Tuesday 23 March 2021
Tarbuj er Khosar r Chutney / Watermelon rind Chutney
Thursday 11 March 2021
Maha Shivratri Special - Aloo ki Kheer
Har - Har Mahadev
Happy Shivratri 🙏🏼
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival and celebrated in India in reverence of the God Shiva. It’s believed that Lord Shiva saved the universe from ignorance and darkness and it’s also said that today Shiva was married to Goddess Parvati on this day. The Maha Shivaratri is known as the 'Great Night of Shiva', and it is celebrated during the night by keeping a night-long vigil and it marks the convergence 2 supreme power - Shiva and Shakti.
In Bengal the young girls celebrates this festival by keeping fast the whole day and night and prayers are offered in desire to get a good husband. Ladies pray for the welfare of their husband. Sabudana soaked in milk and fruits are eaten during fasting.
Since I am brought up in Mumbai.... We have Sabudana Khichadi, Puri - Alu Bhaji, Aloo ki Kheer...
Aloo ki Kheer
Ingredients
2 medium sized Potatoes boiled, peeled and grated
2 cup Milk
2 tbsp Mawa crumbs
1/4 cup Sugar or as per taste
Pinch of Salt
1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
Pinch of Saffron
1 tsp Almond and Pistacho flakes
Method
Heat milk in a pot and let is simmer for 2 minutes. Add salt, sugar, saffron and mava to the milk. Stir it. Let the milk reduce a bit. Add the potatoe and cardomom powder. Stir and cook for 3 minutes more. Garnish with Almond and pistachio flakes.
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Meat Loaf with Cheesy Mashed Potato and Corn
This dish is one of my personal favourite. Here I have used mutton minced... it’s easy to make and enjoy the dish for dinner at home.
Ingredients
300 grams of Mutton Minced
1 cup Bread Crumbs
1 cup Milk
1 Egg
1 small size Onion finely chopped
1 big size Potato boiled and mashed roughly
1/4 cup boiled Corn
1 to 2 Green Chillies chopped
2 to 3 Garlic Cloves chopped
Few Parsley leaves chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/4 cup Cheddar Cheese grated
2 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup Cream
Method
Take a mixing bowl, add milk, salt, pepper and bread crumbs together and keep it aside for 10 to 15 minutes. Add the chopped onion, green chilli, parsley, garlic, egg and minced meat and mixed all the ingredients very well. Grease a bread loaf mould. Pour in the batter. Bake at 180 or 200 degrees celsius for 45 minutes in a preheated oven depending upon your oven temperature .Take a small bowl, mix in the tomato ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Take out the bread loaf from the oven and apply the sauce on the top of the meatloaf. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the meatloaf from the oven and let it cool down.
Take the boiled potato , corn, cheese, cream, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix all the ingredients well.
To serve - Place some mixture of mashed potato and corn. Cut a portion of the meatloaf and place it over the mashed potato and corn. The dish is ready to be eaten.