Malai Kulfi – Cooking from Heart
- 09
- July
- 2020
Counter-top ice cream is certainly a fun activity for kids. There is a gross motor skills involved and a bonus treat at the end! My little one did this team building activity as a part of her fun special Science experiment ( last month during remote learning – Kindergarten). The Science Project Planning What kind […]
Channar Payesh – Sweet Revolution
- 08
- August
- 2017
When it comes to Bengali Sweets, whether you really crave the sugary treats or not, that matters! You only have to take a glance at those items…and, that’s just enough to melt your heart away! Like many…I am too, an addict for their specialty Milk Sweets. Besides Rasgollo, Sandesh and Mishti Doi…Bengalis have a huge […]
Saffron Infused Vegetable Birinji Rice – Dig in!
- 26
- August
- 2011
Saffron Vegetable Pilaf: Did I tell you this?!…my camera broke couple of weeks ago! This was the last recipe – I mean, complete pictures from it…and shortly after that, it gave away!! I got pretty mad for a while…to lose a handy devise, which was like a friend to me for the past 5+ years. […]
Sandesh – Sometimes, Nothing is Everything!
- 06
- June
- 2010
Sandesh:(Bengali Style) When I was a kid, my grandma kept making sandesh quite often for me, almost every day:) She just split milk intentionally, added some sugar to it and dished out as decadent sweet! No practical errors! Of course its not cooking at all! But that’s what so good about it:)I never understood that, […]
Vanilla Almond Lassi
- 01
- June
- 2010
Vanilla Almond Lassi: Vanilla Smoothie. Vanilla-Almonds Smoothie. Ingredients: Fresh organic yogurts 1 cupVanilla essence few spoonsPowdered sugar few spoonsCrushed Almonds few to garnishSaffron few strands and Mint leaves to garnish. Method: Mix all the above mentioned ingredient together and leave it in the refrigerator. Serve chilled, garnish with nuts and mint leaves.
Badam Puri – Sinful Indulgence
- 30
- May
- 2010
Badam Puri: Ingredients: Almonds 10-15 Saffron few strandsMilk 1/4 cupAll purpose flour 1 cupGhee for shallow fryingSugar syrup thick 1 cupSliced nuts to garnish. Method: Soak almonds ahead in warm water. Peel their skin off and wet-grind the nuts to thick paste. In a wide bowl, bring the flour, crushed saffron and almond paste…if needed, […]
Murg Mussalam – Whole Cornish Hen in Spicy Gravy
- 22
- May
- 2010
Murg Mussalam: Ingredients: For Marination: Whole Chicken(I used Rock Cornish Hen)Onion bulb onion gratedGreen chili 1 mincedGinger-garlic paste 1/2 spoonYogurts/buttermilkSaltTurmeric powder 1/4 spoonChili powder 1 spoonPepper powder 1/2 spoonCoriander powder 1/2 spoonCumin powder 1/2 spoonGaram masala powder 1/2 spoon. Onion gratedTomato 2 pureedSaffronCardamon 6Bay leaves 2Almonds 15 – pasteGhee for fryingCilantro leaves few. Method: In […]
Ingredients Milk 4 cups Cashew nuts 10 Almonds 10 Poppy seeds 1 spoon Pumpkin seeds 1 spoon Peppercorns Rose petals few/rose water few spoons Cardamom pods 3 Cinnamon sticks 2 Sugar to taste Saffron few strands Method Soak the nuts in warm milk for couple of hours. Wet grind these to thick paste. Now mix […]
Paal Poli – Seduce Your Taste Buds
- 05
- May
- 2010
Pal Poli: Milk Polis, Palu Bobatlu. Pal Ommittu. Paal Poori. Pal puri. Maybe our stone age fore-fathers have been deprived for this one thing ‘S-U-G-A-R’. And that is why our in-built genes still crave for anything ‘S-W-E-E-T’.:) Obviously starchier meals, fatty stuff and anything sweeter easily becomes comfort dish for some of us. The rush […]
Badam Paal / Almond’s Milk – Vegan’s Choice
- 30
- April
- 2010
Badam Palu. Badam Pal. Almond Milk. Raw Almond Milk – Warm Almond Milk. Bedtime Almond Milk. Its time to post some milk alternate(cow’s milk)recipes for my Vegan buddies. Inspired by bunch of Vegan-Vegetarian friends, I started appreciating greens and vegetables lately, but haven’t switched from my carnivore diet plan, yeah…still going on. Anyway…coming to the […]
