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Fish Shami Kabab

Chomchom

Orange Chiffon Cake

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Mixed Fruit Chutney

Ingredients:

  1. Green mango (cut in cube) -1 cup
  2. Pineapple (cut in cube)- 1 cup
  3. Tomato (cut in cube) - 1 & 1/2 cup 
  4. Prune - 7-8 
  5. Raisin- 10-15
  6. Whole red chili (cut in half)- 3-4
  7. Panch foron - 1/2 ts
  8. Black pepper - 1/4 ts
  9. Red chili powder- 1/2 ts
  10. Salt- 1 ts or to taste
  11. Sugar- 2 Tbs
  12. Oil- 4 Tbs

Procedure:

  1. Heat oil in a pan. Add panch foron in the hot oil and let it temper for few seconds. Then add the whole red chili pieces and fry them for few seconds.
  2. Now add the green mango, pineapple, tomato one by one. Add the black pepper, red chili powder and salt; and mix them. Add little bit of water and cover the pan. Cook them in medium low heat until the fruits become soft.
  3. Mix all the fruits well until they break out. Then add the prune, raisin and sugar; and cover the pan. Cook them for another 5 minutes and then turn off the.
  4. Enjoy your mixed fruit chutney with khicuri or polau or biryani.
Courtesy:
Gopa Rani Nondi
South Carolina, USA

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Whole Chicken Roast with Gravy

Ingredients:

  1. Whole roast chicken - 2 (around 500 gm)
  2. Onion paste- 1 Tbs
  3. Ginger paste- 2 Tbs
  4. Garlic paste-1 & 1/2 Tbs
  5. Green chili paste- 1 Tbs
  6. Cashew nut paste- 1 Tbs
  7. Coconut paste- 1 Tbs
  8. Yogurt (beat with a fork before use)- 2 Tbs
  9. Cumin paste- 1/2 Tbs
  10. Bay leaf- 2 pieces
  11. Cardamom- 3 pieces
  12. Black cardamom- 1 
  13. Cinnamon (1/2 inch size)- 2 pieces
  14. Clove- 4 pieces
  15. Salt- 1 ts or to taste
  16. Oil- 2 Tbs + 1/2 cup
  17. Water- around 2 cups
  18. Chopped onion- 1/2 cup

Procedure:

  1. Wash and pat dry the whole chicken. Tie both of the leg with a thread.
  2. Take the chickens on a big pan and add all of the ingredients except 1/2 cup oil, chopped onion and water; and mix them well with the whole chickens.
  3. Keep them marinated for around half an hour.
  4. Then add the water and put the pan on the stove.
  5. Let it cook in a medium heat until the chicken become soft. Then take out the pan from the heat.
  6. Now heat 1/2 cup oil in a large frying pan. Take out the whole chicken from the gravy and carefully put it in the oil. Fry it until a nice brown color come out on the both side. Fry the other chicken in the same process and put them back on the gravy.
  7. Then add the chopped onion in the oil and fry them until nice golden color come out. Put 1/2 of the fried onion on top of the chicken and save the other half for decoration.
  8.  Put the chicken again on stove and cook for another 10 minutes. 
  9. Take out the chicken on serving dish, garnish the top with the fried onion and serve.