Thankuni Patar Bora / Centella Fritter
Apr 01
Though you can make with any leafy vegetables, I am making centella / thankuni pata. Centella is very authentic Bangladeshi leafy vegetable. I want to introduce or remind it. Centella is a medical herb. It is a mild adaptogen, mildly antibacterial and can act as a cerebral tonic and useful in the treatment of anxiety. Thankuni Patar Bora / Centella Fritter is very simple snack. Hope you...
SOBJI KHICHURI / VEGETABLE KHICHDI
Feb 20
If it is rainy day or cold winter night, SOBJI KHICHURI / VEGETABLE KHICHDI brings smile on our face. SOBJI KHICHURI / VEGETABLE KHICHDI is a very popular dish. Though this dish is itself a complete diet but we like to have it with with eggplant fry (begun bhaja), egg fry or egg bhuna or hilsa fry or chicken or meat bhuna. I used very few spices here to make it simple. Hope you will enjoy...
Sojne Dal / Drumstick with red lentil
Feb 09
Don’t get confuse with the title. It’s not chicken drumstick. Drumstick / Sojne is a vegetable. I was so excited to find it my local vegetable shop. It reminds my grandma / my Father who think that Sojne has medicinal value. I was not very sure about medicinal value of it. When I google it, it has high in nutrition value. Like Pat Shak Dal / Lentil with jute leaf I will not put whole...
Khasir Dalcha / Goat with Split Yellow Peas and long Melon
Feb 03
Ingredients: • 1 kg goat (curry cut) • 1 and ½ cups split yellow peas • ½ kg long melon(Lau) • 1 cup sliced onion • ½ cup tamarind puree • 2 tablespoons ginger paste • 1 tablespoon garlic paste • 1 tablespoon chilli powder • 1 tablespoon coriander powder • 1 teaspoon cumin seed • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder • 2″ cinnamon stick • 4 – 5 dry...
Pat Shak Dal / Lentil with jute Leaf
Feb 01
This one is my cheating recipe. No really cheat but short cut one. I think all of us can cook lentil. For Pat Shak Dal / Lentil with jute Leaf we need cook thick lentil and when lentil is cooked and add jute leaf. The trick of the recipe is how to cut jute leaf. Keep the whole leaf without stem. If you don’t keep whole leaf, you will get slimy lentil. Though some of us like slimy Pat...
Changri Motor Daler Bora / Prawn Peas Fritter
Dec 14
Changri Motor Daler Bora / Prawn Peas Fritter is a peas’ fritter stuffed with prawn. Fritter size depends on prawn size. With small you can small fritter and with large prawn you will make large fritter.Ingredients:• ¾ cup yellow split peas • 3 tablespoon plain flour • Prawn • 4-5 green chillies • 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves • 1 medium size onion...
Am Dal / Mango Lentil Soup
Dec 06
It is summer in Australia and mango season now. So want to some mango recipe and start with Am Dal / Mango Lentil Soup. This sour dish gives compliment to summer. Though there are many ways to cook lentil, I try to give the easiest way. Mustard seeds come very well with tangy dish.Ingredients: • ¾ cup red lentil • 1 green mango • 1 small onion sliced • 3-4 green chillies...
Beef Khichuri
Sep 11
Beef Khuchuri By Rownak Jahan, September 11, 2012 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 75 minutes Serve: 6-8In Bangladesh Khichuri is a very common and popular full dish like biriyani. There are several types of Kichuri such as vegetable khichuri, bhuna khichuri, masala khichuri, mutton khichuri/ beef khichuri. Personlly I like vegetable khichuri a lot with fried egg. But...
Moong dal with Chicken Pieces
Jun 18
Moong dal with Chicken Pieces By Rownak Jahan, June 18, 2012 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Yield: 6Habanero chilli (bombai morich) goes very well with this dish. If you are lucky enough to have one, add chopped chilli in the end.Ingrdients: • 1 and ½ cup moong dal • 1 large onion sliced • 650 grams(wings, liver, giblet) • ½ tablespoon...
Chotpoti
May 18
Chotpoti is basically spicy peas and potato mix along with tamarind water. I try to keep it simple and health. If you want, you can use bit oil to fry the onion and cook potato and peas together.Ingredients: • 1 and 1/2 cups dried peas • 1 diced large boiled potato • 6 boiled eggs • 3 tablespoon chaat masala • 1/2 finely sliced medium size onion • 4 finely green...
Mutton with Moong Lentil / Dal Khasi
May 09
Yeah I know that I was not on my track for last few recipes. May be I will do that kinda mistake in my journey. But believe me that I know my goal, adore my individuality and simply love my country. Mutton with Moong Dal / Dal Khasi is mutton cooked in spiced up moong lentil. It is a famous recipe for restaurant in Bangladesh. Rice, naan or paratha all go very well with this...
Haleem
Mar 27
Haleem By Rownak Jahan, March 27, 2012Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Yield: 4-6 servesHaleem is basically spicy lentil soup. I found that soup mix is a handy thing to make it. Though I mix moog dal with soup mix in this recipe. Hope you will like home made the flavour of haleem. Ingredients: • 1 and ½ cup soup mix • ½ cup moong dal • 500 gram beef or mutton(curry...
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