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
Bengal is famous for its huge collection of sweets among which those made from Indian cottage cheese or ‘chena’ are the special ones. When my friend Chitra of Chitra’s Healthy Kitchen fame asked me to share a recipe of sweet dish as a guest post, I decided to share something Continue Reading
“Shandesh”, a dry sweet made from ‘chena’ or Indian cottage cheese, is a speciality of West Bengal & Bangladesh. It comes in different shapes and flavours. Various moulds of different structures are often used to give them some beautiful shapes and decoration. As for flavours, nowadays one can find right Continue Reading
“Paneer” is nothing but a cheese that can be easily made at home. It was first originated in India and serves as a key element in many Indian delicious vegetarian dishes. As it is not always readily available in the market and even sometimes the market bought “paneer” is not Continue Reading
“Chanar kalia” or Cheese ball curry is a delicious Bengali side dish. This vegetarian dish goes down very well with Roti, Paratha or even with Plain rice and Pulao. If you don’t have “paneer” in your stock and you are scratching your head to come up with a special vegetarian Continue Reading
“Rasmalai” is another popular Indian sweet dish made from milk, and one of my favourites too. The only way out not to stay deprived from these dear dishes, here far away from India, is to prepare them at my own kitchen. So, here comes the recipe of Rasmalai for you Continue Reading
Kalakand is a very popular Indian sweet made of cottage cheese or chena. It is made during different festivals and celebrations in India. Today I am giving you a very simple recipe of making it at home. Packed with calcium and protein, this energy rich recipe is just what you Continue Reading
Rashogolla / Rasgulla is a speciality of Bengal. It is nothing but cottage cheese balls which turns spongy after boiling in light sugar syrup. Being a Bong I can’t afford to loose the chance of posting it’s recipe as my first blog post. The recipe needs just a few ingredients Continue Reading