Food is not just a mean to satisfy our hunger, rather it serves as an art characterised by distinct techniques with a mix of specific culture. Various factors like local ingredients, traditions, and customs get involve in the process to create a unique dish. Therefore here I present before you a very popular recipe of the Bengali households- "Sheem Bata", prepared to relieve all from the daily toil of excavating some distinct cuisine at the dinner table to please your taste buds. If you hate this vegetable then you definitely got to try your hands on this recipe. You will never regret for sure. Let's try our hands on this special recipe today.
Ingredients -
Sheem: 1 cup tightly packed
Garlic: 5-6 cloves
Coriander Leaves: handful
Garlic: 5-6 cloves
Coriander Leaves: handful
Mustard paste: 1 tbsp
Poppy Seeds paste: 1 tbsp
Nigella Seeds (Kalonji): 1/3 tsp
Green Chillis: 2
Mustard Oil: 2 tbsp
Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper powder: 1/2 tsp
Salt and sugar as per taste.
Red Chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper powder: 1/2 tsp
Salt and sugar as per taste.
Method -
Chop off the two sides of the beans and cut in 2. Blanch it for 5-6 minutes in salted water. Drain and grind coarsely along with the chillies, garlic, coriander leaves, poppy and mustard seeds. Alternatively, you can also microwave it and then grind it to a coarse paste. Heat the mustard oil in a wok. In the same add the nigella seeds. Once they release the aroma add the paste along with salt, sugar, turmeric, red chilli powder and black pepper powder. On a low flame cook it by stirring continuously. This will take 3-4 minutes to become dry. Don’t stop stirring the whole mixture as that will result in burning at the bottom. Once you see the mixture is dry and tiny drops of oil appear on the surface switch off the flame. Spread it over a plate or shallow dish and serve hot with steamed hot rice and a dash of raw mustard oil and a green chilli.
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