My days have been crazily busy for the past five to six weeks. Due to the ongoing lockdown and post lockdown schedule in Israel, office work has moved to the weekends. As I hastily enter the kitchen to prepare our day’s meal, my 3 yrs …
Cooking with oranges or komola lebu is not new to Bengali cuisine. Few years back, while me and my husband were taking rounds in a Khadyamela (food fair) held in Kanchenjunga stadium of Siliguri, we came across a stall selling Komola Mouri Bhetki. I took …
Daal or Lentil soups are a part of staple diet in West Bengal. While patla musoorir daal (thin red lentil soup) is a specialty of summer meals, some daals have occupied winter meals. Mulo or radish being available in winter, this daal is often served …
Bengali cuisine has many dishes that make use of the parts of vegetables that would normally be thrown away. Khosha bata(Peel Relish), Dantar chochori , leaves eg all kinds of shak motor to aloo or machher matha (fish head). Bengal, which has survived through a …
Batabi lebu/Jambura/Pomelo is a fruit which becomes available in the market immediately after monsoon. It is rich in Vitamin C, an excellent source of antioxidants. My mother used to often buy a lot of them and we used to end up finishing them as jambura …
Komola Polao or Orange Polao is a traditional preparation of Bengali cuisine. In this kind of polao, we use orange juice to cook the rice. The oranges chosen for Komola Polao should be very sweet else the rice will be tangy in taste. With the …
I am sure many of you must have ordered “cream of chicken soup” in a restaurant. The silkiness of the soup, with flavors of thyme and chicken in it makes it, a scrumptious appetizer, especially for such winter evenings. A dish sure to produce a …
Happy Makar Sankranti to all my friends!!!! Makar Sankranti or poush parbon at my “mamabari” maternal uncle’s place in Nandigram, Midnapore means Lakshmi Puja. They offer their harvest to goddess Lakshmi. Pithe and puli with nolen gur and gobindobhog rice is made all over West …
With just a few days to go for Makar Sankranti, we at our home are already in a mood to begin the celebration. Makar sankranti or “poush parbon in West Bengal is incomplete without nolen gur delicacies. This year we begin our celebration with nolen …
Khichuri or masoor daal r khichuri is a popular preparation of winters in Bengali households. It serves as a perfect comfort food for the cold winter nights. Masoor daal r khichuri is served hot with bandhakopir ghonto(cabbage stir fry) and begun bhaja(fried eggplant). A plate …