Showing posts with label Bengali food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bengali food. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 March 2013

Pumpkin fitters (Kumro R bora)


Pumpkin fitters   (Kumro R bora)

Ingredients for the recipe -

Pumpkin              Cut in long flat pieces
Salt                      to taste
Sugar                             3 tsp
Haldi                      2 tsp 
Besan                     4 tbsp
Rice flour               2 tbsp
Water                     3 cups
Kalonji/ kalojeera  1 tsp
Sugar                     1 tsp
Mustard oil                    for frying


Method   -     beat the besan and rice flour with salt, haldi (Turmeric), kalojeera (Onion seeds) and water. Keep it aside. Marinate the cut pumpkins with salt, haldi and sugar. In a wok put the mustard oil and heat it. Put the pumpkin pieces in the besan batter and fry it till the colour turns into little bit golden brown.  Serve hot.
(This recipe prepared by my little daughter Suhana who is only 10 yrs old. I am proud of my little chef)

Chicken casserole


Chicken casserole



Ingredients for the recipe -
Chicken                500gms
Onion                   3 to 4
Ginger                  3 inches
Garlic                   5 to 6 pod
Haldi                   2 tsp
Red chilly powder 3 tsp
Salt                       to taste
Curd                     3 tbsp
Capsicum             2 big deseeded and cut into pieces
White oil               2 tsp



Method         marinate the chicken with curd, haldi (turmeric) , red chilly powder, onion paste,  ginger garlic paste for half an hour. In a microwave proof bowl put the marinated chicken with 2 tsp of oil and salt and microwave it for 15 minutes. Give standing time to it. Put the capsicum pieces and stir the chicken pieces and microwave it for another 15 minutes. Give standing time and your chicken is ready.


(This recipe  is made by my little daughter Suhana who is only 10 yrs old. I am proud of my little chef)


Sunday, 23 September 2012

robibar er jolkhabar


ghugni



Ingriedients
2 Cups soaked white Peas overnight
2 onios chopped in cube size (chop 1 onion into 8 pieces)
1 Tomato (chopped)
1/2 tbsp raw jeera(Raw cumin)
1/2 tbsp Garlic paste (You can use crushed garlic also)
1 tbsp Ginger  paste
1/2 tbsp Jeera powder (Cumin seed)
1/2 tbsp Dhania powder (Coriander)
1/4 tbsp Garam masala
Mustard oil
Salt to taste
1/4 tbsp sugar
2 green chili finely chopped




Method

Boil the white peas in pressure cooker 1to 2 whistle in medium flame
Put the oil in a pan put the jeera onion ginger garlic paste
 Cook for a while when the smell of fired masala comes put the jeera coriander powder
Haldi and grated tomatoes. Add salt and sugar as per your taste
When oil comes out from the masala put the white peas and put adequate water cook for a while sprinkle some garam masala and green chopped chilies  and your gughni is ready to serve with pulko luchi

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Tuesday dinner menu


Paneer er nawabi amez

Cottage cheese/paneer    500gms
Dalchini                                1”
Cloves                                         3
Cardamom                                 3
Onion                                           2
Ginger  paste                              2tsp
Bayleaf                                           1
Curd                                          250gms
Method
1              Cut the paneer and fry it with salt.
2           put the ghee in a wok with refined oil
3           put the tejpatta and gorom masala.
4           Add the onion paste, ginger paste, haldi ,lal mirch powder, salt and sugar.
5            When oil comes out from the masala put the beaten curd and fry for 1 min
6           Add adequate water and put the fried paneer cubes.
7            Garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves
NOTE paneer should not be over fried and don’t put haldi while frying. and beat the curd with little bit of white oil to avoid lumps

My mom's recipe


Potol-er-Biriyani

Ingredients

Sela Rice                             500gms
Potol (pointed gourd)               250gms
Onion                                   3 big
Ginger garlic paste             3tsp
Lobongo(cloves)                  2
Dalchini (Cinnamon)            1”
Elaichi(Cardamom)              3
Tejpatta (bay leaf)               2
Tomato                                 2 big
Haldi(Tumeric powder)        1tsp
Lal mirch(Red Chilly) powder                1tsp
 Ghee                                    3tbsp
White oil                               2tbsp
Salt & Sugar                         acc. Taste


METHOD

1              Wash the rice and brush it with white oil and keep aside.
2              Peel the potol and brush it with haldi and salt.
3              Put oil in a wok and fry the potol.
4              Keep aside the potol and fry the onion paste with ginger garlic paste  haldi lalmirch powder a little bit of sugar and put salt as per your taste.
5               When oil comes out from the masala put a little bit of water and put the fried potol. Wait till potol are well cooked.
6               In a deghi put the ghee.
7              Put the tejpatta and gorom masala.
8              Put the rice and fried well.
9              Put double the amount of water ie 2cups of rice means 4cups of water.
10       When the rice is half done put salt and sugar according to your taste.
11       Put the potol and mix the rice and potol and cover the degchi.
Eat it enjoy the meal

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