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INSTANT ENERGY ROLLS
 IN A MODERN DAY WORLD; SWEET CRAVINGS & HEALTH CAN MEET OFTEN!It feels good to see around in the food world; the innovations that keeps happening. I am myself not that innovative but looking at...
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DHONEPATA BATA DIYE SHEEM
BROAD BEANS / HYACINTH BEANS WITH CHILLI-CORIANDER PASTE IS COMILLA SPECIAL; CLAIMS THE FAMILY VETERANS!This is actually a winter time vegetarian dish in the family. Decades back, coriander leaves were...
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STOVETOP SUJI APPLE CAKE
  SEMOLINA; A MAGIC INGREDIENT!Yes! To me, Semolina indeed creates magic in the kitchen. Even the Filipino at home keeps saying the Suji Idli I make tastes the best. The man and the son definitely...
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DHONEPATA MUSHUR DAL ER BORA
OUR ETERNAL BOND WITH SNACKS, FRIES & FRITTERS!Any day, any time can be a good time for snacks. It feels exactly so to me, even to the rest! The Filipino got adapted to our food habits and loves...
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OVEN COOKED TRIKON NIMKI
THEY SAY LIVE, ACT, COOK SMART; I SAY A BENGALI KITCHEN DEMANDS LOVE, SINCERITY, PATIENCE!I am really in awe of those expats who juggle home and office with elan. Whoever lives outside India and...
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KATA O GURO MOSHOLAI BEGUN SHUTKI
IF I AM TO HAVE CHICKEN; I AM TO HAVE CHICKEN MY STYLE!I am not a hardliner in most of the matters, I think. With regards to food, I am not a quitter. In the past few years; I have lost interest in...
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KATA O GURO MOSHOLAI KUCHO MURGI
IF I AM TO HAVE CHICKEN; I AM TO HAVE CHICKEN MY STYLE!I am not a hardliner in most of the matters, I think. With regards to food, I am not a quitter. In the past few years; I have lost interest in...
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ILISH KANCHAKOLAR JHOL
 MY UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AFFAIR WITH ILISH / HILSA!Sounds cliched but Ilish indeed is Bengal's emotion, among few other. I enjoy any cartoonist's depiction of a Bengali Babu holding a big Ilish, and...
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STOVETOP JOWAR & RICE FLOUR CAKE
TO BAKE OR NOT TO BAKE!If it is a choice between Bake and Not to Bake; we should choose to bake. Just as not everyone would cook or stitch or weave or paint good; similar is about baking; not everyone...
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AAM PUDINAR POROTA
 POROTA / PARATHA PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE PLAY "COMFORT FOOD IN OUR LIFE"!Its been long I did not blog about a hand made bread recipe; but they keep happening in my kitchen every other day! We are...
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MULO BHAJA
 OCCASIONS KEEP HAPPENING; THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG STANDS PRIME! My loving readers! I know today is Rath Yatra and this rustic FAMILY BENGALI RECIPE of mine does not suit the occasion. There had to be...
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COFFEE BANANA BUNDT CAKE
I WALK TO DERIVE HAPPINESS!I had no plans to go out of home today, I was required to stay at home. Then I went; trusting Cristine handles well. Trusting her is no wrong but it was a bit of...
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NARKOL SANDESH
 GOOD OLD DAYS TAKES YOU BACK TO NARU-NIMKI-MIHIDANA-MOYA!I feel too sad that I had learnt to prepare muri-khoi-chirer moya few years back; now seems I have forgotten that little trick required in the...
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PANCHMESHALI DAL
 A BENGALI STYLE LIGHT LENTIL CURRY MAKES ME HAPPIER!These days, I wonder if my baby boy misses his mumma made dals! In his growing up years and until last year, I have fed him DAL / LENTIL CURRY in...
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CHILLI TOMATO SAUCE CHICKEN
 IT IS EITHER CHICKEN IN SAUCES OR BENGALI LIGHT CHICKEN CURRY OR A CHICKEN REZALA!My preferences with regards to chicken underwent a sea change. Even a decade back, the Kolkata restaurants knew how I...
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GUROMOSHOLAI MUSHROOM BROCCOLI
 HEALTH & TASTE HAVE TO WALK HAND IN HAND IN MY HOME; AND DO TRA LA TRA LA!My readers know I cannot have food that is not cooked with love and care, that does not appeal to my taste bud. I can...
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GATHI KOCHU CHINGRIR BHARTA
 BHARTA & MASH; THE TWO LOVE IN MY LIFE!You bet they were not so much of a love even a decade or two back! I remember how bland the boiled raw banana mash felt when the mother force fed us,...
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MAACH ER MATHA DIYE BANDHAKOPIR GHONTO
A FAMILY THAT ADDS SHRIMPS & FISH HEAD TO DIFFERENT VEGETABLES!I hail from that family where it was / is a regular affair to add smaller prawns & Bengal Carp heads to different dishes with...
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STEWED RICE
 IT WAS 1998-99; MUMBAI; A NOT SO DESI RICE DISH IS SEEN ON THE RESTAURANT TABLE!In a year, I accompanied T to Mumbai two times; for various reasons taken together! The company he sailed with then,...
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ALOO MATAR MURGI
 I AM NOT A GOOD SOUP MAKER!But I love quite a few variety of soups! Oriental Soups, specially the Indian version of them are my favourite. I remember, whilst our stay in Kolkata; whenever we dined out...
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