Penper Ghonto is a purely vegetarian (onion-garlic free dishes are considered pure veg) Bengali dish. It’s an age old delicacy, which tastes great with rice. Often cooked by my mother, […]
Vegeterian
Chettinad Paneer Curry
Chettinad Paneer Curry is a spicy and flavourful South-Indian dish. Made with a unique spice blend this curry is very different in taste from other Paneer curries. Chettinad masala is […]
Mawa Paneer Kofta Curry
It’s not often that a paneer dish is one of the most favourites in our family. But the story took a different turn a few months back when I cooked […]
Pui Shaak er Chochhori/Malabar Spinach with Veggies
There are many leafy vegetables (shaak) we cook at home. In fact, in our country, we get so many different leafy veggies and there are many ways of cooking them […]
Tok Dal / Bengali style Raw Mango Dal
There is an old saying among Bengalis that having Tok Dal in summer helps to keep your body cool. Whether true or not, I like raw mangoes in any form, […]
Niramish Potol er Dolma/Stuffed Pointed Gourds with Paneer
Potol er Dolma is an age-old Bengali delicacy. Some people make the vegetarian version by filling the pointed gourds/potol with potato or paneer stuffing. And others just use the fish […]
Chanar Dalna/Bengali style Cottage Cheese Kofta Curry
Chanar Dalna is an age-old Bengali vegetarian delicacy. Soft, melt in mouth cottage cheese balls dipped in a finger-licking-good lightly spiced curry, this is one of those dishes which I […]
Tomato Kul er Chutney/Tomato Ber (Jujube) Chutney
In Bengali cuisine chutney is served at the end of a full course meal as a separate dish. Bengalis don’t have their chutney with snacks or parathas. 🙂 This Tomato […]
Rajma Masala/Red Kidney Beans Curry
After my 10 years of living in North India, now I can proudly say that I can cook Rajma like my neighbour Kamla Aunty who is a Punjabi. I’ve not […]
Veg Manchurian
Veg Manchurian is one of our favourite Indo-Chinese food. I don’t cook it frequently though. Somehow the taste of cornstarch in the Manchurian balls put me off. Whether in a […]