Topic: Shat Kura/chicken bangla

[scottieblackburn]

Can anyone please tell me the recipe for a chicken bangla? and also what is shat kura?

[parker21]

hi scottie shotakora is a bangladeshi fruit so it says on the menus i have, do you have a menu with the description of this dish as it sounds like a specialiaty dish?

regards
gary

[chinois]

http://xs128.xs.to/xs128/08255/images_1_329.jpg

This one isnt my favourite dish as both times i've had it they've used too much shatkora (i dont order methi chicken for the same reasons). I would imagine using the standard BIR technique (frying garlic, then onions, tom puree & spices and then meat, base sauce and coriander) and just adding shatkora is how they cook it.

The shatkora looks like a grapefruit but is greeny yellow. You might find them in indian food shops. I found them in brick lane, london along with a couple of other 'new' and ugly citrus fruits. The taste is like a cross between a grapefruit and a lemon but is maybe not quite as nice as either (in me and my housemates opinion). We made citrus variety gin & tonics.
It's got a little bit of bitterness in it too though which isnt so good so i suppose you dont want to use too much.

I found some worthwile tips just now. The below blog from a bangladeshi says you shouldnt be cooking the insides (flesh) of it, which is not how i've had it served to me. There's a recipe there but it's homestyle rather than restaurant. Still, it looks like a good one.

http://dancesylhet.multiply.com/journal/item/2

[joshallen2k]

http://dancesylhet.multiply.com/journal/item/2

Whoa! That Bangladeshi blog is 1997 retro.

I still have a green glowing "Bangladesh" burned onto my retina. I see it every time I blink!

[chinois]

That pic i posted isnt a shotkora. It seems i posted a lime  :
I dont seem to be able to edit my post though...