A Bong's Kitchen

Since I hail from the state of West Bengal, probably one would imagine that I will choose a city from Bengal as my most favourite city if I was asked to name mine. Well, had I not been to Delhi

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It has been close to seven years now since I moved to Delhi from Siliguri after my marriage and though it took me some time to get adjusted to the new environment but I can now proudly say that I

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Traditionally prawns are cooked with the cream of a fresh, tender coconut and other spices and is more famously known as Chingri Macher Malaikari. It is one of the most popular dishes among the Bengalis and everyone in my family

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Like I had written in my previous egg curry post, I have always loved eggs. Dimer Jhol has been one of my favourite dishes right my graduation days at Hyderabad and even when I wish for a change, I would

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Childhood memories are hard to forget. Often I find myself filled with nostalgic thoughts from my growing up years back in Siliguri. Among other things, food memories are the ones that often come to me, hehe.Like it happened this morning

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Today being a Sunday, my family members were wishing to have something of a non-veg dish for lunch and were wishing for Ilish mach. Though it's not easy to find Ilish mach in Delhi but somehow my husband managed to

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Day before yesterday my husband Biswajeet came home very excited and asked me to get ready at once. Seeing him so happy, I too got excited. First I thought may be he had got an increment in his salary, and

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Let's face it, our physical appearance often determines how we would be treated by others! People often get discriminated because of their over-weight. Suppose I was very over-weight and I was applying for a particular job. Irrespective of whether I

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Cholar dal with vegetables is a regular dish for dinner at my home. Not only does it taste very good but it is also very nutritional, as bengal gram dal is high in fiber and so helps in fighting cholesterol.

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I have always loved eggs and Dimer Jhol used to be a regular item for dinner during my graduation days at Hyderabad. I often used to cook bhat and Dimer Jhol for dinner after returning back tired from my tuitions.

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Almost an hour had already passed by then but there was no sight of Arindom yet. He had promised me that he would take me to the theatre for the latest movie. The last time that I had called him,

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It had stopped raining and so she furled her umbrella and started walking again towards her home. But she had hardly walked a few steps when she heard footsteps following her from behind. She hesitated, her heart once again began

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It's often seen that as time goes by, marriages and relationships tend to lose their initial spark. The romance that was present during the initial phases of love gradually diminishes and sometimes it makes one feel like she is being

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Karela (bitter gourd) or "Ucche" as we Bengalis call it, is probably the most hated vegetable, almost everyone dislikes it for its bitter taste. But ucches are good for our health, they have great nutritional values and vitamins and in

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Though methi paneer is primarily a North Indian dish but I sort of Bengalised (if that could be taken as a word, hehe) it with a few variations like adding potatoes (we Bengalis love to add potatoes in almost all

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Some time back, after coming home from office, my husband started raving about a particular Chinese restaurant where he and some of his office colleagues had gone for lunch. He couldn't stop gushing about the Chilli Chicken that he had

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Among other things that I love about the Punjabis, I love their food a lot. Though their food is often very rich and has too much of oil or butter in them, but they taste very good. My neighbour Sharma

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It was not until I came over to Delhi fours years ago after my marriage that I got introduced to this mouth-watering snack. Prior to that, I had never seen or tasted a bread pakoda. Back in Bengal and precisely

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It is often said (and with good reason) that the way to a man's heart goes through his tummy. That is so true. Because I remember though initially my husband's family weren't too keen to take me as their daughter-in-law

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Starting my blog was one of my new year resolutions and I am glad that I didn't let it to die as a mere wish on my to-do list. Of course, beginning a new thing is always exciting. Though this

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