by Madhushree Basu Roy | Dec 20, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Don’t frown at the title. Mutton is not really bad for health contrary to what Indian doctors suggest. In fact, mutton in the Indian context is goat meat. It is a rich source of protein and several minerals and vitamins, including vitamin b 12. So this blog post...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 19, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Like I had written in my previous post on pui shaaker chorchori, Bengali recipe names are often based on their cooking techniques. And some of the names are quite funny too. Bandhakopir ghonto is one such funny name. I mean, why ‘ghonto’? I have always...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Sep 30, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
There are so many kinds of khichuri in Bengali cuisine with specific side dishes. Typically, bhoger khichuri or a bhuni khichuri is accompanied by five kinds of bhaja. We call it panch rokom bhaja or panch rokomer bhaja, meaning 5 kinds of fried vegetables. Having...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 29, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Maacher jhol- the term is literally synonymous with all Bengalis. It’s part of our staple diet and isn’t something we have once in a while. It’s every day, well, other than the Sunday murgi or mangshor jhol. No surprise, we have a variety of recipes...
by Anindya | Jul 15, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Sunday Bengali chicken curry – Baba never had meat. When he was a child, once he had seen a Goat being slaughtered and that was it. He was in class VII . Since then he could never have mutton or chicken. This never prevented the entry of chicken or mutton at...
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