Shukto is mainly a creamy slightly sweet, and bitter taste mixed vegetable curry flavoured with ghee and Bengali five spices (called paanch phoron). Shukto is a traditional dish of Bengali cuisine, a niramish Bengali dish, which has no onion, no garlic. Mainly served with white rice, and tastes great if served along with ghee. Seems … Read more
Chital macher peti Kalia with step by step pictures. It’s a recipe of chitol mach or Indian clown knife fish, where the belly part(it’s called peti in bengali) of the fish is used to make this curry. In bengali, kalia indicates a spicy thick gravy which contains onion-ginger-garlic paste, tomato or curd and a perfect … Read more
Chingri macher malai curry recipe or Bengali Prawn Malaikari recipe step by step with pictures. Chingri macher malai curry is a scrumptious Bengali prawn curry traditionally cooked in coconut milk with a few simple spices. Bagda chingri (tiger prawns) or golda chingri (giant freshwater prawns) cooked in a creamy coconut milk gravy flavoured with onion, … Read more
Vegetable chop recipe, also known as Bengali beetroot cutlet, is a very popular niramish(no onion and garlic) street food snack from Old Calcutta(today’s Kolkata) days. Vegetable chop is a simply delicious & flavoursome, crumbs coated, deep fried, crispy, slightly sweet, without onion and garlic Bengali beetroot cutlet(croquettes). Prepare this vegetable chop with beetroot, carrot, potatoes, … Read more
Bengali tomato chutney recipe with khejur aamsotto and kismish – a sweet homemade Bengali jelly made with tomato, dates, aam papad, and raisins, with sugar & flavourful bengali spices. This is one of the most traditional and delectable Bengali style chutneys which we basically make at home on special occasions or in Bengali festivals. This … Read more
Bengali labra recipe with step-by-step pictures and video. Labra is a delicious, onion and garlic-free dry mixed vegetable curry prepared at the Bengali house mainly for puja purposes. At my home, I mainly prepare this sabji for Kojagori Lokkhi(Laxmi) Pujo and serve it with bhoger khichuri. Cooked in less oil and with a few spices … Read more
Chicken cutlet recipe step by step with pictures- chicken cutlets or croquettes, where chicken breast or boneless pieces are used to make chicken mince or ground chicken for making this indian style cutlet, when well marinated(in simple spices) raw chicken mince turned to be raw chicken mince patties and later coated with breadcrumbs and … Read more
chanar jeelabi or Bengali chanar jilipi with step by step picture format.is my today’s recipe, with its nice brown texture and juicy, soft and succulent nature. This chanar jeelabi or paneer jalebi is one of my favorite sweets. This 10 years of my Bangalore days I really missed that Kolkata’s soft and juicy chanar jilipi. I’ve tasted … Read more
Bengali prawn cutlet or bengali chingri macher cutlet recipe with step by step picture format – It’s a starter where marinated prawns or minced prawns well coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried. Don’t you think, why do I call it bengali chingri cutlet? chingri means prawn and mach indicate fish in bengali, though worldwide, prawn is … Read more
chandrapuli sandesh recipe with step by step pictures- chandrapuli, a lemon yellow colored, half-moon shaped coconut sandesh, is one of my favorite Bengali sweets. Since my childhood, I’ve seen this coconut sandesh, basically available during our biggest festival Durga Puja. Coconut is not an only ingredient for this bengali sweet, but it’s also a perfect combination … Read more
