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Shahi Enchor Curry (Green Jackfruit curry)

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Tender Jackfruit (Echor in Bengali) Although one might hate the summers for the blazing sun and the scorching heat, one surely loves it in no less measure for the variety of fruits that one gets to savour during the summers and waits eagerly round the year for it. Of the many fruits that grow well especially during the summers, jackfruit ...

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Spicy Fried Okra

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Okra, or bindhi, is cooked in many different ways in all sorts of Indian, Bangladeshi and Srilankan dishes. For best results it should be fried in a little oil until golden brown with a nutty taste, then added to other vegetables or covered with a sauce. Spicy fried okra is very simple and is eaten as a snack in many ...

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Fish roe fritters in hot mustard sauce

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Recipe: Amrita Banerjee, Photography: Saugata Banerjee Recipe serving: 4 Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Bengalis love to relish each and every part of the fish. Being an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids fish roe is an indispensible savory in every bong household. ‘ Maacher dim er Bora’ or fish roe fritters are immensely in demand at ...

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Mustard greens with Dry Prawn

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Recipe serving: 4 Cook time: 20 minute Ingredients: ½ Kg Mustard greens 50 grams Dry Prawn 5 teaspoon Mustard oil Pinch of ground coriander seed 3 Dry Chili Salt t taste Preparation: Chop the mustard greens and keep aside. Soak the dry prawn in water for 20 minutes and wash it for several times. In a wok, heat 2 teaspoon ...

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Chicken Liver Curry

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Recipe & Photography: Ekta Mondal Recipe serving: 4 Cook time: 25 minute Ingredients: 300 gm Chicken liver 1 tablespoon white oil 2 teaspoon Chili powder 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder Pinch of black pepper powder ½ teaspoon Sugar 2 Finely chopped green chili 1 big finely chopped onion 1 tomato mash Garam masala powder [Indian version of garam masala a mixture ...

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Bhapa Pitha: Delectable steamed rice-cakes with molasses (guur)

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Bhapa literally means, “steamed”. Bhapa Pitha is one of those classic, traditional types of Pithas, a Bengali festival or celebration is incomplete without. These are simply, and very delectably! steamed rice-cakes prepared from nicely ground rice flour with a filling of either date palm syrup or molasses. As we posted a recipe of a very traditional Bengali Pati Shapta before, ...

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Dry Swordfish Salad

Swordfish Salad

So it was this bright, sunny Sunday morning which I had kept totally free to spend some leisure time on my own. At least, that was my idea. But then, when I woke up in the morning looking forward to it, I found myself absolutely clueless about what to make of this morning which looked fine otherwise. So yeah. That ...

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The Classic Pati Shapta!

Pati Shapta

As you start to feel a gradual chill in the air and winter begins to show its first signs of arrival, you know it’s that time of the year when people celebrate Pous Sankranti in this part of the world. And with the festivities, comes the sweets! a must-have for any Bengali festival. Traditionally, Pous Sankranti is celebrated as the ...

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