tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16291888300240409402024-03-18T13:12:06.326+05:30Foods from My KitchenLet's Cook Something from Anything!Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-37490355953130056972020-09-07T21:24:00.003+05:302020-09-07T21:43:18.782+05:30Andhra Pradesh Plate<p style="text-align: justify;">It was First day of August and the First State was Andhra Pradesh. Its the very first day of the challenge <a href="https://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2020/09/28-states-28-plates-in-28-days.html">#28states28plates</a> and <a href="https://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2020/09/28-states-28-plates-in-28-days.html">#28states28days</a>. So it was a very basic arrangement. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBfnK0gnAn8QfSEKJPVfWUAFFNzA56CN6Eb6N3mEH5gXRdn9PkXjvgZae-H_RBoJVq86VX56M4so_e4fwavAPyJK1pBZiyd_KfjM45s-sEmFY3tAoKW5lxKyBVVexs3KItG7zBPls4fxm/s960/FB_IMG_1599414002510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="960" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBfnK0gnAn8QfSEKJPVfWUAFFNzA56CN6Eb6N3mEH5gXRdn9PkXjvgZae-H_RBoJVq86VX56M4so_e4fwavAPyJK1pBZiyd_KfjM45s-sEmFY3tAoKW5lxKyBVVexs3KItG7zBPls4fxm/w320-h241/FB_IMG_1599414002510.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">For breakfast, I prepared Biyyam Rava Challa Upma. A very simple rice rava upma with buttermilk.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7HcXYpXkiaY/X1ZA2dCl_rI/AAAAAAAAF1I/hy1ahbO2lFkWt5zlZmNuj2zmKp2_be2LQCNcBGAsYHQ/s960/FB_IMG_1599413990346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="960" height="265" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7HcXYpXkiaY/X1ZA2dCl_rI/AAAAAAAAF1I/hy1ahbO2lFkWt5zlZmNuj2zmKp2_be2LQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h265/FB_IMG_1599413990346.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe;">Biyyam Rava Challa Upma Recipe</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Ingredients</span></u></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #777777; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1 cup rice rava</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1 cup whisked curd</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1 cup water</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">2 red chili </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1 tsp chana dal</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1 tsp urad daal</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1/2 tsp mustard seeds</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">a pinch of asafoetida</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">10 curry leaves</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">2 medium onion sliced</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">2 tbsp chopped coriande rleaves</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">3 tbsp oil</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1/4th tspn turmeric powder </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Salt to taste</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Procedure</span></u></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #777777; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Mix water to curd and give a good whisk. Buttermilk is ready. You can use 4 cups of Buttermilk instead.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Add rice flour to this, mix, without any lump. Cover and keep aside for 15min.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Heat oil, add red chilly, chana daal, utad daal and mustard seeds.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">When daal turns brownish, add green chili, curry leaves.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Now add sliced onion with salt,so that onion is cooked faster.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">When onion is cooked,add carrot and saure for a few min.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Once onions are cooked, add rice rave mixture and cook in medium heat. Keep stirring to avoid making lumps.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">After that make the flame low and cover the lid.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Meanwhile stir it so that it is cooked properly.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Once the buttermilk is absorbed, keep cooking in medium heat for another 5min, keep stirring.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Its ready. Garnish with chopped Coriander leaves.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For lunch plate: Rice, Kalagaya Kura, Roasted and Boiled Mug Daal with salt and Poornam Boorelu.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8loawjDlr6hvGDi8NtTvKPR16p9M91REICTwY-Sv5_bpCbRf6AghUFi2EuppFSE7UHrLvfwlaheZ7HspKb_640EeyfSx6VderiO9DyUmXEOI-XO2Vs8wr8f2EqPhpM2tyC0iCl1Or2SYn/s960/FB_IMG_1599413997318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="960" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8loawjDlr6hvGDi8NtTvKPR16p9M91REICTwY-Sv5_bpCbRf6AghUFi2EuppFSE7UHrLvfwlaheZ7HspKb_640EeyfSx6VderiO9DyUmXEOI-XO2Vs8wr8f2EqPhpM2tyC0iCl1Or2SYn/w400-h301/FB_IMG_1599413997318.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Dry Roast Mug Daal or Yellow Lentil. In a cooker take roasted daal, add turmeric powder and salt, ad 2 cup water. Now boil in cooker, for 2 whistle. Once cooked mash daal. You can add water as per your desired quantity. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Kalagaya Kura Recipe</span></u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Its a mix vegetables curry in Andhra style.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9d8I3eg6bf2Bz8wLsnM9g5IooUxG-Rv5Y5LMguV8twgh5e9O45OPRXdz6v0yFkdMm__6vEDfY3D6nLGa0myiFJCFlrnY1jnDWqxYaETT48VNB2mop26O5UtaLtE-07wHlN3WuCLAl9ytg/s960/FB_IMG_1599414007281.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9d8I3eg6bf2Bz8wLsnM9g5IooUxG-Rv5Y5LMguV8twgh5e9O45OPRXdz6v0yFkdMm__6vEDfY3D6nLGa0myiFJCFlrnY1jnDWqxYaETT48VNB2mop26O5UtaLtE-07wHlN3WuCLAl9ytg/w300-h400/FB_IMG_1599414007281.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Ingredients</span></u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Red Pumpkin cubes, 4 cups</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Brinjal cubes, 1 cup</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Yam cubed, 1 cup</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Raw Banana cubed, 1 cup</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Sweet Potato cubed, 1 cup</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Onion</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Green Chilly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Curry Leaf</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Red chilly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Coriander Powder</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Turmeric powder </span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Jaggery</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> For Tempering/tadka:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Mustard seeds</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Cumin seed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Urad daal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Curry Leaf</span></li></ul><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><u>Procedure</u></span></b></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Heat oil,add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, split urad dal.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Once dal turns red add curry leaves and saute for a few seconds. Add the chopped onions, green chilies and saute till the onions turn brown.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Add all the vegetables, mix well with the onions. Cook without lid for 4 mts. Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and salt and mix.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Cover and cook on low flame for a few min. Keep mixing once in a while during the cooking process.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Add half a cup of water and jaggery and mix. Place lid and simmer till the vegetable are completely cooked.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.</span></li></ul><div><b><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">Poornam Boorelu Recipe</span></u></b></div><div><b><u><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">It is Andhra Pradesh special sweet stuffed fried balls.