Mustard Fish curry is a popular Bengali dish.(West Bengal is a state in Eastern India.)You get this recipe online ,so what is new in this? Let's check.

Bengali cuisine uses the strong flavor of mustard oil in most of their recipes.I know,many of us may not like the flavor.So here,we are not using mustard oil,instead,adding yellow mustard paste to vegetable oil.Also we are adding a paste of mustard seeds with coconut,same as Bengali fish curry recipe.

Ingredients
Fish - any fish-250 g
Yellow mustard paste- 1 tsp
Onion- 1 big (chopped into small pieces)
Ginger- chopped-1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder-
Red chilly powder-
Salt-
Whole spice powder or Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
Green chilly- slit-4 nos
Grated Coconut- 1/2 cup
Vinegar- 1 tsp
Hot water- 1cup

For Tampering
Shallots- 2 nos chopped
Dry red chilly- 2 nos
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
How To Prepare this Mustard Fish Curry
1.Clean fish with salt and vinegar.
2. Marinate fish with  turmeric powder,some whole spice powder,salt and chilly powder .Keep aside for 15 minutes.
3.In a heavy bottom skillet,add some vegetable oil.Add 1 tsp of yellow mustard paste and some turmeric powder.This is to flavor the oil,in which we are preparing the fish.
4.Add chopped onion,green chillies,ginger chopped and salt to this oil.Saute well.
5.Add marinated fish to the same  oil and allow it to get fried lightly.
6.Now add some chilly powder,a bit more salt and hot water to this and cook the fish well.Add in a tsp of vinegar for tartness.
7. Blend grated coconut with 1 tsp mustard seeds and turmeric powder.
8. Add in the coconut paste to the gravy and mix well.Allow it to start boil .
9.Tamper the curry with mustard seeds,dry red chilly and curry leaves.
10.Serve hot with rice or Chapati.

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Welcome 2012..!!!!

This blog was started in  March 2011...
In that aspect the year 2011 will be special for me..

Thanks to all my blogger friends who visited my website and helped to expand my network.

Let’s together travel this beautiful culinary journey with Ad sense.

Thanks to Google, who provides me this opportunity.

And a special thanks to some of my close friends who stood for me and encouraged me in my new venture.

My readers can choose their favorite recipes posted in this blog during the  year 2011.

But if you ask me…Here are some of my favorite recipes of 2011.

So,lets say GOOD BYE to 2011...
Before winding up,lets remember the words of the greatest visionary who passed away in 2011, Steve Jobs

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs

THANK YOU ALL....HAVE A BLESSED YEAR AHEAD..

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Chocolate Mocha Cake

Here is a super simple recipe for a soft tasty chocolate mocha cake.  Soft and  rich eggless cake in less than 10 minutes.

This is my version of eggless chocolate cake, after trying all those recipes by others.

Step 1

Dry Ingredients

Cocoa powder    --- ½ cup

All purpose flour – 1-1/4 cup

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Baking soda   - 1 tsp

Salt                 - ¼ tsp

Whisk dry ingredients together with a fork. No need to sieve.

Step 2

Butter         - 75-80 g

Dark chocolate –20 g

Oil                     - 1 tab sp

Yogurt           -- 1 cup

Sugar              -- ¾ cup

Coffee           --- 1 tsp dissolved in 2 tab sp hot water.

Vanilla essence – 1tsp

In a sauce pan melt 80g butter, add chocolate and melt.

Cool the mix.

Combine dry ingredients, butter-chocolate mix, oil, sugar, yogurt and coffee, mix well.

Add enough water/buttermilk to get a dropping consistency.

Bake in a microwave high power for 6 minutes. You will get very high cake .

Frosting

Cool the cake very well before frosting.

Beat together 200g cream cheese and 1/2 cup powdered sugar .Add vanilla essence.

Cover the cake completely with cream on all sides and the top.Sprinkle chocolate bits or cocoa powder .

This blog post is directly going for the Microwave Easy Cooking  event hosted by Kavi

and SreeValli's

This is a recipe I had posted way before ,today I wanna re post for Kavi's  event since its very easy and tasty.

Happy Microwave Cooking !!!!!!!!!!

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