Potato Puff

Why potato is so famous among all vegetables? I think we Bengali’s just can’t imagine any curry without potato. We even cook our Egg curry, Chicken curry, Mutton curry, Fish curry with potato. And in my home my husband and me we both love potato in every way. Wanted to make some easy snack with tea but really didn't have enough time to think so whatever I saw in my kitchen I just made with them a nice tea snack POTATO PUFF. 

Basic ingredients are boiled and mashed potato and I added few things and made this easy POTATO PUFF for us. Easy tasty and perfect for a snowy day. One easier snack for all of you, I know potato is not good for our health but what to do we just can’t think any dish without potato.

Preparation time: 7 to 8 mints.
Cooking time: 10 mints.

Ingredients:
1.One large boiled potato.
2.Half small grated carrots.
3.One small chopped onions.
4.Two to three chopped green chilies.
5.One tea spoon lime juice.
6.One tea spoon corn flour.
7.One bread.
8.Half tea spoon red chili powder.
9.A pinch of chaat masala.
10.One tea spoon ginger garlic paste.
11.One bitten egg.
12.Two three table spoon bread crumbs.
13.Salt and sugar as per taste.

Process:

Mashed the potato nicely now add grated carrots, chopped onions, chopped green chilies, ginger garlic paste, lime juice, corn flour, chaat masala, red chili powder, salt and mix nicely.

Now dip the bread in water and squeeze the water and add it on the potato mixture and mix well.

Now make some oval shape puffs and dip them into the bitten eggs and roll them into the bread crumbs and keep the puffs in fridge for 30 mints.

Now deep fry the puffs and soak the extra oil in paper towel. Serve hot with potato ketchup.

Macher Matha Diye Badhakopi

Big Fish head are always very favorite item for all Bengalis. We really don’t leave any part of fish. Especially the head which we love to cook in various way, and among all of them my favorite one is MACHER MATHA DIYE BADHAKOFI OR FISH HEAD COOKED WITH CABBAGE. Most of the non- Bengali people must not have any idea of this because once I told about this to my friend and she got shocked like anything. But really this one is a typical Bong special and definitely recipe from my Ma’s kitchen.

Only for this recipe I use onion and garlic in cabbage otherwise I cook cabbage only with ginger. I remember in my childhood days I always preferred to have fish head that’s why maa cooks cabbage like that so I can have some cabbage also. While making this one for myself I really miss my Ma’s coking.

Preparation time:15 mints.
Cooking time: 30 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Half finely chopped cabbage.
2.Ruhu or Katla fish head (cut into small pieces);
3.One large sliced onion.
4.One small chopped tomato.
5.One tea spoon ginger and garlic paste.
6.Three to four split green chilies.
7.One dry red chili, Few cumin seeds, Two clove, Two cardamom, One bay leave.
8.Turmeric powder, Red chili powder, Cumin powder, Coriander Powder(half tea spoon of each item).
9.A pinch of garam masala powder.
10.Salt & Sugar as per taste.
11.Sunflower for oil for cooking.
12.Mustard oil for frying the fish heads.
12.Half tea spoon of ghee.

Process:

Wash and clean the fish heads and marinate them with some salt and turmeric. Now add mustard oil in a vessel and fry the head pieces in medium heat till it turn brown. Remove from heat and keep it aside.

Now take one vessel and add some sunflower oil let it become hot now add the dry red chili, cumin seeds, clove, cardamom and bay leave.

After few seconds add the sliced onions and chopped tomatoes and cook till onions are transparent.

Now add the ginger garlic paste along with all the spices powder mix well.

Now add some salt and sugar and add the fried fish head pieces and cook till the oil come out.

Now add the chopped cabbage and mix well. Cook with a lid in medium flame till the cabbage cooked nicely and oil come out from the curry. Now with the help of the spatula try to mishmash the head pieces and mix well. Finally add the garam masala powder and sprinkle the ghee and mix well.

Your MACHER MATHA DIYE BADHA KOFI is ready serve hot with plain rice. 

Prawn or Shrimp Batter Fry

Evening snacks is a big headache in my home. Every day after coming from office my husband wants to have some snacks, sometime I give him some ready made snacks to have. But daily you just can’t adjust with all the ready made stuffs. I love to prepare some easy snacks also. But most of the day we don’t have enough time to make snacks so this kind of an easy snacks are always a better option for us.

I was having some prawns at home so wanted to prepare something with that, so very quickly I prepared some PRAWN BATTER FRY. And they are just too good. It’s a heavenly feeling to have that crispy BATTER PRAWNS. A very easy a nice recipe for any party, try this at home and serve with cold drink.