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w1WfsHMmYYM/X1ZXZlfi7nI/AAAAAAAAF1w/hu4LReJhob4cmUYswzCXfuj3fdTqxt_NACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/FB_IMG_1599413993521.jpg" width="320" /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Ingredients</span></u></b><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div> <span style="font-family: courier;"><b>For The Dough:</b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Soaked Chana Daal 1cup, 4-5 hours</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Water 2cup</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Jaggery</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Coconut grated or dried dessicated coconut</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Cardamom powder</span></li></ul></div><div><b style="font-family: courier;"> For the batter:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Urad Daal, soaked in water for 3hrs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Rice, soaked in water for 3hrs, or rice flour</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Salt, a pinch</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Oil for frying</span></li></ul></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Pocedure</span></u></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Cook chana daal and water till 3 whistle. It should cook completely. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Strain water. In a mixer, churn into a smooth paste.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Heat a vessel, add daal paste, Jaggery and cardamom powder. Keep stirring until daal mixture thickens and a soft dough is formed. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Make small balls and keep aside.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Take urad daal and rice in a mixi jar and turn into a smooth paste, add water.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">With a hand blender or spoon, mix again. This will make the batter airy and fluffy.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Dip each daal ball in this batter and dip fry in hot oil.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times;">It was an easy, simple platter from Andhra Pradesh. </span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Do check my other state <a href="https://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2020/09/28-states-28-plates-in-28-days.html">plates</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Take Care.</span></div><p></p>Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-22057790033937670472020-09-06T22:21:00.002+05:302020-09-07T21:29:55.791+05:3028 States 28 Plates in 28 Days<p>Last month, August 2020, I celebrated as Independence Month. So I took a challenge on my own, it was <b>#28states28days</b> and <b>#28states28plates</b>.</p><p>I cooked a full meal plate from each state, alphabetically, from 1st to 28th August. It was fun to cook so many different recipes. Although my family got tired of eating such huge arrangements, everyday. </p><p>I will start writing about each state plate from tomorrow. I will keep updating the links here</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2020/09/andhra-pradesh-plate.html">Andhra Pradesh</a></li><li>Arunachal Pradesh</li><li>Assam </li><li>Bihar </li><li>Chhattisgarh </li><li>Goa </li><li>Gujarat </li><li>Haryana </li><li>Himachal Pradesh </li><li>Jharkhand </li><li>Karnataka </li><li>Kerala </li><li>Madhya Pradesh </li><li>Maharashtra </li><li>Manipur </li><li>Meghalaya </li><li>Mizoram </li><li>Nagaland </li><li>Odisha </li><li>Punjab </li><li>Rajasthan </li><li>Sikkim </li><li>Tamil Nadu </li><li>Telangana </li><li>Tripura </li><li>Uttarakhand</li><li>Uttar Pradesh</li><li>West Bengal</li></ol><p></p><table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-hover" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #333333; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify; width: 425.667px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"></tbody></table>This challenge has taught me a lot about different states culture and food. There is similarities in every states food history.<div><br /></div><div>I have kept here vegetarian eecipes only, so that any person with any food choices, can prepare them. I have kept simple dishes, as there was time constraint because I was cooking before leaving for my office in the morning; also I did not buy ingredients as per recipes, I cooked as per the ingredients available to me .</div><div><br /></div><div>I had fun. Hope you have fun reading the recipes and a few stories. Do share your feedbacks and encouraging words.</div>Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-22716574313851178112020-04-08T20:22:00.002+05:302020-04-09T06:26:44.861+05:30Lockdown with Milk BreadIt's lockdown situation and I need to go office for essential services. So most of the time worried about health of my 2-years old and everyone's mental peace.<br />
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So cooking and feeding my folks with something tasty and something they are missing eating.<br />
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Today it was a simple one. <b>Milk bun</b><br />
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Flour or Maida 1.5 cup<br />
Milk 1/2 cup<br />
Salt 1 tsp<br />
Oil/Soft butter 2 tbsp<br />
Powdered or Castor Sugar 2tbsp<br />
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Instant yeast 1 tbsp<br />
Warm milk 1cup<br />
Powdered or Castor Sugar 1tsp<br />
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Soak yeast and sugar in milk for 5 min.<br />
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Sieve flour, salt and sugar. This will make the flour airy and will help in rising the dough.<br />
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Add milk, yeast mixture to flour. And knead into a soft dough.<br />
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Add oil or softened butter. Knead again.<br />
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In a deep bowl add oil and keep your flour dough. Cover your bowl with a tissue paper and keep it air tight. Keep in a warm place for 1-2 hour. Let it rise and become double in size.<br />
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After that, knead again, you can use a little flour. Repeat the procedure of keeping in a covered bowl in a warm place. Let it become double in size again.<br />
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After 1 more hour, knead the dough again and you can make a few small balls from the dough. Roll each ball and give it a shape of a small ball again. If you want to make bread, no need to make small balls. You can knead and keep in the baking bowl.<br />
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Keep your baking tray ready, spread oil. Now keep the flour balls in the plate, keeping a gap of 1 inch. Cover it again and keep in warm place for 1 hour and let these balls rise again.<br />
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Preheat the oven. Bake at 180 degree for 20 mins. Depending on your plate and oven, you may need to adjust time a little. So try with 15mins. Then test once. If required, bake for another 5mins.<br />
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See it's so easy. Have your home-baked hot bun. See its so soft. Enjoy the lockdown with this hot bun and tea. You can spread butter or cheese, to increase the taste.<br />
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Stay at home. Stay safe. Keep visiting my blog and my Facebook page for lockdown recipes.<br />
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P. S. You can make pizza from this same bread dough.<br />
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-32566934586553974202018-12-18T10:44:00.003+05:302018-12-18T17:19:27.709+05:30Rajasthan diary 1 and a beans story<span style="text-align: justify;">After a long time, I am here with a story and a recipe from my kitchen. These last few months were "baby-mom-care" period; we were going to doctor's place frequently either for me or for baby's check up. Now, enough about health diary, let me tell you about something I love. Traveling is one thing, which works as a energy booster for me. I need fresh air and change of view, at least once a year. That was the requirement till I was not a Mother; now there is a PAUSE button, for the time being.</span><br />
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Lets talk about our first trip, after marriage, you can say: our honeymoon, was to Rajasthan. It was a cold morning of November 2015, we started our journey. This was the first big tour for both of us, all planned by us. I was super excited to make the itinerary, to book hotels and to make all travel arrangements. Our route was: Jaipur- Udaipur - Mount Abu - Udaipur - Jaisalmer - Jaipur. But as it was our own tour plan, at the end, we did some changes.</div>
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We reached Jaipur on 28th November 2015. It was a cloudy winter morning. We booked uber and went to our pre-booked hotel. The route from airport to hotel was beautiful, full of green and flowery plants . Loved the street lights and hanging flower pots on the road. It was a disappointment at first sight, as we saw the hotel. But the interior was okay. Anyway we stayed in Jaipur for less than 12hours. We went for a stroll, visited the nearby museum and had street food.</div>
