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A COLLECTION OF EASY FRILL FREE NON-VEGETARIAN & VEGETARIAN RECIPES
Covid-19 may go away from our lives some day, it has to. It is still not the time for extinction of the mankind. What will not go away is the harrowing experience we all went through, the fear that...
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VEGETARIAN NOODLES
The above is what we ate as lunch last Friday. If not in this crisis, I would not have known that one cauliflower can be made into three different uses on three different days. Corona Virus is teaching...
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UCCHE ALOO SHEDDO O UCCHE BHAJA
I do not know if it was required to blog about what you see above or not. However, I feel like documenting all the "bhartas & sheddos" my family used to prepare throughout the year, whichever is...
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MUSHROOM ALOO BEAN ER JHOL
I had no plan to blog about this easy, vegetarian curry with mushrooms, potato & French beans. When I loved it with a small bowl of piping hot rice, I felt let me click! The family too had without...
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KAJU KISHMISH ALOO STUFFED ROASTED SNACK
This was in plan for a long time, felt hesitated thinking if I can get that similar charred look of those done in clay ovens. Yesterday, right from the morning I was determined to do it for dinner. In...
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LOTEY SHUTKIR BHORTA
This preparation with dried fish is at least once in a month affair at this home. Purposefully, I do not make it once a week. In our family, any preparation with dried fish requires good amount of oil,...
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METHI ALOO TOMATOR PUR BHORA BATTER FRIED BREAD
At this time, I wish to share such recipes which the majority of the Indians can afford without much effort. It is not okay to show who have how much of wealth during this crisis when the majority in...
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PROSHADI SHABU MAKHA - BENGALI FAST BREAKING MEAL
Long back it was decided that I will blog even about a "shabu makha, panta bhaat, etc." They were just not happening. Now that things does not seem normal, people are in shortage of produces may be; it...
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KHEJUR KULFI
Where on earth are the ice-cream parlours open now I do not know, what is more important is do we at all have the mind to go and get some gelato or ice-cream from the parlour? What ever little excess I...
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MANGSHOR MOSHOLAI ECHOR
My heart & soul was eager to share this recipe with raw jackfruit; MANGSHOR MOSHOLAI ECHOR. I had picked it up from the neighbourhood roadside and prepared it using spices we use for a normal...
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TORKARI DIYE CHOTO MAACH ER CHOCCHORI
A homely, Bengali recipe share like this one with a smaller variety of fish and vegetables is inevitable today. It is our father's death anniversary tomorrow who grew up on and loved typical Bengali...
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PAT PATAR JHOL
This is such an age old family recipe; our mother used to cook it throughout the season when paat pata / young jute leaves were available in the DumDum Bazaar; she continues to cook it till date even...
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GATHI KOCHU DIYE LOTEY SHUTKI
Yesterday was Akshay Tritiya and I missed the date. Many business families there in Bengal perform "Lakshmi-Ganesh" or "Ganesh" puja alone on this day. My memory of the day is of a prayer meet at the...
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TIL NARKOL BATA DIYE DIM
You remember I cooked this from an idea that popped on my mind some two months back and took to a neighbourhood home when invited for a tea party? I remember I had prepared some lemon rice to pair with...
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CHYACHA ROSHUN LANKA ADAR ROSHE MURGI
I think it is my favourite Goalondo Chicken Curry that was hovering around my mind whilst doing this chicken dish. As you all know I enjoy either very light curries with chicken or batter fried,...
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KABULI CHOLAR BORA O DOI POROTA
This is never the right time for me to do a blog post, I am a morning person. The otherwise non-functional brain feels happy & fresh in the mornings. To feel free most of the days, I cook not in...
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MOONG DAL LAU ER JHALI
Lau / Lauki / Bottle Gourd is an integral part of a Bengali household, in fact of an Indian household. I love every part of it, from the "aga to doga" to it's skin. Our families eat it every week. I...
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MINCED MUTTON RICE O OIL FREE PANEER SNACK
This is the kind of platter my family wants at every meal; the senior, our boy, the brother, his wife. I could have fulfilled their wish if only they had good amount of salad alongside; had fruit...
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CABBAGE WITH DRIED IKAN BILIS
The sky is weeping since morning and I prefer a start with a sunny morning if not a sunny side up. Rain is a poet's muse; I like it too but for some unknown reason not in the morning. It causes more of...
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KATHAL CUTLET
This was our dinner last night and we enjoyed it. As I always say, vegetarian meals have to be meticulously planned at this home. Last Saturday, when I prepared the echor chingri / prawns with raw...
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