Photo Story By Kaur Chimuk Location: SAJ, lantmannagatan, Malmo, Sweden Food: Readymade Shawarma Chicken (kycklingtallrik med pommes and gronsaker) Type: Take and away / Fast Food The Kitchen Recipe: Readymade Shawarma chicken French fries Olive oil Cucumber Onion Cabbage Sweet chili Dressing: Adding Ketchup Mint with garlic Home made mayonnaise Red hot sauce Kaur Chimuk is a ...
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Recipe by Amrita Banerjee, Photography: Saugata Banerjee Mustard Gravy Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) Sorshe Ilish ingredients: 8 Ilish steaks 2.5 tablespoons mustard seeds 3 tablespoon onion paste 6-7 green chillies 1 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 teaspoon salt 3-4 tablespoon mustard oil Recipe: Marinate the fish with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon turmeric and keep aside for 5 minutes. Make ...
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Article: Arunita Datta Photography: Arunita Datta The first visit to Zakariah Street had already left a lasting impression on me. So much so that I planned to return back to Zakariah Street in search for more. It was the return of the faithful to the food hub once again. This time I had decided on reaching there a little later, ...
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Article: Arunita Datta Photography: Arunita Dutta Ramadan has always held a special place in my heart as I get to taste my favourite haleem, during Iftar. This year I decided to venture out of the comfort zone of the known South Calcutta locales and head towards the relatively lesser known Central Calcutta instead. Thus on the penultimate Saturday before Eid ...
Read More »Kakrol Pur (Stuffed Teasel Gourd)
Article: Amrita Banerjee, Photography: Saugata Banerjee Hey guys it’s time for some aromatic Bengali recipes. The teasel gourd is an egg-shaped yellowish green fruit, covered with a thick layer of soft spines. It is locally available during the monsoon season. I had always found teasel gourd completely unsavory till my granny came up with ‘ Kakrol Pur’. Now let me ...
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Recipe & Photography: Brinda Bungaroo Chayote, also known as “Chow Chow”, is this lovely pear shaped light green vegetable of gourd family. It is one of the well-recognized vegetables in Mauritius, mid-American regions and in some southern US states like California, Louisiana, and Florida. Chowchow is a perennial vine that climbs by clinging and it needs a well-drained moist soil ...
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Recipe & Photography: Brinda Bungaroo Ingredients: For the meat ball 250 g quality lean minced beef 1 medium size small chili, finely chopped ( should you wish you may consider deseeding the chilli before chopping, I used purple hazel chilli in this recipe) 1 free-range egg 2 tablespoons semolina (instead of breadcrumbs) 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon ground cumin seeds 1teaspoon Sumac ...
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Ingredients: Caramalized sugar Peach syrup Cherries Cranberry juice Preparation: Muddle caramalized sugar and peach syrup in a tall glass. Add crushed ice to the glass. Add two cherries and fill the glass with cranberry juice. Garnish and serve. Recipe Video:
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Ingredients: Brinjal – 250 gm Bottle Gourd – 200 gm Carrot – 200 gm Drumstick – 2 Shallots – 200 gm Tomato – 250 gm Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Salt to taste Cooked Toor Dal – 100 gm Tamarind puree – 1/2 cup Jaggery – 2 tsp Water For Masala paste: Chana dal – 2 tsp Urad dal – ...
Read More »Coconut Poli
Ingredients: For Dough All purpose flour – 1 cup A pinch of Salt Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Water – 1 cup Coconut oil – 1 tsp For Filling A little Water Jaggery – 1 cup Grated fresh Coconut – 1 cup A few Cardamom pods Ghee Preparation: In a wide bowl add All purpose flour, salt, turmeric powder and ...
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