Dosa is perhaps the most symbolic South Indian food. Whenever one mentions South Indian dishes, the first picture comes to your vision is that of a Dosa with Sambar and Chutney, its well-suited complementaries. From the point of view of western foodies, Dosa can be regarded as a savoury pan Continue Reading
“Chop & Cutlets” are famous in Kolkata with its history dating back to many decades. These traditional evening snacks are usually served to the guests along with the sweets. Nowadays although various fast foods have come up in the market, Cutlets remain to be as popular as they used to Continue Reading
Dhania chicken is a departure from the usual spicy chicken curry with its lively green colour and a flavour of coriander blend in chicken. If you are bored cooking chicken in the same fashion, this one will certainly be a different attempt with a handful ingredients and with less trouble. Continue Reading
Jhinge or ridge gourd is largely a tropical vegetable. Due to its considerable water content, Jhinge is quite useful for health particularly over summer months when you drain a lot. It can be used in several dishes, among which “Jhinge narkol” is my favourite. This is infact my grand mother’s Continue Reading
“Sunshine award”, I have got the nomination for this award two times. First, Aiswarya of My Kitchen Moments gave me the opportunity to participate in this award and second time I got the nomination from Shatarupa of My Kitchen Adventures. Aiswarya became a good friend of mine through this blog. I always Continue Reading
Muffins are essentially regarded as a sweet form of small cakes, originated in America. The word “muffin” used to bring into my mind, either the images of dark brown chocolate muffins or those with vanilla flavour, lighter in colour. However, I discovered recently from the cookbooks that muffins can be Continue Reading
Nothing beats the idea of starting the lazy Sunday morning with a breakfast of puris or luchi with Dum Aloo (spicy potato curry). However, puris can be of different kind and known as kachori, bhatura , nun etc. Among all, Karaisutir Kochuri aka Peas Puri is my favourtie. Since fresh Continue Reading
Khaman Dhokla is a traditional dish of Gujrat, a western state of India. There are different kinds of “dhokla” that can be eaten as breakfast, main course, side dish or as a snacks. Generally dhokla is made from rice and chickpea splits, whereas Khaman dhokla is prepared only by Gram Continue Reading
“Palak paneer”, a popular vegetarian dish, mainly originated in North India. It is nothing but a thick spinach gravy containing cubes of paneer or cottage cheese. In my childhood, I generally know only one dish of spinach, called “Palong saker ghanto” which is a dry preparation accompanied with other vegetables Continue Reading
Recently I have got a nomination for “Quintet of Radiance Award” from one of my blogger friend Shalini. She has a beautiful and touchy blog named Tale of Two Tomatoes . I follow closely and really enjoy reading her posts. She is a wonderful story-teller and cook by equal measure. Continue Reading