Kheer Patol/ Patol Mishti is a unique preparation of a sweet dish where the sweetness is blended with the taste and texture of a vegetable. It is like unraveling a secret treasure as the flavour of kheer is moulded around by a soft cover of parwal or patol and slowly Continue Reading
Some of the dishes are so fascinating in their looks and presentation that we get instantly drawn to them. Daab Chingri is such a dish which evokes a story through the image of prawns resting on the Green Coconut. Equally fascinating is its stint with Bengali food fantasy since long. Prawns Continue Reading
For long, I have been fancying to prepare a whole chicken recipe and finally decided to zero on Murg Musallam, a delicate Mughlai dish. For those who are not slightly aware of the recipe, it is a whole chicken dum cooked in rich and thick gravy, with its belly stuffed Continue Reading
Pointed Gourd (Patol or Parwal) has never been one of my favourites throughout my growing years. However, off late, I started liking it as a summer vegetable. In fact it would be no exaggeration to call it a wonder vegetable because of its multipurpose utility. Parwal can be used in Continue Reading
If you are bored with the traditional egg curry, this recipe of ‘Egg drop curry’ can surely prove to be a nice departure and be an interesting addition to the daily menu. Though it is quite a common preparation, I have not tried it before, and thought to try this Continue Reading
It has been quite a while since I prepared any new fried sweet. While pondering over what could be an interesting recipe, I zeroed on a bengali speciality called Chanar Jilipi which is one of my favourites of this genre. As the name suggests, it follows a jilipi or jalebi Continue Reading
Amidst lock-down, while everything is shut off, I was dearly missing my daily dose of fish curry. All of a sudden, got hold of good half a kilo of fresh Katla fish which demanded some special treatment. What else could be better to prepare a rich katla curry with creamy Continue Reading
After a long hiatus, amidst the COVID crisis, with close ones staying at home, it is time to share a very simple recipe of Chocolate Cake, that too an egg-less one. It is always a joy to get back to baking whenever I feel to satisfy my sweet teeth. This Continue Reading
Christmas is perhaps synonymous with fruit cakes. As the mercury dips down, jingle bells ring around, it is time to indulge in the pie of fruit cake, teasing the tongue with sweat-sour diced fruits. Although I am into baking for quite some time now, this is for the first time, Continue Reading
Rasgulla “2 in 1”With the winter is knocking at the door announcing its arrival, sweat shirts are out of the closets, soaking in the sun gets delightful, I am also geared up to share a very interesting preparation with you. It is called ‘Komolabhog” which you can translate into Orange Continue Reading