Shaak Chingry (prawn and greens) Recipe

Today is my 2nd day fasting and thankfully came home early enough to prepare my own iftaar.

Of course my first iftaar yesterday was all the fried stuff accompanied with biryani! The worrying thing is that, that is "normal" - fasting is much harder when eating such oily things everyday!

Anyway- I will hopefully be doing more recipes this month to inspire myself and you guys to eat healthy especially during this beautiful month of cleanse.

Today I tried something inLOVE BUT HAVE never made myself. Shaak Chingry! 

Ingredients:

1 bunch of Kolmi Shaak (use any greens you like)
1/4 kg Chingry (Prawn)
4 green chillis
Pinch of holud (turmeric)
1 onion
Salt as preferred

Directions

Chop onions and sautee In a bit of olive oil.
Chop up the prawns and add to the onions.
Cut 2 of the green chillies and add to the mix
Add a pinch of turmeric and some salt and let the prawns cook
Once the prawns are done add the greens and rest 2 chillis and stir.
Turn off the heat and the greens cook in the warmth of the pan (usually a minute or 2.)

Serve with some rice or roti as you please. I am having Brown Basmati for my Iftaar :D

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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

Another of Mum's Bangali Lunches

I'm spoiled. My taste buds are snobs. Thanks to my Mummy, Papa and Nanabhai all of whom have fed me so well since birth. No wonder my best meals are at my own home.

Here is one of Mummy's delicious spreads for her friends prepared by herself Chef Runa and Chef Johura.

Green begun bhorta:

 Kachki mach:

 Dherosh (Lady's Fingers) Do Peyaja :

 Jhinga Deem Bhaji:

 Kochu Chingry:

Shorisha Potol:

 Rui Mach Bhuna

 Murri Ghonto

 Choto Murgi Bhuna

Mum and her Mates

Missing Mum, her amazing food and my home on Pohela Baishakh..

(Food by Mum, Runa and Johura <3 for their yearly schoolfriend lunch)

the Bari Bari food by Chef Shirin

Old blog readers remember Bari, the wedding where I got to sit at the brides table (being ghotok and all) and the awesome Mehndi post.

Anyway this family is another super foodie family, and it was their 1 year anniversary where I went to eat, but of course clad in bhodro kapor and heels surrounded by mehmaan I could not really devour the food.
 I asked Aunty to keep some of my fav dishes aside from a luncheon she had prepared (cos i wanted to sit with my legs up and eat 5-6 servings)


Bari and Bajju's Anniversary meal (with added bonuses) by Chef Shirin and her wonderful helpers.

This was my last meal of 2011, and possibly in the top ten best <3

Best Biryani Ever by Chef Nasreen

Despite having eaten biryani every single day at 6 consecutive Dhaka weddings (and im not even that big a fan) I still could not resist this dinner. Why you ask? Cos this is my favouritest biryani ever.

By Chef Nasreen (mother of Chef Khadijah from whom we got a biryani recipe last year)

The amazing Spread:

Saalaad

Porota

Dohi Borra

Amazing Roll

Noodles and veggies inside

Chicken Curry

The Brilliant, light, soft, flavourful Biryani..sigh...

Borhani :D

The Chef and eaters

Meal at my home in Oakville by Chef Shahida

Toronto has a special place in my heart, I've been there even in my mother's womb. 

But as my own person my first ever trip by myself was to visit my friend Menz after my O'levels and thus I found a home in Oakville at the Rahmans. 

Shahida Aunty was one of the first people in my life to know and tell me I was a singer at age 17, (back in the days when I was planning to be a corporate lawyer who sang on weekends for fun.) It was in their basement I sang my first Lalon Geeti, it was on their steps I first burst into tears mourning the death of my DU, it was in their living room I sang my first ghazal, and in Menz's messy bedroom discovered Bob Dylan . So yes this is a VERY VERY special home for me.

And of course when the food is that yummy my pictures dont come out so well. PLus I hadnt seen the Rahmans for years so I was busy gabbing and listening to the beautiful Samah who is also a singer and a wonderful one. (incidentally I had taken the wrong train and gone to the other end of Toronto so I was super late :P)

I realised, out of the billion meals I've eaten at theirs over almost a decade, I dont have many, so 2012 I will be doing a full feature. but till then, here is a memory of my blissful meal with The Rahmans.

Super yummy Roast Chicken

Bangali Fish curry with a hint of thai spices- of course the yummiest item has the worst picture.

onek moja salad made by my menz