1. Cut each hilsa fish head into four pieces, remove fins and wash, Mix the pieces well with salt & one teaspoon turmeric powder and set aside. 2. Heat oil and fry the fish head pieces. Remove and set aside. 3. Add panch-phoron and whole red chili ..

Fish cooked in yogurt and spices, authentic Bengali

Wrap the yogurt in cheesecloth and hang for a few hours to drain off the excess water. In a bowl mix ½ tsp. salt, ½ tsp. black pepper, 1 tbsp. refined flour, 1 tbsp. corn flour, ½ cup water to make a paste (add a little more water if you feel it is ..

Lightly fry the paneer cubes. Saute the chopped vegetables but do not brown. Heat two tablespoons of ghee and add the green pepper, cooking until tender. Add the vegetables and then add the milk. Let boil and after 5 minutes add the paneer. Add salt and sugar ..

Lightly fry the paneer in ghee until just golden. Heat ghee, add ginger, green chili and black cardomoms, fry until light brown. Add tomatoes and curd and saute for some time. Remove from heat. Let it cool and grind to a puree, adding water if needed. Add ..

Put the washed spinach in a pan, add very little water (just a sprinkle) and a pinch of salt. Cover and boil over a high flame for 2 minutes. Cool quickly, or hold under running water in a colander. Put in a mixie, add green chilli and run for a minute. Keep ..

Boil the florettes for 3-4 minutes in plenty of water, to which a tbsp. of milk has been added. Drain and pat dry on a clean cloth. Make thin batter out of flour and 2 tbsp.cornflour, adding 1/4 tsp. each of ginger and garlic and red chilli powder and salt to ..

Chop capsicum and tomatoes. Cut paneer into 1/2" cubes and deep fry in ghee until light brown. Drain and set aside. Grind red chillies, saunf, coconut into a fine paste. Heat oil in a kadai and fry capsicum and slit green chillies together. When capsicum ..

Lightly fry the panir cubes in ghee, till just slightly golden. Marinate the panir pieces in salt, turmeric and ginger paste for 1 hour. Heat 2 tbsps ghee in pan and fry the cloves, peppercorns, poppy seeds, coriander seeds, aniseeds and red chillies. Brown ..

Wash the dal and cook the dal in a sauteuse with the turmeric, salt and the sugar over a medium flame. Add half of the ginger to the dal along with the cumin powder. When the dal is cooked and thick remove from the fire. Heat the ghee in a pan and add the ..