Bhetki kanta diye chyanchra
Chyanchra is something only a true bong can relate to, and I am no exception. I am sure this dish was invented by some clever cook of old bengali households where nothing gets wasted in…
Pepper paniyaram
My son loves dosas as his breakfast. I used to make dosa from scratch when he was young. In fact dosa is one of my comfort food too since my young age as I remember…
Aloo kumro bharta
One more bharta recipe for you all bharta lovers. As I said earlier, bharta is the ultimate comfort food for us, and we make sure to have it as part of our weekend meal atleast…
Machh er dim er bora – fish roe fritters
This is the time of the year when you get plenty of fresh fish roe in the market specially from the carp variety. We make fritters out of it which you can enjoy with your…
Ilish machh er jhaal
Ilish season is here but unfortunately fish market is yet to be flooded with ilish. Blame it to the no show of rain in kolkata but we bengalis are craving for our share of ilish…
Begun bhaja – brinjal fry
Please don’t beat me to post these ‘bhajas’’, 😁, specially the bengalis, we know our ‘bhaja’ since childhood. A traditional bengali feast curated for birthday lunch comprises of ‘panch bhaja’ or five types of vegetable(…
Aam jhol
Another very simple comfort food for us during the hot and humid summer is this sweet and sour soupy mango chutney or tok as we call it. My mom used to say that it has…
Katla Finger curry
Sometimes it happens that you have very little ingredients in your pantry and you have to feed 2 or 3 hungry soul , then what you do? I face this issue once in a while…
Mutton keema curry
This dish reminds me of our early marriage days when we have very limited money to indulge in lavish spread specially during the month end. But at the same time, cravings for some spicy mutton…
Kumro bhaja – pumpkin fry
Sometimes I love to cook something very basic yet very tasty side dish like this pumpkin fry. In fact, it is so basic that when I was taking photographs of this, dearest hubby rolled his…