Esho Bosho Aahare

Good Evening Friends !  Here is time to share one more traditional Bengali recipe of prawn or shrimp. Who does not love prawn? I think everyone. Kids are always happy to have prawn too. And Bengalis are all time food lovers. So in their food list prawn plays an important role too. You will laugh to here that prawn signifies one specific culture of Bengalis. "Ghoti" means the water pot , it is called to them who were living in west Bengal before the partition of Bengal. So earlier when any football match has been occurred with East Bengal , ghotis were present with there prawn symbol and East Bengalis were presents with the symbol of Hilsha Fish. Can you believe ? Yes its true. But It is just historic, now we all are same . Anyway lets start about the prawn recipe. It is really a tempting , easy fish recipe I ever like. It has two directions to prepare. One is called Chingri Bhape and another one the simple kadai or tawa method. In Bhape method it has to be keep in a tifin

Chole masala here I am telling about the small size chole or bengal gram only. I think you all are known about this healthy bean. It is easily available in any shop or market. And many more about this , it can be consumed in many ways... You can take everyday after soaking into water . This gives much more energy to your body. Now with this bean if you are making any dish of course it will be a great nutritious dish for your family too. The children who are not eating raw bengal gram, they must be taken if you are serving like a vegetable dish to them. So try this simple healthy recipe with chapathi/roti or rice. In a brief description about nutrition it is a good source of Folate which is very important for pregnant women too. As well as it has a very high level of iron . Its very good for any diabetic patients too. It has protein,calcium and Vitamin A too. So in over all it is a healthy beans for everyday life. Chole Masala Recipe By : Nabanita Das Preparation Time : 10

Chanar Dalna is one of favorite recipe.I think you are not getting properly that what is Chana? Here Chana means nothing the homemade paneer only. How you are making paneer at home that is exactly. In previous Bengal we did not have  chances to buy paneer/cottage cheese from market. So homemade chana/paneer was the only way to make this traditional dish.Still there is tradition to have this delicacy in some auspicious occasions in Bengal. But it is almost different from the market bought , looks wise , taste wise too. Healthy and tasty combination of vegetarian recipe which you ever get in one recipe. So try this tempting dish . As per nutritional value homemade paneer is more beneficial than market bought as it is more hygienic too. It is good source of Protein,Vitamin B12, Calcium and Vitamin D too.

One more traditional Bengali recipe which was missing in my cooking blog. A typical famous Bengali dish which is very common in each of our Bengali house as the season is summer. Why season ? Nothing actually , bottle gourd vegetable is like a very cool one in summer season, so it is very perfect recipe for the summer season. This recipe represents simple, light and healthy too. If you are serving a traditional thali for bengali then you can choose it with typical Bengali moong dal and fishes which you like. And you will rock for the dish. And I believe sometimes eating light is also healthy too. By the way it is very simple and easy recipe too. if you ask about nutritional value of bottle gourd then it has enough source of vitamin C and Zinc. Cholesterol and Fat free vegetable it is actually. Good source of Calcium. So try this recipe and serve with plain rice and dal. Bottle Gourd Curry | Laau er Ghanto Recipe By : Nabanita Das Preparation time : 10 mins Cooking time

Friends I know I am very irregular . Do not know why it is happening with me,not getting enough time to write for my blog. Can not share more and more recipes with you as I did earlier.Cannot communicate with you too. I miss those days. Still trying to get involve with my lovely work , with my happiness. Anyway, here I am again with another snack recipe which is called Poha basically but in Bengal we call it Chirer Polau. Chire means rice flakes and Polau/Pulao means a mixture with vegetables and masala. But sill it is a light snack which is healthy too. My recipe represents the Bengali version with little change. I hope if you follow my way you will love it. So try once as I prepare. Its very simple. I added vegetables whatever I had in my pantry. So you have also a choice about vegetables. To some extent its nutrition value is higher too. Rice flakes carries a large amount of calcium,carbohydrates, and protein. It has good quantity of iron. So it can prevent iron deficiency. And

Have you ever tried this fabulous Italian Snack Calzone Pockets ? Its just yumm... Calzone means stockings which is an Italian filled oven bread,shaped as a folded pizza. Sandwich sized calzone made me just wondered instead of pizza nowadays. Its tangy sweet tastes are really awesome. And I hope its a lovable snack to everyone. Though it has so many variation country wise. Still its mouthwatering. I prepared it with my style. And homemade version was hit in my house too. It becomes a tremendous recipe for my whole family. First of all I tasted it in Domino's . Then I had curious about to make it at home. So I tried and my experience was awesome. Full of cheese,sauce and paneer stuff was just lip-smacking. Kids to oldies everyone will love it definitely. So try this snack at your home make a super duper wonders for your  family. As you are making at home so it can be said its healthy than the shop one too. So why late ? Try this... Calzone Pockets  Recipe By : Nabanita D

Today sharing one delicious vegetarian recipe which is very tasty and grand too. It is really a nice choice for any home party or vegetarian party. This dish I hardly prepared because as it is little time consuming. But who cares if it is worthy to serve for any guests. But I am sure you will love it as it is rich in taste and texture. A shahi delicacy will be watering your mouth.  This goes very well with plain rice and chapathi too. So try this recipe within this season as raw jackfruit is now easily available in market. As per nutrition value raw jackfruit consists of high level of vitamin C,Vitamin A,iron and calcium too. It is cholesterol free too. So more or less it is healthy too. Echorer Kofta | Raw Jackfruit Balls Recipe By : Nabanita Das Preparation time : 20 mins Cooking Time : 30 mins Serve : 3 Ingredients : For Koftas /Balls : 4 Cups Echore / Raw Jackfruits - Cut into medium size cubes(bolied with turmeric powder and salt) 1 Medium size boile

After a long break I am here again. Friends it was very difficult time for me. I was too busy and could not continue my blog post thoroughly. New place made me very fussy and busy too. Some alterations and changing environment made me uncomfortable too. Anyway i am here again. And of course I think it is another lovable innings for me again. Lets share me another Bengali delicacy of fish. Tangra fish one more tasty and healthy fish which has really some tempting preparations in Bengali's basket. Before some years I can say i would not like to it this fish . But now this is my fab and hit list fish only. I am very happy to share this recipe as it is easily available in Pune too. Me and my son liked it so much.Its textures is just wonderful. One red curry of tangra fish is just marvelous and tasty too. With warm rice this curry goes very nice. Tangra fish as some nutrition benefits too like it is full of vitamin C,Vitamin A,Calcium and iron too. Tangra Fish Curry | Bengali T

Dear Friends I am Really Happy to Announce about The FR Event for the Month of February which is organised by Swathi the owner of Zesty South Indian Kitchen . Its my pleasure to host her Event too. Basically FR Event consists "Favorite Recipe Event". In this month it is categories by the recipe of " Starters and Snacks ". Thanks Swathi to give me this wonderful Chance at all. Here is some Basic Rules about this Event Please consider when linking any recipe for this Event. A linky will be open from 1 st   of the month to month end. Now it is from   February 1st to 28th At least  one new recipes and  two recipes from the achieves. Please update the post with logo or worded link.  Recipe   can be  gluten or vegan free. You have to link this announcement post in the   recipes ; using logo is welcome but not mandatory.  Non-bloggers can also welcome, send me full   recipe   with a photograph to this e-mail.  ( esho.bosho.aahare81[at]gmail.co