Chicken Parmigiana

It is a classical Italian dish. It can be served along with Pasta or one can have it as the main dish with good Italian wine.


Ingredients
• Egg – 1 
• Bread crumbs – ½ cup
• Boneless chicken breast – 2
• Red pasta or home made tomato sauce – ½ cup
• Mozzarella cheese – ½  cup 
• Parmesan cheese grated – ¼ cup 


Method
1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius. Take a medium sized baking sheet and grease it lightly.
2. Pour egg into a small bowl. Place bread crumbs in a separate shallow bowl.
3. Dip chicken pieces  into egg, then roll it over  bread crumbs.
4. Place coated chicken  on the baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes or until the chicken is  pink and juices run clear .
5. Pour ½ of the pasta sauce or homemade tomato sauce into a baking dish. Place chicken pieces over sauce , and cover with remaining sauce.
6. Sprinkle mozzarella and parmesan cheeses  on top.  
7. Put it back into  the preheated oven for 20 minutes .

Salmon Fish Cake with Parsley

A very easy and healthy party food - Salmon Fish Cake with Parsley

Ingredients

• Potato, diced in small cubes - 450gm
• salmon fillets - 350gm
• parsley - 1 bunch
• egg(beaten) - 1
• pepper powder - 2 tsp
• lemon juice - 2 tsp
• medium sized onion - 1
• olive oil/refined oil - 4 tsp
• flour - 4 tsp.

Method

• Boil potatoes and fish fillets. 
• Drain the excess water and mix them into a fine mash. 
• Add chopped onions, pepper powder, salt, 2 tsp flour and lime juice to a mash and mix it well. 
• Now shape the mixture into balls and flatten it. 
• Refrigerate for half an hour. 
• Dip the balls in beaten egg and roll it in bread crumb, then shallow fry in olive oil or refined oil .
• Serve with mayonnaise or mustard sauce.

This recipe was published in Hangla Hneshel, a Bengali Food Magazine.