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Ingredients 1.seasonable vegetable as your choice. Today I used here: Pumpkin  Potatoes  Snakegourds Jackfruits seed Drumsticks  Brinjals Cut the all vegetable into small pieces. Wash well in running water & drain out the water. Heat a pan. Put some oil and heat it. Then add a pinch of panchforan(mixture of cumin, fenel seed, black mustard, methi & kalojeera) after 10 second add all the vegetables & mixed well. Cover with a lid for 5 minute. Open the lid and add salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder, corriender powder,green chilli cut in 4 pieces  and mixed up. Cover the lid and cook for 10 minutes, after 10minutes the veg get soft. Add some ghee & garam masala & suger. Off the gas. Served with khichdi in rainy day. You may serve it with rice or roti. 

Ingredients : Kathal/jackfruit Potatoes cut in big piece  Tomatoes 2piece finely chopped  Ginger garlic paste 2tablespoon 2big onion finely chopped  Green chili paste  Kashmiri red chilli powder  Mustard oil Turmeric powder  Salt  Gram masala Ghee 1 tablespoon PROCESS: Cut the Katha in small pieces & boil for 10 minutes & drain out the water. Heat the pan and add mustard oil. After heating well fry the potatoes and when potatoes are brown in colour separate from oil and kept aside. Fry the kathal in the same pan. Now add more oil in pan add the chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes, cook for a minute and add salt and turmeric powder, chili paste & kashmiri red chilli powder cook for 2-3minutes .Now add the potatoes and kathal mixed very well & cook for another 5-7minutes.you can add some water if it becomes dry. After cooking when spices & oil are separate add water. Cover with lid. Now cook for 5minutes.off the gas ...

Ingredients : Small mixed river fish Potatoes 2piece cut in medium sized  Parwal 6-8piece cut in middle  Tomato🍅 one chopped  Spices: Mustard oil Panchforan  Chopped onion 1piece  Garlic ginger paste 1tablespoon  Turmeric powder  Salt Red chilli powder  Process: Marinate the fishes with salt & turmeric powder & keep aside.  Heat a pan on gas. Add two tablespoons mustard oil, when it heated very well fry the fishes. Remove from oil. Then fry the potatoes and next parwal in same oil.  In the same pan add one teaspoon oil, heated well & add panchforan after 2seconds add the chopped onion & fry whether it gets pink then add garlic ginger paste, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder mixed & fry for 2-3 minutes .now add the potatoes and parwal mixed well & add water. Cook for 8-10min with cover the pan with lid. Off the gas & serve with rice. 

Ingredients : (For four persons) Basmati rice 350gm soak in water for 1hour Chicken leg piece 500gm Curd 100gm Onion paste (1 big size)  Chopped onion (1 big size)  for beresta  One tablespoon garlic paste  One tablespoon ginger paste Red chilli powder according to taste  One teaspoon turmeric powder  One tablespoon coriander powder  Gulab jal  Kewra jal Meetha atar  Biriyani masala Cardamom, star Anes, bay leaves  Mint leaves optional Two big size half boiled C potato cut in to four pieces  Three boiled egg Others : Ghee  Warm milk  Saffron  Food colour optional Process: In a  bowl take the chicken leg piece & add curd, onion paste, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, turmeric powder, two tablespoons biriyani masala, one teaspoon ghee & marinated for 30 minutes.  Now boil water in a pan or kadai add some salt, bay leaves, cardamom, star masala & one teaspoon ghee. Whe...

Today I share some important food and rituals related to it.  India has a lots of religion & there food habits are different. I am bangali & belongs  from west Bengal. Here is a line very popular - "machhe vate bangali " Or a ward  Rice is the main food in west Bengal & without fish their lunch is incomplete. Fish/machh plays a very important role in our kitchen. It completes our lunch. From breakfast to lunch to dinner & also snacks everywhere fish is the king. There is a thousand items prepared from fish🐠  As example there is  several type of fish fry available in India . There is various types of fish from small to big available in river & villager caught them using normal net. Even womens are caught them easily.  Most interesting fact that we bangalies thought fish is a good sign in marriage  and we strictly follow  & respect this rituals when laws family brings a big fish for bride. We think Big fish big happiness....

Today I share something about me. I am  on rest from long time after my fracture. That's time I thought why lost the time to rest & I spread some corn seeds in our garden.    After 4-5 days I am shocked to see that they are sprouted & two soft green leaves are growing up.    Naturally without any care they are growing & after 3months first corn seen.  I was very excited to eat that corn.  Today I roasted that corn which is very yummy. In my village there is available corn just rs10 only but it was my own garden which pleased me so much.  Roasted corn is a simple process to prepare. Just roast the whole corn & put some salt and lemon juice. It is ready to serve & also very delicious. 

Good morning. What are you thinking  ? Is it possible to spend a morning of heaven in this age?   Strange as it may sound, but it's true. Well, have you ever woken up very early in the morning and sipped your tea?  If your answer is know then try once. When the sky barely started to red then you sit on your balcony & lean on the easy chair enjoying that scene and a cup of hot tea in your hands .......... Far away from all thinks of the world and you choose that time only for yourself   Imagine for a second... It is good to think so...          That's why I said that morning in heaven.