Labongo Lotika

Labongo Lotika is a very famous sweet dish of Bangladesh and West Bengal as well.Labongo is a Bengali word which means clove. The name of the recipe is actually derived from this.It is crispy from outside and soft from inside. It can be made in two ways one is you need to dip it in sugar syrup and second way is without the sugar syrup.Though I made it without the syrup but I will explain you the process with sugar syrup as well. So let's start making...

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Veg Manchurian

Veg Manchurian is a very popular Indo-Chinese preparation made with vegetables like carrot,cabbage,capsicum etc.It can be served dry or with gravy.I generally prefer to serve it with 'dry gravy' ,but it is equally good as an evening snacks with tea, without any gravy. For those who loves meat they can make Chicken Manchurian as well. For that just add minced chicken with those vegetables or whatever meat you like. But today we will make it with...

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Dokkhini Pomfret/South Indian Pomfret Curry

"Dokkhini Pomfret" is a special pomfret dish. "Dokkhin" is a Bengali word that means south and "Pomfret" is the name of the fish which is really famous in India.As this kind of preparation are found mainly in Southern part of India so I named the recipe as "Dokkhini Pomfret" or South Indian Pomfret Curry. This fish is prepared in various way in different part of India. I have already shared two other pomfret recipes but today we will learn to cook...

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Chelo Kabab

Today we will learn a very famous Iranian Recipe 'CHELO KABAB'. It is national food of Iran as well. Chelo Kabab is generally served with steamed rice,kababs,egg and fried tomato. I never had a chance to go to Iran and have it there so I don't really know how they prepare it there,  but in Kolkata there is a very famous restaurant named Peter Cat and we used to visit that place quite frequently only for Chelo Kabab.Rather you can say Peter...

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Potoler Dorma/Stuffed Pointed Guard

'Potoler Dorma' is a traditional Bengali recipe which is actually a fusion of Armenian 'Dolma' and Jewish 'Mahashas'(stuffed vegetable). During the eighteenth century the Armenian,Jewish,Greek and Arab traders used to carry out their business to Kolkata. Specially the Armenian get integrated with Bengali's and they started celebrating their Christmas with them.Gradually they started sharing recipes as well. One of the famous Armenian recipe was...

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Gajorer Sondesh/Carrot Cake

Subho Bijoya and Eid Mubarak to all my friends. Its almost been a month that I have posted my recipe as I was really busy for moving to my new home in Vernon Hills.Now I am all settled here so I hope that now onwards I will be able to continue my old flow. As we are all in a festive mood , today I will share a sweet recipe "Gajorer Sondesh". Ingredients: Grated carrot 2cups 1 cup ricotta cheese or smashed paneer. Sugar 1cup. Green cardamom...

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Mutton Rogan Josh

Rogan Josh is a famous Kashmiri cuisine introduced by the Mughals.Rogan or Roughan (روغن) is a persi word which means butter or fat whereas Josh or Jus (جوش) means passion or intensity. Thus the actual meaning of Rogan Josh is cooking in oil or butter at intense heat.Another interpretation of Rogan is "red color". So one more definition would be a red curry cooked at intense heat. This recipe is famous for its flavor and nice red color. It is generally...

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Pineapple Chatni/Anaroser Chatni

Chatni or Chutney whatever you like to say, is a kind of sweet dish made with some fruits with a nice blend of spices.One more variation of this thing is called "Achar", also known as pickle which is on the other hand is hot and sour.In Bengali culture Chatni is must in any occasion.It is generally served at the end of your meal along with Papad which is nothing but a form of chips made with gram flour.Today We will prepare a hot and sweet chatni...

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Egg Double Decker Sandwiches

Sandwich is one of the favorite breakfast for many.Generally it is two slices of bread along with some layers of veg or non veg in between them. For our case we will give double layers of eggs and will use 3 bread slices instead of 2. So lets start the process. Ingredients: 6 white bread slice 2 egg chopped onion 1/2 cup Mayonnaise   Tomato ketchup 2 teaspoon Chili flex 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder 1/3 rd teaspoon salt as per...

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Thai Shrimp Fried Rice

Fried Rice is the second most popular main dish in Kolkata and the best combination with that is chili chicken. But Thai Shrimp Fried Rice is a complete meal. We don't need any side dish along with that besides a cold drink.More over you can replace shrimp with chicken,paneer, duck meat or whatever you prefer.So lets begin the process. Ingredients: 2 cup rice 10-15 shrimp/prawn 2 Eggs Sliced green bell pepper 1/2 Sliced red bell pepper...

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Special Chicken Curry

This Chicken curry is really special because of the way we prepare it. For every chicken or mutton dish we generally fry the onion first, then add ginger -garlic, chicken and then rest of the masala. In this case we will do just the reverse but that will not make it taste bad rather it will enhance the taste and will give a completely different taste to the chicken. Ingredients: Boneless Chicken 500gms ginger-garlic paste 1 teaspoon 1 big size...

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Crispy Bhendi/ Crispy Bhindi

Bhendi, Bhindi, Dherosh or Ladies Finger whatever you say, it is considered to be a sticky vegetable. We never thought of making it interesting because of it's sticky nature. At least I thought in that way and I was wrong. I tried to make it crispy and it comes out to be great.So let me share another experimental recipe of my kitchen. Ingredients: Bhindi/ Ladies Finger 250gms Corn flour 2 teaspoon Red Chili Powder 1/3 rd teaspoon Turmeric Powder...

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Fish Kofta Curry

Before I start sharing the recipe I want to thank my husband. No no , not for helping me to cook this , neither for being great support in the kitchen , on the contrary for giving different excuses for not to eat fish(except Hilsa and Shrimp) . Specially when I make 'Macher Jhol' he react in such a way that looks like that is only for sick people not for such a strong person like him and if he eat fish once in a week , no one in this world can...

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English to Hindi Translation

Hindi Name English Name बादाम almond   सौंफ aniseel जीरा cumin    हींग asafoetida जौ barley तुलसी basil चावल rice     तेज पत्ता bay leaf छोले, चने chickpeas चना chickpea काली मिर्च black pepper मिर्च  chilli किशमिश raisins   उरद black gram इलायची cardamom ...

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English to Bengali Translation of spices

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