“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…
Phulkopir Roast (Bengali Roasted Cauliflower!)
It was Kojagori Lokkhi pujo day before and I was enjoying the last day of my extended Pujor Chuti (read holiday). A day meant for worshiping the ghorer lokkhi; a day meant for good veg food, and a day meant for “Ke Jago re”! Yes, the word Kojagori came from “Ke Jago re!” In my north Calcutta residence, we have a…
Biye Barir Macher Kalia
How can Biye Barir Macher Kalia be humble! It cannot be; period. Though I refer “humble” every single dish I cook but not this one! This is not the simple whitish light Kalia but the rich and evaluated form of the same dish. Definitely, the richness speaks for itself and so does the name, Macher Kalia….
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…
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…
Pui Chingri Ghonto aka Malabar Spinach Mishmash with Prawns (with Potato and Pumpkin)
“Are we going to have the Pui Chingri Ghonto as part of the dinner as well? If so, then I will skip the dinner!” It was my mom who asked the question. She was furious with me for God knew what reason. Okay, I knew it why but I decided to ignore that! I was…
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…
Hyderabadi Haleem | Mutton Haleem | Haleem Recipe
Haleem probably is the only dish for which I prefer the Hyderabadi version over the Kolkata version. Rich, thick, mushy, well-blended, Haleem is one of its kind for sure! I still remember for the first time having it during Ramzan month in a college in Kolkata. The Muslim students were distributing the Haleem and I had my first…
