Katla Maacher shorshe Jhal(aka shorshe katla) is a traditional Bengali mustard fish curry. This Bengali mustard fish curry is made with katla fish(or rohu fish), mustard paste, tomato, green chilli, and yoghurt. To prepare this mustard fish curry no onion and no garlic is used; however, this dish also tastes damn good even beyond expectation. … Read more
Mushroom masala is a simply delicious and easy to make mushroom curry originally from North Indian cuisine. It contains a creamy rich garam masala flavoured gravy but not spicy. One of my family’s favourite veg dishes, so I often make it at home for lunch with rice or pulao and dinner with roti or chapathi. … Read more
Despite being Bengali, South indian Sambar Dal is one of the favourites of my family. I often make it at home. My family mostly love to have sambar with rice accompanied by pickle, papad and fish tawa fry or rava fry. I also serve it with my homemade idlis or dosas, too, though that is … Read more
This is a very scrumptious yet quick and simple Indian style bhindi curry recipe made with bhindi, onion, tomato, green chilli, curd and a few basic spices. Prepared without ginger and garlic. Often, I make it at home, especially for my kids’ tiffin or to prepare a quick dinner. This is 30 30 minutes bhindi … Read more
Last week I prepared chilli mushroom at home to have with Chinese fried rice. What is Chilli mushroom? Chilli mushroom is an Indian-Chinese dish prepared with button mushrooms, onion, garlic, capsicum, red chilli sauce, soya sauce, tomato ketchup, lots of green chilli and pepper powder. Chilli mushroom has 2 versions: dry and with a semi-dry gravy. … Read more
Coconut chutney is a quintessential South Indian coconut condiment served with idli, dosa and vada as a dipping sauce. Coconut chutney prepares with coconut, green chillies, garlic, ginger, coriander leaves, mustard seeds, curry leaves and roasted chana dal. By blending grated or shredded coconut, green chillies,roasted chana dal(Bengal gram dal), garlic, ginger, and coriander leaves … Read more
This is my Indian version of Fish in creamy Lemon Butter Garlic Sauce recipe, which is super delicious, quick, and easy to cook. Fish in Lemon Butter Garlic Sauce is a continental dish made with boneless fish fillets, butter, garlic, lemon juice, fresh cream(however, I used milk) and pepper. This dish mainly serves with bread … Read more
Badam milk is a very popular South indian drink made with Almond(called badam in hindi) paste or powder, milk, cardamom powder, sugar, saffron and rose water. Since I came to Bangalore tasted badam milk many times in several shops. Loved the taste, started preparing at home. In wintertime I make hot badam milk and in … Read more
This is a simple homemade vanilla ice cream recipe, very delicious, super creamy and easy to make at home. Prepared with full cream milk, milk powder, fresh cream, and vanilla essence. I use no whipping cream, no heavy cream, no eggs, no custard powder, no condensed milk, no cornflour or gelatin, and no CMC or … Read more
Thandai is a Holi special Indian drink made by blending almonds, pistachios, cashews, fennel seeds, watermelon seeds, rose petals, pepper, poppy seeds, cardamom, saffron with milk and sugar. Thandai is also known as the base of bhang, mainly prepared in Holi and Shivaratri. This quick and easy to make, super delicious thandai is a must … Read more
