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We had Chicken Curry for dinner… In a very Bengali way… chicken with potatoes, cooked and marinated with mustard oil, garnished with fresh cilantro from the back yard! The kind is usually termed as the Robibar er Murgir Jhol (Sunday Chicken Curry) as it is laden with memories and almost a tradition to have an elaborate meal with the family on a lazy Sunday afternoon. There, it says it all! Only it does not have… […]  The meat here is slow cooked with loads of spices. It is a deliciously rich dish. Bhuna is not a recipe; it is a process similar to braising – the meat is slowly cooked and simmered for hours along with the spices. The slow cooking and browning gives it a complex flavor and a rich texture. It is not everyday that I get the luxurious time to make a dish which takes about 2-3 hours to cook. But the time and the effort is really worth it,… […] Hard boiled eggs are cooked in a light, soup like fragrant sauce. Just from the sound of it, I smell the strong aroma of ginger and also a lot of nostalgia. A Dimer Jhol will always have potatoes in it, just like the Mangshor Halka Jhol or Robibar er Murgir Jhol. The Jhol is perfect during summer months. Light and fragrant without the overwhelming trails of spices. Do have some hot steaming rice and a fresh squeeze of lemon… […] I remember the time when back in India many moons back we used to live in a joint family. My grandparents, uncles, aunts & cousins all lived in a big house, ate all together in one long dining table. Sunday afternoon lunches were always beautiful times when everyone was home, relaxed & talking for hours over food. Even tho’ I might have been only about 6 or 7 years old, I still remember that one of the dishes used to be mutton… […] This is a very traditional Bengali recipe – simmered lentils with little bites of coconut, a hint of sweet and redolent of spices. And there is no other way to have a bowlful but with Luchi or Kochuri/Kachori. But that is only with us – the Bengalis. The rest of the world is allowed to treat this as any other lentil dish or a side dish or even some exotic soup. “Cholar Dal” is not a… […] |
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