Khatun's Kitchen - Asian Cookery School (2025)

13/10/2024

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My website is packed with recipes, blogs, and fun inspiration waiting for you! Have you checked it out recently?

Disclaimer: It’s all about me.
Well, not just me, but my work, my projects, my recipes, my culture, my passion, and most importantly… meri whole Zindegi! ❤️

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13/04/2024

Easy Ramadan Recipe E-book | Fruitima - UK

20/02/2024

***Easy Ramadan Recipes*** - Ebook
Over 50 delicious recipes - £2.99.

🍈Are you ready to make this Ramadan season truly special?

🍊Introducing "Easy Ramadan Recipes" eBook, your ultimate guide to effortless iftaar and suhoor preparations!

🍉With over 50 mouthwatering recipes, including traditional delights and innovative dishes inspired by diverse cuisines, this eBook is your guide to culinary excellence during the holy month.

🍓It also features invaluable tips to help you prepare for Ramadan in advance, allowing you to focus on ibadah spiritual growth.

🍉**50% of the revenue** generated during this time will be donated to charity for the people affected by the war in Gaza.

https://www.fruitima.com/product-page/easy-ramadan-recipe-e-book
Only £2.99

Easy Ramadan Recipe E-book | Fruitima - UK This is an e-book which, once purchased, you get to download it as a PDF. Easy Ramadan Recipes' has over 50 delicious recipes with beautiful photographs with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. The recipes are perfect for your Iftar and Suhoor meals.Are you always asking your self "What shall....

16/02/2024

"From Childhood Nostalgia to Romantic Blossoms: The Journey of the Humble Aloor Chop"

Aloo'r chop (similar to aloo tikki) was a regular dish in our household as a child. When ever we had guests it was my task to make these crispy potato snacks. Me being me, I would try putting different fillings inside, including tuna or bechamel sauce.

Little did I know, those same skills would come in handy when my future hubby and his family came to my house with the marriage proposal 20 odd years ago.

😅 Amidst all the excitement and nervous chatter, it was the humble Aloor Chop that stole the show, winning over my future husband's heart with its irresistible charm!

Fast forward to today, and every bite of these crispy delights brings back a flood of memories – from childhood giggles in the kitchen to unexpected love blossoming over a shared plate of Aloor Chops! Who knew a simple appetiser could hold the key to unlocking such sweet moments?

Aloor Chop Recipe

Ingredients:
- 4 medium-sized potatoes (boiled and mashed)
- 1 large onion (finely chopped)
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- Salt to taste
- Grated cheese (cheddar or any other cheese of your choice)
- Minced meat (optional)
- Bread crumbs
- 2 eggs
- Oil for frying

METHOD
1. **Prepare the Mixture:**
- Mash the boiled potatoes in a large bowl.
- Add the cumin powder, coriander powder, chili powder, paprika, salt and 1 tbs spoon of egg mixture to the mashed potatoes. Mix well until all the spices are evenly incorporated.
- In a separate pan, heat oil and fry the finely chopped onions until they are crispy and golden brown. Drain excess oil and let the fried onions cool down.
- Once cooled, mix the fried onions into the mashed potato mixture until well combined.

2. Assemble the Aloor Chops
Take a small portion of the mashed potato mixture in your palm and flatten it to make a small patty.
- Make a small hollow in the center of the patty.
- Place a scoop of minced meat and a bit of grated cheese in the hollow.
- Carefully enclose the filling with the mashed potato mixture and shape it into a round patty. Ensure the filling is completely covered.

3. Coat and Fry
- Beat the eggs in a shallow bowl.
- Spread the bread crumbs on a plate.
- Dip each potato patty into the beaten eggs, ensuring it is fully coated.
- Then, roll the coated patty in the bread crumbs, covering it completely.
- Dip the breaded patty back into the beaten eggs and roll it in bread crumbs again. This double coating will ensure a crispy texture.
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Once the oil is hot, gently place the coated patties into the oil and fry until golden brown and crispy on both sides. Flip them occasionally to ensure even frying.
4. **Serve:**
- Once the Aloor Chops are golden brown and crispy, remove them from the oil and drain excess oil on paper towels.
- Serve hot with your favourite dipping sauce or chutney.

07/02/2024

Easy Ramadan Recipes - ebook

🍈Are you ready to make this Ramadan season truly special?

🍊Introducing "Easy Ramadan Recipes" eBook, your ultimate guide to effortless iftaar and suhoor preparations!

🍉With over 50 mouthwatering recipes, including traditional delights and innovative dishes inspired by diverse cuisines, this eBook is your guide to culinary excellence during the holy month.

🍓It also features invaluable tips to help you prepare for Ramadan in advance, allowing you to focus on ibadah spiritual growth.

