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Locavorism, Friday Market | Tok Palong/Sour Spinach Chutney

November 6, 2012

Tok Palong/Sour Spinach (above) is a variant of the leafy green Spinach that we are so familiar with. Resembling more like Baby Spinach, these leaves are sour even when they are uncooked. Absolutely new to me, my taste-buds are totally thrilled with this new discovery. And no, I haven’t seen these Spinach variant in any […]

Mutton Kassa With Red Wine And Red Grapes

October 4, 2012

Wine has been flowing freely in our household lately. Not from any bonus or a big chunky project coming my way, but by the way of participating in a Global Wine Adventure organised by Jacob’s Creek under the name of the The Label Project. You can read all about this adventure in my previous article. […]

Traditional Bengali Cuisine | All The ‘Slight’ Details

June 30, 2012

Note: This post was originally written on 15 October, 2012 during the Durga Puja. I’ve changed the date of publish in order that it stands as the 3rd post as I can pin it on my homepage. An etymological explanation of our extreme Food-Fetish. Or should I simply say ‘Blame it on our genes’? This […]

Featured in Foodie BlogRoll & Green Mango Chutney!

June 25, 2012

I feel like a Chutney at this moment and hence this special post on a traditional Bengali Green Mango Chutney or Kaancha Aamer Chutney! Why Chutney? Well, to be honest Chutney is the only thing that can describe how I feel at this moment. My blog is being featured in this week’s FoodieBlogroll’s Featured Blogs! […]

Notun Gurer Payesh/Traditional Bengali Rice Pudding | Remembering My Dida

May 30, 2012

Today’s dish is special and very primitive. The only other way to explain the importance of a traditional Payesh/Rice Pudding is to compare it with Champagne. If you can understand the importance of Champagne to bring in a family celebration then you can probably understand the importance of Payesh. Or say, cutting a cake on […]

Mango Lentil Soup/Aam Dal – The Summer Combat

April 29, 2012

Summer is slowly waltzing into Dubai. A few more days and suddenly the Celsius scale would be touching the 40s on a regular basis. I have spent so many summers in Dubai, yet the temperature in any random summer day still shocks me every time I know the exact magnitude of it. Conversations with other […]

Easter Egg Curry Cooked By Easter Bunnies!

April 8, 2012

Easter is here. Springtime’s here. Time for the Z-SISTERS to get excited – it’s time for Bunnies to bring in the Chocolate eggs. I tell them that this time there’s going to be no Chocolate Easter eggs. The Easter bunnies have learnt to cook and they are going to bring in cooked eggs! ‘I want […]

Mashed Potato Bengali Style/ Aloo Bhaaté

April 4, 2012

Steamed in Rice or ‘Bhaaté’ In Bengali, mashed steamed vegetables are called ‘Bhaaté. The term literally means ‘In Rice’. It must have originated because very often these vegetables were traditionally steamed in the same pan in which the rice has been cooked. Mashing these steamed vegetables – assorted vegetables or any particular vegetable along with […]