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SPICY CHILLI
Well, it had been a recent wish to share the recipe of this dish that is so hassle free to do and yum to eat. This variety of chillies are available here easily and in abundance. They are less hot and...
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OVEN COOKED PEPPERY CHICKEN & AAMCHOOR ALOO
 Its a beautiful, sunny morning.. you never can predict the weather here however.... it was cloudy an hour back. I did wake up healthy after a "dahi poori" session around 8pm yesterday, in fact feeling...
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BHATURE O BEGUNER BHARTA
Well, I was too eager to take over my kingdom from Cristine once back from a fifteen days of hiatus. Cristine did a fabulous job as always but I needed some job to deliver. Last Wednesday when I called...
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SUJI & MIXED SPICES STUFFED BREAD SNACK
This happened last month I remember. When I was about to go out with the mother to somewhere, I discovered that half the container of a suji / semolina and dry roasted, ground spice mixture that I...
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PEYAZ TOMATO BATA DIYE BHOLA MAACH
 Aha! how I love this fish, thanks to the neighbouring states of this island to get us the freshest of them, even fresher than those in Kolkata. It is considered a non-pedigreed fish in Kolkata, it was...
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COCONUT PINEAPPLE SANDESH
How age is catching me up so fast, God! Rakhi Poornima.. the Sibling's Day is mid of this month and oh! I thought it is today. I always prefer or like to share a sweet or dessert recipe on any...
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CHILLI GARLIC TOMATO SAUCE
I did not take a decent picture of this condiment, never actually thought of blogging about it. It was only after tasting it with the bread and mushroom few months back that I realised its pretty...
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ORIENTAL STYLE CHICKEN & SPICE COATED BATTER FRIED EGG
You see how self centric I am, I had to share something I enjoy on this day, not really thinking of the vegetarians around or of those veg lovers among my readers. I do not plan anything much ahead, I...
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SPINACH PEANUT PANEER KOFTA
That tasted amazing, you bet it did. When people say "palak & paneer" taste amazing, we must believe... when I say the addition of roasted and ground peanuts took the taste level to another height,...
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MIXED NUT DRIED VEGETABLE TOMATO RICE
Its Rakhi Poornima for the Bengalis and they celebrate all occasions getting more of a carnivore or following Bengal's tradition of "no meat" during happy occasions, end up eating a variety of fish.......
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CHATUR POROTA
How I was willing to go Bengali today, how some around stop me from that. You know what, if once I decide I would not kiss few cheeks, I just fail to let those come near me. I fear the "pat patar"...
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CHICKEN IN GREEN CHILLI SAUCE
How and why did this happen? Winglet, Wing Stick, Drumlet all in a bowl, a yellow coloured  green chilli sauce chicken? When guests come in, I usually do not add those pieces to the curry I am making...
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PAT PATAR BORA O SHAAK
Where to start from, there are so many memories associated with these two dishes with pat pata / jute leaves. I think most of the Bengali homes in those days used to have it during the season. The...
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AAM SHORSHE KANCHALANKAR CHUTNEY
Finally, I could prepare something similar to "kashundi"..... that Bengali style mustard sauce. This is the sauce the grandmother never made at her home, so I never had seen the process of it in...
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REDUCED SUGAR NARKOL NARU
The homestyle sweet is majorly done with a sugar free alternative but towards the end there was 1-2 tsp of sugar added, else I find it very difficult to bind them into a shape. The coconut variety we...
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CHICKEN PRAWN VEGETABLE SOUP
This was the soupy curry that caught our fancy when I prepared it earlier in July. The mother was visiting us and she was only wanting to have light soups the island styles having a bit of noodles or...
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ALOO DIYE BHAPA DIMER JHOL
There was a homecoming yesterday evening and I prepared this steamed egg curry which I found hassle free and quick. The senior of the two men at home swears on egg, the son was getting what he loves...
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POMEGRANATE KULFI
That was prepared earlier this month when I got home good sized pomegranates at a decent prize.... the miser that I am any expensive fruit comes at a discounted price to this home. Not to worry, I do...
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MULTIGRAIN ATTA POORI O SHUKNO MOSHOLA ALOO
Yesterday was my first attempt at multigrain atta / flour poori, few months back we switched over to this variety replacing whole wheat flour. All this while I was preparing either chapati or porota...
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FULKOPIR PATA BATA
This is something I always enjoy having with piping hot rice. Few decades back such kinds would have been my third option, keeping a fish curry or fry at forth or even a meat curry given meat was a...
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