Tag: South Asian
Bengali Dimer Dalna
Bengali Dimer Dalna
Bengali Dimer Dalna is a mildly spiced egg and potato curry. While overall simple to cook, there are a lot of steps in its preparation. The hard boiled eggs are first sautéed in turmeric for a couple of minutes. This gives the eggs a crispyness and a nice yellow color. Then the rest of the curry is made like most typical curries; fry the whole spices; then onions; then ginger garlic paste; then tomatoes; and so on and so forth. Other than how good this curry is, my favorite part of this recipe is how inexpensive it is to make. This entire dish which serves 4 costs less than $5.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Food processor or immersion blender
Ingredients
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- 1 lb potatoes peeled, sliced, and boiled
- 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 dried Kashmiri chilies
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 medium white onion blended into a paste
- 3 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 medium tomato chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt to taste
- 1 cup water
Garnish
- cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Heat up 2 tbsp of cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Stir in 1/2 tsp of the turmeric. Cook for 10 seconds. Add in the hard boiled eggs and sauté for 3 minutes, constantly shaking the pan so the eggs don’t stick. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add in the rest of the cooking oil. Fry the cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, and dried chilies for 30 seconds until aromatic.
- Add in the white onion paste. Fry for 8 minutes.
- Add in the ginger garlic paste. Fry for 2 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato and tomato paste. Fry for 5 minutes, mashing the tomato with the back of a spoon.
- Add in the Kashmiri chili powder, coriander, sugar, salt, and the rest of the turmeric powder. Pour in the water. Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add in the potatoes. Give it a stir.
- Add in the hard boiled eggs back in. Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro.
Goan Prawn Caldhino
Goan Prawn Caldhino
Caldhino is a Goan preparation for fish, seafood, and vegetables in a coconut milk gravy base. The flavor profiles are sweet and tangy with a light amount of spice. This dish only takes 30 minutes in total, including the prep work, to make. This might be my favorite Indian recipe that I’ve made on Stonedsoup.net. This is so good that you could drink this curry right out of the pot. While this recipe is for 4 servings, it doesn’t have to be. I recommend making this for yourself for the first time so you don’t have to share. Sounds greedy? Try it once. It is that good. You’ll understand then.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Spice grinder
Ingredients
- 1 lb 16/20 ct. shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 medium white onion finely chopped
- 1 medium tomato finely chopped
- 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- 2 green bird’s eye chilies split
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- salt to taste
Spice Powder
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 10 black peppercorns
Garnish
- cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Grind the coriander, cumin, and peppercorns in a spice grinder. Set aside.
- Marinate the shrimp with the turmeric and white wine vinegar for 15 minutes. Set aside.
- Heat up the coconut oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Fry the onions for 10 minutes.
- Add in the tomato and fry for 3 minutes.
- Add in the ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
- Mix in the spice powder and fry for a minute.
- Add in the shrimp, making sure to coat in the spice paste.
- Pour in the coconut milk and tamarind paste. Simmer for no more then 4 minutes.
- Add in the green chilies and sugar. Season with salt. Garnish with chopped cilantro.
Maharashtrian Spiced Mackerel Curry
Maharashtrian Spiced Mackerel Curry
Maharashtrian cuisine is all about balance. This mackerel curry is a balance of spicy, sweet, salty, and sour. All of these flavors happen to accommodate the strong oily flavor that is mackerel. Serve this curry with steamed rice, lime wedges, and parathas or another bread of your choosing.A little about mackerel…There are over 30 species of mackerel consumed world wide. They are very rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, protein, and vitamin D. They are a highly perishable fish. If buying fresh whole mackerel, they should be used within a day. I purchased 2 frozen spotted mackerel for this recipe from my local asian market. They are really inexpensive, costing just over $5 for both. The best way to thaw out frozen mackerel is in your refrigerator overnight. A bit of warning; if you don’t like like strong flavored fish, then mackerel might not be for you.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Food processor or immersion blender
Ingredients
- 2 whole mackerel
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 medium white onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 2 tbsp tamarind paste
- 2 cups water
- 10 Sichuan peppercorns
- salt to taste
Spice Paste
- 10 dried Kashmiri chilies soaked in 1/3 cup of warm water
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 2 tbsp ginger finely chopped
- 1 cup fresh coconut grated
Garnish
- cilantro chopped
- lime wedges
Instructions
- Soak the dried chilies in 1/3 cup of warm water for 15 minutes.
- Heat up 2 tbsp of coconut oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Fry the onions for 15 minutes until browned. Let cool.
- In a food processor or immersion blender, purée the onions, coriander seeds, ginger, coconut, and the dried chilies with it’s soaking liquid. Set aside.
- Rinse the mackerel under cold water.
- Cut off the head and fins. Scoop out the guts.
- Cut the fish into 3-4 steaks. Give them another rinse under cold water.
- Heat up 1 tbsp of coconut oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the paste and fry for 3 minutes.
- Add the turmeric in and fry for another 2 minutes.
- Add in the tamarind paste and water. Season with salt. Bring to a simmer.
- Place the mackerel steaks and Sichuan peppercorns in the curry. Cover. Lower the heat to medium low and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Garnish with cilantro.
