“I will not eat the green momma; I will only eat the Ilish Mach” my five-years-old told while having the Lau Patay Ilish Paturi. Pasta, in general, is a non-fussy eater and she is a true foodie. However, Greens are something she tries to avoid as much as possible. Needless to say, I try to…
Nimki Makha
A few days back I finally completed the recipe of Biryani. It took me more than a month to complete that post. After completing it my plan was fixed. I wanted to write a simple recipe with easily available ingredients. The Nimki Makha I made the day before yesterday after returning home from the office…
Papaya Boat | Papaya Breakfast Bowl
“Papaya boat again? Why can’t we have Luchi Alur Dum Debjani like a normal Bengali family? Why do you make all these fruity things whenever possible or not possible and force us to eat?” Well, I ignored Mehebub’s tantrum while serving breakfast. After all both, I and Pasta loves Papaya boat! Even Coffee also eats…
Kolkata Mutton Biryani | Calcutta Biryani
“Hey we are not in Kolkata and I want to have Kolkata Mutton Biryani! Can we make some?” If you love me; you will give me the Nolir Har from your Mutton Biryani!” (Nolir Har is the heavenly marrow bone) “Hey, I am feelling blue! It was a tough day at the office! Can we…
Anglo-Indian Bread and Butter Pudding
I remember having Bread and Butter Pudding for the first time at Krishna Mashi’s place. More than that I remember the entire process of making it. We didn’t have an OTG while growing up. Needless to say, cake or pudding was not something we used to have on a regular basis. There was a round…
Tok Dal | Kancha Aam diye Toker Dal
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…
Birista Pulao aka Piyaz Beresta Pulao
Mehebub requested me to cook some Basanti pulao along with the Goalondo chicken curry last Sunday. While checking the stock I realized I had no cashew nut at home and I decided to skip the Pulao. It was Rosie who suggested me to make the Birista Pulao then! Upon overhearing our discussion Mehebub came into…
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…
Bangladeshi Kala Bhuna | Beef Kala Bhuna | Kalo Bhuna Recipe
After 4 sets of trial and error, I ended on documenting the Beef Kala Bhuna Recipe around two months back. However, I have not posted the recipe then. This was kept in stock so that I can come up with a Ramadan special recipe 🙂 . It is been long I was trying to make…
Sada Ilish aka Ilisher PaniKhola (Ilish Pani Khola)
I clicked the pictures for this post almost one year back. In fact, I have not cooked Sada Ilish aka Ilish Pani Khola yet this year. I am waiting for the Ilish to enter the markets after the breeding season. Not that Ilish is not available however, we try to not to purchase Ilish during…
