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DAL SNACKS
 YIN & YANG RUNS PARALLEL IN MY LIFE;SO ARE THE NECESSITIES OF FRIES & FRITTERS IN LIFE AND THEIR SIDE EFFECTS!Did anyone ever question why Yin is conceived as negative & feminine;...
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KASURI METHI ALOO STUFFED POROTA
 WE CAN GO RUSTIC IF HAND ROLLED BREAD IS ON THE PLATE!Your's truly got very late wrapping up her commitments today!Then she had to do a bit of exercise; which was throwing the legs & arms to the...
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SHORSHE NARKOL BANDHAKOPI
NOT TO WORRY;I MAKE SURE MY FAMILY EATS VEGETABLES!I lure them with their choice of meat & fish curries!I even listen to their wishes and cook different in between all the typical Bengali cooking I...
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DOI KAJU BATA PABDA
I AM FOND OF THE FISH BOWL IF NOT OF THE PHOTO FEATURE!They call our Pabda Mach,Indian Butter Cat Fish; that too also the majority of the world perhaps do not eat!I wonder who might have given this...
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EASY STEAMED CHICKEN
CHICKEN IS A HEALTHY MEAT!And its neat, this comes from a person who loves her kitchen, shopping raw ingredients & cooking!All my loving readers have known by now for a period of 4-5 years, I...
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DRY FRUITS STUFFED SNACKS
 THIS IS A MEAL CUM SNACK; VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE!I do have two existing recipes with similar ideas which I think have a tastier stuffing of potatoes. One stuffed bread is with an oats flour! The idea...
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TOFU CARROT TITBIT O AVOCADO DHONEPATA DIP
THE SENSATIONAL AVOCADO I AM NOT FOND OF!In fact, it is just 4-5 years that I know about this wonder fruit[?] or vegetable[?]. Here in this island, it is sold in fruit shops.It is also a fact that the...
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CHALE DALE KUMRO
 THAT FISH & RICE STAPLE OF THE COMMUNITY STILL WORKS!I think we can have a "sheddo bhaat" / boiled rice with different vegetable mashes at least three to four times a week!But we must have some...
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PALONG ER DAL
 BEANS & LEGUMES ARE SO WELCOME IN MY LIFE!Hadn't I have stepped into one Mustafa Centre ever in life, I would not have known India & a part of it's neighbours eat so many varieties of lentils,...
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PAAN OATS MAWA MISHTI
EXPERIMENT WITH INGREDIENTS IS FUN; MORE IF IT'S A SWEET!Not that I am an experimental foodie! When it comes to making sweet, I play with ingredients willing to get the easiest ones without...
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SOUPY CHICKEN BROCCOLI CURRY
 LIGHT MEAT CURRIES, WELL COOKED ARE WELCOME!Our mother tends to cook dry curries accomplishing her mission towards "koshaoing" a dish! I do not find the need to "bhunaoing" so much in most of the...
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APPLE GRAPE JAM
 A LONG TIME ASSOCIATION WITH HOMEMADE JAM, JELLY, ACHAR!My readers know it well, of the few Western dishes I witnessed our mother had been making; jelly & jam were regular with seasonal...
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BISCUIT CAKE
 PLAIN BARE CAKES ARE WHAT IN MY CAPACITY!And I would prepare them with few ingredients, I would not buy quite a few ingredients to prepare a cake that is not my forte!What are you asking me to learn...
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CHICKEN RICE IN MEMONI SPICE MIX
 OUR HUSKY BABY IS HOME; WHAT WOULD BE MUMMA COOKING?This morning we meet our child after a year & half; he is home for few days and we are on cloud9!He remains the same weird; chose to beat mumma...
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DATES ALMOND TAPIOCA CAKE
A VEGAN GLUTEN-FREE CAKE FOR THE FESTIVITY WAS ON MY MIND!I anyways try to get a lot of vegan, gluten-free shares these days! For Bengali shares, I do not have to think at all, there are so many; it...
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FILIPINO UCCHE PATAR DAL
 GINISANG MUNGGO WAS NEVER IN MY TO DO LIST; UNTIL ONE DAY........... our Cristine, the Filipino got me this recipe! Last January I found her sowing bitter gourd seeds! She expressed her wish to have...
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KOLAI DAL ER BHATURE, TOFU SCRAMBLE O RABRI
THERE LIVES THREE LITTLE PIGS IN AN ISLE;WHO COOK, EAT, MERRY & SLEEP!What does mumma piggy do all day? She gathers ideas from here & there, try them in her kitchen.There has one Cristine didi...
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AVOCADO & CHEESE STUFFED POROTA
WE LOVE BREADS; BE IT PUFFED OR FLAT; HANDMADE OR BAKED!Its not new we have developed this fondness!I look back to the "distant abyss of time", see every morning it was either ruti or luchi or porota...
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BHINDI ALOO BHAJA
 A DECADE BACK; MY FAMILY DECIDED TO CELEBRATE OUR FATHER'S DAY ON 10TH JANUARY!I wasn't a party to this decision, neither did I oppose!Why should I? I could see our father happy to watch the rest...
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GAJOR ER HALUA STUFFED PATISHAPTA
IT IS THE PITHE-PULI SEASON GOING ON!I follow the tradition of preparing them every year; not necessarily in the month of December & January!Because there is nothing called winter in this island;I...
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