We are having Tok Dal aka Kancha Aam diye Toker Dal quite regularly these days. Kancha Aam aka Green Mangoes after all in season and we are utilizing those as much as possible as part of our regular meal at home. Among other things, a light lentil soup prepared with Green Mango and Red Lentil…
Bori Aloor Jhal (Bengali Bori’r Jhal)
These days SEO is something recipe writers think about while coming up with the recipes on their websites or Recipe blogs. Not that it will concern you when you are there on that particular website just for the recipes. However, we as writers, when are confident about the recipes, would like to be on the…
Lau Shaker Chorchori (Bengali Vegetarian Mishmash with Bottle Gourd Greens)
Our taste in food changes over the period at least that is what happened to me! I do not remember liking the greens while growing up much. However, now I prefer having those and that too willingly. Chorchori, Labra, Chyanchra, etc (basically Bengali mishmashes) had never been part of my preferred list while now I…
Kancha Aamer Chutney
Now that Summer is here, both my girls are super happy as they have started eating Mango in different forms! Oh, have I told you about my 2nd girl; the newest addition to our family? We are now a proud parent of a beautiful Golden Retriever Puppy (girl) and Pasta is a proud big sister!…
Plastic Chutney (Raw Papaya Chutney or Bengali Peper Chutney)
A few days back a bunch of friends came to our place from Delhi and I decided to cook a simple Bengali spread for them. The spread I made was having Bhangachora Shukto, Ghee Bhat, Kochi Pathar Jhol, Doodh Mach, Plastic Chutney and Payesh. They had it all, however, were curious about the weird thing called…
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…
Chaler Payesh aka Bengali Rice Kheer
“Papa; Momma is making Chaler Payesh” I smiled listening to my five-years-old. She loves Chaler Payesh. Though at home we simply call this delicacy Payesh (without prefixing it with Rice or Chal). This was the day of Soptomi and I was cooking Payesh in bulk like every year. I was relaxed and cooking it with…
Rosogollar Dalna!
“Hey, I am done with the cooking! We are serving Luchi, Rosogollar Dalna, Narkel diye Cholar Dal, Dokhar Dalna. There will be Tomato, Khejur, Amsotto Chutney and Monohara also!” I informed Mehebub while tempering the Dal. We were about the welcome our family friends who are strictly vegetarian! Hence, every single dish I cooked were vegetarian last…
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,…
