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DRY FRUITS AND READYMADE FLOUR IDLI
I AM INDEED IN A LOOK OUT FOR HEALTHIER SNACKS; DONE IN FEW EASY STEPS!Yes; I am aging. Its quite sometime, I am trying different hacks to get tasty idli, dhokla, cakes, hassle free and in less time....
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LEMONGRASS FLAVOURED MUTTON CURRY
 I ALLOW ONLY TWO VARIETY OF MEAT AT HOME; MUTTON & CHICKEN!It is true Hindu Bengalis did not allow chicken & eggs in their homes, once! That was until few decades back. In our case, it was mid...
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LAU CHINGRI JHOL
 PRAWNS & BENGALIS WALK TOGETHER!Whatever little I know about Bengali Cuisine, our community is used to adding prawns of different sizes in varied dishes. In a couple of homes, of the different...
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MICROWAVE COASTAL MOSHOLA MURGI
 CHICKEN; ONCE A LOVE; THEN THOROUGHLY DISLIKED; NOW IT'S REVIVING THE LOST POSITION!Yes, for quite sometime, I am trying to make friends with chicken. Until 2019, I was getting home mutton a lot and...
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DUDH DIYE BAEL ER PANA
 A BENGALI SMOOTHIE IS OUR POINT OF DISCUSSION TODAY!I was born & spent my childhood in an environment where every home in the neighbourhood had a BAEL FRUIT / WOOD APPLE / BENGAL QUINCE tree! I...
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TOK MISHTI RUI MAACH
 I LOVE NOODLES FROM THE "CHOW CHOW" DAYS!In all probability, it was one day in 1982 or 83; the school was giving over; we were in a queue waiting to be dispersed. You know students can talk endless....
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HALF & HALF CHOCO CAKE O KHOYA MISHTI
OUR HOME IS A MESS TODAY; WHO ON EARTH BOOKS FOR A REPAIR WORK ON A NEW YEAR DAY?The man at this home does; it was / is not in his head that today is "Noboborsho" / Bengali New Year Day! My men are not...
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CHUNO MAACH DIYE ALOO PEPE
SUNDAY OR MONDAY; IT IS FOOD THAT NEVER LEAVES THIS HOME! So long I am active; food be seen everywhere in this home, there be no shortage of food! I am out of home mostly to collect food or eat it. It...
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DIM FULKOPI CURRY
 EGG IS DEARLY ACCEPTABLE THESE DAYS!It is not so because I am living with an ardent egg lover under one roof for over twenty three years; I have found some rescue in EGGS in a foreign land, where to...
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RAGI MANGO STOVE TOP CAKE
 AT TIMES, FORCE MECHANISM WORKS; IN THIS CASE, IT IS MY BAKE MODE THAT FAILED!Its pretty two -three months now that my convection mode microwave went wrong and I have learnt preparing stove-top cakes!...
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KASURI METHI CURRY PATA CHALER GURO SNACK
I ENJOY SELF MADE SNACKS THE MOST THESE DAYS; WHAT A SELF LOVING Â PERSON THIS IS, NA?I think it is worth, to cook yourself and enjoy having them. That way, every ingredient you are cooking with is in...
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OIL FREE MINCED MUTTON CURRY
 ONCE UPON A TIME; THE WORDS MUTTON & SALIVA SEEMED CO-RELATED!The very word mutton did make me salivate! May be because of their price, hilsa & mutton always remained exclusive items in the...
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HERBED AND SPICED NIMKI
 IT IS A PLEASURE TO PREPARE MY OWN SNACKS!NIMKI is a tremendous love but I want it the way I have grown up eating. Even in Kolkata, I did not like most of the varieties available in the stores....
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TOMATO CHICKEN IN MICROWAVE
 MY LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHICKEN!If you are not a vegetarian or off meat; including chicken in your regular diet is highly recommended; I say this in full sense. I believe in the goodness of...
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GHUGNI STYLE RAJMA CURRY
 AT TIMES, UNPLANNED COOKING OF A DISH GIVES THE BEST RESULT!This cooking without any planning happens a lot in my home. I do not risk getting a lot of  innovations to a dish, I lack ideas too! Not in...
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SHORSHE CHARMOGOJ KANCHALANKA PABDA
MY FISH-Y TALES!It can be never-ending, in my case! I started loving fish since when I learnt to walk & talk, perhaps. I had never been an intelligent self with a sharp memory! Amazingly, I can...
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FULKOPIR DATA PATA DIYE SHUTKI
MERA GAON; MERA DESH; BHALOBASHA ASHESH!I may still hold the wish of wanting to travel to India thrice a year; to be precise to Kolkata; meet everyone, visit the wet markets, do shopping and come back...
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LEMON ZEST BUTTERCUP BAKES
 WHEN A BENGALI MIDDLE CLASS BAKES!I think I would complete the sentence as this; a middle class Bengali like me would BAKE A CAKE with anything related available at home. One major reason behind my...
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TIL BATA BROCCOLI CARROT CASHEWS
A TIRED SOUL, NOT DEFEATED!I am pretty tired today, I had to go to the Indian Market, I have a client to serve tomorrow. There is another on Saturday and also to cook our usual weekend cooking. Bengali...
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TEL KOI; THE FAMILY WAY
MONSOON WAS ABOUT DIM BHORA KOI, TYANGRA, MAGUR!That was a childhood to remember when good food meant piled up rice on a kansa / bell metal plate and FISH CURRIES. During a particular season, when my...
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