Fruit Custard

Ingredients :

Milk - 1 litter Egg yolk - 2 Custard powder - 3 Tbs Sugar - 1/2 cups Raisin - 2 Tbs (optional) Chopped nuts - 2 Tbs (optional) Fruits(banana, mango, apple, grape etc)- around 2 cups (cut in cube size) (do not use fruits which have much water like watermelon)

Procedure :

1. Take the egg yolk in a bowl and beat it smoothly. Now add the custard powder to it and mix them well to make it a smooth mixture.
2. Now take the milk in the saucepan, add the sugar and put it to a medium heat.
3. Stir the milk and carefully add the yolk mixture to it. Remember to stir the milk continuously when adding the mixture. Otherwise egg yolk will create lump in the milk and the smoothness of your custard will be lost.

4. Stir the custard continuously until it start to boil.
5. Then turn off the heat and pour the custard to your serving bowl. Keep it aside to cool down to room temperature and then put it to refrigerator to chill it.

6. Add the fruits, nuts and raisin in your custard just before serve. Do not add them long time before serve, because that will make the custard light and the taste of fruits will lost.

Stuffed Pastry

Ingredients:

1. Puff pastry sheet-1 piece
2. Onion-1/2 cup(chopped)
3. Green chili-3-4 pieces or according to your taste(chopped)
4. Tomato-1 small(chopped)
5. Turmeric powder-1 pinch
6. Egg-2(beaten)
7. Small shrimp-1/2 cup
8. Egg yolk-1(beaten and mix with 2 ts water)
9. Oil-4-6 Tbs+oil for brush
10. Salt-3/4 ts or according to your taste

Procedure:

1. Thawed the puff pastry sheet around 15-20 minutes or until it become ready to handle.
2. In the mean time heat oil in the pan. Add chopped onion and fry until tender. Add green chili,shrimp,tomato and turmeric powder. Fry for few minutes. Add beaten egg and stir well. Fry around 2-3 minutes. When the egg done remove from the pan.
3. When pastry sheet is thawed spread some flour on your rolling board, open the sheet from fold and put on the flour. Again spread some flour on the sheet and roll it with rolling pin to make the sheet little thin.
4. Spread the stuffing in the middle of the sheet.Then cut the side like shown in the picture below. Take one corner of the sheet and crossed it on the other side and pinch it to stick. Then take the other corner and crossed it on the opposite corner and stick it. Crossed all the part like this and make it to a fish shape.Brush oil in a baking tray.Put it on the tray.Brush the egg yolk on it.
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6. Preheat the oven 400 f. Put the baking tray in the oven and bake it around 12-15 minutes or until become nice golden color.

Kolar Pitha (কলার পিঠা)

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients :

1. Ripe Banana -1
2. Rice flour - 3/4 cups
3. Flour - 2 Tbs
4. Egg -1 
5. Jaggery- 5 Tbs or to your taste (soaked in around 1/2 cup of water)
6. Sugar - 1 Tbs (optional)
7. Salt - 1/4 ts
8. Baking powder - 1/4 ts
9. Oil - to deep fry

Procedure :

1. Mashed the ripe banana nicely in a mixing bowl. Add the jaggery soaked water, rice flour, flour, salt, baking powder and mix them well.
2. Take egg in a bowl and beat it well. Then add the beaten egg to the banana mixed batter and mix them. 
3. Make a nice smooth batter by mixing all the ingredients and keep it aside for 15 minutes.

4. Now heat the oil in the frying pan. when oil is heated enough take a spoon of batter and carefully add it into the oil. Add another three or four batch and fry them nicely.

5. Remember do not hurry during frying, otherwise they will remain uncooked inside.
6. When the both side turn a nice brown color, take them out on a paper towel to soak the excess oil.
7. Fry the rest of the batter and serve them.

