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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Platter of sweets – Lavang Latika and beetroot sondesh
This is a platter of two different sweet varieties made during the Holi festival, the Hindu festival of colors celebrated in the month of March. Another one from my archive and there will be many more to come 😉 There … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, reading
Tagged beetroot, cardamom powder, clove, cooking, ghee, Holi, khowa, lavang latika, mawa, milk, refined flour, sondesh, sugar syrup
11 Comments
Egg rolls
Since i am updating the blog from my archived recipes, here a mouth -watering street food from Kolkata 🙂 I am a ‘probashi’ Bengali, but Egg rolls and Kolkata runs in every Bongs blood wherever they might be 😉 This … Continue reading
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Tagged bengali, carrots, chili sauce, cooking, cucumber, cumin, Egg rolls, eggs, kolkata, refined flour, roll, roti, street food
5 Comments
Arancini Balls
I shock my proper Bengali mother, by watching Shinchan, Tom and Jerry and a variety of other animated movies 😉 Her reaction would be rolling her eyes and telling me to grow up 😀 Keeping aside all the ‘for’ and … Continue reading
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Tagged bread crumbs, cheese, cooking, deep fried, egg, mozarella, onigiri, pepper, rice, rice balls, Shinchan, sprouts
13 Comments
My sunday breakfast
Sunday is the most important day for a working woman, like me 😀 …….Sheeesh !! ….it the day passes too soon 😉 With loads of pending laundry, clothes mending, shoe polishings, vaccuming and innumerable other odd jobs around the house, … Continue reading
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Tagged breakfast, butter, cooking, egg, fiesta friday, fiesta friday #25, the novice gardener, toast
16 Comments
Swiss roll with lemon curd filling
This one is from my archive 🙂 The monsoons have arrived in Delhi 😀 and to my mind comes a few lines of a romantic song 😉 …….Rimjhim gire sawan, sulag sulag jaaye mann, bheege aaj iss mausam mein, lagi … Continue reading
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Tagged bake, baking powder, cooking, eggs, lemon, lemon curd, lemon juice, lemon zest, monsoon, powdered sugar, refined flour, sponge cake, swiss roll
21 Comments
Dal paturi/ Lentil cake baked in banana leaf packets
Paturi is a style of traditional Bengali cooking wrapped and steamed/roasted in banana leaf. We, Bengalis, are somewhat unique in our food habits wherein the majority eat fish, meat and eggs. The Bengali cuisine has evolved over time and age, … Continue reading
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Tagged bake, banana leaf, coconut, cooking, dal, lentil, mustard oil, paturi, split bengal gram, traditional bengali cuisine
12 Comments
Carrot cake
My blog is 1 month old 😉 (only) ….so calls for celebration 😀 My mind said make some traditional sweet 😉 but heart was being sulky = Dilemna 😛 So i wanted to stick to ‘traditional’ but may be not … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cake, carrots, cinnamon powder, cooking, cream cheese, eggs, frosting, sugar, vanilla
34 Comments
Fresh green chick peas kebabs
Fresh green chick peas or Bengal gram or garbanzo beans, has several medicinal properties. It is also a source of natural dye for fabrics. These fresh ones are available for a very short period of time of the year. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Bengal gram, boot, choliya, cooking, cottage cheese, fresh, garbanzo beans, green chick peas, kebabs, vegetarian
8 Comments
Paneer lababdaar/ Cottage cheese in tomato ‘n’ milk gravy
Say Paneeeeeeeer !!!!……..oops, i mean Cheeeeeeeese 😉 Very few Indians one may find who does not say ‘yes’ to paneer or cottage cheese. It is a must in a vegetarian house- hold. But can’t get judgemental about vegetarians, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Chef juliana, cooking, cottage cheese, cream, Dimple Makani, elaine, fiesta friday, fiesta friday #24, foodbod, Foodie on Board, http://alongthegrapevine.wordpress.com/, http://indusinternationalkitchen.com/, http://selmastable.wordpress.com/, kasuri methi, milk, paneer, sesame seeds, Shailja, simplyvegetarian777, Sonal Gupta, tomato puree
28 Comments
Apple stuffed sondesh
I am so bogged down with work 😦 along with a beauty of a throat infection 😛 so i have started croaking and giving competition to the frogs 😉 That brings me to a situation where i have not cooked … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, bengali, cinnamon, cooking, cottage cheese, paneer, pistachios, saffron, sondesh, sugar
18 Comments
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