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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 ...

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. Prepa...

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 : o...

Bonjour, The one thing I have noticed these days is that people today are so ' STARSTRUCK or 'GLAMOURSTRUCK' , I would say . They love flaunting their branded outfit , footwear , accessories and so on. They think this would increase their status in the society and even on their social networking sites among their viral friends.  I am not complaining but the situation kind of becomes tacky when the so called 'branded personalities' ( term used by me ) , enters into an unannounced competition among his/her fellow 'branded' competitors (mostly through their pictures uploaded on their social networking sites ), I am sure many of you reading would agree to this. The saddest part is when  few of your childhood friends adopts this ' FLAUNTING ' habit. When friendship becomes a show off affair , as in flaunting your solitaires and valuables ; then its not friendship anymore. You make friends because of the person they are and not because of their ...