Lemon Basil

Lemon basil plant looks little similar to Holy basil plant. Lemon basil has small green leaves, green stem and white flowers. But the leaves of lemon basil are thinner and delicate compared to Holy basil. This basil has a real citrus like smell and taste. Lemon basil primarily found in northeastern Africa and southern Asia. This basil is mostly used in Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai cuisines.

Lemon basil is not a common cooking ingredient of Assamese cuisine . Only a few Tai community of Assam use this herb in their cuisines . The Tai Khamyang community of Assam called this basil "Ling paat" (লিং পাত). The Tai Khamyang people use this basil in currys but it taste better with mashed grilled fish (পূৰা মাছৰ পিটিকা) and mashed grilled chillis (পূৰা জলকীয়া পিটিকা). Mashed grilled chillis is a speciality of Tai Khamyang community which they serve with every lunch or dinner. ( I'll share this recipe later). As this basil has a fresh lemon flavor, it emits a strong lemony taste in your mouth.

Lemon basil is very delicate. You cannot preserve it for longer periods . It turns black. So keep it in plastic bags in your refrigerator. It is better to use fresh lemon basil leaves in cooking at the end of the cooking to get a better aroma.

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Kalpanaa MApril 1, 2018 at 8:13 PM
I would love to grow a lemon basil plant.
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Bhoot Jolokia Pickle / Ghost Chilli Pickle

Bhoot jolokia/Bhut jolokia (ভোট জলকীয়া) or Ghost chilli is one of the hottest chilli on earth cultivated basically in Assam and some other parts of northeast India. The bhoot jolokias are two or three inches long and starts out green in colour. It turns red only when ripened. This ripened ghost chilli in the first bite gives an intense sweet chilli flavor. The heat doesn't kick at the beginning. As you started chewing it, the heat kicks in and your mouth started burning together starts sweating and watery eyes.

Don't touch ghost chilli with bare hands after cutting. But as we Assamese people do not use spoon and fork and eat our meal with our fingers, we have the practice of touching this red hot chili with our bare hands. Do you remember the Indian chilli queen Anandita Dutta Tamuly. She is know for eating and rubbing bhoot jolokia on her bare eyes. But you don't try this and don't even touch bhoot jolokia with bare hands if you don't have practice. Today I m…

Peanut and Curry Leaves Chutney

An Indian meal is incomplete without a chutney. Chutney is a type of sauce basically a dry base sauce originating from India. There are varieties of chutney recipes which are served with the main course as a side dish or as a dip with fritters, samosa, pakora, idli, dosa etc.

Chutney recipes are very easy to prepare. Most of the chutney recipes are prepared by grinding and are basically made from raw vegetables. Today I'm going to share a Peanut and Curry Leaves Chutney recipe which don't required any cooking. Serve this recipe at lunch or dinner with main course or with samosa or pakora in the evening with tea.

Peanut and Curry Leaves Chutney 📎Course : Side dish
📎Cuisine : Indian 🔪Preparation Time : 15 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup peanuts1 bunch of curry leaves 5-6 green chillies 4-5 long coriander leaves Salt to taste water if required
METHOD: Wash curry leaves under running water. Soak peanuts in lukewarm water for 10 minutes. Drain and keep aside. In a small Chutney making ja…

Simple Pizza base Recipe made on Tawa (অভেন ব্যৱহাৰ নকৰাকৈ বনোৱা পিজ্জা বেচ)

Pizza base is a flat shaped bread. You can buy pizza base from the store but making pizza base at home is not that tough one. I made simple pizza base today on tawa. I'm thinking of making pizza in the evening using these pizza bases, the recipe of which I'll share later. Today I'm going to share simple pizza base recipe made without using oven.

Simple Pizza base Recipe made on Tawa ( অসমীয়াত ৰেচিপি তলত পাব)

📎Course : Main Course 📎Cuisine : World 🔪Preparation Time : 15 minutes ♨Cooking Time : 20 minutes 🕞Total : 35 minutes
🍴Servings : 4

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups maida (all purpose flour) ( 2 কাপ মইদা)1 teaspoon yeast ( 1 চাহ চামুচ ইষ্ট)1/2 teaspoon salt (1/2 চাহ চামুচ নিমখ)1 teaspoon sugar (1 চাহ চামুচ চেনি)2 tablespoons semolina (2 চামুচ চেমলিনা)1 tablespoon olive oil / vegetable oil (1 চামুচ তেল)1 cup lukewarm water (or as required) (1 কাপ কুহুমীয়া গৰম পানী)
METHOD:
In a bowl take maida, yeast, salt, sugar, semolina and oil. Mix well. Add lukewarm water and make a soft dough. …

Fish Egg Bhurji | Scrambled Fish Egg and Bamboo shoots

My blog has completed 3 years of its blogging journey this August, but the blog still needs to grow and I have still need to learn many things. This is the first post of the 4th year of my blogging journey and it is about a simple recipe of scrambled fish egg or fish egg bhurji . I made this recipe little special by adding "khorisa"- grated and fermented bamboo shoots.

Fish usually lay eggs during monsoon season. Therefore there is a ban on fishing during monsoon in local rivers and ponds in Assam so that the local fishes do not get extinguished. The exported fish and fish from the fisheries are available in the market and fish roe or fish eggs are also widely available during the season. It is usually served as fritters, or as deep fried or shallow fried. Making scrambled fish eggs is very easy and it tastes very yummy.

