RAW  BANANA FISH  KOFTA  CURRY

Ingredients

100 grams fish
2 boiled potatoes

2 raw boiled raw bananas
2 tbs tomato puree
2 finely chopped onions
1 tsp ginger paste
half tsp garlic paste
1 tsp red chilly powder
half tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp coriander powder
5 tbs mustard oil
1 tsp flour
half tsp cumin seed
2 tsp sugar
Method

Heat the oil in a pan.Fry the fish in the oil.Then take it out from the pan and debone it.Now smash potato and banana in a bowl.Add fish ,flour,half tsp ginger garlic paste salt 1/4 tsp chilly powder 1 tsp chopped onion in the bowl and mix well to make a smooth dough.Form it into small balls and shape into koftas.Now fry the koftas 4 at a time and keep those in a bowl.Add cumin seed and chopped onion and fry for 2 minutes.Add ginger garlic tomato puree turmeric powder chilly powder coriander powder salt and sugar one by one fry for ten minutes. Add 2 cups of water and boil for 5 minutes Add garam masala and ghee to it .Now pour the gravy over the koftas.




half ginger garlic paste

 FUSION STIR-FRIED CHICKEN

Fusion Stir-Fried Chicken

Ingredients for marinade:

500 grams boneless chicken

half tsp ginger paste

half tsp garlic paste

100 grams hung curd

1 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp vinegar

Ingredients for gravy:

2 big onions finely chopped

3 tbs white oil

half tsp ginger paste

half tsp garlic paste

3 tsp oyster sauce

3 tsp tomato sauce

2 tsp chilli sauce

1 tsp red chilli powder

1 cup milk

salt to taste

For garnishing:

1tbs cream

coriander leaves-2 pinch

Method:

Mix all the ingredients for the marinade.

Add chicken pieces and refrigerate for an hour.

Add oil in the pan and put the marinated chicken and stir fry it till it turns light brown in colour.

After it is done set aside the chicken in a bowl.Now add chopped onions and stir-fry it.

Then add ginger garlic paste and put the chicken back in the pan.

Now add red chilli powder,oyster sauce ,tomato sauce & chilli sauce one by one.

Now add salt to taste and stir it until all the ingredients are mixed well.

Add milk,cover and cook it in low flame,stirring in between so that it doesn't stick to the bottom.

Lastly for garnishing,add finely chopped coriander leaves and fresh cream on the top.

Chocolate Cream Cake

Chocolate Cream Cake

Ingredients

For the cake -

1 1/2 cup refined flour
1 cup castor sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup of white oil - I have used Sunflower oil
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanila essence
1 tsp baking powder
dark chocolate - 50 gms ( 70% dark chocolate)
2 tsp fresh cream
2 tsp cocoa powder

Butter for greasing the baking dish

For the Icing -
100 ml fresh cream
3/4 cup of castor sugar
Dark Chocolate shavings

Directions 
 
- Mix all the ingredients for cake together to make a smooth batter.

- Grease the baking dish with butter and sprinkle flour evenly so as to cover the entire dish and sides. This is important so the cake comes out effortlessly after baking

- Pour the batter into the baking dish

- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C ( in convection mode in case of a microwave for roughly 2 minutes)

- Set the baking dish on a small stand ( which should be a microwave accessory) in the oven

- bake for 45-50 minutes

- At 45 minutes, use a toothpick to test if the cake has been baked all the way through. Do not overcook beyond 50 minutes. After the baking, let the cake stand for 5 minutes before removing the baking dish out.

- Cover the top of the baking dish with a bigger plate, use both hands quickly invert the plate so the cake is sitting on the plate. Carefully remove the baking dish from the cake.

- For the icing - Mix the castor sugar and fresh cream and beat it with the hand blender until it becomes thick and consistent.

- Now using a thread, or a knife, cut thru the cross section of the cake and make it 2 tiers

- Generously apply the icing on top of the lower tier upto 3-4 mm thick, and place the upper tier on top

- Cover the entire cake with cream, and cover it with chocolate shavings.

I hope you enjoy it. Do let me know how it turns out.

Happy New Year 2013

Hello everyone!

I am Tapashi Das, a Bengali housewife, and this is my first attempt - after a lot of pressure from my lovely daughters, to start a blog about home cooked food. Quite frankly most of the recipes you will see here may not be too uncommon, however I would really like it if you try a few of the recipes I will post in the coming few days and let me know what you think. I am very new at this bit of being a foodie - writing about it that is, and would love to make this as interactive as possible.

My culinary journey started when I got married about 32 years ago. My late mother-in-law has been my biggest influence in the beginning. My first lessons from her were home made Bengali food, typical of Bangladesh. As we go further, I will talk to you more about my history with cooking, influences, likes and dislikes.Before I sign off the first post of my blogging career - A Very Happy New Year everybody, and wish all of you a very prosperous 2013.

Best wishes,
Tapashi Das