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Started our journey by morning flight</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">From left: our shadow stuck on the screen; hotel interior; science meuseum funny looking small observatory; Jaipur Airport garden; me in the uber cab mirror ;)</span></span></h4>
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Udaipur is a lovely city; royal palaces and artificial lakes are the attractions. But what I loved more was the street food, aloo paratha and sabji. Hot paratha and sabji on a winter morning made the journey memorable. After visiting almost all the famous places, we started for Mount Abu in the afternoon. The road passed through a hilly area, the driver was saying all the robbery and other accidents happened in that area before, ooooooo too much for a romantic gateway. Anyway reached Mount Abu hotel late night.</div>
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We were shivering when we reached Mount Abu; the famous hill station of Rajasthan, was very cold. I must thank the hotel owner, who was very friendly and helpful. He sketched out the whole tour for Mount Abu for the next day. As we had our bus from Udaipur to Jaisalmer at 9PM so there was not much rush, at least that's what we thought. After enjoying the lovely hill station and after trekking till toad rock, we were done for the day. Oh, there in Mount Abu, we came to know about husband's promotion, so the joy was doubled.</div>
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We said our bye to Mount Abu and started for Udaipur, to catch the bus. We were supposed to reach by 8PM and so I started to check the tickets leisurely. This was the one booking, which my husband did and while we were on the way to Udaipur from Mount Abu, I found out, the bus time was actually 7PM!!! What the @#$%. So my dear R got tensed as well as the driver (so nice of him!!). He took the speedometer to highest possible point, we were checking the time after every 5 minutes and there was a tyre puncture, full movie style. At this point we were sure that the bus would go and we would not reach Jaisalmer on time. This first big trip, without any guidance, was full of events but not at all monotonous. Those were the time when we saw how helpful some strangers could be. Our cab driver talked to the no. given in our tickets, convinced the driver after a long discussion that, we would be waiting outside Udaipur, near high way, which would go towards Jaisalmer. Finally we reached there on time, the driver waited till we got onto the bus and finally we took a deep breath. The night passed with banana and bread and the sleeper bus reached on time to our destination Jaisalmer.</div>
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The time in Jaisalmer was one of the most surprising, beautiful, romantic, royal and memorable time. Why? Will tell you in my next post.</div>
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For this post, let me write a new recipe. It is about a very common vegetable, name Sim or Flat beans.</div>
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At our home, we had different recipes with sim: sim aloo bhaja/ flat beans potato stir fry, sim posto/ flat beans in poppy seeds, sim sorshe/ flat beans in mustard sauce and different mix vegetable things. But this time, at my home, here, I made sim bata or flat beans paste. The result was, my father was asking me after eating, what is it? It is tasty but I am unable to understand. My father is a very good food critic, as I have mentioned before also. Ao the recipe was a hit.</div>
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What you will need for this simple but tasty recipe:</div>
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Sim or flat beans - cleaned, cut in half size; you can use variety of flat beans together. You can take 1 bowl full.</div>
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Onion - 2, medium, peeled, cut in big pieces</div>
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Kalo jeera or onion seeds</div>
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You can have with chapati or steamed rice. Just to increase the taste, add a little mustrad oil and green chilly before eating. Voila!</div>
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Just something more: yesterday Rahul, my hubby, prepared Angur or grapefruit chutney, as the fruit was too sour to eat. He cut the fruits in small pieces, added salt and chilly. It was superb. You can try this same way for any sour fruit.<br />
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Last few days, I was too busy to write anything. Last Tuesday, when my Brother-in-law left for their home in Assam the house became very quiet for a few hours (till the baby did not start screaming). Oh yeah, my boy has completed 4months and communication skill has reached a level where I get fade up with his continuous screaming and cooing. He will scream when he is happy or hungry or sleepy or irritated. </div>
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See, all my topics, now a days, ends in my baby's story. May be all sleep-deprived nuclear-family new mothers are like that.</div>
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Last week we went to Pondicherry, with our 4month baby. The experience of this journey, I shall write in my next post. The interesting thing is, when everyone was worried about the baby, my mother was worried not only for my baby, but also for her one and only baby- ME!!! I scolded her for worrying so much, but I was happy to see there is always someone, for whom my health is no less important than my baby; otherwise, now a days, no-one thinks about me (yeah I am jealous- are you kidding!!!).</div>
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Me and my mother, we are not like other lovey-dovey daughter-mother. Most of the time, our discussion ends in "<i>me getting irritated and Ma getting annoyed</i>". She will say most of the time, <i>my daughter is not a girl like.</i> I will keep on thinking, <i>my ma is too much dominating</i>. But the fact is we both are like tom-jerry (<i>can't decide who is Tom & who is Jerry</i>). We cannot live a day without talking to each other. There was time, when I used to call my Baba and say, <i>aajke jhogra hoi ni Ma-er sathe, bhalo lagche na, ache kothay heroine</i> ( today didn't fight with mom, so not feeling good, where is the heroine). Yeah I call her other than MA, when I am in too good mood to argue with her.</div>
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My mother was a Primary school teacher. She was very good in teaching small kids, I had my personal experience also. She used to do all household works, cooking different food items for me and baba for breakfast and lunch, then within 10AM she used to reach school after a walk of 30mins. After the school time, she used to come home, taking care of my studies and our dinner. Her cooking is very good. No, it's not a daughter's words, these are the words of my cousins and my husband as well. She never taught me cooking, but a few things, I remember, she used to ask me to do, which I used to hate. One of them was, grinding spices in Shil-pata.<br />
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She used to say, grinding spices using this stone, adds better taste and texture to any recipe. I realized recently, how true her words were. Day before yesterday i prepared Paka potol bata, using this <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2012/08/paka-potol-bata.html?m=1" target="_blank">recipe</a>. This time I used the shil-pata, the taste as well as texture of the food was much better than last time. You can have, Paka potol bata or ripe pointed gourd coarsely grind, as a side dish. Recipe you can find <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2012/08/paka-potol-bata.html?m=1" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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But in main course we had fish gravy. It was rohu fish, cooked in the gravy of jackfruit seed paste. You read it right. My husband was surprised whe he heard the ingredients of the gravy. It was unique and tasty. Back in our home, dried jackfruit seeds are available during summer. After eating the ripe jackfruit, we will clean the seeds with water and then seeds will be sun-dried. These seeds are used in many foods. Seeds are rich in iron, which is really good for health.</div>
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So here are the Ingredients required for the fish gravy.</div>
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<li>Wash the fish pieces. Marinate the fish with salt and turmeric powder. Shallow fry in hot mustard oil, in a kadai. Some people like, deep fry fishes even in curry or gravy. Keep aside the fried fish. Always fry fish in smoking hot oil. Using mustard oil, enhances the taste of fried fish.</li>