Preparation time: 10 mints.
Cooking time: 8 to 10 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Prawns: 15 to 18 pieces.
2.One egg.
3.One table spoon all-purpose flour.
4.One table spoon corn flour.
5.Half tea spoon red powder.
6.Half tea spoon black pepper powder.
7.Some salt.
8.Half cup crashed cornflakes.
8.Sunflower oil for deep frying.

Process:

Wash and clean the prawns. Sprinkle some salt into that washed prawns.

Now take one bowl and add all the ingredients (except prawns and oil) and make a smooth batter if needed add some water also.

Now dip the prawns into that batter and roll them into the crashed cornflakes and deep fry them in low flame. 

Soak the extra oil in a paper towel and serve hot with some tomato ketchup.

Homemade Butter Naan.

I was so exited last night after finished my first successful batch of BUTTER NAN’S. Wow they were so good and soft also. Most of the time we preferred to have NAAN in restaurants, but never tried at home before. I always thought it will never be like restaurants. But believe me this one is too good. And the recipe is also not that tough. I just added few chopped coriander leaves which I saw long time back in a cookery show.

After having our dinner my husband asked me when you are going to make this again and I think that’s the best complement for your food. I am not a professional I love food and love to cook for others that’s why when someone else says few good words about my cooking I just feel top of the world.

Preparation time: 8 to 10 mints.
Cooking time: 5 to 8 mints.

Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: one cup.
2.Two table spoon curd.
3.Half cup milk.
4.A pinch of salt.
5.A pinch of sugar.
6.Half tea spoon of baking powder.
7.A pinch of baking soda.
8.Chopped coriander leaves: A handful.
9.One table spoon butter.

Process:

Take one big bowl and put the all-purpose flour on that.

Now add the baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Mix well.

Now add the curd and mix well.

Now add the milk (slowly) and the chopped coriander leaves and make a nice dough (if you need more milk to make the dough then add but don’t add water.

Now leave the dough for 30 mints in an air tight box.

Pre heat your oven in maximum temperature.

After 30 mints make some small round balls, now deep the balls into some flour and with a help of a roller make some oval shape NAAN'S.

Now take one oven proof pan and cover it with a aluminum foil and place the NAAN’S in single layer and grill it for 6 to 8 mints. But every 2 mints just flip the NAAN’s or cook till both the side turn into little brown color. 

After take it out from the oven just brush some butter on top your NAAN’S. Serve hot with any Curry I prepared some Chicken Chap with this. 

Coconut Chicken

A spicy chicken preparation always makes our dinner perfect, that too in chilled cold weather. While making the dinner I always wanted to give him a new essence so that he feels good. Because dinner is the only meal which he eats properly. Breakfast time he is so busy so most of the days he takes only one piece of toast, and in lunch almost every day busy with meetings. That’s why I want him to have the dinner properly.

I already tried many chicken dishes and looking for something new. I had half coconut in fridge and I wanted to finish it so tried to make something with coconut .And prepared this yummy COCONUT CHICKEN. The recipe is really easy, but believe me this one is really too good with the smell of coconut.

Preparation time: 15 mints.
Cooking time: 30 to 40 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Chicken : 600 gm. (medium size pieces).
2.One large sliced onion.
3.One inch crushed ginger.
4.Three to four clove crushed garlic.
5.Half cup fresh ground coconut.
6.Two dry red chili.
7.Few cumin seeds, few coriander seeds, few black pepper corn, 2 clove, 2 cardamom, One small cinnamon stick, Few sesame seeds.
8.Half tea spoon turmeric powder.
9.Half tea spoon red chili powder.
10.One table spoon well bitten curd.
11.Salt and sugar as per taste.
12.Sunflower oil  for cooking.

Process:
Marinate the chicken pieces with some salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder for 15 mints.

Now add some oil in a pan and add the coconut and all the whole spices and fry till the coconuts turn into brown color.

Let it cool now make a smooth paste with some water and keep it aside.

Now add some oil in a vessel and add the sliced onions and fry till the onions are transparent. 

Now add the crushed ginger and garlic and saute for some time.

Now add the chicken pieces and cook till the chickens are tender.

Now add the coconut and spices mixture into the vessel and mix well. Cook with a lid for 10 mints in low heat.

Now remove the lid and add some sugar and well bitten curd. And cook for another 10 mints.

Your COCONUT CHICKEN is ready serve hot with Roti or Paratha.

