Nolen gurer payesh recipe or bengali rice kheer with nolen gur(date palm jaggery) step by step with pictures. In our Bengali cuisine, nolen gur’er payesh means a winter special rice kheer prepared with rice & sweet date palm jaggery. “Nolen gur” means date palm jaggery, “gurer = gur+er” means something made of gur, and “Payesh” … Read more
Bengali payesh recipe (Bengali chaler payesh) with step-by-step pictures. Bengali Payesh is a Bengali birthday special sweet dish or dessert of rice prepared at every home in Bengal. Bengali Payesh is a sugary concoction of flavourful rice & milk flavoured with cardamom and bay leaves. Apart from West Bengal & Bangladesh, this Bengali sweet dish … Read more
Choshir Payesh or bengali chushi pitha or hate kata(hand made) semai pitha recipe with step by step pictures. Choshir payesh or chushi pitha or semai pitha is a Makar Sankranti special bengali delicacy made by choshi or chusi(a tiny wick shaped rice flour pitha) cooked in milk, and date palm jaggery. Choshi or chushi is … Read more
Sujir Patishapta Pitha with Kheer filling – I made this Pitha in this year’s Makarsankranti (Bengali Poushparbon) festival. This Patishapta Pitha crepe is made with suji (semolina) and maida (flour), and the kheer filling (khirer pur) is only made with milk and milk powder. In Bangladesh, this kheer er Patishapta Pitha is also known as … Read more
Muri ghonto recipe – Muri ghonto is an authentic Bengali fish head curry cooked with rice, ghee and garam masala. Goes best with rice. In muri ghonto, Rui or Katla fish head is cooked with gobindo bhog rice and potatoes with a melange of simple spices. This Bengali fish head curry is originated in Bangladesh … Read more
Make a delicious Bengali Bhoger khichuri recipe at home step by step with pictures. Bhoger khichuri means a no onion-garlic Bengali gobindo bhog rice and moong dal khichdi recipe prepared at every home in Bengal to offer God/Goddess as bhog or prasad/prasadam. This khichuri is prepared by cooking moong dal and gobindo bhog rice together … Read more
Rosh bora recipe aka bengali rosbora recipe – a flavourful sweet pitha of our bengali cuisine with step by step pictures. Rosh bora is basically a soft and juicy urad dal fritters soaked in a sweet syrup made with sugar or date palm jaggery. Prepared with urad dal(overnight soaked), fennel seeds, soda, date palm jaggery, … Read more
Dudh puli pitha recipe step by step – Dudh puli pitha or Doodh puli pitha is a traditional Bengali pitha (a type of rice cake), and Makar Sankranti (called Poush Sankranti in Bengal) is the best time to make it at home. Bengali Dudh puli pitha means half-moon shaped stuffed rice flour cake or dumplings … Read more
Bhoger alu dum or niramish bhoger aloo dum with step by step pictures- a special potato curry for Bengali Durga Puja and kali puja. I’ve learned this recipe of niramish( no onion no garlic) bhoger aloo dum from my family. Every year in my home especially this alu dum is offered to goddess Durga and … Read more
Mango sandesh recipe – Mango sandesh is a mango-flavored popular bengali sweet. This mango sandesh aka aam sondesh recipe belongs to the authentic bengali sondesh family. It is basically a perfect blend of chhana and mango puree with sugar. Chhana is a Bengali term for chenna(in hindi) or ricotta cheese(in English). However, this mango sandesh … Read more