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The aloo paratha crossed halfway to my mouth, when he screamed.... <i>Aaaaangeeeeeeeeee</i>..... 1year ago, in this situation, nothing could have distracted me from that aloo paratha; but now (sigh!), paratha went back to the plate and I started running towards the car holding him in one hand and umbrella in another (forgot to mention it started raining at the time he started crying). Finally he was calm after an ample time of feeding.</div>
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Yeah that was my son, who was screaming as soon as I started eating paratha. He will say ( or make a clear sound similar to) <i>Aange</i> which means<i> I am hungry</i>; we, the new parents understood this word once he was 3weeks old.</div>
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After having a baby, life has become upside down, in a good way. We have put a PAUSE in so many things, a few things specially for the new mother. <i>Weekends movie-marathon, planning sudden trips, eating anything, wearing any dress, sleeping whenever I want a</i>nd there are many more. See, there is a big PAUSE now for all these, pause for a few months only. This "a few months" may be 6 months, 12months or 36months, completely depends on individual parents. There was a time, I used to require 8hours of sound sleep in a dark room. But now my body has evolved to cope up with 4hours of sleep (that too not continuous!) with light on. If I get 2hours of continuous sleep within 4AM to 7AM, I am fully fresh and capable of doing all the household works. Parks of being a Mother! <i>Even I am writing this post, during that good-night-sleep-break</i>.<br />
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The thing is life changes and in the beginning of any new journey we will struggle to adjust with the change. But the struggle is worth it! The smile of that small face and the touch of those little fingers make all my efforts priceless.</div>
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It is a herb which is good for lactating mothers (Fathers, please don't complain, you know how your better-half is struggling, so don't be upset if they get more attention). These are <i>Dill leaves</i>. It is widely available in Bangalore but has a pungent smell. One of my neighbor, in our apartment, <i>Priyanka</i>, a very jolly and caring person, told my mother about this. Her mother-in-law is also very sweet and caring. She not only prepared the <i>shaak</i> for me but also sent me a bunch of those leafy vegetables. I liked the dish. So thought to prepare it in our bengali way. I have used a mixture of whole spices which are good for a lactating mother and helps to make the smell of the vegetable less.</div>
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<li>Potato 1 big</li>
<li>Onion 1 big</li>
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Before I explain the recipe, one fun fact about these herb: <i>One tablespoon of dill seed contains more calcium than a cup of milk</i>. So, you see, if you don't like to drink or can't drink Milk, there is a herby substitute.</div>
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<li>Add the chopped herb. Add tilauri. Sprinkle salt followed by turmeric powder. Mix everything carefully. Cover.</li>
<li>Keep stirring. The leaves will leave water, which will make the potatoes soft. Another 5mins and you can see the green color will become darker. Once the water is dried, potatoes are soft, check the taste of the leaves. If the raw taste is gone and it is a little sticky, your shaak is ready. </li>
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For all the lactating mothers, enjoy this period and do a favor to yourself, don't compare your health and lifestyle with others. Enjoy each moment and don't regret for the things you are unable to do now. Within blink of eyes, babies will be grown ups and will be in high schools. Then college and then job, finally they will get out of your house and will get settled somewhere else, with their other half. That's life, keeps on changing.<br />
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<i>Happy birthday to you.....Happy birthday to you...Happy birthday happy birthday... Happy birthday to you.</i>..birthday song for the birthday week; me , mother-in-law and brother-in-law Banjit, cut our birthday cakes, had tasty foods and enjoyed the gifts.</div>
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Our birthdays are always special for us, but how much are we crazy for the day? Just answer this simple questions: <i>Do you start counting days one month prior to your day? Do you wish yourself at midnight by making birthday card? Does all your close people get annoyed with your birthday countdown?</i> If your answer is YES, give me a high five. I am crazy for my birthday and credit goes to my <i>Dhaligaon mama</i> (Dhaligaon is the place where he used to work).</div>
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My birthday is in july, which used to be summer vacation (it used to be heavy rainy season) time during student life, which means I used to celebrate at home without worrying about classes and homeworks. But there was never a fancy cake on my birthday because: 1st- during my childhood, there was no cake shop in my hometown; 2nd- my Dhaligaon mami used to bake for me. Their house was 1.5hr journey from our place. Mama and mami used to bring cake for me till my high school, every year. Once, it was raining very badly; my ma told, <i>I would bake a cake for you, your mama wouldn't be able to come in this weather</i>. I was waiting near the window, I told, <i>mama would come with my cake</i>. Within 10 mins, I saw, mama and mami coming, in his scooter, wearing raincoats. When they entered our house, they were fully drenched. But I was jumping because my birthday cake arrived on time. That was the love from my mama and mami. Every birthday, while cutting cake, I will fondly remember mama. He kept promise to a small kid in that harsh weather and the kid learned the value of trust. He made me realize, how special my birthday was. And I fell in love with my birthday celebrations. Love you Mama.</div>
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This year also I made a big deal about my birthday. I am glad that my hubby darling made the day special. Surprise gifts started coming from the (birthday-energy-annoyed) hubby, one week before my birthday.</div>
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My baby also behaved those two days: 2nd July (mother-in-law birthday) and 3rd July (mine), so I was able to cook. Foods of 2nd July were simple, as my mom-in-law liked.<br />
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We had in lunch: <i>bhaat, potol bhaja, paneer broccoli, broccoli bhaji, mishti kumror chhakka, daal</i> (plain rice, fried pointed gourd, paneer with broccoli, broccoli stir fry, pumpkin stur fry, daal).</div>
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3rd july was my day and I don't know to have a simple birthday food(guilty!).</div>
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As you can see, there was plenty of food. Lunch was: <i>bhaat, potol posto, palak pata bhaja, pasta chingri mach diye, chaal kumro aar mishti kumro bhaja, macher dim bhaja, daal </i>(plain rice, pointed gourd with poppy seeds, spinach fry, prawn fettuccine, fried ash gourd and pumpkin, fish egg fry, daal).<br />
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Dinner: Veg fried rice, chhole, paratha, fish, rasmalai.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">So the my birthday was spent well, with two cakes, loads of gifts and lots of food. That's the birthday of a foodie.</span><br />
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Here is today's recipe for two of the birthday foods, fried ash gourd, spinach and pumpkin, veg fried rice and broccoli stir fry. For the recipes of rest of the foods, I will update soon. <i>OK, not soon, because I am struggling with my baby daily, to make habit of sleeping at night; so during day tome, I need to play, dance and talk with him, so that he doesn't fall asleep.</i></div>
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Mix all the ingredients for the batter. If you don't have rice flour, you can uae gram flour or all purpose flour. But rice flour add the crunchiness in the fries, also it is healthier than other two types of flour.</div>
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Once batter is ready, heat oil in a heavy and deep bottomed kadai. Once it is completely heated, dip the pieces of vegetables inbthe batter and deep fry in oil. Keep the flame medium. Once the color of the fries become light red in both sides, take it out and enjoy eating crunchy fries.</div>
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Cook the soaked rice in a pressure cooker. You will need 3 cups of water to cook rice. Put the flame in high, one whistle and immediately turn off the heat. Let the gas pass and open the lid. Sread the rice in plate. You need to make it completely cool, otherwise while making the layers for biriyani, rice will become soggy.</div>
