Bengali Style Fried Rice / Bengali Fried Rice

Preparation Time -   4  hours 
Total Preparation Time - 4 hours  30  minutes  
Cooking Time -   30   minutes 
Course -   Vegetables  
Cuisine - Bengali 
Serve -   3   
Author - Paramita's Kitchen   


Ingredients :

1.  Basmati Rice -  1 cup
2. Carrot - 2
3. Beans - 20
4. Green Peas - 3 table spoon
5. Cauliflower - 1 ( Cut into
6. Cashew nuts - 2 table spoon
7. Raisins - 2 table spoon
8. Ghee as required
9. White oil as required
10 Cardamom -  7 - 8
11. Bay Leaf - 2
12. Sugar  - 1 table spoon
13. Salt to taste
14. Cinnamon - 2 sticks
15. Cloves - 3
16. Water  as required 

Methods :

1. Wash  and  clean the vegetables under running water .

2. Peeled  the  carrot of  skin .  Remove the carrot  top of portion . Cut and remove the  carrot  end of portion . Cut into thin in pieces . Keep a sides .

3. Cut  and  remove  beans end of portion . Cut into 1/2 inches pieces .

4. Heat  oil in a pan . Once oil is hot . Now add carrot in a pan . Fry till light golden brown . Take out the fried carrot from hot oil .

5. Now add cauliflower one after one into hot  and mix well . Fry until golden brown in  color . Take out  cauliflower from hot oil . Keep a side .

6. Next add beans into hot . Fry till light brown in color . Take out from hot oil .

7. Now add raisins and cashew nuts . Mix well and fry till few minutes . Remove  from hot oil . Keep a sides .

8. Wash and clean the basmati rice under running  cold  water  thoroughly .

9. Strain and drain the water of basmati rice .

10. Now dry the basmati rice . Let the dry basmati rice  for about 2 - 3 hours . It will take 2 - 3 hours .

11. Heat ghee in a non stick handi . Once ghee starts to melt .

12. Now add bay leaf , cinnamon   , cardamom , and cloves  and fry till golden brown on low flame .

13. Next add  soak basmati rice , fried cashew , fried vegetables and fried raisins . Mix well .

14. Now also add salt to taste , sugar and mix well .

15. Pour 2 cups of hot water and mix well . Cover and close lid . Cook for 15 minutes on  medium flame .

16. Once water is evaporated  . Rice is completely cooked .

17. Now switch off the flame .

18. Serve hot .

Happy Cooking ,

With Love  ,

Paramita's Kitchen .

Basanti Pulao / Sweet Yellow Rice Recipe / Bengali Basanti Pulao Recipe

Basanti  Pulao  is a Traditional  Bengali  Dish . Basaanti Pulao  is a  famous dish  in West Bengal .   Main ingredients is  Basmati  Rice  and  Ghee ( clarified  butter ) .

It is  made from Basmati  Rice , ghee ( clarified butter ) , other spices like ( cardamom , bay leaf , cloves , cinnamon )  and  garam masala powder . You  can  also  added   to  Saffron  in  Basanti  Pulao . You  can serve during lunch . It  can  be  served  on  Sunday Special's  Menu .Although  Basanti Pulao  is  tasty Rice  dish .  You can serve  to  Home Party .

It  can be served  with  friends , relative  and  family members . Basanti  Pulao  goes well with paneer , chicken , fish and  Indian curry . Basanti Pulao  is  serve  during  festivals  like  Durga Puja, Poila Baisakh or Pahela  Baishakh .

Basanti Pulao  taste  is  sweet  .  Flavor is  Aromatic also . It is easy  to make . Basanti Pulao is delicious  and mouthwatering dish .

You  will  like to   Basanti  Pulao .

I  would  like    to  best wishes  for Poila  Bishak  to  my  readers  and  my  followers   . Subho Nababarsha  to  All my my viewers  and  my readers .

Ingredients :

1. Basmati  Rice - 2 cup
2. Salt  to  taste
3. Sugar as required
4. Ghee ( clarified butter ) as required
5. Turmeric  Powder  As Required
6. Cinnamon - 2 - 3
7.Cashew nuts as required
8. Whole cardamom - 10  or  as  required , crushed and slit
9. Raisins - 3 table spoon
10. Bay leaf - 5 - 6
11. Cloves - 2 - 3
12. Garam masala powder - 1 tea spoon

Methods :

1. Wash and clean the basmati rice under  cold  water thoroughly .
2. Strain and drain the water  of  basmati rice .
 3. Now dry the basmati rice . let the dry basmati  rice for about 2 - 3 hours . It will take 3 hours .
4. 3 hours later , take a wok . Now add ghee (  clarified butter )   into the wok  on low flame . When ghee starts to melt on low flame . Now add one after one bay leaf , crushed and slit cardamom , cinnamon  and cloves . Stir and fry till few seconds .
5. Next  add basmati rice , sprinkle salt to taste , sugar , turmeric powder , cashew nuts and raisins . Stir and saute till few seconds .
6. Now also add 2- 3 cups of hot water into the basmati rice . Mix well . Also add 1 tea spoon of garam masala powder . Mix well and cover it . Simmer for 20 - 30 minutes . Let it cooked for 20 - 30 minutes  on low flame . Or  till rice is cooked  and  water  is absorbed .
7. After 20 minutes , open the cover of wok . Meanwhile  water is evaporated from the rice . Rice are completely cooked . Then switch off the flame .
8. Serve hot with your choice's of  food .

