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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
Long back, I shared the recipe of Prawn Pulao. This time, I present the same dish, however with some substantial difference, in a new avatar which actually does an interesting facelift altogether. Here I prepare the pulao using Gobindobhog rice, which is a typical rice cultivar found in West Bengal. Continue Reading