I remember having Bread and Butter Pudding for the first time at Krishna Mashi’s place. More than that I remember the entire process of making it. We didn’t have an OTG while growing up. Needless to say, cake or pudding was not something we used to have on a regular basis. There was a round…
Luchi! Not just a type of flatbread but….
Luchi is emotion or emotion is Luchi! The Bengali middle-aged woman torturing the poor husband by rationing the number of Luchi on a Sunday morning by reminding him of the blood pressure! The Bengali middle-class husband feeding the wife a puffed luchi while she is busy making the same for the entire family. After all,…
Methi Paratha
Preparing the lunch box for Pasta these days is a tedious task. She is though not a choosy and picky eater, but she loves variations. Given Pasta loves Paratha especially as part of her lunch box that she carries to school, I make it almost twice a week for her. She, in fact, has a typical…
How to make Pie Crust at home | Step by Step Recipe of Making Pie Crust
These days I am mostly writing recipes and restaurant reviews and almost forgot about the “How to” section that I started few months back! Typical me you see 😛 ! However, after having my recipes published in Bengali lifestyle Magazine “Sananda”’ s 30 April issue for Mother’s day, I have received several calls from the…
Grilled Egg and Cheese Sandwich | Easy Tiffin Box Recipe 1 | #Colgate360GoldMornings
What does a good morning means to a woman! What does a perfect morning means to a mother? And what does a golden morning means to a working woman who is a mother of 2 years old who handles her singlehanded presently given the father is on a foreign assignment and who loves to cook…
Koraishutir Kochuri | Bengali Peas Kachauri
“Nobody can make Koraishutir Kochuri as good as…” my father said and paused! Mom then replied with a furious voice “as good as whom 😯 ?” “No one else but my daughter”; This was Baba’s reply! 😛 I was witnessing this cat fight between my loving parents along with my daughter who was busy having…
Sookha Kala Chana with Poori: A Navratri delight (Cholar Tarkari ar Poori)
This hard-core Bong has learnt a lot from her neighbours and friends from the Northern part of the Country. I cherish my stay there and interaction with people. I have witnessed many rituals and programmes there and learned typical North Indian Cooking from some amazing home cooks. They were kind enough to share their secrets…
Kolkata Style Egg Roll
After a super hectic week at work, I was not in a mood to cook last night. I was almost planning to order something from outside! Actually, I was craving for something typical Bengali. I asked Mehebub “ei kotodin Egg Roll khaini 😎 ” (have not had Egg Roll long ago)! Hubby asked a very…
Nutella Swirled Banana Bread
Again half a dozen over ripe Bananas! Hmmm that’s what I found in my fridge after returning from our Ajmer Trip last week! After seeing the bunch of bananas hubby commented on a flat note “ohh again we will be having Banana Bread with Tea!”….Well I was also thinking the same and he knows it…
Chicken Mayonnaise Sandwich
Pasta was only 15 days old when she started traveling with us! It was a long drive to Damdama Lake which is around 35 km from Gurgaon. I never found any issue from my little one while travelling to nearby or not so nearby destinations by any mode of travel. I forgot to carry her…
