White Khicuri (সাদা খিচুড়ি)

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients:

1. Cinigura rice/ Bashmati rice - 1 cup
2. Moong Dal - 1/4 cup
3. Masoor Dal- 1/4 cup
4. Carrot (cut in cube size)- 1/4 cup
5. Green pea- 1/4 cup
6. Onion (chopped) - 1/4 cup
7. Ginger paste- 1 Tbs
8. Green chili- 2-3 pieces
9. Bay leaf- 2 pieces
10. Cardamom- 3 pieces
11. Cinnamon - 2 pieces
12. Salt- 1 ts or to taste
13. Oil- 1/4 cup
14. Ghee - 1 Tbs 
15. Hot boiled water- 3 cups

Procedure:

1. Dry roast moong dal for few minutes. Then wash the rice, roasted moong dal and masoor dal together. Soak them in water for 20 minutes then drain the water and set aside.
2. Now heat the oil in a big pan. Add the chopped onion and fry til golden brown color come out. Then add the cubed carrot and green pea; and fry for few minutes. 
3. Add the bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon and ginger paste and fry for another 1 minute.
4. Then add the rice and fry them until a nice aroma come out (around 3-4 minutes). Add the hot boiled water, salt, green chili and ghee; and let it cook in medium heat for around 4-5 minutes.
5. Cover the pan and let it cook in low heat for around 20-25 minutes.
6. Then turn off the heat and do not open the lid for 10 minutes.
7. Place the white khichuri on a serving dish and enjoy with kabab or chutney.

Akhni Pulao (আখনি পোলাউ)

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients:
Serves 2 people.

For Rice: Bashmati rice- 1 cup Ghee/Butter/ oil - 3 Tbs Onion (chopped)- 1/2 cup Green chili- 3 pieces Sat- 1/2 ts Sugar- 1/2 ts Aloobukhara- 3-4 pieces Raisin- 8-10 pieces

For Akhni water: Water- 4 cup Garlic (roughly chopped)- 2 clove Ginger(roughly chopped) - 2 Tbs Cardamom - 4 pieces Clove- 4 pieces Cinnamon- 2 small sticks Bay leaf- 2 pieces Whole black pepper- 6-7 pieces

Procedure:

1. Take the water in a large pan, add all the akhni water ingredients in it and boil it. Then let the water to simmer in medium heat until it reduce to around 2 cups of water.
2. Then strain the flavored water and preserve it to use in polau (we will use the water not the other ingredients).
3. Now wash the rice and keep it on a strainer for around 5 minutes to remove the access water.
4. Heat the ghee/oil in a pan. Add half of the chopped onion and fry them until they become light brown in color. Then remove the fried onion on a plate and keep them aside for future garnish.
5. Add the rest of the chopped onion in the ghee and fry them till they become soft. Then add the washed rice, aloo bukhara and raisin; and fry them for 4-5 minutes (a nice aroma of the fried bashmati rice will be spread in your kitchen at that time).
6. Then add the flavored akhni water, salt, and sugar; and cook it in medium high heat for 5-6 minutes. After that cover the pan, turn the heat to low and let them cook for around 18-20 minutes.
7. Garnish the top with the fried onion and serve the polau.

Kacci Biryani(কাচ্চি বিরিয়ানি)

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients:

1. Mutton-1 kg
2. Bashmati rice- 1/2 kg
3. Potato(cut in cube) - 3 medium size(around 250gm)
4. Onion - 1 cup(chopped)
5. Yogurt - 1 cup
6. Milk- 1 cup
7. Cinnamon stick -4 pieces
8. Cardamom-5-6 pieces
9. Clove-3-4 pieces
10. Bay leaf- 4 pieces
11. Garlic paste-1 and 1/2 Tbs
12. Ginger paste- 1 and 1/2 Tbs
13. Garam masala powder- 1 ts
14. Cumin powder- 1 ts
15. Red chili powder- 1 ts
16. Black pepper powder- 1 ts
17. Nutmeg powder (Jaifol)- 1/2 ts
18. Mace powder (jaiotri)- 1/2 ts
19. Aloobukhara/Dried prune-7-8 pieces
20. Raisin -10 pieces
21. Keora water-1/2 Tbs
22. Sugar-1 ts
23. Ghee- 1/2 cup
24. Oil- 2 Tbs
25. Salt- 2 Tbs or according to your taste

