Coffee Marble Cake with Almonds
My husband is super lucky. Of course isn’t it? The fact that he gets to make food requests at will and in most of the cases I will usually oblige. Last month, on his birthday he got to make one of this requests for a…
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Recipes
Sattu ke Parathe/ (Flat bread Stuffed with Spicy Toasted Bengal Gram flour)
I’m pretty sure you have heard the word “Parathe”/”Paranthe”. It’s essentially a form of Indian flatbread which is glazed in oil. It can be considered an upgrade from the more conventional baked flatbread, better known as “Chapati” or “Roti”. But wait, there is another level…
Bottle Gourd with Shrimp Curry/ (Lau Chingri)
Generally speaking, there is an inherent advantage of growing up close to a water body. Guess what? Fish & Shrimp! I grew up in a little town on the banks of river Hooghly (a tributary of river Ganges which you might be more familiar with).…
Frizzled Vegan Mushroom
friz·zle/ˈfrizəl/ – fry or grill with a sizzling noise. As interesting as this particular term sounds, the results it yields are also equally good. Its essentially the middle path between a stir fry and sauteing. Mushrooms are a very unique ingredient with a character of…
Avocado Toast
There is a love affair in the family. Seriously. There is! It’s Avocado. And possibly everyone is involved in the affair. My Brother-in-law, my mother-in-law and my husband, so much so that they are ready to have this every single morning. I believe avocado and…
Shrimp and Veggie Bisque
Bisque is a classic entree of French origin. It’s a thick creamy, smooth and flavorful soup based on a broth from hard-shelled sea creatures by simmering with aromatics to create a deeply flavored stock, then strained out, simmered again and pureed. Usually Lobster Bisque is…
Striped Bass Fish in Bengali style curry
Fish curry sounds like home to most Bengalis. My mother was very much of an ‘Edeshi’ girl who got married into a typical ‘Bangal’ household. Well, ‘Edeshi’ or ‘Ghoti’ means people originating from the western part of Bengal (West Bengal), ‘Bangals’ being the ones from…
Korean Radish Kimchi
My friend Jiniee Hong is a very adorable person, mother of three teenagers, but still looks like a young girl. Yes, you guessed it right, she is from South Korea. The secret to her beauty is not only her genes & probiotic korean diet but…
Vegetable Clear Soup & Vegetable Stirfry
Complex flavors and dishes sure taste great most of the time. However there are some times when we really want to simplify things. Flavor wise and preparation wise. A different interpretation of comfort food. Comfort in both preparing it and having it too! Here is…
Kheer er Malpoa/ Mawa Malpuaa
In context of cooking, I find there is almost an unwritten rule – “Experience breeds expertise”. From that perspective, I always look forward to learning new recipes, cooking styles and the like from people who have extensive experience in the art of cooking. Not to…