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<i>Mamma mamma; I heard my baby's 1st words and I saw his white tooth. I was surprised to see such cute, white and small tooth of my 1.5 month old baby. Mammaaaaaaaa......</i><br />
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I need to feed him, 1:25AM. I checked his mouth and nope nothing, that was a dream. Yeah, my husband was smirking like you, when he heard me. It was third time I had this same dream. So, I had to know what was the dream telling me. So Googled it (many of you may have this same habit) and there were many interpretations for this dream. Many new-moms had this similar kind of dream. There, that time, one similarity I found. All of them (who had this dream), were having baby of 2weeks to 2months and all were 1st time mother; which means we all were sleep deprived, not sure whether taking care of baby correctly and anxious. So lack of sleep and anxiety were the demons ( or I should say, two lovely things) which caused the dream.<br />
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With all your blessings, my baby has completed 3 months, without any teeth, till now.<br />
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I am sharing this old dream with you all, because, again my nights are sleepless (not able to lie down) till 2AM. It seems baby is going through his <i>sleep regression</i> period, the period when his sleeping habit is going to change. But, how much painful itbis, these are the days we will remember in future, our memories. By the way, lack of sleep has delayed my post this time.<br />
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As I was saying about making memories, today's recipe, which is a dessert, each ingredient brings me childhood memories. I have used three ingredients for this tasty, fruity dessert: <i>mango, watermelon and mishti doi/sweet curd </i>(a bengali special).</div>
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Mangoes are the summer friends. After our half-yearly exam, we used to get summer vacation, 1month and 15days. My baba used to buy mangoes not by weight but in crate. He used to bring a full crate. My mamabari (maternal uncle's house) is next to our house and during summer my chhoto mashi (youngest sister of my mother) used to come to mamabari with my cousin bro Rotu. We used to play, scream, break things and create havoc in our houses. Rotu was my partner in crime, now a total grown up and a father of a lovely-naughty boy Tojo. So <i>mangoes = summer vacation + Rotu time</i>.<br />
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The next thing to add in the dessert glass was Mishti Doi or sweet curd. Any bengali menu is incomplete without Rosogolla and Mishti Doi. During wedding seasons, I miss the food, or more precisely the style of food. The food which used to be served in weddings, during my childhood, were of similar pattern; rice, brinjal-dipped-in-besan fry, mug daal, one sabji, one fish curry, chicken/mutton curry, chutney, rosogolla and Mishti Doi. So <i>Mishti doi always brings me the memory of weddings</i>.</div>
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The third and the last one is watermelon. This fruit we used have a lot during summer. But with the name of this fruit, one image comes in front of my eyes: watermelon plants near the river of my Didivaai's (elder sister, my cousin) in-law's house. Her in-law's house is in Mathabhanga, a place in West Bengal, Cochbihar. The house is near a big river. Whenever we used to visit her, generally summer vacation time, I will check these plants. I was so surprised to see, for the 1st time, growing so many watermelons in such weak plants; I used to think those big fruits grew in big trees; Poor and Stupid me!</div>
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So, the journey to memory lane, explained the ingredients for today's recipe, which I say, <i>3-in-1 fruit punch</i>.</div>
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1 big ripe mango, peeled and cut and made smooth thick paste<br />
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200ml sweet curd, thick<br />
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Half watermelon, cut, deseeded, made juice.<br />
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You can see there is no added sweetener. So the calorie conscious people, if you are, can enjoy this dessert.<br />
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Make the fruit juices one day before. Keep it in freezer overnight in separate closed containers. 2 hours before serving, take out the baxes. The juices will become hard like ice. Using a spoon, stir it properly. Keep again in freezer.</div>
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After 2hours, take out theboxes. Open and mix the pastes, again. Now assemble in a tall glass.</div>
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Pour 2 spoons of mango paste. Then add 3 spoons of sweet curd. Now fill the glass with watermelon juice. You can top it with 1spoon of curd and mint leaf, if you like. You may add dry fruits also. Enjoy!</div>
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You can adjust the amount of the fruit paste and curd depending on the size of layer and size of glass.<br />
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Being a new mom, I shouldn't take cold foods. So I take the dessert after 3hours, once it is not too cold to have. Mixing all the layers, gives an awesome taste. Try it!<br />
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Next time will come with a new story and some recipe. Till then, take care and bye!</div>
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Here I am, as promised to myself, of being regular in my blog. Your good words, have encouraged me a lot, in writing more; more than just a recipe.</div>
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It is a story about the journey of <i>a girl to become Mother</i>. She loved to dance untill the music stoped, loved to eat untill heart was full, loved to travel untill her mind was satisfied. Then she became pregnant. She stopped dancing, stopped eating her favorite foods and traveling was out of syllabus. These all changes were worthy, when she saw the baby moving in her sonography. She started to love the kicks. But she was worried thinking her life would be no more same; and that made her to think, <i>whether she would be a good mothe</i>r.</div>
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On the D-day, when she was lying on the operation table, her legs were shaking; all the scary thoughts going through her little head; after a few minutes (which seemed like hours), she heard a cry- cry of her baby. The first thing she asked, in that half sleep-half awake state (thanks to the anaesthesia!), <i>how is my baby?</i> When they returned home from hospital, she was scared thinking how would she take care of het baby, all by herself. After a few sleepless nights, the paediatric told that her baby's growth was normal. Her husband told her that she was doing fine. But she thought whether she would be a good mother. After a few more sleepless nights, one day she was telling her husband " <i>baby has started to say cute things when he is hungry, he will show something with his hands; he does not like hot weather; he has started to smile at me a lot; he is cooing when I speak to her; he even likes a lot when I sing</i>". Her husband was listening very attentively and she was done, he asked, "<i>Are you still worried what kind of mother you would be?</i>" And there, at that moment, she found her answers. Finally the girl realized she had become a Mother, without knowing.</div>
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On 26th March @11.40AM, my son HITANSHU was born. He has taught me that, I am neither a good nor a bad, but a perfect Mother for my baby.<br />
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Cheers to all the mothers out there; you are doing a perfect job for your baby, whatever whoever says. The recipe I wanted to share today, was made for a mother only, my mother-in-law. Our relation is the normal saas-bahu relation. But one thing about het, she would never say anything if the food was tasty; things are not same if food is not tasty. Being a lover of cooking, complements always made me feel satisfied. So this time, I put my efforts to make a tasty food for her.<br />
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It was Paneer Biriyani, my first attempt.<br />
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Paneer (200 gm paneer made 12 cubes, frozen paneer kept in boiled salt water until they were soft; take out paneer cubes and keep the water)<br />
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Marinated this paneer for 15mins, in a paste of 1 big onions,8 cloves garlic, 1inch ginger, 3 green chillies, 5 cardamom,2 1inch cinnamon, 1 tablespoon cumin powder, turmeric, 15-18 pudina leaves, 2-3 strands of coriander leaves.<br />
