“Pasta seems your mother decided to not to make Pithe this year. We have not had Rosh Bora even!” “Hmmmmm Papa” “Pasta do you even know what Pithe is?” “No Papa!” “Then why that Hmmmmm? You are just like your mother! Hmm is your favorite phrase whenever you think you don’t need to answer! “Hmmmmm…
Piajkoli ar Aloo diye Tangra Macher Jhol (Bengali Light fish curry prepared with Tyangra Maach, Onion Stalks and Potato)
“May you please cut a few potatoes and I also need a few Piajkoli. Please pick from the flower-vase and cut into long strips and Rosie defrost a few Tangra Mach too!” I disconnected the call after letting my house-help know what all I needed to cook Piajkoli ar Aloo diye Tangra Macher Jhol. Rosie did…
Sheemer Jhal | Bengali Shorshe Sheem | Broad Bean Curry with Mustard Paste
Now that winter is here; Sheem aka Broad Beans are available in abundance in Kolkata. I love this particular winter vegetable a lot and especially when cooked with Mustard paste! Needless to say, I am purchasing sheem every alternate day to make either Sheemer Jhal or Sheem Bata. I think my ghoti root is to be…
Punjabi Kadhi aka Kadhi Pakoda
It’s been long I have not written a North-Indian recipe. As a matter of fact, it actually took one bowl full of a badly made bowl full of Kadhi to come up with this post :). The Punjabi Kadhi that I ordered the other day for office lunch was significantly worse. It was enough to boost me…
Bhangachora Shukto aka Bhangachora Torkari
A reader of Debjanir Rannaghar requested me to share the recipe of Bhangachora Shukto a few days back. I fumbled at first then replied truthfully; “I am not aware of the same.” It was a shock for her for sure but this is who and how I am. I am absolutely okay with my limited…
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,…
Lomba Dantiwala Begun Bhaja and Gol Muchmuche Begun Bhaja, two avatars of Bengali fried Eggplant!
Can Begun Bhaja be a recipe I should write! Is it at all worth writing this super easy recipe! After all, Begun Bhaja is nothing but fried eggplant quoted with turmeric and salt (I use little chili powder as well). Then I asked myself, is it about what I must or what I want and…
Charapona Macher Kabiraji Jhol aka Charapona Macher Jhol
This post is dedicated to the Chatterjee clan who were courageous enough to substitute Biryani with Jire-morich-dhone diye Charapona Macher Jhol 😆! This particular dish was everything I didn’t like while growing up and is everything the patriarchs from my family liked! They knew which fish to pick, which veggies to buy and their wives knew how…
Mamlette er Torkari aka Omelette er Torkari aka Bengali Omelette Curry
Who could have thought, one fine evening, after finishing the work I will be writing a blog post on Mamlette er Torkari; or should I say Omelette er Torkari. I couldn’t find anything but this humble Omelette er Torkari to write at the month end, to be specific at the end of the financial year. Superbly pissed…
Bengali Keema Curry a.k.a Mutton Mincemeat Curry with Potato Chunks
The last Sunday of the months; when the family was almost exhausted with the budget but nowhere in the position to make the kids understand that was the time for Keema Curry! When they were bound to satisfy each and every member of the 28 membered non-vegetarian family; with limited meat, that was the time for Keema Curry….
