Since my childhood days until now, in the rainy season during the monsoons, my father certainly brings home taro stolons especially for my mother from the daily or weekly markets, when it becomes available in plenty, as this is one of her favourite items. She has different recipes with this healthy and tasty ingredient, be…
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Doi Dim,..a curd based egg curry for a soothing & delightful summer meal.
Can we make eggs taste eggs-o-tic? out of the world? …Why not?? Eggs are one of the wonderful ingredients in the culinary world which had been utilized in myriad ways since ancient times to become an integral part of cooking as a part of different food habits around the world across cultures & civilizations, to…
Chaltar Tok
Bengali cuisine is usually considered comparatively lower in calories compared to most of the other Indian cuisines, but still full of flavours. The spice level is moderate and well balanced. If there is a strongly flavoured ingredient, there is also a mellow ingredient to counter it. A typical Bengali meal comprises of components ranging from…
No Oil Sabudana Saatwik Pulao
Om Namah Shivaya !.. Happy Mahashivratri to all ! India is a land of festivities and every indian hindu festival is a celebration of food in itself. The kind of food that characterizes hindu festivals are mostly vegetarian and that too of the Saatwik type, which are vegetarian without onion and garlic. Saatwik food are…
Komola/Orange Kheerโฆa classic Bengali dessert
Wish you all a Happy Vasant Panchami !๐ท๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ธ๐๐ณ๐๐..May Mother Goddess Saraswati bless us all with the light of knowledge and wisdom and rescue us from the darkness of the ignorance and gloom. Bidding adieu to the winter with Vasant Panchami which is synonymous with basanti colour marks the beginning of the spring season, which is…
Shorpora Boal Fish Curry….a winter delight
Wish you all a happy Makar Sankranti/Bihu/Pongal/Lohri/Uttarayan ! Makar Sankranti, the first harvest festival of India in the new year has arrived, which is a holy and auspicious day throughout the country with different regional names like Bihu, Poush Parbon, Pongal, Bhogi, Lohri, Uttarayan, Uzhavar Thirunal, Haldi Kumkum, Maghi Sankranti, Hangrai and so on. Since…