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Cook the soaked rice with all the whole masalas, in a pressure cooker. You will need 3 cups of water to cook rice. Put the flame in high, one whistle and immediately turn off the heat. Let the gas pass and open the lid. Take out the whole masalas and spread tge rice in plate. You need to make it completely cool, otherwise while making the layers for biriyani, rice will become soggy.</div>
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In the mean time, heat sufficient amount of oil in a wok. Put the marinated paneer cubes and cook in medium heat. Turn the pieces once it becomes red in one side. Dip them in curd and light fry once again. Now fry the marinated masalas and keep aside for later use.</div>
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Fry the onions in that oil with medium heat. Once onions are red and fried (not burnt), take it out, keep the oil for later use.</div>
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Now the final part of cooking biriyani in pressure cooker. Put a tawa on stove. Place the pressure cooker on it. Use the oil now. Add the marinated masala and curd and cook a little. Spread half portion of rice on this. Place the paneer cubes. Add the rest of the rice. Spread the fried onions. Pour the saffron milk. Close the cooker lid, without whistle. Put the heat on high for 3mins. Now make the heat low and very slowly and carefully shake the cooker. Again after 5min shake the cooker very slowly. And the biriyani is ready.<br />
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Yes that is all about Paneer biriyani. And you know what my mother-in-law said? She said "<i>eneke bonale dekhun khabo bhal, khabo pari maje maje</i>" (in assamese, if cooked in this way then it's tasty, we can have this often). Haa haa haa, what a lovely mother-in-law ;)<br />
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That was the biriyani cooked on Father's day, which went well with the <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2018/07/3-in-1-fruity-punch-and-memory-lane.html?m=1" target="_blank">fruity punch</a>. Recipe for which coming soon with another story.<br />
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After a long time, i am typing something for the blog. I love to write, at least I used to love. But typing (not writing) is not my happy-mood thing. This blog also started out of boredom. It was during 2012, I left my 1st job because it was monotonous; I was waiting for the second job confirmation (that was monotonous too, but at that time I thought of getting enough time for my hobbies along with good payment, what a wrong view I had!!!). Anyway, so during that waiting period, I was busy in cooking and making my friends eat those experimented foods; and I started sharing those experiences through this blog. It was kind of lovely experimental time. Once I got the job (the same job I am in now, completed 5 years, yeaaah,!!!), the cooking continued, but typing and posting was never the same. As I told, the job did not give me time for my hobbies during the 1st two years.</div>
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After the last post in 2014, so many things happened in life:: Induction training,few more trainings in different places, after a long discussion between the families finally married to 'college-friend cum long time love of my life" Mr Sarmah, experienced working with a Bad boss and fighting in workplace, late honeymoon to Rajasthan, a few more trips during last two years, lost my Father-in-law- a very kind person who used to prefer chicken biriyani cooked by me (just like my husband), became mother of a healthy baby and just like that my 35th birthday is around the corner.</div>
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Now I am on maternity leave till August and this writing flu is again showing it's symptoms. Symptom like sharing stories of all those special events which happened during last few years. But before all that, I need to push myself to write ( type, precisely) and complete the first post of this year. So here is a old recipe presenting in new way with new pics.</div>
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17th June was Father's day. It was the first Father's day for my husband Mr Sarmah, as Deuta (in Assamese, father).</div>
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First I planned to cook different tasty foods, searching for Father's Day special menu ideas. But then I did something else. I asked my hubby and my Baba about their favorite foods and guess what? Both replied same things. Luchi and Chholar daal (Poori and bengal gram lentil) in Breakfast; Chicken biriyani and some sweet thing in Lunch. It made work less for me. I am always lucky with the men in my life; they are not fussy and always helpful. </div>
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So this was the lunch.<br />
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<a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2018/06/paneer-biriyani-and-mothers-love.html?m=1" target="_blank">Paneer biriyani</a> was there for Mother-in-law, a first time attempt and what I can say, it was so tasty, that we all had it. But since this post is about my old love of biriyani, so I will stick to less spicey but full of flavour Chicken biriyani.<br />
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Biriyani Rice 3 cups (washed and soaked in water for 15mins, mixed with 2teaspoon refined oil and salt). This will help to make the rice non-sticky.<br />
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Marinated this chicken overnight in paste of 2 big onions, 10/12 cloves garlic, 1inch ginger, 4 green chillies, 5 cardamom,2 1inch cinnamon, 1 tablespoon cumin powder, half cup liquid garlic butter, salt.</div>
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Generally the biriyani is full of spices and after eating this we are going to need a walk to digest all these spices and oil. The mailn masala is garam masala, which has beautiful fragrance but it is very rich in taste. But a few years back, I and Mr Sarmah (before becoming Mr and Mrs ), tasted biriyani in a restaurant, which was very mild in spices but made our heart (yes tummy too) full. I loved the smell of garam masala but the food was not at all spicey. We loved that biriyani and I started to recreate that biriyani. The first trial was a hit and I was finally able to cook biriyani which has the rich aroma of GARAM MASALA but does not have lots of spices. The procedure is a simple one and I shared the same recipe with one of my cousine and they loved it. According to her, the best thing about this biriyani was they did not have any medicine to digest the food. Hmmm that's another good reason for you to try this.</div>
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Cook the soaked rice with all the whole masalas, in a pressure cooker. You will need 4 cups and little less than half cup of water to cook rice. Put the flame in high, one whistle and immediately turn off the heat. Let the gas pass and open the lid. Take out the whole masalas and spread tge rice in plate. You need to make it completely cool, otherwise while making the layers for biriyani, rice will become soggy.</div>
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Now the final part. Put a tawa on stove. Place the pressure cooker on it. Use the oil now. Add the marinated masala. Spread half portion of rice on this. Place the chicken pieces. Add the rest of the rice. Spread the fried onions. Pour the saffron milk. Close the cooker lid, without whistle. Put the heat on high for 3mins. Now make the heat low and very slowly and carefully shake the cooker. Again after 5min shake tge cooker very slowly. And the biriyani is ready. Shaking should be done very carefully. This will mix the lower level of marinated masalas and other ingredients with rice properly; but if shaken fast or hard, it will make the rice sticky and you will lose the proper taste of biriyani.<br />
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Yes, finally done typing my post, the first post in a long time. Hope you enjoy the recipe and give it a try. Anyone who is afraid of indigestion (which is common in Bengalis), can give this a try, you will not have acidity or any unwanted burp! </div>
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We all had this <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2018/07/3-in-1-fruity-punch-and-memory-lane.html?m=1" target="_blank">fruity punch</a> after the biriyani. My father liked it so much that today, on Jamai soshthi, he wants this again. Just enjoy the view, I will tell the <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.com/2018/07/3-in-1-fruity-punch-and-memory-lane.html?m=1" target="_blank">recipe</a> in my future posts.<br />
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A post after a loooooooooooong time. Here is my new THING, which I sold in a BAKE SALE. My first sale!! So here is the story.</div>
