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 A very simple and quick recipe for all fish lovers like me. I remember a friend of mine from college inviting me to her place over lunch , where I clearly remember her mother serving some of the authentic bangladeshi dishes and this recipe is one of them . After repeatedly insisting her mother to reveal the recipe she finally agreed to it ( as good cooks from yesteryears never used to reveal their recipes ). Last evening somehow I just thought of recreating the dish and the end result was pretty convincing. preparation time : 10 mins cooking time : 20 mins total time: 30 mins servings : 3 ingredients : onion : 4 finely chopped ginger : 2 inch , finely grates garlic : about 10 pods , finely grated green chilli : 5 to 6 slit turmeric powder : 1 tablespoon red chilli powder : 1 teaspoon coriander powder : 1 teaspoon cumin powder : 1 teaspoon catfish / pabda maach : 3 note : you may ignore adding coriander powder as few people do not prefer using it in fish recipes.

Its been six months since I have started my blog.  And thanks to all my readers for a fairly encouraging response but the discouraging part is that my eye specialist have warned me not to spend time on laptops , mobiles and television sets for more than half an hour at a stretch. For the last two months I was under complete medication , and now a little relief to my eyes; hopefully I do not have to undergo any surgery right now but that only time will say.So this is reason for not having been able to make any update on my blog for the last two months and also from now on will not be able to make updates on a regular basis. SORRY and also hoping that you will understand my situation. Coming back to today's post , will show you the recipe of Tangra maccher patla jhol/ Catfish curry . To make this simple recipe all you need is : preparation time : 5 mins cooking time : 25 mins servings : 4 catfish : 300gms black onion seeds/ nigella : 1 teaspoon onion : 2 medium potato :

Ciao all my readers, Now when I am jotting down my today's recipe in my blog , there is a thunderstorm happening outside ; scaring the hell out of me. This thunderstorm made me remind of all those thunderstorms that I spent cuddling in my moms arms , making me feel so calm and quiet even when it was clash of blastering sounds outside. She would ensure that I was settled and not panicking anymore , only then would she go to the kitchen and come back with a mug of coffee and her homemade cake. Let me tell you she bakes some amazing  cakes. And what could be better than some serious rain happening outside and mom & me chatting  with hot coffee in our hands and those heavenly cakes melting down our throats.We continued this way until  I got married. But I never cared to learn from her ( as in baking and cooking ) , I was not at all girly that way , I was much into sports; kind of a tomboy. Again I thought mom would always be there by my side so whats the need to learn these thin

Konnichiwa , After a long stretch of scorching summer days  , rain god relieved us with a few days of shower. Its raining for the past three days, today being saturday thought of preparing  Mishti Pulao / Sweet Vegetable Fried Rice ( a delicacy enormously enjoyed by the bengalis ). This is a very simple recipe with some basic ingredients and gets prepared in minutes. We bengalis have a sweet teeth , we love almost anything that is mishti . But at the same time we also like to keep a balance of flavours in our meals. So , we generally have Mishti Pulao / Sweet Vegetable Fried Rice with spicy chicken / chicken kosha. Therefore , my menu for dinner tonight is  Mishti Pulao / Sweet Vegetable Fried Rice with Spicy Chicken / Chicken Kosha. In this post I will be showing Mishti Pulao recipe. And for the Spicy Chicken / Chicken Kosha recipe you have to wait for my next post. So all you will need for the Sweet Vegetable Fried Rice is listed below. Take a look. Preparation time : 5 mins Co

Hola Everybody Its summer time and the only veggie that I get to see everywhere in the market is pointed gourd / parwal / potol. So one particular recipe of pointed gourd becomes monotonous and our family members kind of becomes tired of eating it. While I was thinking the other day to prepare pointed gourd in a different way  , I remembered my mother preparing this veggie in a unique way and it used to taste just heavenly. Hence , I quickly called my mother for the recipe and she explained me the entire method of cooking the recipe. The process requires a considerable investment of time since a lot of  preparations need to be done, but the end result will make you fall in love with this dish. Preparation time : around 1 hour Cooking time : 30 mins Servings : 4 Ingredients : pointed gourd : 500 grams onion paste : 3 big onions ginger garlic paste : 1 whole ginger and garlic cinnamon : 1 big stick cardamom : 4 clove : 4 green chilli : 6 turmeric powder : one and ha