Bread Pudding

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients:

1. Milk - 5 cups
2. Egg - 4
3. Sugar - 3/4 cups or to your taste 
4. Sugar - 3 Tbs (to make caramel coating)
5. Bread - 6/7 pieces (you can use any kind of left over bread, here we used croissants bread )
6. Ghee / melted butter - 2 Tbs
7. Raisin - 15/16 pieces
8. Almond - 4/5 pieces (chopped)
9. Pistachios - 6/7 pieces (chopped) 

Procedure :

1. Boil the milk in a pan and reduce it to around 4 cups and set it aside to cool down.
2. Take 3 Tbs of sugar in the pan where you are going to make your pudding, add 4 Tbs of water and put in a medium heat to make caramel. Carefully move the pan on the heat until a nice brown color comes out. Then take out the pan from heat and put on a even surface to cool down. OR you can make the caramel on a separate pan, then quickly transfer it on your pudding pan and keep it aside to cool down.

3. Now slice your bread to small pieces. In this recipe we sliced our croissants in the middle.
4. Place your bread slices on the top of the caramel. Drizzle the ghee or melted butter on the bread slice, then spread the chopped almond, pistachios and raisin on the bread and keep aside.

5. Now take the milk on a blander, add egg and sugar and bland them smoothly. You can also use hand mixer.
6. Pour the mixture on the pan where you put the bread slices earlier.



7. You can make your pudding in two ways, on your burner or in your oven.
   *** Making on the burner :
   Take a saucepan large enough to fit your pudding pan. Take some boiling water in the saucepan (take such an amount of water so that  when you will place your pudding pan in the saucepan, half of the pan will be under the water and the pan will not float in the water. You can use a stand to keep the pan steady). Now place the pudding pan in the saucepan and cover both the pan and then keep it in medium heat for around 40-45 minutes (occasionally check the water of saucepan; add more water if needed ).
8. *** Making on the oven :
   If you want to bake the pudding, preheat your oven to 400 degree F, then take a bigger pan than your pudding pan, pour some boiling water in it (take such an amount of water so that  when you will place your pudding pan in the water half of the pan will be under the water and the pan will not float in the water). Now place your pudding pan in it. Cover both the pan and then place it in the preheated oven. Bake it for around 45- 50 minutes. At the last 10 minutes uncover both the pan and keep it in the oven to turn a nice golden color on the top of it.

9. Check your pudding with a knife. Insert it into the pudding; if it comes out clean then your pudding is done. If it seems still liquid or sticky, keep it on burner or in oven for another 5-10 minutes and check again.
10. When pudding is done keep it to cool down. Then carefully run a knife along the edges of the pan, place a plate on the top of the pan and flip the pan to take out the pudding on the plate.
11. Cut your pudding to your desire shape and serve.

Kolosh Pitha(কলস পিঠা)

Ingredients:
For Stuffing:

1. Beef keema-1 cup(cooked)
2. Onion-1 cup(chopped)
3. Tomato-1 medium(chopped)
4. Red chili powder-1/2 ts or according to your taste
5. Salt-1/2 ts or according to your taste
6. Oil-4 Tbs

For Roti:

1. Milk- 1 cup
2. Flour - 1 cup
3. Rice flour-2 Tbs
4. Salt- 1/2 ts
5. Oil/ghee- 1 Tbs
6. Water - 1/2 cup
7. Oil - for deep fry

Procedure:

1. Heat 4 Tbs oil in a pan. Add chopped onion and fry until tender. Add tomato,red chili powder and salt. Stir until tomato become tender. Add cooked keema and fry around 7-8 minutes in medium heat. Remove from the pan and set aside.
2. Take milk in a pan, add salt and make it boil in a medium heat. When milk start to boil, add the flour in it and stir it to mix flour with milk. Mix the dough for about 2-3 minutes in the heat.
3. Now take the dough in a plate and keep it to cool little bit so that you can handle it with hand. Take the oil/ ghee in your hand and start to mix the dough nicely. Mix it for about 6-7 minutes to form a nice dough. Then divide the dough into small balls.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Take one small ball on your rolling board. Spread little bit dry flour on it and make a thin ruti.
5. Now place around 2 Tbs amount of stuffing in the middle of the ruti, fold all side with your finger and press to close so that the stuffing does not come out.(see the picture).
   
   
   
   
   
6. Make all the pitha following this process. Now heat the oil in a medium heat. When oil is heated enough put the pitha in the oil and fry all side, till a nice golden brown color comes out.