Kala Chana Fry – Masaledar Kala Chana…

This dish is really simple, but tastes great. Many people write off Kala Chana, but it is so nutritious. With so many nutritious values under its dark skin, this kala chana can be very tasty when cooked and served with some simple spices.

To make Kala Chana Fry, (a simple secret worth a mention, no great hurdle, no great burden, not very time consuming in preparing) first the ingredients –

Aloo-Potol Bhaja/ Potato and Pointed Gourd Fry/Aloo-Parwal Fry – Simple side-dish for lunch-time

 

Bengalis like their lunch to be spread of assortments. To start with they will prefer ghee bhat, then some sheddho (like aloo sheddho), a pora can be served (the begun pora), a bhaja and then some Shukto can come. This does not complete the Lunch plate for there is more in store. Along with bhat there is dal. Maybe a niremish tarkari and macher jholor or jhal or paturi or sorshe mach or macher tak or even a mach bhaja or a mangshor tarkari. This can be accompanied with a tak or chutney which is more on the sweeter side and lunch is complete. Did I miss out something…memories drying up with the changes, ha ha ha…

Chingri Macher Matha Diye Chechki – Mixed Vegetables Cooked with Prawn Heads

When I cooked Prawn Pulao (see here), the heads had been separated and used to make the stock for the Pulao. With stock used up, the heads had been put away in the fridge for later use. While this dish had been cooked so many days ago, to be precise, many months back, this was simply lazing in my collection of pictures.

At last it is going to see the light of the Internet…isn’t it true that this is no longer closed in a dark space but going to show its face from where to where, God knows.

Palang Saag Bodi Diye/Palak Saag With Vadi/ Combo of Spinach and Fried Sun-dried Small Savoury Lentil Balls

Talking of Palang Saag/Palak/ Spinach, this is another combination of a Plang Saag dish. Friends are always eager to know about a simple dish that can be cooked in different ways with different combinations. Here it is.