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…
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…
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…
Aam Kola Doi Chire Makha; the bowl full of comfort from both the houses I call home!
Mehebub was horrified when I told him about my upcoming blogpost! A true blue Bengali one-pot meal and I believe one of the most underrated. Look-wise below average but taste-wise and more importantly considering Comfort; this one-pot meal is one of its kind. The Bengali One-pot meal I am talking about is humble Aam Kola Doi…
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…
Narkel diye Cholar Dal aka Bengali Cholar Dal
“Have one more Luchi with the Cholar Dal Dolon!” having the Luchi and Narkel diye Cholar Dal at Dida’s had never ever been done with a single serving. I was remembering her while tempering the Narkel Diye Cholar Dal day before yesterday. A true blue Bengali dish, what can be better than the Niramish Cholar…
Tell-a-tale of Luchi Sada Aloo Chorchori Breakfast | Sada Aloo Chorchori Recipe
The weather outside is soothing; neither much chilly nor summery as well. As if the sun is kissing the skin lightly. This morning I wanted some me time; I wanted to write basically. I was not sure what it would be! Then I decided to pick a simplest of the simple dish. I decided to…
Postor Bora | Bengali Poppy Seed Fritters
Yesterday was Shitol Shoshthi, basically the day after Saraswati Puja and I have posted the picture of the Full-course meal over Instagram. It was comprised of Panta Bhat, Bhoger Khichuri, Niramish Aloor Dum, Gota Sheddo, Postor Bora and Kuler Chutney. Several people then contacted me for the recipes of the Bengali Vegetarian food I have posted….
Kumror Chakka, the recipe and a mother’s wish for her daughter’s Biyer bhoj!
“Dolon the gala spread on the day of your marriage must include Kumror Chakka, Dantiwala Begun Bhaja, and Luchi along with at least 6-7 fish items. I want to set up “Vien” for the sweets as well!” My mother used to say this whenever there was a discussion on my marriage years back. I have seen her…
Lau Chingri recipe (from the pages of Gopal Bhnar storybook)!
Lau Chingri (Bottle Gourd cooked with Prawns) is a quintessential Bengali delicacy cooked with no onion and no garlic. This is a typical “Ghonto” (Ghonto is the Bengali term depicted for a mushy vegetable dish cooked with a little bit of ginger, ghee, and sugar, at least this is how it was referred by Bengali…
