image source Hello readers,    What's up? Think all's good, Today I'm going to share with you a Mughlai Cuisine, called "Mutton Rezala". Before that I would like to share you a small story about 'Rezala'. This is a very popular and authentic Mughlai dish of either Turkish or Persian (there is a controversy) culinary origin. The last Nawab of Awadh ( situated in India northeastern portion of Uttar Pradesh State) Wajid Ali, when he exiled to Calcutta (now Kolkata) bought along with him his trusted 'Bawarchis' (Chef), that's how rezala came to Kolkata. Hope you like the story behind this dish! Now let's start to prepare "Mutton Rezala". Equipment: 1) Handi - This is a deep, wide mouthed cooking vessel. Ingredients: 1. Mutton- 1 kg. 2. Cashew paste -100 gm. 3. Ghee(Clarified Butter) - 100 gm. 4. Yogurt - 100 gm. 5. Onion paste - 4 Tbs. 6. Garlic paste -4 tsp. 7. Green chili paste -3 tsp. 8. Ginger pas...

         image source Hello readers, Today, let's go out of India. Bangladesh is our neighbouring country, they also like to eat fish like us. I'm going to share a recipe called "Malai/Dudh Koi (মালাই/দুধ কই)" also known as "Jessore Koi", one famous recipe of Jessore from Bangladesh. Are you familiar with the name of this fish "Koi" ? It's called "climbing perch" in English, and the scientific name is  Anabas testudineus.  Here is a picture of Koi fish-     image source : profishingvideos Ingredients: 1) Koi Fish (5-6 pc) big size. 2) Coconut Milk (Malai) 2-3 cups 3) Mustard oil - 100 ml 4) Green chilies - 3 to 4     Coconut Milk image source   Please red " How to prepare Coconut Milk " Spices: 1) Onion-2 medium size 2) Garlic- 3 clove's for fry/1 tea spoon paste. 3) Cumin-2 tea spoon powder/1 tea spoon whole. 4) Bay leaves - 2 pc 5) Salt-To taste 6) Sugar-To taste 7) T...

Hello readers,   Today I'm going to share with you a cookie recipe, one of my readers from New Zealand requested for the same. So my dear friend here is the recipe of "Chocolate chip cookie with Almond". Hope you all like it. Please share your comments and view. Serving 36 cookies Equipment: 1. Measuring spoon. 2. Measuring cups. 3. Kitchen Aid mixer. 4. Baking sheet. Ingredients: 1. Salted butter (softened) - 1 cup 2. White granulated sugar- 1 cup 3. Light brown sugar -1 cup 4. Pure vanilla extract -1 tea spoon 5. Large egg- 2 6. All purpose flour -3 cups 7. Baking soda -1 tea spoon 8. Baking powder- 1/2 tea spoon 9. Sea salt -1 tea spoon 10. Chocolate chips - 2 cups 11. Crushed almonds - 1 cup Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degree Fahrenheit. Line a baking pan with parchment paper and set aside. 2. Take a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder set aside. 3. Take other bowl and mix butter and sugars ...

Hello readers,     Today I'm going to share with you a simple recipe which is very easy to make and also healthy and tasty. Sometimes, we don't understand what to do when 1 or 2 different pieces of vegetables left in our refrigerator. So, today I'm going to solve your problem, this recipe is Mixed vegetables with prawn. Ingredients:- 1. Potato (2 midium size) 2. Parwal aka Pointed gourd (2-3 pieces) 3. Ridge gourd aka Luffa (1pc) 4. Pumpkin (200 gm) 5. Brinjal aka Eggplant (1 midium size) 6. Green banana (1pc) 7. Spiny gourd (1 pc small) 8. Stem Amaranth (katoa data in Bengali) (2 or 3 stick) 9. Jackfruit seeds (optional) 10. Coconut (half in Grated/whole) 11. Onion (1 medium size) 12. Prawns (250 gm) Spices:- 1.Ginger (1 inch size) 2. Panch phoron (1 tea spoon) 3.Whole dry red chili (1 or 2) 4.Ghee (2 tea spoon). 5. Mustard oil (2 table spoon). 6. Salt to taste. 7. Turmeric powder (1 table spoon) 8. Sugar (1 tea spoon) ** Panch phoron is a mixt...

Hello readers,     Today is the time to taste something different. In rainy season we Bengalis love to eat Ilish (hilsa fish), I thought why don't we make "Ilish Pulao" today? So what are you waiting for let's start! Ingredients:- 1. Gobindobhog rice (4 cup) 2. Ilish Fish (5pc) 3.Vegetable oil- 4 table spoon 4. Ghee-2 table spoon 5. Flour-1 tea spoon 6. Coconut milk:- 3-4 table spoon 7. Sweet curd:- 1 table spoon 8. Milk:- 2 cup 9. Red chili:- 2 to 3 (whole) 10. Water:- 6 cup ** Gobindobhog rice :- This rice cultivated mostly in West Bengal in India, it is a short-grain, White, aromatic, sticky rice having a sweet buttery flavour. ## Always remember that water should be double quantity of rice, here I took 4 cup rice, so I added 6 cup water with 2 cup milk. Spices:- 1. Onion:- 2 tea spoon (paste), 2 tea spoon (juice) 2. Garlic:- 1/2tea spoon(paste), 1 tea spoon (juice) 3. Ginger:- 1 tea spoon juice 4. Kashmiri chili powder:- 2 tea spoon 5. Salt:...

Hello readers,       Today I'm going to share my first recipe with you,  before that I will share you the story of this dish, this is a sweet dish and very popular in Odisha (an eastern Indian state on the Bay of Bengal), they devoted this dish to Lord Jagannath (Hindu GOD), the dish named Jibhey Gajaa. This name was given because this sweet dish looks like a tongue (jiv in Bengali), you can keep this sweet in air tight container for long period & don't need refrigerate, so let's start. Ingredients: 1. Flour (250gm) 2. Sugar (500gm) 3. Vegetable oil (250ml)  4. Salt (As needed) 5. Ghee (2 table-spoons) 6. Water (100 ml) 7. Cardamom powder (1/2 table-spoon) Preparation: 1) First take a bowl , give 70% flour in it, add pinch of salt, 1 tea spoon sugar & 2 teaspoon vegetable oil. Stir continuously until mix it properly with spoon, now add some water and make a medium soft dough. 2) Now keep it aside, take a pan keep it on...

Hi guys, How are you ? My name is Sunita Dutta, I am from Kolkata, doing job but my passion is cooking. So, I love to share my delicious recipes including some secret traditional Indian delicacies. I'll also share the historical background of some very rare recipes. Tastes great! Eating something delicious right now? Stay tuned and please, try my recipes at your home. Take care, stay safe.