Hectic outstation trips, and then returning to the hotel in the evening! Sounds similar I guess (especially to those who opt for the trips often) but believe me those trips are not that bad. Especially when the days ended with the local delicacy. Wherever I have worked, trips are always been part of my responsibility….
No Churn Fresh Cherry and Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
“Pasta what are these?” “Maraschino cherry momma and Fresh cherry!” “kiiiiii! once more please!” “Maraschino cherry!!” Pasta how about “Only Cherry” beta! I mean you are just 3.5 darling! don’t kill me with your hilarious vocabulary! and why don’t you speak like other kids! How about some poem or something on the easier side”, I…
Anglo-Indian Mutton Curry & a review of The Anglo-Indian Cookery Book by Mrs. (late) Dora Limond
Anglo-Indians are indeed one of the richest community in our country. With their mixed origin and hence mixed culture and among other things that reflect from their food as well. In Kolkata, several Anglo-Indians are living since ages and are known for their not only the heritage but the food as well. Now, my knowledge of Anglo-Indian cuisine…
Narkel diye Niramish Ghugni | Bengali No Onion No Garlic Ghugni or Yellow Peas Curry with Fried Coconut
Be it after Bijaya Dashami or any uninformed visit to her, Dida was always kind enough to cook the best Niramish Ghugni for me over the years with fried sliced Coconut. Neither dry nor runny, a bit massy and with a few peas intact, with the fainted smell of Ghee, Narkel diye Niramish Ghugni was…
Kolkata style Chicken Bharta | Down the memory lane with Chicken Bharta
My memory of Chicken Bharta always took me back to the college days or more specifically, the period when I have completed BSc and was struggling with the Master’s course. That was for the first time I left a metro city to study Rural Management and was based in a suburb of West Bengal, Kalyani. I used…
Mutton Handi Kebab, an heirloom recipe from a small-town Kebab shop in West Bengal
After a long time, I am posting a Mutton recipe, a very easy yet, tasty one, the Mutton Handi Kebab, an heirloom recipe I have adapted from a small-town Kebab shop in West Bengal. I learned the Mutton Handi Kebab from Sabina, my daughter’s ex-nanny. This is one of the simplest forms of the kebab…
Two in One Sondesh; not the ice cream!
I am presently enjoying a lethargic phase in life; well not typically when it comes to my official work but obviously including of anything and everything related to my home. This means that no cooking (well almost) and as a result, I recently appointed a “Rannar Mashi” (cook) who fortunately is an amazing cook. With…
Ilish Pulao
I finally entered into the kitchen last week after recovering from the slip disk (actually after a month!) and was in a mood to cook something special. As always I was in a dilemma what should I opt for and then decided to pick packet full of Hilsa fish chunks which I ordered the day before. It…
Restaurant style Paneer Makhanwala | Paneer Makhanwala
Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. I am nothing but tempted to start this post with the famous monologue of William Shakespeare! Well I am neither out of the mind nor had 2-3 glasses of wine but just tempted and why not…
Daab Chingri | Prawn Cooked in Tender Coconut
Back to back 6 posts in Debjanir Rannaghar on review, experience, travel but not recipe! Hmm this is what happened this time and you may wonder why! Well it is not that I am tired of cooking or I am busy with other things but the reason is the topic of the post I was…
