Tuesday 23 June 2015

Mango chutney


Mango chutni is a must dish in a common bengali home.After meal people love to have some chutney whether it is raw mango,tomato,Amla or any other fruit chutney.
Ingredients
Raw mango 5-cut into small pieces
Sugar-to taste/1 cup
salt-pinch
Whole mustard seeds-few
Whole red chilli-3
White oil-1spoon
Method
1)Boil the mangoes in 3 cups of water with pinch of salt and sugar.Once cooked mangoes are ready.
2)In other pan add 1 spoon of oil.Once the oil is hot add mustard seeds and whole red chillies and oncecit starts to splutter add the cooked mango chutney ,mix it and chutney is ready.Serve this cold after lunch.This can be preserved in fridge for few days.







Wednesday 17 June 2015

Watermelon juice with strawberry lime cubes

So simple drink yet very tasty.Kids love it if presented well.You can even store it in the the fridge for max 2 days.You can make this juice with the left over cut watermelon pieces.Few watermelons are even less sweet so kids avoid to eat those cut pieces.You can make a juice and serve the kids,they will love it.
Ingrediends
 1 Watermelon cut and deseeded.
Sugar-Half to 1 cup depending upon the sweetness of the fruit.
Crushed ice-half cup
Strawberry crush
Lime juice
Method
Put the fruit pieces,sugar,crushes icecin the blended and strain out the juicexof the watermelon with the help of a strainer.Serve with strawberry  lime cubes.
Note:For strawberry lime cubes you have to mix the strawberry and lime juice in quantity 4:1  and pour in the ice cube box and freeze for few hours.You can serve with the watermelon juice.

Thursday 11 June 2015

My Kitchen and My Recipes: Coriander chutney

My Kitchen and My Recipes: Coriander chutney: This is a sweet,tangy,sour,hot coriander chutney.I love this and keep in my fridge to use it as a spread in rotis,breads or can be eat...

Coriander chutney


This is a sweet,tangy,sour,hot coriander chutney.I love this and keep in my fridge to use it as a spread in rotis,breads or can be eaten with kababs,fries etc.Can be stored in the fridge for few days.
Note..you can also add few leaves of mint leaves if you want.
Ingredients
Bunch of coriander
Garlic cloves-4
Green chillies-3
Salt to taste
sugar to taste
Lemon juice -half spoon
Tamarind pulp-1 spoon
Olive oil-few drops
Method
Make a paste with coriander leaves,green chillies,garlic cloves,salt,sugar tamarind pulp,olive oil.The paste shouldnot be runny.Olive oil will give texture and silky smooth paste.