Watermelon Curry: Lightly Spiced Stewed Watermelon

    Summers, for us are sealed and kissed with watermelons. Every week we are hugging and cradling an enormous green back home with promises of sweet juicy times.   This recipe came from a friend’s mom. It is perfect example of how every parts of fruits and vegetables may be used. I grew up seeing my grandma using peels of vegetables in most innovative ways. The potato peels would be stir fried with poppy seeds, plantain… […]

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Tetor Dal: Lentils with Bitter Melon

    I have a bitter-sweet relationship with this recipe. “Bitter” already appears in the post title, but why sweet? It has to do more with my emotions than the taste. This is one of those recipes which are cloistered in typically Bengali homes. Almost protected. It rarely makes it way on the table on gorgeous occasions, festivals or in restaurants. But it coddles and soothes the yearning souls of my kind on an everyday… […]

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Paneer in Fennel Flavored Tomato Sauce

    The sweet aroma of fennel elevated this effortless and ordinary tomato based curry to something quite ornate. You would be surprised how simple this recipe is, with no use of the usual onion, garlic or cream to make it rich. But it is sumptuous with ample texture imparted by the tomatoes and powdered almonds.     While fennel seeds are often consumed for digestion after a meal, it is not really known to be solely used to… […]

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Shorshe Murgi: Chicken Cooked in a Zesty Mustard Sauce

      Shorshe Murgi is a chicken curry with bold Bengali flavors. Aroma of hot green chili peppers, freshly ground mustard and mustard oil intensely speak of Bengali cuisine and this chicken curry has all of them simmering in the post.   Our Spring break is over. It flew by pretty quick and as expected. This year however we are missing the prominent signs of spring. Some trees have bloomed cautiously, but there has been no… […]

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Lehsuni Gobi: Garlic Cauliflower

  Cauliflower with intense flavor of garlic. As simple as that. Spices are optional. A lot of garlic is required.     It is one of those simple, “decide on the last moment” kind of recipes. Cauliflower is a well loved vegetable in our home. There can be so much done with it. This is not a “curry”; even though there are Indian concepts of cooking and flavors involved here. The dish may be served as a side… […]

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