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 Navratna Paturi [Indian / Bengali]

Introduction:    This delicious Indian dish gets its name Navratan (meaning nine gems) from the nine different veggies, cottage cheese, fruit & nuts..... This is a very popular & rich dish.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of cube size paneer / cottage cheese
• 1 cup of cube size blanche potato
• 1 cup of cube size brinjal / plant egg
• 1 cup of cube size parwal [pointed gourd] /beans
• 1 cup of cube size capsicum
• 1 cup of cube size blanche cauliflower
• 1 cup of cube size pumpkin [with skin]
• 1 cup of cube size blanche carrot & 1/2 cup of cube tomato
• 2 cup of cube size cabbage
• 3 tbsp scrapped coconut & 5-6 green chillis
• 2 tbs peach melon, poppy, yellow mustard seed
• Almond, cashew . raisins
• Salt - sugar as par taste
• 1/2 tsp cumin seed, 2 bay leaves 
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
• 1/2 cup sunflower oil for cooking - frying
• 1 tsp each ghee , corn starch

Procedure:

Take a grinder and put coconut, poppy, melon, mustard

seed, green chillis, fruit & nuts 1/2 cup of water and make

 a thick paste.

Now heat oil in a wok / kadai and fry one by one paneer, brinjal, cauliflower
pumpkin, potato, parwal, carrot until light golden color and take out them in a plate

Now add this remaining oil, cumin seeds and bay leaves, and when they
stop crackling then add poppy -coconut paste , salt - sugar, and stir for 1-2
 mins. When the oil comes over the masala then add 1 cup of lukewarm
water and all veggies and paneer, carefully but except tomato. Flip and mix
them and cover the wok with lid for 5-7 min on medium flame. when
gravy becomes thicker and veggies gets tender then add tomato, garam masala
powder, ghee and corn starch, and mix them all together gently and lid on
 for 2 mins.Now put off the gas. 

 Ready to serve Navaratna Patuti with Nun, Paratha, Roti.

Serves:  5-6

                                                       

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Hilsha Paturi

Hilsha Paturi  [Bengali cuisine]

Introduction:  Hilsha Paturi is a masala coated fish, wrapped in banana leaf. where Hilsha paturi and a number of spices (Mainly mustard, green chillies and coconut.... Prepare and cook the famous Bengali fish hilsha paturi .

Ingredients:

• 5-6 pieces hilsha fish coated with salt and turmeric powder
• 6-7 tbsp fresh coconut and 6-7 green chilli paste
• 1/2 tsp black cumin and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• Salt and sugar as per taste
• 1 tbsp corn flour paste with 2 tbsp water
• 8-10 tbsp pure mustard oil
• 5-6  pieces of banana leaves like image

Preparation:

• toast the leaves on tawa both side

• you can also toast the leaves on gas oven 

• Make a thick paste with chilli -coconut paste and mustard powder and corn paste.Add with this paste mustard oil, salt -sugar , black cumin , and turmeric powder.

• Take a banana leaf and set a fish and 2 tbsp mustard -coconut paste.

• Wrap the each banana leaf carefully

• Now heat a tawa and 3-4 drop & brush oil and then seat the wrapped fish.At first put the wrapper's open side on the tawa . And cover the wrapper with lead on high flame for 1 &1/2 mins. Then sprinkle  one hand full water around the fish wrapper and cover again for 6-8 mins on low flame until cooked the fish.

• Now flip the wrapper and turn the bottom side on top like image -2. and cook the wrapped fish on same way. You can cook the wrapped fish at a time 1 or 2-3 it's depends on you.

Now ready to serve Hilsha patuti with hot rice and Gandho Raj Lebu.

Serves:  3-4