3 Must-Try Bengali Recipes | Veg Pulao, Street-Style Egg Roll & Classic Payesh

basmati rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: long-grain rice

Brown rice adds fiber and nutrients.

ghee

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil provides a similar richness with different flavor.

mixed vegetables

🥗Healthier: zucchini and bell peppers

💰Cheaper: frozen mixed vegetables

Frozen options are budget-friendly and convenient.

raisin

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: sugar-free dried fruit

Dried cranberries add a tartness with fewer calories.

Grind black mustard seeds, yellow mustard seeds, soaked kashkash, melon seeds, garlic, ginger, and green chilies into a coarse paste without water.

Add 1.5 cup of fresh grated coconut to the paste and mix well.

Apply half the masala to 100 g each of carrots, peas, French beans, cauliflower, and 250 g of paneer, drizzling with mustard oil.

Heat 0.5 cup of ghee and add whole spices (cinnamon, black cardamoms, star anise, green cardamoms, peppercorns, cloves).

Sauté spices until aromatic, then add 2 finely chopped onions and sauté until translucent.

Add the remaining ground paste and 6 more green chilies, sautéing further.

Stir in 3/4 tsp turmeric powder and 1.5 cup of yogurt, reducing heat to low after adding yogurt.

Add 1 tsp garam masala and sauté for 3-4 minutes, then add the vegetables (not the paneer) and salt to taste, mixing well.

Cover and cook on medium-low heat until vegetables are done, stirring occasionally.

Cook 750 g of basmati rice by soaking for 15-20 minutes, boiling with water and salt, then draining and spreading on a thali to cool.

Mix cooked rice with finely chopped coriander, mint, dried rose petals, and saffron water, adding 1 tbsp of ghee.

Layer the rice with half the vegetable mixture, adding fried onions, rose petals, and mint, then repeat with remaining rice and vegetables.

Cover and cook on low flame for 15-20 minutes, then smoke the biryani with a live coal and ghee.

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