BENGALI PUMPKIN LEAVES MOONG DAL
SINCE LAST NIGHT THE HEART IS WANTING TO BLOG ABOUT A RUSTIC BENGALI RECIPE!That may be because I did not have dal / lentil curry at any of the two meals yesterday! Having lentils at meals is that...
View ArticleSPICED COCONUT STUFFED FLATBREAD
IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SATISFYING SUNDAY YESTERDAY!Every Saturday night, I promise myself not to switch on the gas stove on the Sunday except for cooking the rice! I have almost stopped going out to the...
View ArticleMIXED FRUIT SQUARES
I NEVER FEARED TO TALK ABOUT MY FAILURES IN PUBLIC!Then, why not share the recipe of an awesomely tasted snack today that actually was a baking failure, last Friday! Earlier in the day, I did declare...
View ArticleCRISPY FRIED OATS TITBIT
DID I SAY I ENJOY ONLY HOME COOKED SNACKS THESE DAYS?This tendency has developed in the recent years! I am just not enjoying store bought snacks! Earlier, I used to get a lot of fried snacks home; mini...
View ArticleEASY COOK STRESS FREE CHICKEN BIRYANI
BIRYANI MIGHT BE AN EMOTION FOR MANY, MY RELATION WITH IT IS LIKE A FLUCTUATING GRAPH!When I had it for the first time, I loved it to the heel! That might be in Aminia, in the New Market area sometime...
View ArticlePRAWN & CHICKEN NOODLES
           AIN'T THAT TOO FAVOURITE A BOWL?For us it is! I do not even require such frills in a noodle dish; prawns & chicken, this & that! I / We love our noodle bowls the desi way,...
View ArticleAPPLE CINNAMON DESICCATED COCONUT MISHTI
 IT WAS AN IMPROMPTU IDEA!This morning, sometime around 9 am I finally decided I cannot get a fish curry recipe in the blog today! Early morning, I read about a post in the parent's forum & went...
View ArticleCRISPY BAKED PASTRY SHEET ROLL
AFTER A PRETTY LONG TIME, I AM WRITING A BLOGPOST, A FEEL GOOD THING FOR SURE!Yesterday was a day full of tensed moments! It was World Cup Cricket's Final Match last evening, India was one of the...
View ArticleTOMATO YOGURT MICROWAVE MADE CHICKEN
I DID NOT EXPECT SUCH AMAZING RESULT FROM AN EASY MADE CHICKEN CURRY!Few months back whilst scrolling my photo album, I discovered a chicken feature made last year or early this year! After much of...
View ArticleBENGALI BHOLA MACH CHILLI MUSTARD CURRY
THIS WAS ON MY MIND FOR LONG!I mean I was too happy to find Bhola Bhetki / Indian Jew / Indian Croaker Fish here; not frozen but fresh! Post pandemic, the supply got too irregular! Earlier, I used to...
View ArticleLIGHTLY SWEET FRIED SNACK
EVEN IN LONELINESS, I KEEP MYSELF HAPPY & RELATIVELY ACTIVE!I am thankful to "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo"! A long time friend Pampa prescribed me to chant it everyday few years back & since then...
View ArticleVEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE BAKED TIKIA
AFTER A PRETTY LONG TIME I AM WRITING A BLOGPOST THIS LATE!I was preferring to write maximum of the blogpost in the daytime & then go for a swim or walk; come back, take shower, eat & then sit...
View ArticleLEMON FLAVOURED MADELEINE
 THIS HOLIDAY SEASON EXPECTS ME TO LOOK BEYOND!I have decided not to share "pithe-puli" on this day to wish the world! I am a Hindu, also had been a resident of Kolkata! The latter matters a lot, we...
View ArticleDUDH CHITOI PITHA
 AN AUTHENTIC BENGALI WINTER TREAT!These recipes take me to my childhood, precisely to our maternal grandmother's courtyard! I speak less of the paternal grandparents only because they lived far off,...
View ArticleUPSIDE DOWN MIXED FRUIT CAKE
 IT WAS ON THE 1st OF JANUARY I WROTE A BLOGPOST & THEN IT IS TODAY!It may be normal for others but for me, it is not! I enjoy writing a blogpost given I have nothing much to do! Others do it as a...
View ArticleSPICY VEGETABLES AND CHICKEN SOUP
I COOKED AND DID THIS FEATURE SOME TWO YEARS BACK!Thereafter, I kept sharing this and that, getting this spicy soup recipe to the blog wasn't happening. It is CNY celebrations approaching in this...
View ArticleCHILLI AVOCADO BHARTA
I MUST SAY OUR TASTEBUDS KEEP CHANGING! I did not even imagine few years back that I would ever enjoy having an avocado. I remember how I made fun about it on my social media posts. Guava still remains...
View ArticleBENGALI ONION STALK POTATO FISH STIR FRY
 THE ONION STALK SEASON IS ALMOST GONE; THE JUJUBE SEASON IS STILL THERE!I say this in the context of India! Anyway, this island does not sell sour jujube which is special among the Bengalis and some...
View ArticleBENGALI SOUR JUJUBE SWEET SPICY PICKLE
FINALLY, TODAY I HAVE DECIDED TO GET THIS FAMILY PICKLE RECIPE TO THE BLOG!Actually, the Sour Jujube / Ber / Tok Kul season is going off for a year. If I do not get it to the blog now, I have to wait...
View ArticleMY STYLE KHUSHKA RICE
 WHY DO I FEEL SLEEPY AT THIS HOUR OF THE DAY?I am struggling to stay awake, my entire being is looking for my soft pillow. It's been few weeks I go for my walks sometime between 5:30 am-6:30am in the...
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