Anaros er Chutney or Pineapple Chutney

Pineapple is a juicy and tasty fruit which is one of my favorite fruits. The outside texture of pineapple is really too good. But it’s really a difficult task to cut them in proper way. Pineapple is a tropical fruit, can use as juice, cooking and raw. Raw pineapple tastes really awesome what I love about the fruit is the smell.

Last week I purchased one Pineapple from market, and almost half of the fruit we finished on that day itself. But after that I didn’t want to have it raw so I planned to do something with them. Instead of having the raw pineapple you can make some delicious PINEAPPLE CHUTNEY which is really an awesome dish. I prepared some PINEAPPLE CHUTNEY two days back with the help of one of my dear friend Chitrangada Kundu. Me and my husband relish the chutney very much hope all pineapple lovers gonna try this one very soon.

Preparation time: 10 mints.

Cooking time: 30 mints.

Ingredients:

1.One small half pineapple.

2.Few raisins.

3.Few fennel seeds.

4.One dry red chili.

5.One tea spoon lemon juice.

6.A pinch of salt.

7.Four table spoon sugar (as per taste).

8.Sunflower oil.

Process:

Finely sliced the pineapple pieces, and soak them in to some salt water for 10 mints.

Soak the raisins in a cup of water.

Now add some oil in a vessel and add the fennel seeds and the dry red chili, after few seconds 

add the sliced pineapples and stir for some time.

Now add some water, and cook till the pineapple boiled nicely.

Now add the sugar and the raisins and cook in very low flame for 20 mints.

Now add the lemon juice and mix well, remove from heat.

That one is really made your stomach happy. 

Sunday Special Egg/Anda Biryani

Sunday is always a special day for us. So my kitchen is always very busy in Sunday's. If we are at home I have to prepare something special in every Sunday's. Last week I really didn't have anything at my home but still can’t ignore because its Sunday so have to do something with my existing stuff only, and prepared some SUNDAY SPECIAL EGG BIRYANI. Which was really easy and awesome and a must try recipe for all.

For some unexpected guests this one is really a best solution for me. I think we all face sometime the same problem and really can’t ignore them also, so this kind of recipe is always helps us. Biryani without Potato is just can’t possible so I added potato also, this one just prefect for lunch or dinner. 

Preparation time: 15 mints.
Cooking time: 30 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Hard boiled eggs: 4 pieces.
2.One large  boiled potato: cut it into four pieces.
3.Basmati tice: one cup.
4.One large sliced onions. One small fried onions for garnishing.
5.One small chopped tomato.
6.Four to five split green chilies.
7.Chopped coriander leaves: a hands full.
8.Chopped mint leaves: a hands full.
9.One tea spoon ginger and garlic paste.
10.Curd: Two table spoon.
11.Whole garam masala: cardamom:2, Cinnamon stick :1, Bay leave: 1. clove: 2, Jayitri: a small pieces, Shah jeera : a pinch of.
12. Red chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder (half tea spoon of each item). A pinch of turmeric powder.
13.Salt and sugar as per taste.
14.Half cup milk.
15.Few cashew nuts.
16.Few drop of keora water.
17.Sunflower oil: Three table spoon.
18.Ghee: One table spoon.

For biryani masala:
Cardamom:2, Cinnamon stick :1. Clove: 2, Jayitri: a small piece. Star anise:1, Black pepper: 8 to 10. Two dry red chili. Dry roast all of them and grind them.

Process:

Wash and soaked the rice for 10 mints, then marinated the rice with curd, salt and sugar for 5 mints.

Add the keora water into the milk and keep it aside.

Marinate the eggs and potato pieces with some turmeric powder and salt. Now add some oil in a vessel and fry the eggs and potato pieces till they turn golden brown and keep it aside.

Now add the oil and ghee in a vessel and add the whole garam masala after few second add the sliced onions and fry till they turn transparent.

Now add the chopped tomato and fry for some time. Next add the ginger garlic paste and saute for some time.

Now add the chopped coriander and mint leaves and the split green chilies and stir for some time.

Finally add the marinated rice, cashew nuts and the garam masala powder and mix well.
Add enough water and cooked till the rice 80% done.

Now cut the fried eggs into two halves and place the fried egg pieces and fried potatoes into that vessel and add the milk and keora water mixture and cook till the rice done and in very low heat.

Your EGG BIRYANI is ready just garnish with some fried onions and enjoy your BIRYANI with your family.

Creamy Garlic Prawn

One of my dear friend called us for dinner and the foods were amazing like always. She prepared one GARLIC PRAWN which was just too good, what I loved about the recipe was the smell of garlic and I just can’t stop myself to make this at home and I added some my own ingredients which made this really awesome.

