13 Zesty Recipes Using Mustard

Friday, March 7, 2014, 17:08 [IST]

Mustard is a spice that has a psychosomatic response from us. Your tongue starts tingling and your eyes start watering when you anticipate the taste of mustard. Mustard is spice that can be used in many ways. That is why; the number of mustard recipes is large and varied. Most mustard recipes from the seed use it as a seasoning.

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But we will be trying mustard recipes in which this spice is the main flavour. Mustard tastes very good in combination with honey. That is why; many mustard recipes for chicken use the oriental combination of honey and mustard. It gives the dish a sweet and spicy flavour. Other than that, mustard can also be teamed with green chillies for solely spicy dishes.

Bengalis are famous for adding mustard to their food. That is why there are many Bengali recipes using mustard. Most of these dishes use mustard paste with fish. The spice mustard brings out the flavour of fish beautifully and also suppresses the stench of fish.

Here are some zesty recipes using mustard to make your weekend full of spice.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes With Mustard Sauce

The only extra step in this mashed potato recipe is the one where you add crushed garlic to the boiled potatoes. Garlic mashed potatoes with a homemade mustard mix is an ideal brunch recipe for a lazy holiday.

Honey Mustard Chicken

Honey mustard chicken can be made with chicken thighs or boneless small chicken pieces (into crisp chicken wings). You can grill or bake this chicken appetizer. As the recipe is very easy and the dish is also tasty, you cannot avoid but prepare this finger-licking food

Posto Chingri: Traditional Bengali Recipe

Posto Chingri is an Indian prawn recipe that comes straight from the paddy fields of West Bengal. This shrimp recipe is cooked with authentic Bengali spices like Posto, that is poppy seeds and mustard.

Mustard Pickled Eggs

Pickled egg is a healthy dish that is filled with nutrition. If you prepare pickled eggs without using egg yolk, they can be very low in calories and fats. It has amino acids and proteins that are required by the body. If you make pickled eggs without yolk, they can be carb free.

Spicy Mustard Chicken Curry

This chicken recipe hails from the Bong kitchen where mustard makes every dish burst with some strong and lip-smacking flavours. You must have heard of a number of Bengali recipes with mustard paste, especially fish recipes. In this recipe, the mustard paste is used extensively. This dish is also cooked in mustard oil.

Crab Masala Bengali Style

Crab masala is a special recipe to cook crabs in Bengali style. It is a typical Indian curry with lots of zingy spices and fair amount of oil. Like most Bengali recipes even crab masala is cooked with mustard. The flavour of mustard oil adds a special Bong touch to crab masala.

Honey Mustard Chicken Wings

Are you bored of having the chicken wings available at fast food joints? It is time to take a break from the monotonous chicken wings and try the spicy mustard chicken wings recipe to make yummy snack!

Malabar Spinach Dal

Malabar spinach dal is a high protein and iron rich recipe which is just perfect for anemics. The healthy and tasty combination of dal with the juicy spinach makes this recipe simply irresistible. The aroma of the fresh curry leaves and mustard lend this recipe a mouthwatering flavour which makes it even more tempting.

Prawn Chilli With Honey & Mustard

If you love prawns, then here is a special sweet and spicy prawn chilli recipe. This dish is made using honey, baked prawns and mustard seeds. The best part about this dish is, it is healthy and low in fat as it is baked and not fried.

Maach Paturi: Fish Wrapped In Banana Leaf

Pathuri maach is a special Bengali dish that is made with fish. The dish is steamed and wrapped in banana leaf. The best aroma of pathuri maach comes from the mustard sauce that is used to prepare this recipe. When you unwrap the fish from the banana leaf, you will get the strong aroma of mustard.

Mustard Grilled Lamb Chops

Grilled lamb chops used to be just an ordinary meal about 50 years but now that we have no time for grilling or preparing, it is an easy recipe for a quick dinner. The marinade for lamb chops is the main part of cooking. If you can get that right then your grilled lamb chops are as good as done.

Shorshe Ilish

Shorshe Ilish has all the trademarks of an authentic Bengali recipe. This is a good time to refresh your culinary memory. Most Bengalis consider Shorshe Ilish to be a very difficult recipe so; they usually reserve the dish for special occasions. But, this Bengali recipe is actually much simpler than other fish curry recipes like Macchar Jhol.

Sarson Da Saag

Sarson ka saag is the mustard leaves which are found abundantly in Punjab. This dish is a rich and delicious preparation. Two kinds of greens are used to prepare this recipe- mustard leaves and spinach leaves. These greens are cooked with a fragrant blend of spices and then ground into a thick, creamy curry.

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Story first published: Friday, March 7, 2014, 17:08 [IST]

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