Kochuri or the stuffed puri is one of the most celebrated and loved road side breakfast snack for people in Bengal. On their way back from the morning walk they take a halt, relish hot kochuri with a typical alu curry and if possible pack for their family; if not Continue Reading
Modak is an Indian sweet particularly popular in the Konkan region of India in the states of Maharshtra and Goa. During the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi which is celebrated with much fanfare and grew into a pan Indian festival is incomplete without Modak which happens to be the favourite and Continue Reading
Jackfruit is a unique fruit, perhaps among the largest that grows on a tree, can be consumed at various stages of its life, when it is ripe and juicy and also when it is raw and young as vegetable. As jackfruit is rich in protein it is immensely popular as Continue Reading
Tal also known as Palmyra fruit, mainly found over Indian subcontinent and south Asia is a impersonation of sweetness. It holds a very important cultural symbolism in India, particularly in Tamil culture it is called “katpaha tharu” or “celestial tree”. In Bengal, the tall Tal tree captured literary imagination of Continue Reading
‘Easy Peasy Pasta’ is the recipe when pasta can be done in a jiffy still makes all happy. Whenever I am not in a slightest of mood to prepare a full-fledged dinner, I opt for this Easy Peasy one. Simply boil the noodles and fry it with vegetables. Add some Continue Reading
Visiting the history is equally exciting as innovation in cooking. From time to time, one should try to dig out the recipes which earned the love of people from a different era which has not weathered a bit till present. It reflects on the success stories behind these recipes. Being Continue Reading
Nowadays, I think, spice mixture for every single dish is available in the market. As a result we gradually became lazy to use fresh ground spices or their pastes in our dishes. I can recall my grandmother always keep a ‘shil nora’ or ‘sil batta’ by her side when she Continue Reading
We must be quite familiar with the sweet from Bengal, called Sandesh. It is usually prepared from ‘chena’ or cottage cheese and often given different flavours with date palm jaggery, chocolate, mango, strawberry etc. Today my recipe is about Aam Sandesh aka mango flavoured sandesh. Throughout the summer this yellow Continue Reading
Black plum (Indian Blackberry) or Kala Jamun aka Jam is hardly abundant throughout the year and you can find it mainly during the monsoon months, that too for few days in between. Although I am not a big fan of Jamun, must admit that it has an interesting taste swinging Continue Reading
I was dabbling with the idea of preparing something interesting with fish for a while. As luck would have it, the other day I found a couple of Bhola Bhetki fishes (Indian Jewfish in English) lying in the market which looked pretty fresh and reignited the desire. Not really suitable Continue Reading