera)
1 tbsp minced garlic 

1 tbsp ginger paste
Cinnamon stick 1 

Ansi star 1 piece 

Nutmeg 1 small piece
Mace 1 small piece
Cloves 5 -6 

Peppercorn 7 -8 

Cardamon 2 - 3 

Black cardamom 1 

Black cumin 1 tsp

Salt

For Rice:
Rice 3 to 3 1/2 cups
Ginger 1 tbsp
Garlic 1 tbsp

Onion sliced, 1
Tomatoes chopped, 2 medium
Salt
Oil 1/2 cup
Green chilies

Tip:

• If I am using 1 cup rice, will add 1 1/2 cup stock for rice to come out perfect!
• 1 cup rice need 1 tsp of salt