Boti Kabab
Feb 17Hi! Hope everybody is doing well in life. When we make kabab with diced meat, Marination is a big thing. If meat is not marinated well, we will not get tender kabab. Kabab should not be overcooked. Overcooked kabab is dry and chewy. For marinating kabab we need something to make it tender. In Bangladesh Papaw Paste is the most popular and common meat tenderizer. But for me papaw paste is...
Khasir Dalcha / Goat with Split Yellow Peas and long Melon
Feb 03Ingredients: • 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...
Nihari / Spicy Lamb Shank
Nov 12Sorry for late post of Nihari. I got lots of requests for Nihari / Leg Broth. Requests were very unique way like “it should be golden stew” or “fell to be cooked by mum” or “need to be with easy and handy ingredients”. Nihari is a leg soup cooked with spices. I use here lamb shank but as you know that you can use cow leg or goat leg or soup bones. I keep it in Bengali style to...
Kolija Bhaja / Fried Liver
Nov 08Kolija Bhaja / Fried Liver is a very simple but very tasty dish. I had this in a wedding and just love the dish. I cut the liver into thin pieces but you can cut liver into your desire size. Instead of green chillies you can use dry chilli flake but I like the flavour green chilli more. Please don’t overcook liver, overcook makes liver chewy. Hope you will try this simple recipe to...
Spicy Meat loaf
Oct 22Ingredients: • 500 grams mince(beef/ lamb/ mutton) • 1/3 cup chopped capsicum • 1/3 cup chopped onion • 1 tablespoon chopped green chillies • 2 tablespoon chopped coriander • 3 tablespoon tomato sauce • 1 teaspoon ginger paste • 1 teaspoon garlic paste • 1 teaspoon kabab masala • ½ teaspoon garam masala powder • ½ teaspoon black pepper powder • ½ teaspoon...
Nargisi Kofta
Oct 16Hi! I haven’t posted exotic recipe for long. Eid ul Adha is coming soon so this is best time to learn meat recipes. As you know that Eid ul Adha is Eid of meat. Nargisi Kofta is a Moughlai dish. I tried to keep its exoticness. If you want to, you can make gravy with coconut milk. Traditionally in Bangladesh nargisi kofta’s gravy is made by coconut milk. In that case instead of yogurt...
Achari Mutton- Easy and Simple
Jul 08Long ago I posted Achari chicken and got great response from you guys. In the recipe of achari chicken I made from scratch. But in achari mutton I try to make it simple and handy to use Mango pickle/ amer achar(Amer Achar is a must have thing in bengali kitchen). Hope you will like achari mutton too. And I will give Achri Mutton from scratch in near future. In the same way you can cook...
Tehri
Jun 19Tehri By Rownak Jahan, June 19, 2012Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 100 minutes Yield: 4-6 Ingredients:For Meat: • 1 kg beef/ mutton(small curry cut) • 1 large onion sliced • ½ cup yogurt • 1 and ½ tablespoon ginger paste • 1 tablespoon garlic paste • 1 teaspoon coriander powder • ½ teaspoon nutmeg powder • ½ teaspoon white pepper powder • 5-6...
Methi Kalia / Spicy Fenugreek Meat
May 30Methi Kalia / Spicy Fenugreek Meat By Rownak Jahan, May 30, 2012 Prep Time: 8 minutes Cook time: 60 minutes Yield: 5-6In Bangladesh if somebody wants to even think about rich food, it will go like korma, polau (pilaf), kalia in this order. I know all of us know how to cook kalia so Methi kalia will be bit different and interesting recipe for us. Methi / fenugreek seeds...
Kachchi Biryani
May 21Kachchi Biryani By Rownak Jahan, May 21, 2012 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 60 minutes Yield: 4I know very well that all of us (who live in overseas) just love to cook biryani. But we only cook pakki biryani. In pakki Biryani meat and rice are cooked separately then mix together and in kachchi biryani meat and rice are cooked together. As you know that kachchi...
Mutton with Moong Lentil / Dal Khasi
May 09Yeah 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...
Stuffed Capsicum
May 05This is not very Bangladeshi recipe. But I was inspired and made this one. Hope you guys will like this one.Ingredients: • 4 capsicum(small size) • ½ capsicum chopped • ½ kg beef/ mutton/ chicken mince • 2 medium onion chopped • 3-4 green chillies chopped • 1 teaspoon ginger paste • 1 teaspoon coriander powder • 1 teaspoon black pepper crushed • 2 tablespoon...

Rownak Jahan was born In Bangladesh, currently living in Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. Love to cook, read and learn new recipes, talk about food and teach cooking. She blogs at www.banglarecipes.com.au and also guest blog at many cooking blogs for couple of years. She loves the vastness of Bangladeshi cooking and wants to introduce Bangladeshi great traditional food culture to the world. Hope you enjoy her blog and please come back soon as we are adding new recipes every week and you can consider subscriber to our blog so she can deliver the new recipes strait to your inbox. Please Join Rownak's 