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I am in love with colors. When it comes to food, I like to use natural colors. So I made my green cake with a very popular veggie-leaf. This is the energy for Popey.</div>
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Hmmm, yess it is spinach. You must be thinking to skip this post. If still reading this post, then just be sure that you will get to know about a funky tasty & healthy cake.</div>
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I knew that surfing Internet is going to help me learn a lot & the first time I heard about this recipe, I was so happy about my "cooking-blogging-netSurfing" habit. While going through different blogs, I found the name of this recipe & I found it interesting as I found a perfect solution for my leftover Rotis. Yesterday I tried this new thing with some modifications & addition of new ingredients & the result was - love in first bite. I am sure you will love it too. So here is the recipe.</div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-85580395012877324852013-03-12T17:41:00.000+05:302013-03-12T17:41:12.131+05:30Rui mach-er Kalia - Spicy Rohu Curry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A Bengali meal is incomplete without fish and the most popular among them is Rui or Rohu. Rohu is easily available in any Indian fish market and also it is one of the most affordable fish you can find. There are a number of preparations for rohu such as Jhal (extra spicy curry), Jhol (a simple gravy with vegetables like Potato, Cauliflower & granished with Coriander leaves), Kalia (a spicy recipe in tomato & onion gravy), Bhaja (plain fry) & Dom (Steamed recipe in a mustard-poppy-curd paste).</div>
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I prepared the Rui maach-er Kalia after knowing it's popularity in my non-Bengali friend's home. There, they ask me the simple question, "what is the meaning of Kalia?" & I could not answer it. I know the dish but did not know how to make them understand. So I googled & found the name meaning and the proper recipe as well. In every recipe I found "garlic paste" but at our home, Ma always said "fresh fish does not need garlic & onions". So I modified the recipes & created my own recipe without Garlic & I did not make paste of onions. </div>
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One interesting thing, I helped R to find his another favorite dish "Rui maach-er kali". Now R loves the dish so much that if I want to prepare kalia with some other fishes, R has no problem in doing some household works; what a help!</div>
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• Rohu Fish – 500 grms cut into medium sized pieces </div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Wash the fish pieces thoroughly in water and pat dry. In a bowl put the fish, add salt and turmeric and rub the spices in the fish pieces. Keep aside for 30 mins.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Once the smoke starts coming slowly slide the fish pieces one by one. Make sure you don’t crowd them in the kadai. Also make sure the oil is well heated otherwise the fish will stick to the bottom of the kadai. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Now re-heat oil in the same kadai. Add whole jeera and let it splutter. Now add ginger paste, fry for some time. Add onion and fry till the onions become soft & little brown. Add finely chopped tomatoes and fry again. Once the tomato starts to cook, add cumin powder, turmeric, salt, sugar, red chili powder and slit green chilies. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Fry the entire mixture for few minutes and keep adding water from time to time. Once the entire mixture has cooked add the potatoes and fish pieces. Add adequate water. Usually Rohu curry will have a spicy thick gravy. The amount of gravy depends upon your requirement </li>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-13843314499912036512013-03-12T17:00:00.002+05:302013-03-12T17:00:48.169+05:30Paneer Khurchan - a Chef Special<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This time I opted the recipe from my favorite Chef's book <a href="http://shop.sanjeevkapoor.com/kadai-cooking.aspx" target="_blank">Kadai Cooking</a>, a book must for any cooking-lover. This is a Cottage Cheese or Paneer recipe, went perfect with the plain nun. I & R found our another favorite dish, after having this delicious food in our dinner of two. </div>
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For the record, here is the original recipe I found in Kadai Cooking by Sanjeev Kapoor, a Chef whom I admire a lot & sometime try to follow his cooking.</div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-81877864302200780112013-02-25T08:32:00.001+05:302013-02-25T08:32:54.565+05:30Mushroom Paneer Pulao (my Quick recipe)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>To the 8-years Old Friendship! To Yambem & Bunny! Love you Both.</b></div>
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In my last post I have told you about the <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.in/2013/02/honey-orange-chicken-with-sesame-sauce.html" target="_blank">Chicken Recipe</a> of 31st night. The recipe for the Pulao, which was as good as the Chicken recipe, is here.</div>
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2 cups basmati rice</div>
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1 cup button mushrooms</div>
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1 cup paneer cubes</div>
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1 tbsp. garam masala powder</div>
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1 tbsp. ginger-garlic paste</div>
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5 tbsps. ghee</div>
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1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh mint</div>
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2 tbsps. cashewnuts paste</div>
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1. Clean and wash the rice. Soak in water for 15 to 20 minutes.</div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-19950433140497856462013-02-25T08:23:00.001+05:302013-02-25T08:33:16.040+05:30Honey-Orange Chicken with Sesame Sauce<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>To the 8-years Old Friendship! To Yambem & Bunny! Love you Both.</b><br />
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This one was our in our 31st Night Girls-In Party Dinner. I and my old friend Nandita (we share the same Name!) Yambem spent a great 31st night with her 2 years old son Boon. Boon was busy in his cute-naughty things & I was busy with trying some new recipes. My friend Yambem was taking care of us :) But that night, we missed our old friend & my best friend Nabamita, the third member of our "N-Team" (our name starts with 'N').</div>
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This recipe went very well with the <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.in/2013/02/mushroom-paneer-pulao-my-quick-recipe.html" target="_blank">Pulao</a>. I was not able to post the recipes regularly because of a major incident of my life. Now I have done my work for that "Major Thing", now waiting for the result. Wish me Luck! After the result, I'll be very much regular in posting. I have so much recipes to share with you all. In the mean time, you can visit my Facebook page "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FoodsFromMyKitchen" target="_blank">Foods from my Kitchen</a>".</div>
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I am sorry I could not take the photo, as my friend R, who always reminds me about taking photographs after I finish cooking something, was not present on that day. But I would love if any of my readers share their photo.</div>
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3/4 cup(s) fresh orange juice</div>
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1/3 cup(s) orange blossom or clover honey</div>
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1 teaspoon(s) grated ginger</div>
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1 teaspoon(s) garlic</div>
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1 teaspoon(s) orange zest</div>
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1 teaspoon(s) salt</div>
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1/8 teaspoon(s) ground black pepper</div>
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500gm Chicken</div>
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1 teaspoon(s) vegetable oil</div>
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1 teaspoon(s) toasted sesame oil</div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-87309200514168900542013-02-01T10:13:00.000+05:302013-02-01T10:13:04.846+05:30Tangy Zucchini-Mushroom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is a recipe tried long back. As I am busy with something so I am not able to post regularly. Hope to meet my readers (if there's any!) soon.<br />