 

Rainy Day Season Special Khichuri ( Khichdi ) / Monsoon's Day Special Khichdi ( Khichuri) / Rainy Day Special Khichuri Recipe /

Khichdi  ( Khichuri )  is a  Rainy Day Special food  or  khichdi  Dish (  lunch  food ) . This Khichuri (khichdi ) Made  by my mom . It is all time my  favorite dish . She   made  the  khichuri  with  lots   vegetables  and ghee  . We are  Serve the hot khichuri   with  Beguni ( Eggplant Fritters ) , Papad Bhaja , Labra Tarkari ( Bengali's Mix Vegetables Curry ) . It  taste is  Great  .  Serve the khichuri  with few drops of ghee  into the hot  khichuri  . This  khichuri  make is very easy  . It is  very tasty and nutritious food  .When the khichuri   serve to the plate , then nice aroma comes out from the khichuri  . This moment enjoy with  the rain and enjoy into  the  rainy day season . This dish favorite of my family member's  . So today i share , my favorite dish and favorite recipe . This recipe need , few of ingredients . If you wants  avoid vegetables into the khichuri ( khichdi ) recipe. You can it . Khichuri  all time nutritious food . Dal has good sources  of  protein  and many source of micro nutrition . It is good for school   children's  , Anemia patient  and   children's . Serve the khichuri   into  any Bengali Occasion  , like Durga Puja , Laxmi  Puja , Saraswati  Puja .Now discuss  The  Recipe .

Ingredients :

1. Sona Moong Dal / Moong dal  - 1 cup
2. Gobindo Bhog Rice / Basmati Rice /  Or any rice - 1 cup ( Mom  has   used  in this recipe gobindo bhog rice ) .
3. Salt to taste
4. Turmeric Powder As Required
5. Sugar - 1 tea spoon ( optional )
6. Ginger paste - 1 table spoon
7. Green Chili paste - 1 table spoon
8. Cumin Powder paste - 1 table Spoon
9. Whole Dry red chili - 2 pieces
10. Bay leaf - 2 - 3 pieces
11. Red Pumpkin As Required
12. Brinjal ( EggPlant ) , Begun - 1
13. Potato - 1
11. Pointed Gourd /  Potol / Parwal - 5
12. Gathi Kochu / Arbi / Colocasia / Taro Root - 4 - 5
13. Ghee ( clarified butter )  As required

14. Garam Masala Powder As required
15. Whole Cumin Seeds - 1 tea spoon 

Methods :

1. Switch on the flame . Take a wok . When wok absolutely hot . Then add dal into the wok . Fry till golden brown color . Take out dal from the wok . Wash the dal with cold water .
2. Take a bowl . Then add dal into bowl . Add water into the bowl . Soak the dal for about 3 - 4  hours . Keep it aside .
3.Take a wok again . Switch on the flame . Wok is hot . Then add rice into the wok . Fry the rice for few seconds . Take out rice from the hot wok . Wash the rice with  under running tap water  .
4. Soak the rice into the bowl for about 3 - 4 hours . Keep it aside .
5. Wash the Brinjal ( eggplant ) with cold water . Remove the Brinjal ( EggPlant )  both sides of end  portion .  Cut into medium size cubes pieces . Keep it aside .
6. Wash and clean the red pumpkin thoroughly with water  . Peel  of the Pumpkin skin with knife . Cut the pumpkin into medium size cubes pieces . Keep it aside .
7. Wash and rinse the potato by water  . Peel the potato from the skin . Cut into medium sizes cube pieces . Keep it aside .
8. Wash and clean the pointed gourd with water . Remove and cut the both sides end of part with knife  . Cut into cub pieces . Keep it aside .
9. Wash and clean the Gathi kochu or Taro root . Peel the gathi kochu  . Keep it aside .
10. Take a pan. Then switch on the flame . Now add 2 tablespoon of  ghee into the pan . When ghee start to melt . Then reduce to heat  very low . Now add add 2 pieces of bay leaf , add whole dry red chili and add whole cumin seeds into the pan . Stir for few seconds .  Fry till few seconds .
11.  Then add ginger paste , Cumin powder paste and green chili paste into the pan . Saute for few minutes .
Then switch off the flame . Keep it aside .
12.Take a pressure cooker . Then add soak dal , soak  rice ,  Fried Masala (  For example ginger paste , cumin powder paste , green chili paste , whole cumin seeds , whole dry red chili and whole bay leaf  )  , add salt to taste , turmeric powder , sugar , water ( As Required ) ,  add cut the vegetables into the pressure cooker . Mix it very well . Cover the pressure cooker and close the lid . Cook for 1 whistles .
13. When it is done . Then add garam masala powder and add more ghee into the hot khichuri ( Khichdi )  . Give quick  stir again into  the khichuri ( Khichdi )  . Mix it very well into the khichuri ( khichdi ) . Cover the pressure cooker   again  and close the lid . Keep it a other side for about 10 minutes .
14. Serve hot .
15. Serve the hot  khichuri ( khichdi )  with any preparation Food or your choice's food .
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