Procedure:

1. Clean and wash the mutton properly and keep them on a strainer to drain the excess water.
2. Now take the mutton in the pan (try to use an ovenproof  heavy pan with heavy lid), add yogurt, salt, sugar, half of the ghee, ginger paste, garlic paste, whole masala (cinnamon, cardamom, clove, bay leaf) and all powder masala. Mix all these things well with mutton, cover it and keep it aside to marinate for around 2-3 hour.
3. In the mean time fry the potatoes lightly in oil and keep it aside. Then fry the chopped onion till it get nice golden color and take them out on a paper towel to soak extra oil and keep aside.
4. Wash rice and cook it half and drain through a strainer to drain water.
5. Now add milk on the top of the mutton and then spread the rice on it.Then spread the fried potatoes , fried onion, rest of the ghee, aloobukhara/Dried prune, raisin, keora water one by one on the top.
6. Then cover the pan with lid. If the lid is not tight enough, seal the edge with flour dough.
7. Now preheat the oven to 375 degree F. Then put the pan in the oven and bake it around 20 minutes and then  reduce the heat to 350 degree F and bake it around 45-50 minutes.
8. Then turn off the oven and leave it for around 30 minutes.
9. Now carefully open the lid and slowly mix the biryani from the bottom to top to make an even mix of mutton and rice in the biryani.
10. Serve your biryani hot and enjoy.

Masala Rice

Ingredients:

1. Parboiled cooked rice- 5 cup
2. Tomato-2 large(chopped)
3. Capsicum-1(chopped)
4. Cumin seed-1 ts
5. Black pepper-1 ts
6. Bay leaves-3 pieces
7. Cardamom-4 pieces
8. Cinnamon stick-3 pieces
9. Turmeric powder-1/2 ts
10. Butter/ghee-4 Tbs
11. Salt-1 and 1/2 ts or according to your taste

Procedure:

1. Heat ghee in a pan. Add cumin seed, bay leaves,cardamom and cinnamon stick. Stir for few seconds. Add tomato,capsicum and turmeric powder. Stir around 2-3 minutes. 
2. Add rice, salt and black pepper. Stir thoroughly to mix all of the spices.
3. Stir in medium heat around 4-5 minutes. Remove from the pan and serve. 

Plain Pulao

Ingredients:

1. Bashmati rice-2 cup
2. Onion- 1 large(chopped)
3. Ginger paste-1 & 1/2 ts
4. Cardamom-4-5 pieces
5. Cinnamon stick-3 pieces
6. Bay leaves-3 pieces
7. Whole Green chili-3-4 pieces
8. Ghee/Oil-3 Tbs
9. Saffron/food color-1 pinch(dissolve in 2 Tbs water)
10. Fried onion-1/4 cup(for garnish)
11. Salt-3/4 ts or your choice
12. Hot water-around 4 cups

Procedure:

1. Wash and drain water from rice.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Heat Ghee in a pan in medium heat. Add Cardamom,cinnamon stick and bay leaves, and stir for a while. Add chopped onion and stir until tender. Then add ginger paste and stir for around 1 minute. 
3. Now add rice and stir thoroughly around 1 minute(or until rice seems separated and gives a nice aroma). Then add hot water, salt and green chili. Bring it to a boil. Cover the pan with lid. Cook it in medium heat.
4. When rice is almost done, turn the heat low and add food color. Cover the pan again. Cook it in low heat until rice become nicely cooked and tender.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Before serving stir carefully and spread fried onion on it.

Fried Rice

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients:

1. Basmati rice-2 cup
2. Shrimp(medium size)-10/12 piece
3. Onion(cut in cube)-1/2 cup
4. Egg-3(beaten)
5. Ginger paste- 2 ts
6. Garlic paste- 2 ts
7. Carrot(cut in cube)-1/2 cup(optional)
8. Beans(cut in cube)-1/2 cup(optional)
9. Cauliflower(cut in cube)-1/2 cup(optional)
10. Green peas-1/2 cup(optional)
11. Sweet corn-1/2 cup(optional)
12. Green chilli-2/3 piece
13. Ajinomoto/Tasting salt-1/2 ts
14. Salt-2 ts or your taste
15. Soy sauce- 1 & 1/2Tbs
16. Oil-1/4 cup

Procedure:

1. Boil around 3 cup of water in a pan. Add vegetables and pinch of salt into the boiling water and boil it around 3-4 minutes. Then remove from the pan and drain water through a strainer.
2. Wash rice. Add 5-6 cup water and cook until it become almost done. Remove from the pan,drain water, then rinse with cold water and keep in the strainer to drain water.

