Golap Pitha

Fish Shami Kabab

Chomchom

Orange Chiffon Cake

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Kumro Bori Curry(বেগুন আলুতে কুমড়ো বড়ি)



Ingredients:
  1. Egg plant(বেগুন)-1 medium (Cut medium square shape)
  2. Kumro Bori (কুমড়ো বড়ি)-12-15 pieces
  3. Potato-1 medium ( Cut medium square shape)
  4. Onion-3 Tbs(paste)
  5. Red chili powder-1 ts or according to your taste
  6. Turmeric powder-3/4 ts
  7. Cumin powder-1 ts
  8. Garlic paste-1 ts
  9. Ginger paste-1 ts
  10. Oil-4 Tbs+2 Tbs
  11. Salt-1 ts or according to your taste


Procedure:
  1. Heat 2 Tbs oil in a pan. Add kumro bori and fry low heat until it turns brown. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  2. Heat 4 Tbs oil in a deep pan. Add all powder and paste ingredients and salt. Stir well and fry little. Add around 3/4 cup water. When the water began to boil add begun,potato and kumro bori. Cook until all liquid evaporated. Stir for few seconds. Add around 2 cup water. Cover the pan with lid.
  3. Cook until the gravy become thick and all vegetables tender.
  4. Enjoy with plain white rice or roti.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Neshester Halwa (নেশেস্তার হালুয়া)


Ingredients:

  1. Semolina - 2 cup
  2. Water - 5 cup
  3. Sugar - 1/2 cup or to your taste
  4. Salt - 1/4 ts
  5. Clarified butter/ ghee - 1 Tbs
  6. Kewda water - 1-2 drop (optional)
  7. Orange food color - 1/4 ts
  8. Cardamom powder- 1/4 ts
  9. Cinnamon powder - 1/4 ts
  10. Pistachios powder - 1/4 ts (for garnish)
  11. Almond- 2/3 pieces (for garnish)

Procedure:

  1. Soak the semolina in the water for around 3 hours. 
  2. Then strain the water through the cheese cloth in a bowl (remember for this recipe we need the strained water, not the soaked semolina).
  3. Put the pan in a medium heat, pour the strained semolina water into the pan and start to stir. 
  4. Now add salt, sugar, ghee, cardamom powder, cinnamon powder,  food color in the pan one by one and continue to stir.
  5. Continuously stir the halwa until it comes to a halwa consistency (it may take 40-50 minutes or little more).
  6. Spread some oil or ghee on your serving dish where you want to garnish your halwa.
  7. When halwa start to  wrap up from the side of the pan, take it in the prepared serving dish. Spread it nicely on the dish. Garnish the top with pistachios and almond and keep it to cool down.
  8. Cut your halwa to your desire shape and serve.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Strawberry Smoothie


Ingredients :

  1. Fresh strawberry - 4 pieces (medium size)
  2. Vanilla flavored ice cream- 3 scoop
  3. Plain yogurt - 2 Tbs
  4. Heavy whipping cream - 1 Tbs (optional)
  5. Sugar - 2 ts or to your taste
  6. Cold water - 1/4 cup (if you want you can use milk)
  7. Ice cube - 2pieces

Procedure :

  1. Wash the strawberry and cut into two pieces.
  2. Put all the ingredients in the jug of your blender and blend it smoothly.
  3. Serve your smoothie cold. 

Spicy Patishapta (ঝাল ঝাল পাটিসাপটা)




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 Batter:
  1. All purpose flour-3/4 cup
  2. Rice flour-1/4 cup
  3. Milk- around 2 cup(warm)
  4. Egg-2 beaten
  5. Onion-2 Tbs(finely chopped)
  6. Green chili-2(finely chopped)
  7. Salt-3/4 ts or according to your taste
  8. Oil-for brush
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 all purpose flour and rice flour in a bowl, add chopped onion,chopped green chili and salt and mix well. Then slowly add warm milk to the flour. Beat with a whisk. Add beaten egg and again beat until the batter become smooth. Keep the batter for 25-30 minutes.
  3. Now take a pan and brush oil.( you can use kitchen tissue or a clean piece of thin cotton cloth to brush)
  4. Take a big round shape spoon. When the oil become heated put one spoonful of the batter on the middle of the pan and round the pan carefully so that a circular shaped wrapper can be form. Turn the heat low and cook it until the wrapper can be lifted without sticking.
  5. Remove it from the pan on a plate, place some keema in a line on one corner of the wrapper and wrap it from the one corner pointing towards you and make a roll.




Friday, June 8, 2012

Raw Papaya Halwa(কাঁচা পেপের হালুয়া)

Ingredients:
  1. Raw papaya-1.5 kg
  2. Sugar-1 cup or according to your taste
  3. Milk powder-1 cup
  4. Ghee- 2 Tbs
  5. Cardamom- 2 stick
  6. Green food color-few drop
  7. Vanilla essence-few drop
  8. Almond for decoration
Procedure:
  1. Peel and cut papaya into small pieces.
  2. Boil papaya with water. Boil it until papaya become nicely tender and water evaporates.
  3. Now mash papaya and make a fine paste. Keep it aside.
  4. Heat ghee in a pan. Add cardamom and stir. After 1 minute add papaya paste and stir.
  5. Now add sugar and stir occasionally. When halwa start to become thick add milk powder and stir continuously.
  6. Prepare the mixture of food color with 2 Tbs water.
  7. Add food color and stir continuously until it comes to a halwa consistency that do not stick to the pan. Add vanilla essence and stir.
  8. Garnish your halwa with some nuts and raisin.