Bengali sweets arrived pretty late in my life, and they are now my weakness and absolute favorite. Honestly, the Bengali mishti (Bengali word for sweet confection / mithai) […]
MISHTI DOI CREAMSICLE / मिष्टि दोई कुल्फी (Indian Style Yogurt Creamsicle)
Summers are upon us and unlike the north Indian summers, that are dry and intense, the summers at this coastal city are hot and humid. The level of […]
ROSHOGOLAR PAYESH – रौशॉगोलार पाएश (Cottage Cheese Dumpling Milk Pudding)
The festive season has begun and you are going to see more of desserts and traditional Indian confections/ mithai recipes here. The variety of Indian confection is staggering. […]
PANCH PHORAN TOMATO CHUTNEY- पंचफोरन टमाटर की चटनी (Indian 5-Spice Tomato Chutney)
This is a repost of this chutney which I had uploaded during the very first year of my blogging. I had lost pictures of many recipes a few […]
RUI POSHTO / रूई पश्तो (White Poppy Seed Fish Curry)
Let me begin this post by asking you a question – Do you sometimes get bored of the taste of food cooked by you? A few months back […]
DOI MAACHH / दोई माछ (FISH IN YOGURT CURRY)
Ironic as it sounds, since I stay in the sun kissed land of coastal India, my doctor found me acutely deficient in Vitamin D! Yes, you read […]
MACHHER JHOL – FISH IN MUSTARD CURRY
The year 2012 started on a bad note in the kitchen for me…this is not the recipe that I was expecting to post as my first for the […]
THONGA JHAL MURI (INDIAN STREET FOOD – SAVOURY PUFFED RICE IN PAPER CONES)
Jhal Muri is a popular street food in West Bengal, an eastern state of India. It is a great snack food – light, healthy and quick to fix and […]