Pasta enjoys watching the “Gopal Bhnar” series on TV a lot. In fact, she enjoys her restricted TV time for that matter đ while I didn’t watch TV since last 3 long years! You may wonder why I am talking about “Gopal Bhnar” instead of “Lau Chingri!” Well, Gopal Bhnar, the famous Bengali Historical character, was…
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…
Katoya Data Chorchori | Bengali Style Mix-veg with Drumsticks
A few days back while returning home from office I went to vegetable market like I do it regularly and found some fresh âKatoya Dataâ, a type of drumstick, I, though, have had it several times in form of a Bengali style Chorchori but never made it and I didnât even know the veggies I…
Khejur Gurer Payesh | Bengali Rice Kheer with Date Palm Jaggery
âDonât you think pasta this is the perfect time to have Khejur Gurer Payesh â; the pampering father asked. âHoooon Papa; I want itâ; Pasta replied. âbut baby who is going to make it for us? I donât know how to cook Payesh; that is not as easy as making the Maggiâ the father replied…
Rajasthani Kadhi Pakoda
A busy day ahead, I sometimes know beforehand that I have very less time to indulge myself on that particular day which is quite obvious considering my list of to-dos. The To-do list includes taking care of the toddler, managing the official work, calling the family to check and my blogging assignments as well. I…
Bengali Niramish Khichuri |Bhoger Khichuri | Bengali Khichuri
After posting a picture of a plate full of Bengali Niramish Khichuri a few days back in Facebook I got several requests for the recipe of the Khichuri! I was not sure exactly what to write given Khichuri is something, we (Bengalis) know very well how to make but we all have a family recipe…
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 sweetâ. 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…
Kumro Phuler Bora |Bengali Pumpkin Flower Fritters
Let me start with the funniest of part of making the Kumro Phuler Bora; it is nothing but the dissection (read cutting) of Pumpkin Flower! I just returned to my graduation days; Botany practical classes of Jogamaya Devi College back in 2002-05⌠Cutting out the sepal and the vertical section through the petal followed by…
Koraishutir Kochuri | Bengali Peas Kachauri
âNobody can make Koraishutir Kochuri as good asâŚâ my father said and paused and replied back by mom with a furious voice âas good as whom đŻ ?â⌠âNo one but my daughterâ; dad replied⌠đ  I was witnessing this cat fight between my loving parents along with my daughter who was busy having some…
Natun Aloor Dum | Bengali Dum Aloo
It is a week-long winter holiday for me and I am spending time with my little one and obviously cooking different winter delicacies these days apart from my baking venture. The dish that I am going to elaborate today is like a comforting winter delicacy to mine! A spiced Potato based Curry which is nothing…
