Khicuri (In Bengali) or Khichdi which means a “unruly mixture” is a very nutritious and comfort food known all over India. It is a one pot dish comprising of rice and lentils, with vegetables are often added to bring variety. Although it is a completely non-glamorous food, and often find Continue Reading
Shukto is a quintessential vegetarian Bengali curry, served as a starter with rice mostly in a multi-course menu. The name ‘Shukto’, quite short with just six letters in it, actually needs a long list of vegetables. Perhaps this is the reason why ‘Shukto’ is hardly visible these days on our Continue Reading
I already shared with you the recipe of Spicy Chicken Muffins which I liked a lot. Since then I got enthusiastic about savoury muffins and started looking for them. Suddenly I came across an interesting recipe in my baking book as they told the story of a muffin with herbs and Continue Reading
Whenever I have lot of different vegetables in stock, I think of preparing vegetable pulao. It is well content to be served as one-dish meal. Again one can serve it with any other side dish. What attracts me most about this pulao is its colourful appearance due to presence of Continue Reading
Mostly I prepare Dam Aloo in Bengali style, the recipe of which I already shared with you. This time thought to prepare it in a different way and chose the recipe of Sanjeev Kapoor’s Kashmiri dam aloo. The red colour of kasmiri mirch and tangy flavour of yogurt made the Continue Reading
We the Bengalis know the plain puris by a cuter name, “luchi”. For us, Luchi with potato curry is a fascinating combo for Sunday breakfast to kick start the lazy morning with an utmost luxury. The truth is that both the plain puris and the potato curry are individually very Continue Reading
Bottle gourd alias “lauki” or “Lau” is one of my favourite vegetables. To my delight, I have found it in the open market here in Netherlands and did not waste time buying. Although Bottle guard can be cooked in the authentic vegetarian way, back home we used to cook it with Continue Reading
Stuffed potato curry is very popular in Bengal. I still recall to have it with puri in one of my friend’s marriage and I immediately fell in love with this dish. After that I thought many a times to give it a try but was not sure of the definite Continue Reading
After a long time bought some paneer from market. Since my husband is not a big fan of paneer I don’t cook it often. This time I thought to prepare something different with paneer which I never tried before. So I started searching for different recipes on youtube and Sanjeev Continue Reading
Jeera rice or rice with cumin seeds is a very simple preparation. It differs slightly from plain rice as the nice aroma of cumin seed blends very well with the rice. It goes very well with any kind of side dish, either veg or non-veg. For example, the last time Continue Reading