Saturday, July 9, 2011

Doi Ilish / Hilsa

Ingredients: 

1 cup Yoghurt / Doi
 4 piece Ilish fish
 2 tsp Mustard Paste
 1 tsp Ginger & garlic Paste
 4 Green Chillies
 1 tsp kalo jeere
 Turmeric powder
 1 tbsp Mustard Oil
 Salt to taste
1 cup water

Steps:

Clean & pat dry the fish . Marinate with salt and turmeric. Don't fry the fish.
Heat oil in a wok . Add kalo jeere , ginger garlic paste & green chillies & turmeric. Temper.
Add water & salt . When hot add the fish.
In a bowl mix doi & mustard paste.
When the fish is tender add the doi mixture .Cook for 5 mins.
Serve hot with rice.

Ilish / Hilsa Macher Paturi

Ingredients: 

Ilish 6 pieces
Mustard paste 4 tsp
Turmeric Powder
Green chilli paste from 4-5 chillies
Green Chillies slit 4
Banana leaves 6 pieces
Mustard Oil 50 ml
Salt to taste

Steps:

Clean and dry the bananas leaves.
Mix the turmeric powder, green chilli paste, salt with mustard paste in a bowl .Now add mustard oil & mix . Put the fish in paste & marinate.
Brush the leaves with little oil and put the fish marinated with masala in middle.
Wrap each piece of fish with the banana leaf completely and tie with thread.
Put the wrapped fish in a metal tiffin box and put it in boiling water for 15-20 mins or if properly tied can directly put wrapped ilish  in same dish alongwith cooking rice.
In microwave taste will be different . Preheat to 160 degrees. Put the wrapped fish on a tray and bake.for  20 min.
Serve hot with rice.

Ilish / Hilsa Bhaja

Ingredients: 

Ilish cleaned & cut
Salt
Turmeric
Mustard Oil

Steps:

Marinate the fish with salt & turmeric.
Heat oil in a karai.. Put the fish pieces in oil  gently while protecting your hands with all the spluttering.
Fry till light brown on both sides.
Serve with rice or eat simply as snack.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Pui Dana Diye Chingri

Ingredients: 

1 cup pui dana
1/2 cup chingri / shrimps
1 cup sliced potato and pumpkin
2 onions
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
4 green chillies
Turmeric powder
Mustard oil
Salt to taste

Steps:

Clean the fish and marinate with turmeric and salt.
Heat mustard oil in a karai and fry the shrimps . Keep Aside.
Fry the onions , add ginger garlic paste , green chillies .
Add the potato and pumpkin with salt and turmeric.
Add pui seeds & 1/2 cup water.
Cook till  the vegetables sofen little and water dries up.
Now add the fried shrimp and cook for another few minutes.
Serve with hot rice.

Pui Chingri

Ingredients: 

500 gm pui saag chopped with steps
10 chingi/shrimps
4-5 green chillies slit
1/2 tsp paanch phoron
1 tbsp mustard paste
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder
Mustard oil

Steps:

Clean the fish and marinate with salt and turmeric.
Heat oil in a karai .and fry the shrimps. Keep Aside.
Now temper the paanch phoron , chillies,mustard paste & turmeric.
Add the chopped leaves. Saute .Till the water dries up.
Add the fries shrimps and cook for few more minutes on medium heat.
Serve with hot rice.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Modur Pulao

Ingredients: 

Rice Basmati 250 gms 
Milk 4 cups
Sugar 1 cups
Saffron  2 gm 
Ghee 2 tbsp
Almonds  1/2 cup
Cashew nuts  1/4 cup 
Raisins 50 g
Coconut grated 1/4 cup
Cinnamon 23 
Cardamom 3 
Bay leaves (tej patta) 2
Cloves 4

Steps:

1. Heat the milk in a heavy-bottomed pot.
2. Add rice  and cook on low heat till the milk begins to get absorbed.
3. Remove from heat, keeping the rice a little under done.
4. Transfer the rice to a large flat dish.
5. Add the sugar and mix well gently.
6. Soak the saffron in 1/4 cup hot water for 5 minutes.
7. Heat the ghee in a heavy-bottomed pot.
8. Lightly fry the dry fruits, coconut, cinnamon sticks, green cardamom, black peppercorns, and bay leaves.
9. Add the rice and saffron water. Stir well, gently.
10. Put a flat pan / griddle under the pot and cook covered, on low heat till a pleasant aroma emanates and the rice is done 

Friday, July 1, 2011

Gur Chawal

Ingredients: 

1 1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup Jaggery
1tbsp oil
3 cups water
4 small cardamoms
4 cloves
few raisins
cashews
1-2  bay leaf
1 tsp cumin seeds

Steps:

Soak the jaggery in a cup of water for about half an hour.
Take rice and half cook with 2 cups water.
Simultaneously fry all other ingredients in hot oil.
Now open lid and add jaggery water.
Also add all the fried ingredients.
Cover the lid and let the rice cook fully which will be in 5-7 mins.
Turn off the flame and open lid after more 3-4 mins.
Serve.

Mango Rice / Maamidikaya pulihora

Ingredients: 

Rice 1 cup
Raw Mango 1 cup grated
Cashews few
 Peanuts few
Chana dal 1 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Slit green chillies 4
Curry leaves 5-6
Dried red chillies 2-3
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Asafetida pinch
Turmeric 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Steps:

Cook rice so that all grains are separate.
 Heat oil in a karai .
Add the dals , nuts, curry leaves. red chillies , mustard seeds, cumin seeds , green chillies.
Add asafoetida and turmeric.
Add grated mangoes , cook for just 2 mins.
Add salt and rice and mix well.
Serve