Our daily meal generally includes a fish curry almost every day particularly in lunch. That is why it cannot be too rich and spicy all the time. The light gravy which we call ‘Jhol’ or gravy per say is prepared without any onion or garlic and does have minimum spices. Continue Reading
Shrimp aka “Kucho Chingri” has a pivotal role in Bengali Cuisine. Generally, any independent dish is not merely prepared with only shrimp. However, while accompanying with any vegetable the taste is enhanced many folds. We Bengalis usually pair up shrimp with Bottle gourd, Pointed gourd, Green jackfruit, Banana flower, Elephant Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
‘Pie’ is nothing but a baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry. I recall to share a few posts on tarts ( Fruit Tartlets, Cherry tomato & poppy seed tartlets, Blue Cheese & Walnut Tartlets, Caramelized Lemon Tart ) in the Continue Reading
Ghugni is quite a popular street food in Kolkata which finds a resonance with my childhood and growing up in the city. I still have a vivid memory of the street hawkers carrying a large bowl of ghugni on the flame, roamed around the streets in the evening, calling for Continue Reading
Today I am presenting quite a different Chicken curry which hails from the state of Tamil Nadu. The name ‘Chettinad’ is associated with the place of its origin, Chettinad. Alike any other preparation from south India, it also has the signatory flavour of curry leaves and coconut. Due to the Continue Reading