Quail curry (Shikari Bater) SensKitchen has a couple of interesting newly added recipes. The first is a traditional recipe for cooking Quails. Hmmm...Quails used to be a popular meat in times past in Calcutta and its environs. Quails are also called Bater in India, and hunting these game birds was once the only way to procure one for the table. Nowadays, quails are reared in farms and available in parts of India and the only effort required is to cook them.
Quails or Baters are best cooked in spicy and really hot gravies, and taste yummy with white rice. The recipe from Senskitchen is Nandini Sens recipe and is called Shikari Bater. This is the way these birds used to be cooked by hunters on an open fire. The quail may also be substituted by cornish game hen or a small desi murga/murgi to yield a comparable taste.
The second recipe is Baked Bhetki cooked in the Bengali style which is a very distinct dish different from most baked fish recipes for the Western palate. This is Krishna Sens recipe and an all time favorite with the family. The recipe is incredibly simple, and provided the fish is fresh, should be a treat for all ages and palates.
Try out the recipes, pass it on to friends and keep our proud cooking traditions alive. And of course, keep visiting Senskitchen as we will be adding many rare and easy recipes frequently...