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…
Khejur Gurer Payesh | Bengali Rice Kheer with Date Palm Jaggery
“Don’t you think pasta this is the perfect time to have Khejur Gurer Payesh ”; the pampering father asked. “Hoooon Papa; I want it”; Pasta replied. “but baby who is going to make it for us? I don’t know how to cook Payesh; that is not as easy as making the Maggi” the father replied…
Two in One Sondesh; not the ice cream!
I am presently enjoying a lethargic phase in life; well not typically when it comes to my official work but obviously including of anything and everything related to my home. This means that no cooking (well almost) and as a result, I recently appointed a “Rannar Mashi” (cook) who fortunately is an amazing cook. With…
Baked Kesari Sandesh with Sugar Free Diet Sugar
Chini kum hain, chini kum hain thodi thodi tujhme hain kum Kum kum ….Humdum! I didn’t find anything but this amazing Hindi song to start this post meant for a sweet with no added Sugar! We can sing a song to try to change a person who is typical Chini Kum type (with no sweetness…
Lyangcha from Shaktigarh to Debjani’s Kitchen | Langcha, Bengali Sweet
Listening to a particular romantic song for around 10 times within a span of 1 hour! Yes I am continuously listening to “Banke titli dil uda uda hain kahi dur” since last one hour while editing pictures for this post! A sweetest note just perfect to cherish the sweetness of an authentic bong delicacy; nothing…
Nolen Gur Er Sandesh
I was thinking while making Nolen Gur Er Sandesh on Nabami about my relations… with my parents, family members, with hubby and with Pasta and also about the ups and downs that I have faced and all these are quite normal in almost every person’s life and I am not an exception! There is one…
Taler Bora | Sugar Palm Fritters : A Traditional Bengali Sweet delight!
Taler Bora was the last thing I asked my mother on the day before Pasta’s Birth in 2013! I still remember I was nagging for having Taler Bora on that day and finally Baba and Mehebub went to C R Park and came back with a Sugar Palm a.k.a Tal which cost them 150 bucks👿!…
Gur-er Narkel Naru
I was thinking while clicking the pictures… what should be the perfect one liner for this post…and the line which came to my mind on a first note is “Back to the root”…I am not very strict on writing specifically about Bengali food as for me food has no boundary….but I can’t ignore the fact that our…
Elo Jhelo
The name i.e. Elo Jhelo is quite weird!! Isn’t it? But what’s in a name!!!! Believe me it’s not the case of “Kana cheler naam Padmalochon”!!! One of my favourite Bong style snack with a punch of sweetness along with crispiness!! Mostly prepared during Bijaya Dashami and now a days during Diwali…
Darbesh , Bengali Laddu
My first set of celebration food for Diwali this year which is nothing but the famous Bong sweet; “Darbesh” the divine one! This was in my planner for a long time but I was not much confident with Darbesh because the process of making Darbesh a bit tricky and I don’t have proper ladle to prepare the Bonde but when…
