Malabar spinach with prawns. Pui Shak diya chingri mach. There is no denying that there are some ingredients that are unique in taste.Malabar spinach or in Bengali Pui shak, is one of those. It’s very distinctive in its taste, which makes any curry that it is incorporated in rather special. Malabar spinach has a rather…
Category: Seafood Cuisine
Dryfish Bhuna/Shutki Mach Bhuna
Shutki mach bhuna
Mackerel Dry Fry
Mackerel dry fry or a bhaji style dish using very basic staples of Bengali food to make an amazing dish.
Spiced Trout
A simple but tasty way of enjoying fish! Any fish. Fry, grill, bake or roast! I stuck it in an airfryer! Spiced Airfried TroutPotato wedges parboiled and airfriedFennel bulb, green beans and onion in a cream sauceMustard greens in butter as bed for trout Spiced Trout Descale, Clean, and pat dry the fish. Score the…
Prawns In Mustard And Coconut Sauce/Narkel Chingri
Narkel Chingri is a quintessential Bengali dish with its roots deeply steeped in the regions culture, geography and natural resources. Prawns in a mustard and coconut sauce. There is an unspoken love of all things made with mustard and seafood for bengalis. An inherited love through cuisine.Just as mustard oil is the unsung hero off…
Spicy Tuna Mayo Medley
A week of delicious salads served by hubs! Each one delicious and prepared with detail! But the most memorable is an old time favourite that we so adore. Be it in wraps, baked potatoes, pita or sliced bread its simply delicious. It’s one I made often at work to enjoy with my colleagues at lunch…
Kajoli Fish With Ash Gourd and Dill Sholpa, Chal Kumro Diye Kajoli Mach
We Bengalis really enjoy our fish. We are an absolute nation of fish eaters. We don’t just love the big catches that come in we also adore the smaller fish that are caught. This is Kajoli fish. A very delicate featherlight fish which is very versatile to cook with. It’s also one that I like…
Smoky Spicy Chicken Rice
Well you can’t have a chilli, spice and rice website without the occasional rice recipe!Here’s the Smoky, spicy chicken rice! This one pot rice cooker meal might just make you smile, a big fat contented smile. This is what I call comfort food, a bowl of rice studded with colourful veg, speckled with herbs and…
Lets Talk About Bombay Duck
Bombay duck, bummalo, bombil, and boomla is a species of lizardfish. Adults may reach a maximum length of 40 cm, but the usual size is around 25 cm. Ever heard of Bombay Duck? It isn’t a duck, but a fish; and it isn’t found in Bombay, but pretty much all along the Indian coastline. Then…
Lemongrass And Coconut Chicken Curry
This ones a quick streamlined recipe done for my girls. Lemongrass and coconut curry. Pretty much done and dusted in 30 mins or less. No need to miss out on a good curry with tonnes of flavour! I used chicken thighs, you can use prawns, paneer or fish. Cooking times might vary but the taste…