Servings 2Ready In: 15 mins About this RecipeBy: Paromita Begun Bhaja: A Delightful Bengali Eggplant Dish Begun Bhaja, also known as Baingan Bhaja or Fried Eggplant, is a classic Bengali dish that celebrates the humble eggplant in all its glory....
STICK TO YOUR RESOLUTIONS THIS YEAR!
About this PostBy: Paromita This post talks of the obvious, on the last week of the finishing year we make promises to ourselves and set our "new year resolutions". And then by the end of the first month on the new year we all are in despair that we...
KOLKATA FISH FRY
Servings 4Ready In: 15 mins About this RecipeBy: Paromita Kolkata style fish fry is an amazing street food from the lanes of Kolkata. Ask any Bengali about it and there is no way he or she will not be nostalgic about it. When...
BENGALI PULAO
Servings 4Ready In: 30 mins About this RecipeBy: Paromita Festivals are almost always marked by this in a Bengali home. This Bengali pulao goes with "amish" and "niramish" choices equally. As it cooks the aromas of ghee and basmati rice fills in...
KOSHA MANGSHO
Servings 4Ready In: 2 hrs 30 mins About this RecipeBy: Paromita An authentic Bengali goat curry, slow-cooked with spices till it it falls off the bones. A Bengali delicacy and made in almost all occassions. Kosha Mangsho is like mutton bhuna...
BENGALI SWEET TOMATO CHUTNEY
Servings 4Ready In: 40 mins About this RecipeBy: Paromita A Bengali meal is incomplete without chutney. This simple version of the chutney is always in store in a Bengali home. One can also add ingredients and uplift this chutney into a 'biyebari'...
BENGALI DALER BORA (Bengali Lentil fritters)
Servings 4Ready In: 15 mins About this RecipeBy: Paromita Bengali Daler Bora comes in many forms, some make it with masoor dal (red lentils), some with motor dal (bengali split peas) and some with cholar dal ( yellow split peas). Every Bengali...
DIMER JHOL – BENGALI EGG CURRY
Servings 4Ready In: 45 mins About this RecipeBy: Paromita Bengalis always have fish in their menu, I think all of India knows that. However, there are days when a Bengali home is filled with the smell of Egg Curry being cooked. I remember egg curry being...
RED LENTILS WITH ONIONS – PIYAJ GIYE MUSUR DAL
Bengali dal recipe - a simple everyday recipe Musur dal or red lentils is a favourite of mine. The humble red lentils or musur dal is consistently present in most Indian kitchens. Dal is like a second staple item in Indian kitchens next to rice. So I wanted to share...