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Beetroot 1<br />
Zucchini 1<br />
Chilly 1<br />
Mushroom 2<br />
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Onion seeds 1/2tsp<br />
Sambar onion 3<br />
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1. Heat oil in a pan. Add onion seeds, followed by chopped garlic & onion.<br />
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4 Indian Gooseberry<br />
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-21333103097216652612013-01-09T09:38:00.000+05:302013-01-09T09:38:39.840+05:30Palaeng Xaakor Khar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A traditional meal in Assam begins with a khar, a class of dishes named after the main ingredient, and ends with a tenga, a sour dish. These two dishes characterize a traditional meal in Assam.</div>
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The khar is a signature class of preparations made with a key ingredient, also called khar. The traditional ingredient is made by filtering water through the ashes of a banana tree, which is then called kola khar (The name derived from the locale term of Banana, "Kol" or "Kola"). A traditional meal invariably begins with a khar dish, made of raw papaya, pulses or any other main ingredient. Xôkôta: It is a severely bitter type of preparation. It is prepared with dry jute leaf, urad bean and khar. </div>
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However, the combination of Khar (alkaline) and Tenga (acidic) is not recommended.</div>
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This time I prepared the "khar" for the first time. It went very well. I found the recipe from my friends mother. Here is the recipe which I followed. Hope you try & like it :)</div>
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1. Wash ,soak lentil for 1/2 hour.</div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-4672169901737879162013-01-02T16:41:00.002+05:302013-01-02T16:41:24.615+05:30Cabbage with Hilsa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chhyanchra is a very popular delicacy from the Bengali cuisine made with mixed vegetable and fish head. Chhyanchra is also popularly known as Chancharika is various other places. It is a authentic Bengali recipe that can be very lucidly described as a curry made of one or different types of herbs put together along with vegetables (mainly potatoes and pumpkin) and fish head. For more info click <a href="http://www.vahrehvah.com/indianfood/chanchra/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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half of bandhakopi \ cabbage</div>
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2 tsp of coriander powder</div>
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1 bay leaf</div>
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1 Head of Ilish (you can use other Big fishes)</div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-64329844917370407622013-01-02T16:22:00.002+05:302013-01-02T16:22:26.834+05:30Daal with Eggplant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
These days are really going fast & I hardly find time to post my recipes. There are so may things I want to share. Now just waiting for February, hope to get some free time then.<br />
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Here is one of my favorite dish - Begun diye Muger Daal (Sona moong daal with Eggplant). I first had this in my Boromami's house. My Boromami, Geeta Sengupta, a housemaker, a very good cook, always tries to prepare the same daily food in a different tasty way. I miss her food, here is one for her.<br />
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1 Eggplant<br />
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-51102761180126348512012-12-27T12:09:00.004+05:302012-12-27T12:09:49.420+05:30Papaya Chicken<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After my last post, I was quite busy with some works, house shifting & medical issues. I am not sure when I shall be able to post regularly, again. Anyway, here is a quick post on the chicken dish I prepared last weekend. It is tasty & requires very less oil.</div>
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Raw Papaya - 1</div>
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Onion - 1, medium, chopped</div>
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Garlic - 3 cloves, chopped</div>
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Chilly - 2, chopped</div>
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Refined Oil - 2 tbsp</div>
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Onion seeds - 1/4 tsp</div>
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Water - 3 cups (depends upon the amount of gravy you want)</div>
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1. Half the papaya, take out the seeds & peel off the skin. Chop the papayas in small cubes & wash.</div>
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6. Add garam masala powder, mix & cook for 1-2 mins again. Serve hot with puri. We had this with the <a href="http://nanditakitchenrecipe.blogspot.in/2012/08/green-luchi.html" target="_blank">green luchi</a>. </div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-50377282469032438892012-12-04T16:45:00.000+05:302012-12-04T16:45:07.477+05:30Banana Flower stir fry with Coconut (Mochar ghonto Narkel diye)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The holidays are over & I am back with different recipes which I tasted during my vacation. My ma, boro-mashi have prepared many tasty Bengali foods for me & now I am trying them one by one. So here is a recipe which I found in Chakdah, at Boro-mashi's home, Mochar Ghonto Narkel diye (Banana fritters stir fry with Coconut). I loved that & asked her recipe. So here it is!</div>
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Banana Flower 1</div>
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Grated coconut 1/2 cup</div>
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Nandita Debnathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210517215848752228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629188830024040940.post-63467072827160983232012-11-02T11:48:00.002+05:302012-11-02T11:48:55.577+05:30Chicken Khichdi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The festive season was never like this for me. For the first time, I am so busy, that I am not able to visit my own blog. This year, I started my Laxmi puja, all alone in the new city. But I really enjoyed doing all the works which my Ma does at home, during the Pujas. Now I am busy with packing because I am going home after so many months. So here is the recipe of my favorite old dish & may be I will start posting the new ones soon.</div>
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Chicken - 1 cup, chopped or shreded</div>
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onion - 1, small, chopped</div>
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Garlic - 4-4 cloves, halved</div>
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Ginger paste - 1tbsp</div>
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chilly - 1, halved</div>
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Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp</div>
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Cumin seeds - 1tsp</div>
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Fenugreek sedds - 1tsp</div>
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Onion seeds - 1/2 tsp</div>
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Coriander powder - 1/3 tsp</div>
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Oil to fry</div>
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Salt to taste</div>
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Sugar</div>
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Water (do not worry about quantity)</div>
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Method:</div>
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1. Wash & soak, both rice & daal, together or separately.</div>
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2. Heat oil in a cooker. Add onion, cumin & fenugreek seeds. When the seeds start to splatter, add garlic, followed by onions. Saute for 1-2min. Add the ginger pastes. Add chicken pieces. Cook for 3mins.</div>
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3. Add rice & daal. Add salt, sugar, chilly flakes & turmeric powder. Saute for 5 more mins.</div>
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4. Add 4cups of water. Cover and cook on high flame & wait for the cooker to whistle 4-5 times. Turn off the heat & let it set for 10-15 mins.</div>
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5. You can adjust the liquid amount of the khichdi according to your taste. Transfer to a serving plate & enjoy.</div>
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