Mangshor Malai Curry Mutton cooked in Coconut Gravy

Mangshor Malai Curry
Mutton cooked in Coconut Gravy

Ingredients
1 kg Mutton cut into pieces
3 medium size Potatoes cut into four pieces
2 Onions cut in to half and sliced
2 Onion paste
1 tbsp Garlic paste
1/2 tsp Ginger paste
1 tsp Red Chilli paste
2 Bay leaves
2 Green Cardomon crushed
1 small  stick Cinnamon crushed
6 Pepper corn crushed
4 Cloves crushed
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 cup Curd
2 cups Coconut milk
3 tbsp Mustard oil
1 tbsp Ghee

Method
Take a bowl, add the mutton, curd, salt, turmeric powder, chilli paste,  ginger, garlic and onion paste. Mix the spices with mutton. Keep it to marinate for an hour. Take a pressure cooker. Add mustard oil. Add the potatoes and stir fry till brown, remove and keep it aside. Add the ghee in the cooker. Add the bay leaves, cloves, cardamon, pepper corn, cinnamon, sugar and the sliced onions, saute the onions till light brown in colour. Add the marinated mutton. Stir and cook for 20 minutes till the marinated juices reduces a bit. Add the potatoes, 2 cups of water and coconut milk. Cover the lid and give 4 whistles. Switch of the gas. Once the pressure releases, open the lid. Serve hot with rice.

Chana Masala

Chana Masala
Ingredients
250 gram Chana Soaked in water overnight
1 Onion finely chopped
1 Tomato finely chopped
1 Green chilli
1 tsp Garlic paste
1/2 tsp Ginger Paste
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Chilli powder
1/2 tsp Dry Mango powder
1/2 tsp Cumin powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
1 tsp Cumin seeds
2 Bay Leaves
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Oil
Few coriander leaves for garnishing

Method
Boil the chana with turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, dry mango powder and salt. In a pan, add oil. Add cumin seeds and bay leaves. Let the cumin seeds crackle, add onion and green chilli. Sauté till the onions are translucent. Add the garlic and ginger paste. Sauté for 3 minutes, add the tomato. Cook for 2 minutes and add the boil chana. Add little water if required to make a gravy. Let it simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle garam masala on top. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Safflower Leaves Bhaji

Safflower Leaves also known as Kardai in Marathi...

The flower from the seeds of this plant are used as medicine.

Safflower seed is also used to treat fever, tumors, coughs, breathing problems, clotting conditions, pain, heart disease, chest pain, and traumatic injuries. Safflower seed oil is used as a cooking oil. The tender leaves of the plant are use for cooking. This vegetable is available in the winter.

Ingredients
1 Bunch Safflower Leaves chopped
1 big size Onion chopped
2 Tomato chopped
1 tbsp  Garlic minced
1  Dry Red Chill broken
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
1/2  tsp Red Chili Powder
1 tsp  Coriander Powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Oil

  Method
Take a pot, add 4 cups water, add the safflower leaves. Let it boil for 3 minutes or the leaves are cooked. Drain the water out and keep the leaves aside. Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds and dry red chilli. Let the cumin seed crackle. Add the garlic and onion and fry it till it becomes light brown in colour. Add the tomato, turmeric powder, red chilli powder,coriander powder and stir well, cover and cook until tomato are tender. Add the cooked safflower leaves and stir well.Cook on medium heat until all water dries up and it starts to leave oil from the sides. Once done serve hot with steamed rice.

Potal Maach Doi Shorshe Diye Pointed Gourd and Rahu Fish in Mustard and Curd

Potal Maach Doi Shorshe Diye
Pointed Gourd and Rahu Fish in Mustard and Curd

For the Fish
Ingredients
6 Rahu Fish pieces
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4 cup Mustard Oil to fry the fish

Method
Marinate the fish for 15 minutes with turmeric and salt. Take oil in a pan, heat it. Fry the fish till brown on both the sides.

For the Mustard Sauce
Ingredients
3 tbsp of Mustard seeds soaked in water
2 tbsp Poppy seeds
2 Green Chillies
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1/4 cup Curd

Method
Drain the water from the mustard seeds, add all the above ingredients into the blender. Blend and make a smooth paste.

For the Gravy
Ingredients
6 Fried Fish
1/2 kg Pointed Gourd peeled roughly... Some peels should remain on the vegetable, cut vertically into half.
Mustard Sauce
2 Green or Red Chillies slit
1 /2 tsp Kalonji / Nigella seeds
3 tbsp Mustard Oil
Few coriander leaves chopped for garnishing

Method
Take 2 1/2 tbsp oil in a wok, heat it. Add Nigella seeds and chillies. Let the seed crackle. Add the pointed gourd. Stir fry for 3 to 4 minutes, add the mustard sauce and 1 cup water, cover and cook till the pointed gourds are tender. Add fish, simmer for 2 minutes more, drizzle the remaining mustard oil on top. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Rui Macher Dimmer Bora

Rui Macher Dimmer Bora
Fish Eggs Pakoda
Ingredients
1 cup Fish Eggs
1 Onion finely chopped
2 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
2 Green Chillies chopped
2 Garlic cloves chopped
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4 tsp Chilli powder
1/4 tsp Nigella seeds
Salt to taste
1/2 cup Gram flour
Oil to fry

Method
Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl, except oil. Mix it well. Cover and keep for 15 minutes. Add oil in a pan, heat the oil. Put 1 tsp of the batter in the oil, repeat the process. Fry it till crispy golden brown. Have it with hot rice.