Bengali Mutton stew with veggies; sounds interesting? Well, to me it was that dish which my mother excels in cooking. She was famous to feed all the unwilling kids growing up together in our Central Kolkata-based joint family. I would not say it was interesting to me while growing up. After all, there was gorgore…
Phulkopi Aloo diye Chingri Kaliya | Bengali Prawn Curry with Potato and Cauliflower
With the availability of seasonal cauliflower and fresh prawns, our lunch last Sunday was comforting with Phulkopi Aloo diye Chingri Kaliya. Though available all through the year now, cauliflower, even today is a winter favorite. This curry with cauliflower I am talking about is a Bengali staple. We cook different curries using it and complementing it…
Biyebarir Fish Butter Fry aka Bhetki Batter Fry
Biyebarir Fish Butter Fry is one delicacy (amongst a few more) that we the 80s kids (and even before) enjoyed during our childhood which I suppose the millennials did not. To them, it is Bhetki Batter Fry if at all they are lucky to have this during a marriage feast! While frying the Bhetki batter…
Nalli Nihari | Mutton Nihari Recipe | Gosht Nihari
Nalli Nihari is something that I cook every winter and yet I haven’t written the recipe over the years. One of the main reasons was the pictures. I wasn’t able to click the pictures over the years or whatever I captured I wasn’t happy with those. I have eight sets of Nihari pictures available from…
Murgi Khichuri | Murgir Mangshor Khichuri
Are you wondering why I am sharing the recipe of Murgi Khichuri just after the recipe of Bhuni Khichuri? The reason is quite simple. These days we are mainly living on one-pot meals especially dishes that can be cooked in a pressure cooker within no-time. After the marathon pujo cooking, I am taking a break…
Niramish Bhuni Khichuri | Bengali Bhuni Khichuri
Durga Pujo special Bhuni Khichuri recipe is finally here on the day before Kojagari Laxmi Puja. It is been a month or so I have not written a recipe on the blog. The last two months were quite busy both work-wise and also for the gormei feast, a special event I was part of as…
Begun Basanti aka Bengali Begun Bashonti
I think I have written about the only-veg Saturdays several times over here at Debjanir Rarraghar. How can I not by the way? Growing up in our Central Calcutta household, I never ever liked the Saturdays loaded with Borir Jhal, Borar jhal, Dhokar Dalna, Begun Basanti, Thor Ghonto, Helenchar Bora, Thankuni pata bata, Polta Patar…
Mulo Diye Motor Dal (Bengali Yellow Split Pea with Radish)
The best thing about winter to me are the winter delicacies. I already have started cooking those at home and in fact, started baking as well. I mostly cook on the weekend as only manages to get time on these two days only after office. Last to last week I cooked Mulo Diye Motor Dal…
Batabi Lebu Makha | Jambura Bhorta | Pomelo Salad
I always have a thing for Makha, bata, etc. be it Batabi lebu makha or kodbel makha or amra makha. I was in a morning school till class 10. Our school timing was limited until 11 a.m. starting from 6.30 a.m. This means I was at home by 12 noon. There was a small market…
Keema Matar (Mutton mincemeat cooked with green peas)
It is November and yet winter is not ready to bestow us with the sewers and shawls at least in Kolkata. We still are struggling with the regulator of the fan and the AC’s remote. I am sure we are struggling with the age-old question of “What to cook?” or “What can I ask the…