Cat Fish (Magur Maach) Fried

Ingredients:

½ tsp turmeric powder

2 Cat fish (magur maach)

Salt to taste

¾ tsp chili powder

¾ tsp cilantro sees powder

cooking oil

Instructions:

1. Wash the fish and dry them.
2. Make diagonal slit on the fish.
3. Coat the fish with all the spices and keep aside.
4. Add the cooking oil on a frying pan when the oil becomes hot start adding the fish into the frying pan.
5. Fried till the fish becomes crispy and golden brown.
6. Serve with hot rice.

Shrimp Curry With Vegetables

Ingredients:

1/2cup shrimps, shelled
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
5 green beans
1/4 teaspoon ground red chili
1/4 cup soybean oil
1 small cauliflower
2 tablespoons coriander leaves
2 onions

Instructions:

1. Cut into 4 pieces
2. Mix 1/8 teaspoon turmeric and a pinch of salt with shrimp.
Heat oil and fry shrimps for 2 minutes.
3. Remove shrimps from the pan.
4. Mix turmeric and red chili in 1/2 cup of water and add to the onions, stir and fry till oil separates from the spices.
5. Add green beans, salt and 2 ½ cups of water.
6. Cover and boil till green beans are cooked.
7. Add shrimps and more water, salt, if necessary.
8. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
9. Add coriander leaves.
10. Remove from heat.
11. Serve hot with fluffy boiled rice.

Rui Fish Fried

Ingredients:

5 or 6 pieces Rui fish
2 Onions
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
4 Green chili
1 tsp Mustard paste
2 Lemon juice
2 tsp chopped Coriander, cilantro or leaves
Salt to taste
4 tsp Cooking oil

Instructions:

1. Wash the fish and dry them.

2. Rub the lemon juice and keep aside.

3. Add the sliced onions, sliced green chilies, mustard paste, salt, oil together in a bowl.

4. Coat all the fish pieces with this spice mixture.

5. Heat the oil in a nonstick frying pan and reduce the heat once the oil is hot.

6. Add the fish to the oil and fry them thoroughly until both sides are

golden brown and crispy.

7. If there are any excess spice mixtures left fry them in the oil and pour it over the fish in a serving plate.

8. Sprinkle with chopped coriander or cilantro leaves over the fried fish.

9. Serve it with hot rice.

Pilau Rice

Ingredients:

1 cup rice
1/4 tsp turmeric
salt
2 Tb oil
2 Tb peanuts
2 Tb golden raisins
2 bay leaves
3 inch cinnamon stick
seeds of one green cardamom pod

Instructions:

1. In a large pot, add the rice with enough water to cover at least twice the depth of the rice. Add the turmeric and salt. Boil for about 12-15 minute on medium-high heat, until the rice is soft on both ends yet still hard in the middle. Drain in a colander.
2. Back to the stove. Heat the oil until it is sizzle-hot. Add the peanuts. When they have browned a bit, add the raisins. Wait for about 1 minute until raisins puff out.
3. Add the 2 bay leaves, 3 inch cinnamon stick, seeds of one green cardamom pod. Saute for a bit.
4. Take off the heat. Add the rice. Stir it all together.

Pasta with Grape and Cherry Tomatoes, Capers, Olives and Basil

Ingredients:

1/4 Pound Fusilli Bucati (or bucatini, radiatore, or another short,squiggly pasta)
1/2 Pound Grape, Teardrop and/or Cherry Tomatoes
10 Basil Leaves
2 Minced cloves of garlic.
2 Tablespoons Capers
12 Pitted Kalamata Olives
1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt
1 Pinch Crush Red Pepper
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil

Instructions:

In a large mixing bowl, combine tomatoes, capers, olives, garlic, salt, red pepper, and olive oil. Stack basil leaves and chiffoniers, and add to tomato mixture. Using the back of a broad spoon (or a small paring knife), “smash” (or cut) at least 1/4 of your tomatoes to release the acidic juice. Marinate at room temperature for at least an half hour.

Start to boil pasta. Get the largest non-stick frying pan (or wok) you have, and heat over medium heat. Test pasta and make sure it’s a minute “underdone” . Crank up the heat on your pan to high, and drain pasta.

Throw in the tomato mixture and sear over extremely high heat for 30 seconds. Add pasta, and fry for one minute, flipping and stirring constantly. The skins on the tomatoes should just start to blister from the high heat.

Egg Curry

Ingredients:

4 Large Eggs

4 Tbps Onion-Tomato Masala

3 Bay Leaves

3 Sticks of Cinnamom (1" long )

3 Black Cardamoms

1/2 Tsp Red Chilli Powder

1/2 Tsp Garam Masala

1/2 Tsp Coriander Powder

2 Tsp Oil

Salt to taste

2.5 cups Water for the Curry

Instructions:

1. Put the eggs in saucepan and cover fill it with water till the eggs are almost covered. As soon as the water begins to boil reduce the flame to medium and let them boil for 12 minutes. This will ensure that they are hard boiled. Set aside and allow the eggs to stand in the water.

2. Coarsely grind the black cardamoms with a mortar and pestle. Discard the skins on the cardamoms and grind the seeds a little more.

3. Heat some oil in saucepan and add the cinnamom, bay leaves and black cardamom. Fry for about 30 seconds, the masala will begin to change color (as shown) it should look a little dark brown. Make sure you keep watching the masala closely otherwise it will burn and smell bad.

4. Once the dry masala has changed color add the onion-tomato masala and stir. Make sure the masalas have blended together. Keep stirring for about a 30 seconds. The masala will stick to the bottom of the pan, keep removing that by scraping with your spatula.

5. Add 2.5 cups of water and stir to make sure there are no lumps. If you find there are lumps break them by pressing them against the saucepan with your spatula. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt. Once the water curry starts to boil reduce to medium heat and let it boil for 7-10 minutes or till the curry thickens to the desired consistency.

6. Peel the boiled eggs and cut them in half legthwise. Arrange them in a serving dish.

7. Pour the prepared curry over the eggs and garnish with cilantro.