🍉**50% of the revenue** generated during this time will be donated to charity for Palestine.

https://www.fruitima.com/product-page/easy-ramadan-recipe-e-book
Only £2.99
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25/12/2023

In this season of joy, let's extend our thoughts to those enduring hardships, especially in areas affected by conflict. May the light of Christmas bring comfort, and may the world unite in spreading peace, offering hope to those in the midst of adversity.

05/07/2023

Fruit Carving Workshops are back! Whether you want to learn this creative skill as a hobby or thinking of starting your own business, this is the first step to your journey.
🍉Learn the foundation of fruit and vegetable carving in this 3 hour fun and interactive class.
🍉Thai meal included!
🍉 Work with small groups
🍉 Workshop takes place in our purpose built kitchen studio in Berkshire, UK

🌶Thai and Malaysian Cookery class also available from September.

Click link to book now:

Fruit Carving Workshop | Fruitima - UK Enjoy an interactive Thai fruit and vegetable carving experience with Chef Nasima. Let your artistic inhibition come alive in this 3 hour session where you will learn to create are with simple fruits and vegetables. You will take with you your won hamper with all the carvings you create displays bea...

15/04/2023

**GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT***
I am so excited to announce the winner for my Ramadan giveaway.

👏 👏 👏

Well done, and a big congratulations. Although Ramadan is coming to an end, the recipes on the book can be used all tear round and again for the next Ramadan.

Thank you to everyone else who participated. You can still get the book on Amazon for your bookshelf collection.

Thank you
Nasima khatun

06/04/2023

****Delicious Dynamite Chicken****

Perfect for Iftar time.
You can also make crunchy Dynamite Chicken Wings. The recipe is in my new book. Available to order from the link in my bio.

INGREDIENTS
500g Frozen chicken fillet (battered)

3 tbs mayonaise
1 tbs tomato ketchup
1 tbs siracha hot sauce
1/2 tsp honey
1 tsp soy sauce

Method
1. Take a bag of chicken fillet, place half in the airfryer, spray with olive oil and cook for 20 minutes until chicken is well cooked.
2. Place all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth. I added 1 - 2 tbs water as I like my sauce a little runny.
3. Add the chicken in the sauce and mix well.
Garnish with chopped spring onions and chives.

We had ours with garlic butter pitta bread and salad and the boys had fries with it.

Enjoy.

04/04/2023

Aam Dhud bhaat

Is a delectable dish with hearty goodness that Bengalis enjoy. Its not a dessert per se, but a pre-dessert, after meal treat.
It's a combination of sticky rice with juicy mango pulps, drizzled with hot evaporated milk, jaggery, toasted coconut flakes, and sprinkled with a pinch of salt. If you're really feeling the richness, then add a dollop of mishti doi.

There's so many flavours in one plate,
And it tastes like heaven.

As I child I saw my dadhi (grandma) eat this after every meal. There would be more other goodness that I cannot even name.

So if you're a Bengali, what other thing would you add?

Find the recipe in my book; Easy Ramadan Recipes.
It's available as a hardcover or Kindle version.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C12CZFQS

04/04/2023

Aam Dhud bhaat

Is a delectable dish with hearty goodness that Bengalis enjoy. Its not a dessert per se, but a pre-dessert, after meal treat.
It's a combination of sticky rice with juicy mango pulps, drizzled with hot evaporated milk, jaggery, toasted coconuts flakes and sprinkled with a pinch of salt. If you're really feeling the richness then add a dollop of mishti doi.

There's so many flavours in one plate,
And it tastes like heaven.

As I child I saw my dadhi (grandma) eat this after every meal. There would be more other goodness that I cannot even name.

So if you're a Bengali, what other thing would you add?

Find the recipe in my book; Easy Ramadan Recipes.
It's available as a hardcover or Kindle version.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C12CZFQS

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03/04/2023

Steamed chicken wontons for Ramadan?

03/04/2023

***Ramadan Haleem***

I cannot go through Ramadan without making Haleem. It's a dish I am accustomed having in our house as a child when my bhabi (sister-in-law) used to make it for especial occasions.

I always make it in bulk during Ramadan, then freeze a portion. And during busy evenings when time is not on my side, I'll get a portion of the frozen haleem out and eat for iftar with naan or Turkish bread.

It's a dish thats filling, full of nutrients and very flavourful. Perfect for your Ramadan table.

You can find this recipe in my book 'Easy Ramadan Recipes'.

Get you copy here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C12CZFQS

21/03/2023

Ramadan is upon us again. Every year it comes round so quickly.
Here's a blog I wrote about Ramadan and fastin a few years ago.

FASTING - A UNIVERSAL CONCEPT RAMADAN It’s here again, very quickly it returned like a long lost friend that you were eager to meet again. Curious to see what gifts and rewards it will bring and the what challenges will I face this time, with longer and hotter days, to fast without a break, whilst working in a demanding job th...