3. Heat 1 Tbs oil in a deep pan. Add beaten egg and scramble it, then remove from the pan and keep aside.

4. Now heat the remaining oil in a medium heat and then add onion into it and stir until it become soft. Then add ginger paste, garlic paste and shrimp, and stir it for 2 minutes. Add all vegetable, green chilli, salt, tasting salt, soy sauce, and stir it for around 2 minutes.

5. Then add the rice, scramble egg and gently mix them with vegetable.
6. Now cover the pan and keep it in low heat for around 15/20 minutes.
7. Then turn off the heat and enjoy your delicious fried rice.

Egg Pulao(ডিমের পোলাও)

Ingredients:

1. Basmati rice-2 cup
2. Egg-5 beaten (for polao)
3. Egg-2 hard boiled(for garnish)
4. Tomato-3 medium(chopped)
5. Onion-3 medium(chopped)
6. Green chili-5 (whole)
7. Red chili powder-1 ts
8. Cumin powder-1 ts
9. Ginger paste-1 Tbs
10. Garlic paste-1 Tbs
11. Cardamom-4/5 pieces
12. Cinnamon stick-2 pieces
13. Bay leave-3 pieces
14. Nutmeg powder-1/2 ts
    
15. Coconut milk-2 cup
16. Food color-1 pinch(dissolve with 2 Tbs water)
    
17. Ghee-2 Tbs
18. Oil- 2ts
19. Salt-1 and 1/2 ts or according to your taste
20. Water-around 3 cup
    

Procedure:

1. Wash rice and drain water.
2. Heat oil in a pan. Saute 1/3 chopped onion. Whisk egg with 1/4 ts salt. Add the whisk egg to the onion and make scrambled. Remove from the pan and keep aside.
   
   
3. Heat ghee in a deep bottom pan. Add bay leaves, cinnamon and cardamom. Stir for a while. Add 2/3 onion and fry until it turns light golden. Add ginger and garlic paste, tomato, salt, all powder ingredients and coconut milk, and stir it until oil separate. Then add rice and mix it carefully with the gravy around 5 minutes.
   
   
4. Add 3 cup hot water,stir. When it start to boil, cover the pan with lid. When the rice is almost done add scrambled egg,toss gently. Add food color and keep it in a very low heat.(If needed you can add little hot water to the rice) 
   
   
   
5. Cook until the rice gets well cooked.
6. Slice the hard boiled egg. Garnish and serve.(before serve mix gently)
   

Cumin Rice/Jeera Pulao (জিরা পোলাও)

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients :

1. Basmati rice-1 cup
2. Cumin seed/ Jeera-2 ts
3. Onion-1 medium(chopped)
4. Green chili-2 (cut into small pieces)
5. Cinnamon stick-1 pieces
6. Cardamom-2 pieces
7. Bay leaf-2 pieces
8. Ghee/ Oil-2 Tbs
9. Salt-1/4 ts or according to your taste
10. Water-2 cup

Procedure :

1. Wash rice and drain properly.
2. Heat ghee in a pan. Add chopped onion,cumin seed,green chili,cinnamon stick,cardamom,bay leaves and fry around 1 minute.
3. Add water and bring it to boil. Add rice and salt. Stir and cover the pan with a lid.
4. Cook in medium heat until rice is fully done.

Tehari(তেহারি)

Click here for English.

Ingredients:

1. Beef- 1 kg
2. Bashmati rice- 1/2 kg
3. Ginger paste- 2 Tbs
4. Garlic paste-2Tbs
5. Onion paste- 2 Tbs
6. Onion (chopped)-1 cup
7. Yogurt- 1 Tbs
8. Cumin powder-2 ts
9. Garam masala powder- 1 ts
10. Red chili powder- 1/2 ts
11. Black pepper powder-1/2 ts
12. Nutmeg powder-1/2 ts
13. Green chili- 8-9 pieces or according to your taste
14. Cardamom-2 piece
15. Cinnamon- 2 piece
16. Clove- 2 piece
17. Bay leaf- 2 piece
18. Sugar- 1Tbs
19. Milk-1 cup
20. Oil- 2/3 cup
21. Ghee/ Clarified butter- 3 Tbs
22. Salt-2 ts or according to your taste
23. Water-approximately 3 cup

