Dadi's Recipe Chicken Curry -- Tomato Bengali Style

My Dadi is the best cook ever. Mummy is my close second (followed my Meena'r Ma) but Dadi is just good at everything. Whenever I go to her place I am always in confusion to whether I should demand her polau korma, her bhapa elish, her bhorta bhaji.

But one TOP favourite of mine is her Murgi Tomato Jhol (Chicken Curry with Tomato.) I usually do not like tomatoes in my food, it has to be the right amount and blended perfectly for it to make sense in my curries, but my Dadi just does the most perfect job. Our wonderful long time caretaker Parul has picked up many of her recipes, so she was my guide under Dadi's direction for documenting the recipe.

I did a step by step photo shoot for my own benefit.

Ingredients:

1whole chicken
2-3  large tomotoes
2 large onions
Ground Turmeric
Ground red chilli
Ground cumin
Ground coriander

Procedure:

1. Fry onions in oil
2. Add salt, turmeric, chilli, coriander and cumin
3. Add a little boiling water and mix
4. Add the chicken and mix well
5. Cover chicken with lid and go have a chat with your cousin
6. After around 10-15 minutes unvcover lid
7. Add chopped tomatoes and mix
8. Allow tomatoes to melt 
9. YAY YOU ARE GONNA EAT THE BEST CHICKEN CURRY EVER

 

Add some fresh salad and steaming white rice. Oh Yum!!!

Thanks to my amazing Dadi for sharing her amazing recipe. I am planning to get more of them.

Deluxo Diner, Watertown

I'll interrupt reminiscing Bangladesh food to Post a Boston Food post. Shahbag has taken my life outside university and music, so have no been able to dedicate as much time to food or photography.

I love Shahbag. It has given me hope, a sense of unity and a love for my fellow countrymen; all 3 in a way I have never felt before. Every day I increasing feel my sense of duty, love and honour towards Bangladesh, and am consciously and subconsciously including moving forward for a better Bangladesh in every way I can.

Funnily enough, when Shahbag first started my sister Chef Musa was visiting Boston from England and was trying to tell me what was going on while I was trying to disregard the movement as another negative position. It took me time to understand and feel united.

Anyway I took her to my favourite diner ever. I dont usually like diners, they have become this weird mesh of unauthentic food in ridiculous tasteless portions (sorry it comes from my experience at diners in Queens, New York.) But this place JB took me to with his family has amazing homemade cornbeef hash.
http://deluxetowndiner.com/

They have a waiting room where you can have coffee and tea (the lines are usually super long) but a favourite of the diner is the crayons and drawing material for kids. To my delight me and my sister both in our 20's were considered kids! woooo!

 Here are some lovely things we had at Brunch:

JB's Burger:

Bhabi's healthy plate of spinach and eggs:

Chef Musa's Corn Beef filled Omlet

And my poached eggs over Corn beef

I apologise, I actually do not have a proper picture of the item I have been raving about! I guess I shall have to visit again :P

The Best Deem Parata EVER

I gained 15 pounds in Bangladesh. Here's why, I have discovered how much I like Parata and Polau, 2 items I never cared for before!

Anyway while snow is piling almost 2 feet outside my window I am almost out of food and craving mutton curry and parata.

This is honestly the BEST deem parata I have ever had and I have had some yummy ones; my stepdad used to take us all over Bangladesh for his clinics (he is where I got my love for street food from.)

Anyway we were off to the Contic Cruise and it was one of the best food days on my 2012. It started with me grabbing a Deem Parata at the dock, and then going back tiny bash bridge to get more.

the amazing chefs

ingr

customers

And there is my friend with his followers and the rest of my friends waiting on me at the boat (some in eager await of the parata :P)

One of the most amazing days of 2012, it continues in the next post

ShaatRong, Bengali Ala Carte to the Finest at Srimongol

YAY We reached 60,000 hits today! Just when I'm about to post one my favourite meals of 2012.

Shaatrong is this amazing little restaurant in Srimongol which mainly features the 7 layer tea on the outside but is the BEST homemade'ish food, and one of the best places to eat in Srimongol. It was at this meal me and huckleberry friend were commenting on how we tend to search the whole world for food that tastes like our home.

And it did! Those of you who have seen my Mum's cooking can tell from the pictures.

The food was made a'la carte so we had to wait a bit of time. In the meantime we sat outside and enjoyed the 8 degrees weather and a cup of tea

                                                                                                                                                           













And THEN came the food, Fresh from the stove (the only way it should be) and all at once!

Bless Bangladeshi restaurants for Always serving salad, although it did not prevent me from gaining 2 kgs on this trip, STILL it's always fresh, nicely placed and FREE. (Learn something 12 dollar salad servers)

Niramish , what a fresh beauty !!
it was perfect and not overcooked at all, with the light spices.

                                                                                Daal Bhorta

                                                                                                                                                                   Tomato Bhorta!! Oh this was perfection, with the sweet tomatos, the hint of coriander and onions making the great combination.

Alu Bhorta

The light Jhol Murgi was perfect!

And the most beautiful thing of all time: Gorom Gorom Shada Bhaat

Steaming Gorom Bhaat

I love my bhaat shots hehe





We ended up ordering there again (when I fell a bit sick) but it wasnt the same. This must be had in the cool sunshine winter's day, fresh from the kitchen