And I am sure about that this one will really make your stomach happy, an easy preparation for any party. Prawns are really a very favorite for us and with prawns everything is so special. So every time I love to experiment with prawns.

Preparation time: 10 mints.
Cooking time: 15 mints.

Ingredients:
1.Medium size Prawns: 18 to 20 pieces.
2.The clove grated garlic.
3. Half chopped onions.
4.A pinch of red chili flakes.
5.A pinch of garlic powder (optional).
6.Cashew and sesame seeds paste two table spoon.
7.Two table spoon heavy cream.
8.Salt and sugar as per taste.
9.One tea spoon lime juice.
10.Fresh chopped parsley: A hands full.
11.One tea spoon olive oil.
12.One small cube butter.
13.One table spoon sunflower oil.

Process:

Marinate the prawns with grated garlic, garlic powder, salt, lime juice, red chili flakes and olive oil for 15 mints.

Now add sunflower oil in a pan and add the chopped onions and fry till they turn transparent.

Now add the marinated prawns and cook till the prawns are turning pinkish.

Now add the chopped parsley and mix well.

Now add the cashew and sesame seeds paste and stir for 2 mints, then add the cream and some salt & sugar.

Combine well with everything now add little warm water and cook for 5 mints with cover.

Your CREAMY GARLIC PRAWNS are ready serve hot with Plain rice.

Valentines Day special Bi Color Cake

Today is a very special day for all of us, because the is the Valentine’s day when we want to spend all the moments with ours loved ones. This is the day when most of the couple wants to express their feelings in front of the person who is so closed to their heart. Almost every country celebrates this special day but for me all the day is special when I am with my loved one. 

I really wanted to give him a surprise treat and that’s why I made one special cake for him. The specialty of this cake is I used one extra color with batter and made this red and white cake. A perfect color for valentine ’s Day. The moment he saw the cake he was just super excited which I can see in his eyes and  that's the best gift for me.

Preparation time: 15 mints.
Cooking time: 35 to 40 mints.

Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 1 and ½ cup.
2.Granulated sugar: 350 gm.
3.Eggs: 4.
4.Butter: 180 ml or one stick.
5.One table tea spoon baking powder.
6.One tea spoon fruit essence.
7.One tea spoon red food color.

Process:

Preheat the oven into 175 degree C.

Put the butter in microwave for 20 seconds. 

Now in a large bowl add the melted butter and the sugar, mix well nicely.

Now whisked the eggs with a fork and slowly add them into the bowl and mix well.

Now add the vanilla essence and the baking powder, mix well.

Now add the all-purpose flour and mix well with everything.

Now take one separate bowl and put half of the mixture into that bowl. Now add the red food color into that bowl and mix well.

Take a loaf pan and grease this with little butter and sprinkle some flour into that.

Now pour the batter into the pan and bake it for 35 to 40 mints or till the inserting of a tooth pick into the cake doesn't come out with unbaked batter.

Give this vibrant red color treat to your loved one. 

Chocolate Brownie

A very chocolaty and yummy delicious dish which I baked yesterday and enjoyed every bites of the CHOCOLATE BROWNIE. A very easy delicious dish made with lots of coco powder. Brownie is a very famous dessert which you can serve with Ice cream or Hot chocolate. So many days I was planning to make BROWNIE and also looking for an easy brownie recipe too. Few days back in a cookery show I saw this easy recipe and can’t stop myself to make this. 

The steps are really easy which is more important is that you have to careful about the measurement. And the proper temperature will make your BROWNIE perfect.

Preparation time: 20 mints.
Baking time: 35 to 40 mints.

Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 100 gm.
2.Eggs: 3.
3.Butter : 180 ml or ¾ cup. 
4.Granulated sugar: 350 gm sugar.
5.Coco Powder: 75 gm.
6.One table spoon vanilla essence.
7.One tea spoon baking powder.
8.Some chopped walnuts.

Process:
Pre heat the oven in 175 degree C.

Put the butter in microwave for 20 seconds. 

Now in a large bowl add the melted butter and the sugar, mix well nicely.

Now whisked the eggs with a fork and slowly add them into the bowl and mix well.

Now add the vanilla essence and the baking powder, mix well.

Now add the all-purpose flour and the coco powder and mix well with everything.

Finally add the chopped walnuts and just mix well.

Take a loaf pan and grease this with little butter and sprinkle some flour into that.

Now pour the batter into the pan and bake it for 35 to 40 mints or till the inserting of a tooth pick into the cake doesn't come out with unbaked batter.

Let it cool, and then cut into small square pieces. Enjoy your brownies.