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GOTA SHEDDO
Tessa... Oh dear Tessa... the girl who is supporting me in our Cristine's absence is very nice but giving me a lot of tension... there comes her message ... ma'am coming today evening... after an...
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STUFFED BITTER GOURD
There was a time when the mother had a tough time feeding me bitter gourd .... or say any kind of vegetables except for the ones which had some fish, fish heads or some small prawns! That the son of...
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TOASTED PANEER ON A TOMATO-ONION-EGGPLANT VEGGIE
All of us in the family love eggplants but me and the husband are allergic towards it a bit........ So I need to choose the right kind from a wide variety of eggplants we get here! The less seed ones...
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PINEAPPLE ORANGE PISTACHIO CAKE
The date 1st May lost its significance long back for people like us .... what best we can do is stop making a mockery of it .... We spend it as just another holiday is acceptable ..... what stunned me...
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TOK JHAL ANAROSH ILISH O BHAJA MOSHOLA MURGI
So, what I feel is that this Chinese Gizzard Shad belongs to the Ilish family, yet lack that unique taste of the ilish from Padma or Ganges! When the ilish / hilsa swims towards the river to lay...
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ADA LEBU DIYE ANKHER ROSH
Ankher Rosh or Sugarcane Juice is a childhood favourite..... "laal shalutey mora ankh guli chokhey bhashey...".... On my monthly or bi-monthly visit to Shyambazaar with the mother, we would have...
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BEET ER SANDESH
Yes, I will go Bengali today... its Tagore's birthday.... though Tagore is not an one day affair for us... just that the aura on and around his birthday is little more stronger.... If you say so there...
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ALOOR BHANGA CHORA JHOL
Well, an "ucche-chingrir chocchori" or "lauer khoshar jhuri" or "mulo-begun diye shutki" would have been a perfect share today had I been celebrating Mother's Day! She or the daddy, both loved the...
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BANGALI FISH FRY O MOONG DAL NARKOL DIYE DHOKA BHAJA
Well, yesterday I was at home.... we are not grounded at the school canteen if the kids are having examinations for the entire day! .... The daddy drops and the mumma goes to collect her weirdo.......
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GUR LEBUR SHORBOT
Oh! only an ignorant like me will know the pain of scrolling and scrolling your Google photo album and find out a photo you desire to blog on! Then you edit them and create three photos from two with a...
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COASTAL STYLE MUTTON
What did I mean by this "Coastal Style?"..... You see I have very little knowledge on Food History! Hence in most cases I avoid talking about it.... Earlier I had blogged on some meat / egg dishes of...
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AAM PORA PUDINAR SHORBOT
This is exclusively made for myself.... if I start preparing everything considering the tastebuds of my men.... I have to limit the cooking ingredients to meat, prawns, fish fillets and vegetables if...
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AJWAIN YOGURT POROTA
Vegetarian Meals do happen at this home and I love the platter like this. Else, the men would not mind a "dal-aloo sheddo-ghee / makhon"..... or a serving of the humblest, no frill sandwich! They love...
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DATA ALOO DIYE MAACHER JHOL O KEEMA DAL
Where to start from? Well, when the rest of the world prefers a relaxing weekend.... I reserve the Saturdays for some cooking.... I very much love doing something called "saptaher bag bhorti bazaar"......
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METHI CARROT THEPLA
The best thing about a Thepla is that we need not keep any vegetarian or non-vegetarian dish by the side.... we can just have it with a yogurt based chutney, some salad and pickle.... The "transformed"...
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DHONEPATAR BORA O CHUTNEY
What was I doing the last two days? Oh! a lot of silly things... as you know a lazy, stay-at-home does! It was Vesak Day holiday here day before yesterday.... at this home there wasn't any, the son...
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AAM LICHUR KHEER
Kheer has a different meaning for the Bengalis than what it is meant among the non Bengali speaking Indians! For us Bengalis... Payesh and Kheer are two different dishes of dessert while the...
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TOMATO BHINDI
If you cook and have the pleasure of dumping your stomach with fish kabiraji last night, you have to go ahead with a very light and comforting share today. The existing fish kabiraji pictures had to be...
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INSTANT ROSE FLAVOURED SANDESH
Sweets and Desserts are always on making at this home and it never can happen that I will not taste them.... The result is that junior Chang got worried and increased my dose while his father.... my...
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ALOOR PUR BHORA LANKAR BORA
That the primates in this family eat unhealthy is well known to the readers by now! This ALOOR PUR BHORA LANKAR BORA was a part of a meal including those yogurt porota and a healthy dish with...
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