Kolkata Durga Pujo 2018

 Bengalis biggest festival Durga Puja is back.  Consistently, amid Durga Puja, Bengal’s most commended celebration, Kolkata’s lanes are humming with giggling, decorated with astonishing light shows and expand pandals with wonderful symbols of goddess Durga, her kids – goddesses Lakshmi, Saraswati, and divine beings Kartikeya, Ganesha – and Mahishasura, an evil presence ruler in Hindu…

Gulab Jamun- Recipe

Gulab Jamun is apparently a standout amongst the most prominent Indian desserts that is made practically during that time in the nation. In Bengali we called it Pantua. Since Gulab Jamuns are anything but difficult to make in bigger amounts, it’s a prominent treat served warm with a scoop of dessert at weddings, parties, celebrations,…

Rajma Masala- Recipe

Rajma masala or Red kidney beans curry is very popular North Indian dish that is made very often in Punjabi households.  This Red Kidney Beans Curry is a dish prepared from boiled red Kidney Beans simmered in a creamy, rich onion tomato based gravy. This dish can easily score top among the most loved dishes…

Neem Begun/Neem leaves with Eggplant Bengali style

Neem Begun or Neem leaves with Eggplant is a very nutritious recipe where tender neem leaves are cooked along with eggplants and relished with hot steamed rice.  It is a typical Bengali recipe and very popular in Bengal also.  It is bitter in taste, quick and easy to prepare.   I just loved this dish and…

Recipe of Aloo Bhaja/Bengali style fried potatoes

The Bengali thali is incomplete without the unassuming Aloo Bhaja or potato fry.  It is prepared as a side dish in every Bengali household and is a part of their everyday meals. The aloo bhaja is simply potato fries, the main difference being, the aloo bhaja fried in mustard oil. The Bengali-style aloo bhaja is…