Mango Malpua- Popular Indian Dessert

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Summer are known for the abundance of invigorating fruit recipes that are prepared at home to beat the heat.Mango is one such fruit that is versatile even beyond our imaginaion. There are too many recipes we usualy prepare from mango. But today I want to share one of my fevorite recipe of mango dessert , which is ‘Mango Malpua’. For those who don’t know what ‘Malpua ‘ is- Malpua is a pancake served as a dessert  or a snack originating from the Indian subcontinent. The batter for malpua is normally prepared by flour, and water , milk, coconut,  sometimes crushing ripe bananas also used. Then deep fried in ghee or oil, and served hot after  dipped in sugar  syrup  after they are fried . Now talking about todays recipe here I am using wheat flour and semolina  instated of  refined flour . Besides I am using organic jaggery in place of sugar for making syrup.The main motto behind this  healthy twist is that , so tha...
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Goalondo Chiken Curry

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One can find the root of this rustic chicken curry in to Dhaka and Bikrampur area of east Bengal of undivided India. It is mainly cooked by boat man during their traveling in river Padma and Meghna. So it is not only teasty but also simple one.

Ingredients :

  1. 750 g chicken , curry cut pieces
  2. 5-6 onion , coarsely chopped
  3. 2 tbs garlic paste2 tbs ginger  paste
  4. 3-4 green chillies , coarsely chopped ( or as per your taste)
  5. 1/2 tbs turmeric powder
  6. 1/2 tbs red chillie powder (as per taste)
  7. 1 cup mustard oil (it is mandatory, wood pressed mustard can be use for healthy purpose)
  8. salt to taste

Procedure :

  1. Marinate the chicken with half of the chopped onion, add all the other ingredients, add 1/2 cup mustard oil and keep aside for an hour.
  2. Other half of the taken chopped onions and mustard oil should keep aside as it was necessary for the next step of the cooking.
  3. Heat your pan, add the rest mustard oil. One can add dry spices i.e garam mashala. But as per traditional way it is not necessary. So if anyone wants, can avoid it.
  4. Add the left over chopped onions and fry it untill its turn into light pink ,
  5. add the marinated chicken to it.
  6. Cover the pan with lid and cook on a low flame till the chicken is tender.
  7. Meanwhile salt should be chacked. If necessary one can add salt as per their taste.
  8. Serve hot with steamed rice.


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