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Shubho Bijoya! That time of the year when a Bengali becomes emotional and nostalgic and mellow. Sindoorkhela ~ vermillion smearing, kolakuli ~ the tight hugs fostering bonhomie and friendship, dhunuchi naach ~ dancing to the dhhak beats with smoking incense, and wearing the traditional colour red... everything was perfect last night as we celebrated Bijoya dinner at home with friends who are now family. Blessed and grateful! Dak Bungalow Murgi, a chicken recipe that evolved during the colonial times in Bengal. It was in our Saptami special menu at home, along with Luchi, cholar daal, potol and begun bhaja. Interestingly, the two cookbooks by the side are written by Pragyasundari Devi, the niece of the Noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore. They are the copies of her first cookbook called 'Amish O Niramish Ahar' was published in 1902 and was probably the first cookbook in Bengali. Pragyasundari Devi edited a women's magazine the 19th century which included recipes in those days! ✨🙌🏼🥘 . #saptami #durgapuja #dakbungalow #murgi #heritage #bengali #chicken #inmykitchen #inmyfeelings #mydubai #ishitaunblogged #foodgasm #foodporn #deliciousfood #fingerlickinggood #drool #chickenrecipes Celebrating Saptami with a traditional Bengali lunch and forcing Debbie, my partner @foodemagdxb to utter Bengali words like 'kyablakanto' and 'kasha mangsho' in the same breath! The laptop never got switched on with all the food hogging our attention. Anyway, tomorrow is another day... to work! . #selfpaid #traditional #bengali #lunch #saptami #durgapuja #foodemagdxb #ishitaunblogged The festive countdown begins... learn to cook some classic Bengali dishes @hyattplacedubaialrigga followed by a family-style sit-down lunch in one of the hotel's cozy apartments converted into a modern Bengali home with my nostalgic memorabilia and images of Kolkata from my personal albums. ✨🌟💫 . Its such an honour 🙏🏼 for me to host this special event as @fryingpanadventures launches their new progamme #Sufra where you can get exclusive discounts on their limited edition series of food and culture experiences. . I invite you to join me as we get transported to my kaleidoscopic Kolkata and the aroma of my festive Bengali kitchen! 💕🙌🏼🇮🇳 . Details ~ Bengali Cook-up and Festive Feast When? Saturday Oct 13 from 11:00am - 2:30pm Sufra Members - AED 220/Non- Members - AED 350 More info: https://www.fryingpanadventures.com/event/sufra-bengalicookup/ . #sufra #foodemagdxb #collaboration #fryingpanadventures #traditional #bengali #festive #feast #durgapuja #culinaryexperience #mydubai #foodblogger #foodpreneur #ishitaunblogged Please join Tanuka, my bumchum 👯 ( psychologist and holistic coach on my speed dial 🙌🏼 !!! ) for a five-night Wellness Retreat in the lap of nature, at the luxury resort #Swaswara, in Gokarna, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka 🍃🌿. A few of our readers have had the fortune of experiencing Tanuka's guidance in one of our @bringbackbalance event conducted by @foodemagdxb ~ earlier. Also, swipe left to see a throwback image ... to the first day of 2018 ~ my private full moon meditation session and nature bathing in our very own Fujairah! ✨💫✨ . From abundance manifestation through full moon meditations, nature bathing walks, yoga, Ayurveda therapies and cooking sessions and more, this is one retreat that you don't want to miss out on. Email @squirrel.flying at connect@flyingsquirrelholidays.com or click on the link on my instastory highlights. Do shower my friend with love and book into this special retreat to reclaim balance in your modern day super busy life ! 🙏💕🌱 . #swaswara #karnataka #luxury #wellness #retreat #manifestingabundance #lawofattraction #fullmoonmeditation #meditation #mindfulness #kundaliniawakening #naturebathing #ayurvediccooking #innerhealing #vortexhealing #wellness #souljourney #soulful_moments #selfcare #luxurytravel #innerpeace #om #namaste #soulightjajaborturiya #bringbackbalance Long weekend marking the Islamic New Year... I am thinking 💭 malbari parathas and ... mmmmmmmm... anda bhurji! What are your plans ~ do share! 💕 . #weekend #friends #family #gettogether #homecooked #delicious #foodonthetable #gratitude #ishitaunblogged 🎼🎼🎼 JUST ONE ☝️ EGG IS ALL IT TAKES... FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT... POSSIBILITIES!!! 🎼🎼🎼 . School ready with high protein, calcium, magnesium, selenium, phosphorus ... and every other mineral that one can think of via egg frittata and egg bhurji, prepared from, mind you, JUST ONE EGG. An ostrich egg 😇!!! . An incredible experience, courtesy buddy @nilanjana_ghosh ... from tackling an ostrich egg by drilling into the shell... to finally eating it... all in my instastory in just a while! 💥☄️✨ . As for wiki... 'an ostrich egg is roughly the equivalent of 24 chicken eggs. Ostrich eggs can be poached, fried or the easiest way, scrambled. An ostrich egg contains approximately 2000 calories, 47% protein and 45% fat. ... Ostrich eggs do not contain any sodium.' Touché! 😇🙌🏼🥚 . . #ostrich #ostrichegg #homemade #frittata #bhurji #foodporn #foodporn #foodgasm #nomnom #instafood #culturalheritage #culinarytravel #ishitaunblogged #foodiesontour #instatravel #travelgram #foodemagdxb #traveldiaries Sunset ~ Weekend ~ Sand ~ Pink lemonade ... Sizzling life indeed! ✨☀️🔥💫 . The Z-Sisters feel that we *desi* parents (read parents from the subcontinent) refuse to go to the beach in summers because it's too hot. Again, in winters ... we say it's too cold. The weekend afternoons are reserved for lazy siestas ~ *bhaat ghum* (literal translation... rice nap). The early mornings are again ... just too early. So Sunset it is ... well, sometimes! #100sunsetdays . . #selfpaid #igersdubai #dubaiunblogged #sunset #lamerdubai #keventers #seaside #mydubai #visitdubai #chilled #lemonade #awakethesoul #love #heartisfull #happiness #passionpassport #drinkporn #drinkgasm #nomnom #cuisine_captures #culinarytravel #ishitaunblogged #foodiesontour #instatravel #travelgram #foodemagdxb #traveldiaries
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