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Banana Flower Fritters

Banana flower or banana blossom (কলডিল) is one of the most healthiest vegetable with lots of health benefits.
Banana flower is also known as banana heart or koldil in Assamese. Banana flower is loaded with calcium, iron, protein, fiber, vitamin E and many more healthy substances. Banana flower is good for anaemia and doctors also prescribed to eat banana flowers to anaemic patients. We can make soup and curry of banana flower. Here is a simple recipe you can try at home.

Banana Flower Fritters :

📎Cuisine : Indian 🔪Preparation Time : 10 minutes ♨Cooking Time : 15 minutes 🕞Total : 25 minutes

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup banana florets 1/2 cup chickpea flour 1 tbsp rice flour 1/4 tbsp cumin powder 1/4 tbsp coriander powder 1/4 tbsp red chilli powder salt to taste oil to fry

METHOD:

Remove the outer pink coloured layer. Take out some banana florets which are edible. Now take out the middle stems from each florets and soak those banana florets on salty water.For batter take a bowl. Add chick…

Green Tomato Pickle

Hey there! here I'm back with another pickle recipe. Sweet, sour and spicy green tomato pickle is very easy to prepare.

Green tomatoes are the unripe tomatoes which are firm and sour. If you have green tomatoes and searching for recipe ideas than I have got two simple green tomato chutney recipes for you > click here

I love eating green or raw tomatoes. Red tomatoes are available throughout the year but green tomatoes are quite seasonal. Today I got a basket of green tomatoes from my father and so I decided to make this pickle recipe.
Green Tomato Pickle
📎Course : Pickle 📎Cuisine : Indian
INGREDIENTS:
7-8 green tomatoes 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp coriander seeds 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1/3 tsp fenugreek seeds1/2 tsp fennel seeds1/2 tsp hing or asafoetida1/2 tsp nigella seeds 1 tbsp red chilli powder 2 tbsp sugar 1/2 tbsp salt 1/2 cup mustard oil 1/2 tbsp white vinegarMETHOD: Wash the green tomatoes under running water. Wipe the tomatoes with a dry cloth. Slice the green tomatoes…

Fish and Roselle leaves curry

Fish and Roselle leaves curry is an easy and tasty Assamese style sour fish curry recipe (মাছৰ টেঙা). Roselle leaves (Tenga mora / টেঙা মৰা ) contains many vitamins and minerals and high dietary fiber. In Assam it's widely available during summer. Eating sour fish curry in lunch or dinner is a good idea during summer to beat the hot and humid weather in Assam. You can prepare this fish curry by using only roselle leaves. But I have added red lentils to make the curry thicker. We don't use spices in making sour fish curries. But if you like to make it spicy, add spices according to your taste.

Fish and Roselle leaves curry
📎Course : Main Course 📎Cuisine : Indian(Assamese) 🔪Preparation Time : 5 minutes ♨Cooking Time : 20 🕞Total : 25 minutes
🍴Servings : 2

INGREDIENTS: 2 pieces of fish (any) 1 bunch roselle leaves 2 tbsp red lentil 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds1/2 + 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 2 green chillies chopped 2 tbsp oil Salt to taste METHOD: Here you can use any fish. I'm usi…

Raw Mango Ice Lollies

The season of raw mango is here. I waited for the whole year for raw mangoes as I love raw mangoes. Mango, the king of fruits is available only during summer and sweet and sour raw mango ice lollies can give the perfect refreshments during hot hot summer. No artificial color is added in these lollies. Raw mango is used to make these ice lollies together with some mint leaves, sugar, salt and some mild spices. Just blend all the ingredients and transfer into ice pop or ice lolly molds. If you don't have ice lolly molds, you can use paper cups and wooden sticks.

Also try Watermelon Ice Pops
Raw Mango Ice Lollies

INGREDIENTS:
1 cups of raw mango peeled, seeded and diced. 5-6 finely chopped mint leavesPinch of cumin powder 1/2 tsp black salt 4 tbsp sugar 2 cups of water METHOD: In a blender blend all the ingredients until smooth. With the help of a stained, filter the liquid into a jar. Discard the remaining. Transfer the liquid into ice lolly molds.Freeze until solid.

5 Best Herbal Teas To Reduce Inflammation : Guest Post by Agbaghe Oghenefejiro

Hey Guys, I'm Agbaghe Oghenefejiro from Moringa Balm of Gilead, a health blog where I share tips, tricks, and home remedies to help solve family health-related problems. In this blog post, I'm going to share with you the top 5 herbal teas to reduce inflammation.

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Chronic inflammation: On the other hand, has some harmful effects on your body.
Chronic cases of inflammation are often linked to health-related problems like heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

Herbal Teas To Reduce Inflammations:
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Dry Fruits Custard Recipe

Custard is a variety of dessert preparations generally based on milk. Milk is thickened by adding either egg yolks, corn flour or gelatin etc. and at last fruits and nuts are added to it. Kids love to eat custard and it's very easy to prepare. Dry fruits custard is also a very simple recipe to prepare where rich dry fruits are added in sweet creamy custard.

Try similar recipe of Fruit Custard
Dry Fruits Custard Recipe 📎Course : Dessert 📎Cuisine : World 🔪Preparation Time : 10 minutes ♨Cooking Time : 10 minutes 🕞Total : 20 minutes
🍴Servings : 2

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups of milk2/3 tbsp custard powder2-4 tbsp of sugar1/2 cup of dry fruits cut into pieces (dates, cashews, raisins, cheery etc.)METHOD: Heat milk in a saucepan on medium heat. In a bowl take custard powder. Add some milk and mix thoroughly. Now add this custard and milk mixture into the boiling milk , stir continuously. Add sugar, stir continuously. When the liquid becomes thicker, remove from heat. Let it cool .Add d…

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