Veg Noodle Pakora (Vegetables n Noodles Fritter)

Some of my readers requested me to share some kid’s friendly recipe. What better could be the option other than noodles for any kid? But here I have made a trick. I have added loads of vegetables and egg to make it a nutritious one in a form of a ‘chop’ or ‘cutlet’. It is…

Vegetable Dum Biryani

Vegetable Dum Biryani is a one pot veg meal that I often cook when I do not feel like cooking at all. I use vegetables and paneer together to make this recipe more delicious. I have used some store bought biryani masala but you can make this in your home too. The recipe of biryani…

Masala French Toast

‘Masala French Toast’ is a delicious and quick to make tea-time snack or weekend breakfast recipe. The addition of onion, tomatoes and green chillis for the topping the classic French Toast Recipe gets a fantastic twist. You can serve the Masala French Toast for the breakfast or tea-time snack along with a glass of smoothie.…

Prawn Tempura

It was raining outside and we all gathered at my cousin’s place last weekend. They have a beautiful house in North Kolkata, very near to river Ganga. We were talking about different recipes and suddenly he said “Didibahi Prawn Tempura banate parbe?” (Sister can you make Prawn Tempure). And I said why not! It is…

Tandoori Prawn (Grilled Prawn with Indian Spices)

As I have mentioned in my earlier post of ‘Chicken Hariyali Tikka Kebab’, I have invited some guests for dinner. And I wanted to serve something different apart from regular chicken, muttor or panner dishes. So I decided to serve a prawn dish as a starter. Normally we Bengalis end up cooking ‘Chingri Macher Malaikari’…

Chicken Hariyali Tikka Kebab

‘Chicken Hariyali Tikka Kebab’ is my Mom’s favourite. So we often make this kebab at home. She is so much addicted to this kebab that whenever we go to a restaurant for a Mughlai food, she never fails to order this ‘Chicken Hariyali Tikka Kebab’. Last week we invited some guests for dinner so prepared…

Cheesy Chicken Tikka

‘Kebabs’ and ‘Tikkas’ are always favourite at my place. I hope it is also as favourite as mine in your place too. Today I’ll be sharing some mouth watering chicken tikka recipes. First one is ‘Cheesy Chicken Tikka’ and the other one is ‘Chicken Hariyali Tikka Kebab’. You can serve both these dishes as appetiser…

Beguni (Brinjal Fritter)

As I have mentioned in my earlier posts of different types of ‘telebhajas’ (‘Mochar Chop’, ‘Peyaj Aloo Pakora’, ‘Macher Chop’, ‘Dimer Devil’, ‘Fish Fry’ etc.) that we Bengalis can’t stay without ‘bhaja bhujis’ (deep fried snack). And one of the main ingredient for making all these fried fritters and snacks are mustard oil. Yes… mustard…

Doodh Puli (A traditional sweet dish from Bengal)

‘Doodh Puli’ is another delicacy of Bong cuisine that is cooked in every Bengali family during ‘Poush Parbon’. It is a sweet dish which is made of rice flour dough with coconut filling. You can also use filling made with ‘khoya’ or evaporated milk or with ‘sandesh’. But if you can give a little effort…

Narkel Naru (Bengali Sweet made of Coconut and Jaggery)

‘Narkel Naru’ or ‘Coconut Laddu’ is a sweet that has to be made during any Pujas, specially for Lakshmi Puja. Every year on Lakshmi Puja we make two types of ‘Narkel Naru’, one with jaggery and another with sugar. Today I’ll be sharing the recipe of ‘Narkel Naru’ made with scrapped coconut and jaggery. Here…

Nonta Seddho Pithe (Savory Rice Flour Dumpling)

Every year we celebrate harvesting festival or Sankrati during mid of January with newly harvested rice. Now in Bengal, during this time people make ‘pithe’ and ‘puli’ to mark the harvesting festival or ‘Poush Parban’ (Poush is the month which coincides with the month of Dec-Jan, approx 15 Dec -to- mid Jan or 15 Jan). Due to my…

Pui Saaker Ghonto (Malabar Spinach Curry)

Monsoon is the season when everything surrounding us becomes green. My kitchen also becomes green during these days. Though most of the places where leafy green vegetables are grown are covered with water so be careful on buying these. Since ‘Pui Saak’ or Malabar Spinach is climber, I feel it is ok to eat this…