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GRILLED PINEAPPLE AND ALOO MATAR TIKKI
Aloo Tikki is something I am acquainted to since I was this small. In Kolkata, aloo tikki is usually served alongside ghugni as a chaat. Giant sized iron skillets and atop it aloo tikki and ghugni...
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HERBED GRILLED BABY POTATOES
Well this was my final call on today's post after juggling with quite a few. Ask me why? I am  just that way... whimsical and the master of my own mind. I decided on this universally accepted potatoes...
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INSTANT ICE-CREAM SANDESH
This is my summer assignment to all the kids.... known ..... unknown. You do not need to know a kid to love them. It just comes naturally. My senior is a better person to talk on this matter. At their...
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KHEJUR ANAROSHER CHUTNEY
Chutneys .... Pickles.... condiments are a part of our lunch and dinner. As I have said earlier in similar posts that we have chutney to end a meal. Though, that elaborate cooking affair starting with...
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LANKAR ACHAR
I am back to the island this morning and all set to do what I love doing ..... weaving real life stories of which my recipes are a part. At times my stories are laced with melodrama, strong, silly...
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MATAR PINEAPPLE RICE WITH CARROT N TOMATO SALAD
If you think my men have turned obedient all of a sudden and started having salads with every meal, you are utterly wrong. The salad is for me, there definitely had some scrumptious mutton or chicken...
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AAM SANDESH
So many of my co-workers cum friends have blogged on Aam Sandesh at par their excellence, and then there is me all of a sudden yesterday planned three back to back recipes with ripe mango. The mango...
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DUDH BORI DIYE JHINGE BEGUNER JHOL
We have literally grown up eating these dishes. In my side of the family this is a very common dish that maa used to prepare. This was more of a summer treat when coriander leaves was pricey... yet she...
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BORI DIYE LAU GHONTO
This is a very common Bengali vegetarian dish done with lau and bori.... that is bottle gourd and dried lentil balls. This dish too was a part of a combined post done earlier. I thought of sharing it...
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ILISH SHORSHE POSTO
"O Hasina zulfon Wali, Janey Jahan...Dhoondti Hai Kafir Aankhey Kiska Nishan...Mehfil Mehfil, Yeh Shamaa, Firti Hon Kahan...Wow Anjana Dhoondti Hoon...Wow Diwaana Dhoonti Hoon..."Whenever I get to see...
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DIM POROTA / ANDA PARATHA
My men's favourite Indian food.... any kind of South Asian Bread but again not only with Raita and Achar / Pickle.... there has to have a chicken or lamb curry. You bet there always is because the fat...
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PEPPERY MANGO JAM
I was this small since when I had been watching mom preparing jam and jelly at home ...... mainly of guava and mango. I remember my favourite pastime was to apply a thick layer of those homemade jam...
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BAKED AAM DOI
I am just back from Kolkata and finding this tropical island cooler than what it is back there. Me and our friend Joy were sitting at the Indian Coffee House and was having a detailed discussion on the...
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AJWAINI FISH TIKKA
Its weekend, and we will gorge on some mouthwatering food .... be it an appetiser or main. These days I am giving in gradually to my men's wishes and cook what they love in most cases. As I always say,...
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NARKEL ER BORA
We had watched Ranvir Kapoor starrer Jagga Jasoos last night and oh! I am wondering what genre I can tag it as .... extreme state of fantasy? then I could not handle it. Throughout the entire movie I...
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TANDOORI MOSHOLAI POMFRET ER GAMAKHA JHOL
Weekend arrives, we will do some elaborate cooking and how beautiful it looks when we place all the spread on the table. That is the scene at our home on Saturdays at around 4 pm. For the next two days...
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SHORU CHAKLI KHEJUR GUR DIYE
....... Late 70's ..... Early 80's .... Long winter vacations at school... for a month or so..... and I spared no time to travel to my maternal grand parent's home. The brother would come with my...
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SHOJNE PATAR BORA O BEULIR DAL
Before we indulge into some good, festive food for Rakhi Poornima / Raksha Bandhan and rest of the occasions to be had this month and next, let us have some comfort food. Do not expect much healthy...
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KOLKATAR LAAL MISHTI DOI
If 'Amrito' is far from me, I will bring it to my home.'Amrito' is a sweet shop in Northern Kolkata which is famous for its 'Laal Doi'.... sweetened red colour yogurt because of the use of jaggery and...
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TIL BADAMBATA ALOO
Sesame seed or Til is quite in use among us Bengalis though not so much in our family except for during the period between Bijoya Dashami to Lokkhi Pujo .... Grandma, maa, aunties preparing 'Tiler...
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