Blog Posts - Bengali Recipe

    Hard boiled eggs are cooked in a light, soup like sauce with tomatoes and plenty of ginger.  Just from the sound of it, I smell  the strong aroma of ginger and also a lot of nostalgia.   A Dimer Jhol will always have potatoes i...

I am a person who cannot live without her daily dose of fish. For me fish is not an option but a necessity. As a person who was used to having fish during lunch and dinner during childhood, I barely manage through the office canteen food only to look...

Of late weather has been the hot topic of discussion in our country (no pun intended). The eastern part especially Kolkata is going through a terrible hot and humid climate and recording 41 degrees quite frequently. Whenever I call up Ma in the morni...

    April brings showers, but in my heart, April also brings in sweet nostalgia of Poila Boishak or Bengali New Year. The smell of new clothes, the rolled calendars that the shopkeepers hand out as it marks the beginning of their financial...

First of all wish you all a very happy new year 2014!After a long time I am back on my blog. The month of December has been quite hectic and eventful. Office work had kept me busy in the first half and in the second half of the month I was vacationin...

When Sharanya asked me to do a guest post for her blog I was too excited reason being this was going to be my first guest post for any one. Writing for my own blog is one thing and writing for someone else is a totally different ball game together, t...

    I have a bitter-sweet relationship with this recipe. “Bitter” already appears in the post title, but why sweet? It has to do more with my emotions than the taste. This is one of those recipes which are cloistered in typical...

O aaere chute aae pujor gondho esecheDhang kurakur, dhang kurakur baddi bejecheGache shiuli futeche, Kalo bhomra juteche,Aar palla diye akashe meghera chuteche||Come on everyone, the  whiff of Puja is hereThe dhaks have started to soundThe Shiul...

In between posting about the Goa trip I thought of posting a quickie recipe. Leafy vegetables have always been my favorite. The following family recipe is a very easy one with minimum ingredients. Spinach is packed with vital nutrients such as iron a...

First of all Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all my readers! It's a holiday for me and working for my husband so it had be relaxed day. The community hall of our society is being prepped up for the pujas. In almost all Marathi homes Ganesh puja is ar...

A lot of things have transpired in one month since I last posted. One among the many things being moving into a new house. Though its farther away from the last place we stayed, the scenery around is something to die for. For a city like Pune whe...

      Aamer Dal or Tok Dal is a common name in a Bengali households during the summer months. As the months roll into the typical summer heat and the schools are out, the lunch menu at home slowly transited into light  meals to beat...

Rains, Lush green forest laden mountains, Cascading milky white waterfalls, cloud filled valleys, Turbulent coastlines, lush paddy fields, colorful insects,rolling blanket of blossoms, Piping hot bhajiyas at the roadside stall with st...

    This is a very traditional Bengali recipe – simmered lentils with little bites of coconut, a hint of sweet and  redolent of spices. And there is no other way to have a bowlful but with Luchi or Kochuri/Kachori. But that is only...

    This is a very traditional Bengali recipe – simmered lentils with little bites of coconut, a hint of sweet and  redolent of spices. And there is no other way to have a bowlful but with Luchi or Kochuri/Kachori. But that is only...

Chingri (Prawns) and Ilish Mach (Hilsa Fish) are both candidates for any festive occasion in a Bengali household. Chingri is more versatile and is used in the mundane dishes like lau ghonto (bottle gourd medley), echorer torkari (raw jack fruit curry...

    While the term “chutney” is observed upon as a condiment by the rest of the world, it plays a quite different role in Bengali cuisine. Chutney is an essential part of the multi-course Bengali meal. It is not a condiment, an...

Koi Macher Paturi After almost half a year I am back to Kolkata for a vacation. It feels so much good. No office deadlines, no waking up early, no cooking dinner or doing the dishes, only having pure rest and lot's of food. Kolkata means de...

    Spicy, tangy and with unique taste and flavors, this is lip smacking good, and comes with immense possibilities of much more than just a side dish. Will that lure you to making this for yourself ? At least once?      ...

Gosh it's been really long since I looked back at my poor blog, let alone write something. It's really feeling neglected. The past two months seems to have passed in a jiffy. Too many things happening at the same time - Durga Puja, Diwali, Bhai Dooj,...

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