Bengali Tetor daal – Yellow lentil cooked with bitter gourd/karela , bottle gourd and few basic spices. Bengali Tetor Daal- This Tetor daal is a simple every day kind of daal with a hint of bitterness . It is a summer specialty and includes both the popular summer vegetables- karela/ bitter gourd and launki/ bottle…
Bengali Mishti Pulao , How To Make Bengali Mishti Pulao
Bengali Mishti Pulao- A very popular and delicious rice preparation with saffron,nuts and a hint of sugar- From the land of Bengal Bengali Mishti pulao is a very popular and authentic rice preparation from the land of Bengal. It is made in each and every household of Bengal ,specially on festival and special days .Though…
Bengali Aloo Potol Dalna Recipe, How To Make Aloo Parwal Sabzi
Aloo Parwal Sabzi -Aloo Potol Dalna- Potato and pointed gourd curry cooked with Indian spices. Aloo Parwal Sabzi, Aloo Potol Dalna -Parwal is a seasonal vegetable and is available during summers till monsoon season. Aloo Parwal/Pointed Gourd/patal/potol is mainly used in North and East India specially in the states of Orissa and Bengal. This…
Vegetable Beet Chop Recipe, How To Make Bengali Beetroot cutlets
Vegetable Beet chop – Bengali style Beetroot cutlets Vegetable chop or Bhejitable chop is a popular street frood from The city of joy- Kolkata. Vegetable chop is a version of making cutlets . Beet ,carrot and raisins gives a mild sweet touch to the chops which makes it different then the others cutlets and chops….
Kaju Gulkand Ladoo Recipe, Cashew and Rose Jam Fudge
Kaju Gulkand Ladoo – Cashew balls stuffed with a flavourful and delicious rose jam filling Kaju Gulkand Ladoo- As diwali is around the corner and we all are busy preparing sweet and savoury items to welcome our guests, I am sharing today a delicious sweet – Kaju Gulkand Ladoo. These ladoos are made with cashew…
Aloo Chorchori Recipe, How To Make Aloo Chorchori
Aloo Chorchori- A quick and easy potato stir fry – A Bengali Specialty Aloo chorchori is a simple, quick and yet delicious Potato stir fry .It is a popular stir fry from Bengal which is a classic combo with Luchi, but goes well with poori, paratha or roti. You can also make it as a travel food…
Bengali Kancha Aamer Chutney / Raw Mango Chutney
Bengali kancha Aamer Chutney-special sweet and sour raw mango chutney Bengali Kancha Amer Chutney- We all have already made variety of mango pickle till now and as the Monsoon is about to come in all States .Still raw mangoes are available in the market so I thought to try this popular Bengali Amer chutney which is a…
Instant Kalakand Recipe, How to Make Kalakand
Instant Kalakand- Indian milk fudge made with condensed milk and cottage cheese. Instant Kalakand is a traditional Indian sweet .The traditional way of making this sweet is very time consuming,but using paneer/cottage cheese make it easy and quick. Instead of making paneer at home,you can also use ready made fresh paneer. This sweet is soft…
How to Make Ras Malai
Ras malai -Cottage cheese dumplings in thick and sweetened saffron milk Ras malai is a popular Indian dessert which is a specialty from Bengal.This sweet is often made on special occasion or festivals.Cottage cheese or Ricotta cheese dumplings are cooked in thin sugar syrup and then added in thick sweet and flavoured milk.It is best…
Chandrakala /Stuffed sweet puffs
Sweet puffs stuffed with solidified milk and nuts -Indian style Chandrakala is probably the most popular sweet in India, in variants. Every state has it’s own different version of making it. To make chandrakala -Homemade pastry sheets are stuffed with…