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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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…
New Orleans -“Let the good times roll”
Hey Y’all! This is my first attempt at a blog and honestly I haven’t decided on a structure or a theme that I want to follow for my posts. I am not sure whether I would even follow a pattern for all my posts or…
Nepal – Our First International Adventure – Part 1 of 2
We were all of 26 at that time. The travel bug had hit my husband a few years back when he started exploring local places on his motorcycle. And some of that was also rubbing off on me. There was something about it which made…
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…
The Other Side of Florida – Pensacola vs Destin vs Panama City
Would you believe it? I have taken multiple leisure trips down to Florida over the last few years, but haven’t been to Miami. For that matter, I haven’t been to any Florida beach towns on the Atlantic coast. This was not a conscious decision, rather…
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…