Tag Archives: bengali

Rui Dumpukht

Posted on May 4, 2015 by andy

  Rui = freshwater carp, a much consumed fish among Bengalis. We share an eternal love affair with fish ❤ 😉 Well, I cannot claim originality of the recipe since it is not from my repertoire of recipes. I was … Continue reading →

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Aloo -dhNarosh posto / Potato -okra with poppy seeds

Posted on April 21, 2015 by andy

Ask a Bengali about ‘posto’ , and we turn into Shakespeare 😉 We love our ‘posto’ ❤ Posto = Poppy seeds, is an important ingredient along with tumeric and mustard oil in every Bong (Bengali) kitchen. Uses are multiple and … Continue reading →

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Palonk shaag diye Rui maach – Freshwater carp in spinach gravy

Posted on December 24, 2014 by andy

Fish and Bengalis can never be two banks of a river 😛 😉 We are more like emotionally conjoined twins 😀 I am eternally in search of something new – a new way to cook and serve something traditional. Cooking … Continue reading →

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Egg rolls

Posted on July 22, 2014 by andy

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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Apple stuffed sondesh

Posted on July 10, 2014 by andy

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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Jamai Shashthi / Bengali festival of ‘Son -in -law’ day

Posted on June 22, 2014 by andy

Jamai means ‘son -in -law’ in Bengali. Shashthi means ‘sixth’. Both together means a special day celebrated for the son -in -law and daughter in the sixth month of the year i.e, June. On this day, Goddess Shashthi, protector of … Continue reading →

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