Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Ingredients:

Whole wheat – 1 cup
Vegetable oil – 1/3 1/3 cup
Jaggery powder – ¼ cup
Sugar powder – ¼ cup
Butter milk – ½ cup
Hot water – ½ cup
Baking powder – 1tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Grated fresh ginger – 1 tbsp
Crushed black pepper – ½ tsp
Cinnamon powder – ¼   tsp
Clove powder – ¼ tsp
Salt – ¼ tsp

Eggless ginger cake with cinnamon and clove powder
Eggless Ginger Cake

Recipe:

1.      Take a large mixing bowl and mix all dry ingredients like whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder, clove powder, crushed black pepper, salt and grated ginger.
2.      Sieve it once.
3.      Take another mixing bowl and mix oil, butter milk, jaggery and sugar powder with a spatula.
4.      Then add all dry ingredients and mix gently with one side direction.
5.      The batter should be ribboning. At this stage add some hot water to make the batter consistency ribboning.
6.      Now take a greased cake tin and pour the batter.

7.      Bake it in preheated oven at 180c for 25 -30 minutes.

Please let me know how it turns out. Happy baking. ...  J

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Hilsa or Ilish is the most popular fish for Bengalis. This is the national fish of Bangladesh. Bengalis wait throughout the year and look forward to the rainy season for Ilish. I think Hilsa is most popular for its aroma and taste and also very easy to cook. Nowadays Hilsa is not so pocket friendly but the positive thing is that this fish is very light weight. Bhapa Ilish or steamed hilsa is one of the most popular hilsa dish in Bengal.
Bhapa Ilish or Steamed Hilsa is a popular Bengali hilsa recipe
Bhapa Ilish (Steamed Hilsa)

Ingredients:

Hilsa belly piece – 2pcs
Mastered paste – 3tbsp
Salt
Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
Mastered oil – 3-4 tbsp
Green chilli – 2-3 pcs

Recipe:

Marinate the fish with turmeric powder and salt.
Now take a bowl and mix mastered paste, 2-3 tbsp mastered oil and salt.
Now take a stainless steel tiffin box and arrange the fish. Pour mastered mix over the fish. Put green chilli. Cover the box.
Then take a vessel and fill half of it with water and keep the tiffin box in the vessel.
Now cook it for 10 minutes.

Your vapa ilish is now ready. Serve with hot steam rice.

Try my other Hilsa recipes


Please let me know your feelings of relishing bhapa ilish or any other hilsa recipe with hot steamed rice with your near and dear ones. Happy cooking ... J