Walking towards the Indian Museum from Park Street four-way crossing, you take a right to Dr. Md. Ishaque Road (which some of you better know as Kyd Street), go a few paces down the road and there it is on the left, unmistakable in big broad letters, white on red. I’m talking about Mancherji’s. At the very first look, something ...
Read More »Panta Bhat aar Shukno Daal (Soaked Rice and Dried Red Lentils)
Panta Bhat or Soaked Rice Panta bhat might be the commonest dish in Bengali cuisine, which is prepared from leftover food alone. Although, panta means “soaked in water” and bhat means “rice”, it is simply a preparation of lightly fermented rice. The leftover rice is soaked in water overnight and usually eaten in the morning the next day with green ...
Read More »Dry Fruit Saffron Rice
Ingredients: Cooked Raw Rice – 1 cup Chopped Cashew nuts Chopped Dates Chopped Almond Raisins Sugar – 3 tbsp Cardamom pods Ghee Saffron in milk Preparation: Heat some ghee in a pan and roast the chopped almonds and cashews. Once they start turning brown, add raisins and dates. Roast them and then transfer the mixture into a bowl. In the ...
Read More »Mutton Keema Soup
This soup is simple, quick and effortless recipe of nutritious mutton soup. This soup is generally prepared during the Ramadan season.. In the Islamic Tradition, during Ramadan’s 30 days, this soup is generally made. There are varieties of rice soup like coconut milk rice soup, veg rice soup, oats veg chicken soup,mutton keema rice soup, chicken kheema rice soup,biriyani noobu ...
Read More »Naga Cuisine – Galho
An Introduction to Naga Cuisne: Part 1 Naga cuisine refers to the food of the Naga people, that is, those who are from the state of Nagaland which is situated in the North-eastern region of India. There are sixteen main tribes of Nagaland and each of them has a distinct style of cooking which makes Naga cuisine very, very wide-ranged. ...
Read More »Rice Omelette – What a breakfast!
So, you woke up late and you’re late for office or you have to drop the kids to school who are getting late or finish your assignment that you left incomplete the previous night or you need to run an errand for something important at the very first hour in the morning or you’re just simply feeling lazy in the ...
Read More »Awesome Filipino Garlic Fried Rice (Sinangag)
Recipe serving: 4-6 Preparation Time: 5 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 4 cups (650 g) cold white rice 2 tablespoons cooking oil 6-8 cloves garlic, smashed with the side of a knife and peeled 1 teaspoon salt, plus more, to taste Preparation: Using a wet rice paddle or wooden spoon, gently break apart any large clumps of rice that ...
Read More »Bhapa Pitha: Delectable steamed rice-cakes with molasses (guur)
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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