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Methi malai Fried Rice – Fenugreek and Cream fried rice
Methi or Fenugreek are abundant during winters. It has versatile uses. It can be used in making paranthas , pooris, (both are types of Indian bread), pakoras (fritters), simple stir-fry etc etc. My taste buds for methi/ fenugreek developed over … Continue reading
Koraishutir Kochuri – Deep fried Green peas stuffed Indian bread
My earliest memory of Koraishutir Kochuri was when mom made me and my brother sit under the winter sun with a huge bowl of peas to be shelled. It used to be fun. We competed on who will shell the … Continue reading
Shukto
A meal, for the Bengali, is a ritual in itself. We, Bengalis spend not only spend great deal of time thinking about food, but also in it’s preparation and eating. ❤ Ask a Bengali about Shukto, and one might be … Continue reading
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Tagged appetizer, bengali, bitter gourd, bori, cooking, eggplant, mustard paste, radhuni, raw banana, shukto, sundried lentil dumplings, traditional bengali cuisine, vegetarian
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Kadhai Paneer
Kadhai Paneer is one of the most popular vegetarian dish. Paneer or Cottage cheese is an important source of milk protein in a vegetarian diet. North of India is well known for several finger-licking good cottage cheese preparation, from dry … Continue reading
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Tagged bell peppers, capsicum, cooking, cottage cheese, kadhai paneer, north Indian, paneer, punjabi, vegetarian
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Kadhi
‘Kadhi -chawal’ for a large chunk of Indians, translates into ‘comfort food’. ❤ Every region of the country has a version of Kadhi, where the basic ingredients used are the same. Kadhi is a yogurt and gram flour (besan) based … Continue reading
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Tagged besan, buttermilk, comfort food, cooking, fritters, gram flour, kadhi, kadhi-chawal, pakora, vegetarian
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Kashmiri Dum Aloo
‘Gar firdaus bar rue zameen ast / hameen asto, hameen asto, hameen ast’ Meaning – If there is Paradise on Earth/ It is here ! It is here! It is here. – A farsi couplet of Amir Khusrau, believed to … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity chef, cooking, fennel, kashmiri dum aloo, potatoes, sanjeev kapoor, vegetarian, winters, year end
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Mulor shaak – Radish greens
Winter in tropics means an immense variety of leafy green vegetables along with innumerable fruits and other vegetables ❤️ And sometimes a simple meal is all I crave 😉 Mulor shaak is a winter special and almost a delicacy. Every … Continue reading
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Tagged chickpea, cooking, mulor shaak, radish greens, stir fry, vegetarian, winter
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Arhar Dal – Pigeon peas
Madhur Jaffrey writes evocatively about Dals in Curry Bible, “you can take meat, fish and vegetables from an Indian, but you cannot take away his dal – the core of his meal.” Dal = pulses or legume, forms an integral … Continue reading
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Tagged arhar dal, dal, Indian cuisine, pigeon peas, protein, pulses, vegetarian
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Kumror shaak-er Chorchori – Vegetables with pumpkin greens
Durga Puja and no pandal hopping ? Sacrilege !! Went pandal hopping at Chittaranjan Park, a part of Delhi considered the mini Bengal. Whenever am there, i shop for all goodies which makes my Bengali soul, happy ! I stumbled … Continue reading
Mushur Dal
Mushur dal or Mushurir Dal is ubiquitous in every Bengali household. Mushur Dal aka Masoor dal (dhuli) in Hindi, Pink lentils in English, is all Bengali favorite 😉 and cooked in many ways. Presenting here is the thin, watery kind … Continue reading
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Tagged lentil, masoor, mushur dal, mushurir dal, Platter of Love, traditional bengali, vegetarian
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