Loving Bangladeshi Kitchen(রান্নাঘর)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Ingredients :

Egg-4
Onion-1 small (paste)
Hot green chili-6-7 pieces or according to your taste (you may use 1/2 ts red chili powder)
Turmeric powder-1/2 ts
Cumin powder-1/2 ts
Ginger paste-1/2 ts
Garlic paste-1/2 ts
Oil-around 4 Tbs
Salt-1/2 ts or according to your taste

Procedure :

Boil the eggs, remove outer shell and slightly cut the eggs with a knife. Then add a little bit salt & turmeric powder on the eggs and mix them.
Take onion paste to a little bowl and add turmeric powder,cumin powder,ginger,garlic paste and salt. Mix all of them well.
Heat oil in a pan. Fry eggs lightly. Remove from the pan and keep aside.
Add the masala(spices) mixture to the oil and stir. Add green chili and stir until oil comes out by the side of the pan. Add semi fried egg and stir around 1 minute.
Add 1/2 cup water and cover the pan with lid. Cook it until the gravy looks thick.
Now your egg curry is ready to serve.

Ingredients :

Procedure :

Cut chicken into small pieces and wash.
Heat 1 Tbs oil in a pan. Add chicken and fry them around 4 minutes. Remove from the pan and keep aside.

Heat the remaining oil into a another pan. Add cardamom,cinnamon stick and bay leaves. Stir around 1 minute. Add onion and fry until tender.
Now add chopped tomato and cover the pan with lid. When tomatoes are well cooked add semi fried chicken.
Add ginger,garlic paste,cumin,coriander,turmeric,red chili powder and stir until they are coated. Add capsicum and mix with all spices well.
Add 1 cup water. Cover the pan with lid and cook it in medium heat around 7-8 minutes or until chicken become tender.
Remove the lid and let the gravy become thick.
Then take out on a serving dish and serve hot.

Ingredients :

*If all the ingredients are not available to you can
use ready biryani masala mix.

Procedure :

Cut and wash chicken. Drain water from chicken.
Add red chili powder, garam mashala powder,cumin powder,coriander powder,ginger paste,garlic paste,jaifal,jaiotri,yogurt and 1 ts salt to the chicken and mix all of them very well. Leave it for marinate around 1 hour.
Wash the rice. Take 5 cup water in a deep pan and bring the water boil. When the water become boil add rice,2 pieces cardamom,2 pieces cinnamon stick,2 pieces bay leaves and 1 ts salt.
Cook the rice until 3/4 is done. Drain and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Add 1 chopped onion and fry until deep golden brown. Remove the fried onion from the pan and keep aside.
Add the rest of whole garam masala into the pan and stir around 1 minute. Add marinated chicken. Cook it in medium heat around 25-30 minutes or until chicken become tender.
Take a heavy bottom pan and spread alternate layers of chicken and rice. Carefully end it with rice layer and spread ghee top of the rice.
Cover the pan with lid. If the lid is not tight seal the edge with flour dough.
Cook it in low flame around 20-25 minutes. Turn off the burner and leave it for another 20 minutes.
Spread the fried onion over the biryani.

Ingredients :

Procedure :

Cut and wash the beef and drain water.
Add all the ingredients except dal,onion and oil to the beef. Mix all the spices well and keep it for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in the pressure cooker. Add onion and stir. When onion become tender add the beef and cook around 15 minutes or until the water become fully reduced. Stir occasionally.

Wash dal and add to the beef. Stir around 1 minute. Add 2 cups warm water and wait until water comes to boil. Cover the pressure cooker with lid. Wait for 3-4 whistle to come out or around 15 minutes.
Turn off the burner and let the pressure cooker to go down pressure by itself.
Enjoy it with roti/parata/luci or rice.

Ingredients

Flattened Rice/ chira(চিড়া)-2 cup
Mixed vegetable(carrot, beans,cauliflower,
potato, green peas etc)- 1cup (cut in small cube)
Egg-1
Onion(chopped)-1/2 cup
Green chili(chopped)-1 Tbs
Ghee(Clarified butter)/Oil- 3 Tbs
Salt -1/2 ts
Bay leaves-1piece
Cinnamon -1 stick
Ginger paste-1/2 ts
Garlic paste-1/2 ts
Cumin powder-1/4 ts
Garam masala powder-1/4 ts
Soy sauce-1/2 ts

Procedure:

Take the chira in a strainer and wash it under running water and keep it for about half an hour or more to drain water.

Boil about 2 cup of water in a pan. When water starts to boil, add 1/2 ts of salt and add all the vegetable. Let them cooked for about 2 minutes, then drain water through a strainer and set aside.
Now heat 1 ts of ghee/oil in a pan to a medium heat. Put the beaten egg and scramble it and take out in a bowl.

Then add rest of the ghee/oil and heat it. Add bay leaves and cinnamon sticks, and fry them little bit. Then add the chopped onion and fry them until light brown color comes out.
Then add gingar paste, garlic paste, green chili,salt, cumin powder, garam masala powder and stir it for 1 minutes. Spread soy sauce and scrambled egg, and mix.