Peace be upon you viewers
I'm back with another episode today for you all
So today we went out for a drive, the weather was nice
In the distance you can see mountains, there's snow on the tops
The roads are quite clear
Not many cars or people
Because we're still in lockdown
But you can still go out
Just not out with other people
We still have to maintain social distancing
We're going to go by the river today
Look, where we're going
Then I will go to my kitchen
To share a recipe with you all
that if you eat it during this time of crisis
it will boost your immune system
And it has many different minerals and health benefits
So see, this is where New Westminster Quay is
We're going under the skytrain
And right there is Patullo Bridge
The Patullo Bridge connects New Westminster and Surrey
So we're driving right alongside the bridges
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Everyone, I've come back to my kitchen
Today I will make kalijeera (blackseed) bhorta
Here are the ingredients
Garlic, however much you like
And some green chillis
I will fry both of these ingredients
I'll cook the garlic without oil
And the chillis I'll fry in a little bit of mustard oil
So here I'm opening the blackseed packet
There are many types of blackseed
But this one is called kalonji blackseed
The one you can get from your Indian store is the one with the same flavour as that from Bangladesh
There's usually some dirt or inedible bits in the blackseed
I'll pick these out
It can take some time to pick out
There're lots of types of dirt in it (the lighter coloured things)
So I'll pick these out, wash the seeds, then dry them
Now I'll put the seeds in a strainer
I'll wash and dry them
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So now the seeds have dried
It's gotten so clean now
Now I'll roast these in a pan without any oil
Some people say fry, some say roast
In our dialect we say roast
I've turned the heat on medium and stirred it
At this stage, I will peel the garlic
I'll manually peel these by hand
You can find peeled garlic at the grocery store
But I didn't have any on hand
That's why I peeled it myself
In the midst, I stirred the seeds
So that it all roasts evenly
At this stage, I've put my garlic in another pan
I've roasted these without any oil as well
They've roasted nicely
Then I will put some mustard oil in
You can use whatever oil you like but very little
I've only used a little bit of mustard oil
less than 1/2 a tsp
Then I will fry the chillis in here
In the meantime that my chillis fry,
I'll mash the blackseed with my sheel pata (stone block/batán)
I don't have a small food processor
I only have a big one
I'm only making a tiny bit of bhorta (paste)
So I didn't use the food processor
I've decided to use the stone block instead
and if you use the stone block,
the bhorta becomes very smoothly mashed
This bhorta tastes nice if the paste is very smooth
If there are whole bits, it won't taste good
I'll only use garlic and chillis to make this bhorta
I won't add in any onions
If you want you can add in onions
At this stage, my chillis are almost done frying
I'll wait a little while longer
By this time, I'll continue mashing the blackseeds
As you can see, the chillis have fried
At this stage, I will add 2 raw chillis
If you add in raw chillis too
A very nice flavour is produced
As soon as you smell the bhorta, you'll want to eat it right away
So I'm gonna mash this directly on the stone block
I'm continuing to mash the ingredients together
At this stage, I'm adding the fried chillis, garlic, and will mash it nicely
And then I will add some pink salt to taste
I'll also mash this
Of course, add as much salt as you need
Some like more, some like less. Same goes for the amount of chillis
I've finished making my bhorta
Now, whatever bhorta I have left on the stone block
I'm mixing that with some rice
This is called pata makha bhaath
My husband is from Mymensingh and they really like eating this
I don't really know why this tastes different from just mixing the rice with the bhorta
But apparently, this is very flavorful
So I'm mixing the rice with the remaining bhorta for him
He'll eat this when he's hungry
I've made half a batch of bhorta
I used 50g out of the 100g of blackseeds
I had another 50g of roasted seeds left
And this is ready to use to make bhorta
So I'm going to store this in a glass container
You can store this for a while and use it later
So my bhorta is done
And the pata makha is also ready
Now we will eat
It's almost time to eat
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So that's it for this video
I'll see you in the next video
Until then, Allah Hafiz!