Sobji Diye bhaja Muger dal recipe (Bengali style Moong dal with vegetables)
Dal is an integrated part of a Bengali meal. There is a family story which goes like this – One of my Mamis when recently got married and came to her in Laws place (my mamar bari), she just could not take the eating pattern of her husband. My mama’s fault...
Begun Bhaja is an art which one needs to perfect with practice
Which shape is the most preferred shape of Begun Bhaja for you? The long fine slices, one with a part of the long stem at the top or the perfectly cut round slices, ones like coins of some currency? Let the world call it eggplant or aubergine but for us, it’s...
Phulkopir Roast – Ma cooks
There are few dishes which, no matter what, I would want my mom to cook. Phulkopir roast or cauliflower roast tops that list. Winters for me, is incomplete without cauliflowers and particularly, phulkopir roast. Since marriage, a lot of recipes have got exchanged...
7 reasons why Kosha mangsho will be my last dish before I die
If there is Victoria Memorial, if there is phuchka, if there is Rosogolla, if there is Rabindranath Tagore – then there is Kosha Mangsho also. For every reason and for all seasons this an universally loved dish. The intelligentsia of Kolkata have an unending debate of whether there should be Potatos in Kosha Mangsho or where do you get the best Kosha Mangsho ? I tried to figure out if there is one last dish whih I would like to have before I die why I will have Kosha Mangsho
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