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Mishti pulao – sweet pilaf
Mishti = sweet 🙂 Mishti pulao is another quintessential traditional bengali preparation, especially during our weddings !!! 🙂 It goes well with kosha mangsho, which is going to be my next post. 🙂 or with any rich, non – veg gravy … Continue reading
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Tagged basmati rice, bengali weddings, cashew nuts, kosha mangsho, mishti pulao, sugar, sultanas, sweet pilaf, traditional bengali cuisine, tumeric powder
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Chaltar Chutney – Elephant Apple chutney
Chalta = Elephant Apple, is not an often found fruit. It is rare and very seasonal 🙂 Memories of this fruit are tangy, spicy and sweet and takes me back to school holidays spent in my grandma’s place in Konnagar, … Continue reading
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Tagged chalta, chaltar chutney, chutney, cumin, elephant apple, fenugreek, nigella, panch phoron, sugar, traditional bengali cuisine
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Chocolate cake with Oreo frosting
Oreo it seems has captured the human imagination, internationally, irrespective of their age 😉 My kid has been after me for long to make something out of Oreo. Since i have been unwell for sometime, nothing was coming to mind … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, chocolate cake, cooking, dessert, frosting, oreo, powdered sugar, sugar, vanilla
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Meethi bareek seviyan – Sweetened angel hair vermicelli
Vermicelli, technically is a type of pasta of the spaghetti variety. The ‘bareek’ or ‘angel hair’ variety are like fine strands of hair and has a diameter between 0.8 mm – 0.9 mm. A sweetened version of this variety of … Continue reading
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Tagged angel hair vermicelli, capellini, cardamom, dessert, meethi seviyan, pistachios, sugar, sugar syrup
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Festive Platter
I love doing ‘platters’ ❤ .Not just because i love the variety but also i love to mix -n -match with traditional and non -traditional food from other regions of the country. 🙂 This is start of the platter series……. … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, arhar, asafetida, cooking, dhokar dalna, dolma, fiesta friday #28, kasoori methi, malpua, matka, milk, muri ghonto, mutton, pistachios, platter, pointed gourd, potato, rakshabandhan, split bengal gram, spring onion, sugar, syrup, the novice gardener, tomato gravy
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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
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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
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Mango panna cotta with pistachio praline
It has been a few days since i logged in. With school now in full swing mode, time becomes a crunch 😦 With ‘the King of Fruit – Mango’ season coming to a close, wanted to make something i have … Continue reading
Pickled Cucumbers
I have fond memories of my first Subway ❤ I realized that there are many different kind of sauces besides the tomato and mustard 😉 and also there are few things called pickled onion, cucumbers etc. I always loved those … Continue reading
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Tagged chili flakes, cooking, cucumbers, garlic, peppercorns, pickle, reading, salt, something's cooking, sugar, vinegar
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Pickled Eggs
Pickling is one of my passion but this one was a pleasant surprise 😀 Pickled eggs ??? :O I was asked this question a few weeks back by a foodie friend living in my neighborhood. Seeing my nonplussed expression, she … Continue reading
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Tagged beetroot, cardamom, cooking, eggs, lemongrass, onion, pickle, pickled eggs, reading, sugar, vinegar
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