Chicken Kosha is a very common preparation in bengali households. I often include the item in my Sunday lunch menu or while serving guests in our house. This is a spicy and dry curry of chicken in contrary to my earlier post ‘Murgir Jhol‘ which is a light dish of Continue Reading
The festival of light ‘Deepavali” has arrived with hope to rekindle the joy of our lives, to shed off the regrets and to ignite the purity of soul. A dose of overpouring sweetness is a must in this occasion. While dabbling with ideas, thought of good old “Besan ka Laddus”, Continue Reading
Capsicum is a quite a key supplementary vegetable in oriental dishes, particularly Chinese and Thai if one forgets to mention green salad. We as Indian with the inherent expertise of making curry of everything, can’t afford to leave capsicum either out of the grasp 😉 On a serious note, spicy Continue Reading
How much can you experiment with your favourite dishes, they still remain dear in traditional forms. Likewise, although I have tried so many innovative dishes with mutton, mutton kosha is something most alluring to me. ‘Kosha Mangsho’ is a rich preparation of mutton with a thick brownish gravy almost dried. Continue Reading
Off late, I realised that I have hardly shared much of an interesting egg recipe in my blog. Dim kosha / Egg curry is the common and regural preparation at my kitchen. The recipe is already present in my blog along with another interesting recipe of ‘Dudh Dim or Egg Continue Reading
It has been a while since I had delved into the business of making sweets which led me to ponder what could be the ideal comeback. Finally I decided to make ‘barfi’ with mawa and milky white grated coconut. I am a fan of sweets made of coconut, the fact Continue Reading
‘Bhapa Chingri’ or ‘Chingrir Bhapa’ is one of the delicate Bengali recipes with ‘Prawns’ aka ‘Chingri’. I have already shown my weakness for prawns through my earlier posts which include various of its curry preparations, rice dishes as well as cutlet. This recipe is perhaps the simplest and need few Continue Reading
‘Fruitcake’ is ideal to be prepared on the occasion of ‘Christmas’. However, I missed the chance to make it in last Christmas. Few days back, on demand of my family I baked a super soft, fluffy and spiced fruitcake. Moreover the cake is egg-less as my parents become vegetarian few Continue Reading
Pancakes are popular all over the world. A starch-based batter with milk and egg is used to prepare a thin, flat cake on hot griddle or frying pan. Sweet pancakes accompanied with jam, nutella, whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream can make lip smacking desserts. Whereas a large, round, Continue Reading
With the onset of winter, vegetable markets get exciting with offerings of colourful seasonal vegetables and fruits. Fresh and lively spinach adds to the variety which I prepare often. It is a healthy piece of green and can be turned into some interesting preparations without much effort. Here I prepare Continue Reading