Procedure:

1. Cut beef to a small size like 1 inch cube, clean and wash it well and keep to drain water for 5 minute.
2. Take beef in a bowl and add yogurt, all paste ingredients(ginger, garlic, onion), powder masala (cumin, red chili,black pepper, nutmeg, garam masala), 3 piece green chili and 1 ts salt, and mix it well.
3. Now pour oil in the pressure cooker and heat it to a medium heat. Add whole masala (cardamom, cinnamon, clove, bay leaf) and chopped onion and fry until onion turns to golden brown color.
4. Add marinated beef and stir well. Stir it occasionally until oil start to separate from masala. Add 1/2 cup of water and bring it to a boil, then close the lid and keep it to medium heat for almost 10-12 minutes or 5-6 whistle come out.
5. Then take out the pressure cooker from the heat to go down the pressure.
6. Now take a medium large pan, pour 3 cup of water and bring it to a boil. Then add milk, 1 ts salt, sugar, washed rice and rest of the green chili. Then cover it.
7. Make rice 50% done, then add all the cooked beef with gravy, mix well. Turn the heat to medium low and cover the pan with lid for 5 minute. Then stir the rice again carefully, spread the ghee on the top, cover the pan and keep it on the low heat for around 25-30 minutes. Try to use lid without any hole and cover the pan well. If you want you can seal the lid with flour dough.
8. Take out the pan from the heat. Uncover it, mix carefully, then spread some fried onion on top of it and serve your tehari hot.

Mutton Biryani (মাটন বিরিয়ানি)

Ingredients : Mutton-1 kg Bashmati rice-500 gm Yogurt-1 cup Onion-3 medium (fried) Ginger paste-2 Tbs Garlic paste-2 Tbs Cardamom-9 pieces Cinnamon-3 stick Clove-4 pieces Green chili-4 pieces Red chili powder-2 ts Turmeric powder-1 Tbs Coriander powder-1 ts Cumin powder-1 ts Lime juice-2 Tbs Saffron-1 pinch Coriander leaves-3 Tbs chopped(optional) Ghee-2 Tbs Oil-1 cup Salt

Procedure :

1. Clean and wash mutton properly, drain water.
2. Place mutton into a bowl. Add all the ingredients except rice,ghee and 1/2 of fried onion. Mix all of them properly and keep it marinate for 2 hours.
3. Take water into a deep pan. Add 1 Tbs oil and salt. When water boils well put rice in the pan and cook the rice half. Remove from the pan and drain water.
4. Place the mutton in a pressure cooker and cook it until 2 whistle come out.


5. Take a heavy lid pod. Place mutton bottom of the pan. Spread half cooked rice in the top of the mutton. Add rest of half fried onion.
6. Prepare the mixture of the saffron with 2 Tbs water.
7. Spread ghee and saffron on the top of the rice.
8. Cover the pod with lid. If the lid is not tight, seal the edge with dough. Cook for 15 minutes in medium heat. Then cook another 10 minutes in low heat.
9. Turn off the burner and leave it for 30 minutes.
10. Before serve, mix them well.

Mustard Oil Khicuri (সরিষার তেলে খিচুড়ি)

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients :

1. Bashmati rice-1 cup
2. Massor dal-1/2 cup
3. Moong dal-1/2 cup
4. Onion-1 medium( chopped )
5. Green chili-7/8 pieces or your choice
6. Turmeric powder-1 ts
7. Cardamom-5/6 pieces
8. Cinnamon stick-4 pieces
9. Bay leaves-4 pieces
10. Ginger paste-1 Tbs
11. Garlic paste- 1Tbs
12. Mustard oil-4 Tbs
13. Salt- 1 ts or your choice

Procedure :

1. Wash rice and dal together and drain water properly.
2. Heat oil in the pan. Add chopped onion, cardamom, cinnamon stick and bay leaves. Fry them around 1 minute.
3. Now add rice and dal and the rest of the ingredients. Fry them in medium heat around 4-5 minutes.
4. Now add hot water around 4 cups. Cover it with lid. Cook in medium heat. When become maximum cooked turn the heat low.