Kesari Bhath
Ingredients • Plain rice – 1 cup • Sugar – 1 ¼ cup • Water – ¼ cup • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Saffron – little • Milk – 1 tbsp • Saffron • Cardamom powder – a pinch • Broken cashew nuts – 1 tbsp • Raisins – 1 tbsp • Kesari powder – as required (Food color) Variation: • In place of sugar, candied sugar which is powdered well can be used. Reduce powdered sugar candy to ¾ cup or 1 cup as...
Corn Pulav
Ingredients • Basmati rice – 1 cup • Corncobs – 3 • Bay leaf – 1 • Cinnamon – 1 inch stick • Black cardamoms – 2 • Cloves – 3 • Cashew nuts – 10 to 12 • Saffron – a pinch dissolved in one tbsp warm milk • Ghee – for frying • Salt – as required Grind Together: • Ginger – ½ inch piece • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp • Garam masala powder...
Kesar Doodh Masala
Ingredients • 15gm Cashew 15gm Almond • 15gm Pistachio 10gm Cardamom powder • 5gm Saffron • 1 pinch Nutmeg powder • 1 pinch Mace powder Preparation 1)Mix all the ingredients and grind in a mixer to make a fine granular. 2)Store in a dry air tight container. Yield 60gm By Varun Shukla ...
Doodhi Halwa
Ingredients • Doodhi (Bottlegaurd) – 1 kg • Milk – 1 ½ liter • Sugar – 400-500 gms • Elaichi powder (cardamom) • Saffron(kesar) – 5 • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Cashew and raisins – 10 each Preparation 1. Peel and grate doodhi in a big plate. Heat a heavy saucepan and add milk and grated doodhi to it. 2. Stir occasionally till the mixture is thick. 3. Once it...
Zesty Green Tomato Chutney
Bengalis love green tomato chutney either sweet or sweet ‘n’ sourfor although it is made from a plebeian ingredient, it has a wonderfully delicate flavor. In this century-old recipe from Bir Nagar, saffron and lime juice beautifully set off a green tomato-papaya combination. Bengalis are fond of both unripened mango and papaya, and many cooks might toss in a handful of diced fruit about halfway through the...