Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bengali thali. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The beauty of India is its cultural diversity & the distinct food varieties. Seeking this into consideration we had presented a galore of regional thalis. Lockdown Special Nabobarsher Thali In this video I am representing Bengali New Year Thali or Noboborsho Thali.
Bengali Thali is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Bengali Thali is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bengali thali using 69 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bengali Thali:
Get Ingredients
Take 3 cups All Purpose Flour (Maida)
Prepare 2 tablespoons Ghee
Get 1/2 teaspoon Salt
Make ready Cooking oil, for deep frying
Make ready as needed Lukewarm Water, for kneading
Take 250 grams Pointed gourd (Parval)
Take 1/2 cup Mustard oil
Prepare 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
Take to taste Salt
Take 1 Bitter Gourd Bitter gourd (karela) medium
Prepare 1 White Raddish 1 inch cubes medium
Get 1 Ridge gourd (turai) 1 inch cubes medium
Get 1 Sweet potatoes 1 inch cubes medium
Make ready 1 Potatoes 1 inch cubes medium
Take 1 Broad beans (sem ki phalli/papdi) 1 inch pieces medium
Take 2 Drumsticks 1 inch pieces
Prepare 1 Eggplants/ brinjals 1 inch cubes medium
Take 5 tablespoons Oil
Get 2 tablespoons Poppy seeds (khuskhus/posto)
Prepare 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
Get 1 Ginger inch piece
Take 1 teaspoon Panch phoran
Prepare 2 Bay leaves
Prepare 1 teaspoon Sugar
Take to taste Salt
Get 1 tablespoon Ghee
Make ready 1 cup Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)
Take 1/2 cup Fresh coconut, cut into small bits
Make ready 1 tablespoon Ghee
Prepare 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
Get 1 teaspoon Sugar
Make ready to taste Salt
Make ready Ingredients for the seasoning
Make ready 1 tablespoon Ghee
Make ready 3 Dry red chillies
Prepare 2 Cloves (Laung)
Get 1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
Get 1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Cumin (Jeera) seeds
Take 2 Green Chillies, slit into halves lengthwise
Take 1 inch Ginger, peeled and grated
Take 2 cups Basmati Rice
Make ready 3/4 cup Onion – (Finely Chopped)
Take 1 cup Carrot – (Finely Chopped)
Get 3/4 cup Beans – (Finely Chopped)
Take 3/4 cup Green Peas – (Par Boiled)
Take 2 (Finely Chopped) Green Chillies
Take 1/2 cup Cashew Nut
Get 1/2 cup Raisins
Make ready 2 – 3 Bay Leaf
Prepare 3 no Green Cardamom
Make ready 3 – 4 no Clove
Make ready 2 no Cinnamon – (1” Stick)
Take 1 big pinch Nutmeg Powder
Take 2 tsps Sugar
Take to taste Salt – According
Take 2 Tbsps Ghee/Clarified Butter
Take 4 – 6 Tbsps Oil
Get 1 tbsp rose sherbat
Prepare 5 drops rose essence
Get 2 cups full-fat milk
Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp powdered sugar
Prepare 1 tbsp lemon juice
Prepare For The Garnish
Take 1 tbsp finely chopped almonds (badam)
Get 1 tbsp milk
Prepare 1 tbsp finely chopped pistachios
Make ready shredded rose petals
Bengali thali is synonymous with fish and rice. Mutton and goat meat is also a popular choice. This thali usually feature non-veg delicacies that have subtle yet fiery flavours that will keep you hankering. The Himachali dham thali is an assortment of traditional herbs and spices and is incredibly delicious.
Instructions to make Bengali Thali:
Luchi Method:- - - To begin making Bengali Style Luchi, first sift the flour with salt once into a large mixing bowl. Add oil or ghee to the same bowl and mix till incorporated.
You have a smooth dough, like you will need when making poori. Cover with the luchi dough with a wet muslin cloth and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
When the oil is hot, gently slide the rolled out luchi, one by one, into the kadai. Fry for a minute on either sides, till they are puffy and cooked. Do not brown the luchis. The traditional luchi looks like a white puffed poori. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and drain briefly on kitchen paper. - Luchi is ready.
Fried Rice Method:- - - Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes. Drain and cook with enough water (2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice) and a few of oil and 1 tsp salt. Fluff and cool the rice thoroughly by spreading on big plates. (Cook at least before 2 hours).
Heat 3-4 Tbsp refined oil in a broad karai or wok. Fry the cashew and raisins. Keep them aside. Add the ghee, whole spices and bay leaf. Sauté till it exudes aroma. Add the chopped onion and green chillie and sauté quickly for 3-4 min.
Add all the veggies and mix well and sauté in high flame for 3 minutes, the veggies should get cooked yet remain crunchy. Add salt and nutmeg powder and mix well. Sauté for another 1-2 minutes. Add the cooked rice and mix gently. Add sugar and mix gently. Adjust salt add oil if required and mix gently. Mix in the fried cashew nuts and raisins. Fried rice is ready.
Shukto Method:- - - Wash and cut the bitter gourd into thin roundels. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan and fry bitter gourd slices lightly. Drain and keep aside. Make a thick paste of poppy seeds, mustard seeds and ginger. Heat the remaining oil in a kadai. Add panch phoron and bay leaves. When the seeds start to crackle, add the chopped vegetables and stir lightly.
Add the ground spices and stir for five to seven minutes. Add two cups of water and cover. Cook on medium heat stirring occasionally till vegetables are almost cooked. Add the fried bitter gourd, salt and sugar. Stir and add a tablespoon of ghee. Cook for another two minutes till gravy is not too thick nor too dry. Serve hot.
Potol Bhaja Method:- - - To begin making the Bengali Potol Bhaja recipe, wash and pat dry parwal well. Slit into half length wise. In a bowl, add salt and turmeric powder, mix well. Generously rub the turmeric salt mixture all over the parwal. Heat mustard oil in a pan. Fry parwal until browned on all side. Remove from pan and serve hot.
Rose Sandesh Method:- - - Boil the milk in a deep non-stick pan on a high flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Put the lemon juice, mix well and cook on a slow flame for 1 minute, while stirring continuously. Strain the mixture using a strainer and allow all the whey to drain out. - Combine the paneer, powdered sugar, rose sherbat and rose essence in a big thali and mix very well. - Transfer the mixture into a mixer and blend along with 1 tbsp of milk till coarse.
Make a well in the middle and add 1/2 cup of warm water. Gently mix the water and flour and start kneading with your fingers. Gradually add more warm water as needed will the dough becomes easy to knead into a dry ball that is firm to touch, but soft and pliable when rolled. Knead the luchi dough for about 3-4 minutes till.
When you already to make the Luchis, divide the dough in to about 20 small round balls of equal size. Roll out each portion into a perfect ball, and using a rolling pin, roll out each dough ball to 1/4 inch thickness and about 3 inches in diameter. Proceed to roll them all out. Meanwhile, warm the oil in a kadai placed on medium heat, to begin deep
Divide the mixture into 7 equal portions and roll each portion into a ball and then flatten it lightly. Make a depression in the centre using your index finger.
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