Methi Malai Matar

Methi Malai Matar recipe

  It takes 15-20 minutes for preparing methi malai matar curry. Methi Malai Matar is a popular North Indian dish.  Ingredients required:  Peas- 3 cups  Onion- 2 pieces  Milk- 2 cup  Cashew nuts- 2 tbsp  Cream- 150 ml  Dry mango powder- 1 pinch  Red Chili powder- 1 tsp  Kasoori methi- 7 tbsp  Pepper powder- ½ tsp  Cardamom-4  Oil- 4 tbsp  Cloves- 7  Cinnamon- 1 piece  Salt to taste   Method of Preparation of Malai Matar:  1. Take a container and pour water and salt into it.  2. Add peas to it and leave it to boil.  3. Grind cashew nuts to make a paste.  4. Grind cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.  5. Pour oil in a pan and heat it.  6. Fry grated onions into it.  7. Now add grounded cinnamon, cardamom and cloves and cook for 2 minutes.  8. Add pepper powder.  9. Pour cream and kasoori methi in the pan.  10. Cook for two minutes over low flame till cream gets dried.  11. Now pour cashew nuts paste. Cook for one minute.  12. Pour milk and mix everything well.   13. Lastly add dry mango powder, salt and red chili powder.  14. Let it cook till gravy becomes thick.  15. Now add boiled peas to it.  Your iron rich methi malai matar curry is ready to be served hot with different breads.  Recipe by: Sandeep Agarwal (Howrah)   … [Read more...]

Restaurant review: Krazy Kebab, Kolkata

Krazy kebab restaurant

  Name of restaurant: Krazy Kebab  Address: 85, Fazlul Haque Sarani (Jhowtala Road), towards AJC Bose Road Flyover, Kolkata 700 017  Location: The restaurant is located right on the bend of Jhowtala Lane, opposite to the renowned Zeeshan. With its golden hue, it is very hard to miss.  Timings: 12.30pm to 4pm for lunch and from 7pm to 11pm for dinner  Cusine: North West frontier  Buffet: Only lunch buffet is available.  Cost: Lunch buffet: Rs.375+tax.  A la carte: Rs.500 per person (approx.)  Details: Krazy Kebab is one of the best things to have happened to Kolkata's food arena. This 3000 square feet restaurant is a cuisine connoisseur's dream-come-true. The restaurant is cozy and offers the perfect environment for business meets, family outings and fun sessions with friends. The hospitality and service offered are simply heart warming. The restaurant has been made sound proof to drown out the traffic outside. The major point of attraction of this place is the panoramic lunch buffet.  The buffet spread: The spread consists of an assortment of lip-smacking delicacies, with choicest vegetarian and non-vegetarian items including soup, biriyani, chicken, mutton, aloo gobi, paneer and desserts. Their specialty are kababs that are simply finger-licking. The lunch buffet contains 5-6 different types of veg and non veg kebabs.  Specialty: The sophisticated leather-bound menu card promises an assortment of delicacies. A visit to Krazy Kebab would be incomplete without munching on their lip-smacking kebabs. Murg hariyali kebabs, Chicken tikka lavabdar, Murg Pahari Kebabs, Fish batter fry, lamb chops, Lucknowi Murgh Tangri … [Read more...]