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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Bhai Phota Menu from my kitchen

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Bhai phonta or Bhai Dooj is a Bengali Celebration for the wonderful relation between brother and sister. We celebrate this on third day of Diwali. We cook a lot of authentic Bengali dishes on this day. Here is a list of few dishes recipes of which are available in my blog.



Luchi



Bengali Ghugni - Dried yellow peas curry

 

Bengali Basanti Pulao - Sweet Yellow fried rice 

Bhapa Ilish - Bengali style steamed Hilsa with mustard sauce and yogurt

 

Kasha Murgir Mangsho - Chicken curry with thick gravy

Rasgulla / Rosogolla - Bengali syrupy dessert

 

Please take a look at the recipes and provide any feedback as you like / dislike

Monday, October 28, 2019

Happy Diwali to all my readers

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Dear all, Wish u and your family a very happy Depavali & prosperous

 new year. May God fulfill all your wishes in wealth, health & happiness 

in your life.

Monday, October 14, 2019

A collection of recipes for Lakshmi Puja

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Happy Lakshmi Puja to all my readers

May Goddess Lakshmi enrich every one of you with her blessings

I believe any Puja day menu should be strictly Vegetarian - in this light some of the Bengali authentic recipes are presented here 




Chanar Dalna - Bengali cottage cheese curry

Kumro Alu Capsicum tarkari - Vegan Pumpkin Potato curry with capsicum

 


 Please let me know how did you like/dislike the menu





Friday, October 11, 2019

Matar Paneer - Cottage cheese with green peas Indian curry

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There are several popular Indian preparations for Paneer or cottage cheese like paneer butter masala or shahi paneer or kadai paneer or matar paneer. They all look almost same, but they differ in taste and the spices. This one is medium spicy one and is very common household preparation in North India. It is a semi dry dish but you can increase the amount of gravy by adding water and the spices in proportion.

Preparation Time: - 10 min


Cooking Time: - 30~35 min


Servings: - 3~4 persons

Ingredients:

  1. 250 gm Paneer or cottage cheese.
  2. 1 big Onion chopped
  3. 1-inch Ginger chopped
  4. 4 cloves of garlic crushed (You can use 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste instead of chopped ginger and crushed garlic)
  5. 2 medium Tomato finely chopped
  6. ½ cup Green Peas
  7. 1 Green Chili deseeded (you can have more according to your taste)
  8. 10 Cashew Nuts
  9. 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  10. 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  11. 1-inch Cinnamon
  12. 2 Cloves
  13. 1 Bay leaf
  14. 2 nos. Red Chilli or 1 ½ tsp Kashmiri Red Chili powder (again you can increase this as per your taste)
  15. 1 tsp crushed and dried Fenugreek leaves (Kasuri Methi)
  16. ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
  17. 3~4 tbsp Fresh Cream or Malai
  18. 2 tsp Garam Masala powder
  19. ¼ cup water
  20. 2 tbsp Butter / 2 tbsp Ghee (clarified butter)
  21. 3~4 tbsp Vegetable Oil ( I used Sunflower oil but you can use Canola or any vegetable oil )
  22. Salt to taste
  23. 2 tbsp Coriander leaves finely chopped

Preparation: -

  1. Cut the Paneer into medium cubes. The preferred size is 4 cm. x 4 cm. x 1 cm.
  2. Chop onion and tomato. Keep aside.
  3. You need to chop and crush garlic & ginger if you do not use ginger garlic paste like me.
  4. Boil the Cashew nuts in little water and blend it to have smooth paste. Keep aside.
  5. If you use fresh peas, then make sure to boil for 5~7 minutes in water to make it soft. Keep aside. This step is not required if frozen peas are used as that one is already soft.
  6. In a Kadai or deep bottomed frying pan, heat 4 tbsp oil in high heat and turn the burner to medium.
  7. Add Bayleaf, cinnamon, cloves and cumin seeds in it and let the spices crackle.
  8. Add finely chopped onion and sauté till they turn translucent.
  9. Then add crushed ginger garlic and keep stirring till the aroma of garlic goes away.
  10. Add a deseeded green chili and finely chopped tomatoes, stir and cook for 3~4 minutes till the juice of the tomato evaporates and start to leave oil.
  11. Now add turmeric powder, Kashmiri Chilli powder and coriander powder in the mixture and stir for 1~2 min.
  12. Use a grinder to make a smooth paste of the above mixture.
  13. Use the same frying pan and pour the Ghee or butter. Pour the above paste in it and fry for 2 minutes.
  14. Add green peas and paneer cubes – stir continuously so that the spice paste is coated on every paneer cubes and peas.
  15. Pour ¼ cup water and cook for about 3 minutes.
  16. Add Fresh cream and cashew nut paste and stir to mix properly.
  17. Now sprinkle dried fenugreek leaves (Kasoori Methi) by crushing in hand.
  18. Sprinkle garam masala.
  19. Mix everything well and continue cooking till the gravy becomes according to your liking.
  20. Turn off the burner – garnish with chopped coriander leaves and a green chili.
Serve hot as Side dish to Roti, Paratha or flavored/jeera rice. In fact I can eat it with plain steamed rice as well.



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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Happy Dussehra - Shubho Bijoya to all my Indian readers

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Dear Readers,
On the auspicious occasion of Dussehra / Durga Puja Dashami I convey best wishes for you and your family
May this day clear all the hurdles of your life and start a new era of happiness.