Who can make such an innovative and gorgeous looking pizza other than Chitra !!!! I suppose no one. Yet she makes it look so easy. Not very long ago, I get acquainted with Chitra and went through her blog Chitra’s Healthy Kitchen. As the name reveals, her blog is a Continue Reading
Chilli cheese nuggets used to be my favourite snack while I was living in Germany. There it was readily available in supermarkets to be baked into oven. Here in Netherlands, though one can find different croquettes with cheese, meat or vegetables, chilli cheese nuggets seem to be missing. So to Continue Reading
The fever of making sweet is still there for me. As the Jalebi which I made a day before diwali, vanished in seconds, I thought to prepare another sweet on the very day of diwali. We call it Balushahi back home, which is quite an well known Indian dessert made from Continue Reading
Pizza, originally an Italian delicacy, earned the reputation of a true global food over the years. Perhaps there is no place on earth where you can’t find a pizzeria. Being a pizza fan like millions other, I always used to have the fresh baked pizza from pizzeria and never really Continue Reading
“Deepavali” or “Diwali” is the festival of light celebrated all over India. Every household gets lightened with “diya” or candle or electric lights. We enjoy the festival to its fullest by setting various colourful crackers on fire, which is the most attractive part for me. 🙂 For Bengalis Diwali is Continue Reading
Although we find different desserts back in India, still I get amazed to see their variety here in Europe. The bakers put their creative best to make all sort of desserts, which look incredibly lucrative. In fact my favourite among them is tart. The tart is nothing but a baked Continue Reading
Ilish or Hilsa is the king of fishes for Bengali. This fish is generally found in sweet river water and possess a distinctive silver like shining body. What sets it apart from all the other fishes is its supreme unbeatable taste which however comes at the cost of innumerable thin Continue Reading
“Doi begun” or aubergine in yogurt gravy is one of my favourite dishes prepared by my mother. She learned this recipe from one of her colleagues and I must be thankful to her to pass on such a lovely recipe. Many of us don’t like to have aubergine including my Continue Reading
Pulao can be made in different ways. I have already posted the recipes of Mishti Pulao, Vegetable Pulao and Morog/Chicken Pulao. Today’s recipe is of Prawn Pulao. My mother used to make prawn pulao in pressure cooker with Gobindobhog rice. The aroma of this rice along with ghee and prawns Continue Reading
Parathas are anonymous with North Indian breakfasts. The heavily stuffed hot parathas with a piece of melting butter is nothing short of heaven for the tongue. The stuffing is an art too. Perhaps you have heard the legends of ‘paratha wali gali’ in Old Delhi, famous for varieties of stuffing Continue Reading