2024-04-24 17:59
Shrimp aka “Kucho Chingri” has a pivotal role in Bengali Cuisine. Generally, any independent dish is not merely prepared with only shrimp. However, while accompanying with any ve… Read More
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Hi, I am Jayeeta Basu, a bengali housewife, currently based in Delhi. I love to try various traditional and trendy recipes at home. All the recipes in my blog are successfully tested at my kitchen. Do try them and if you like please subscribe my blog.
2024-04-10 19:05
Whenever my fruit basket is full of apples, I always think of making Apple Tart or Apple Pie. Finally, I fulfilled my wish and tried my hand in Mini Apple Tarts.
Apples would be wonderf… Read More
2022-12-12 16:55
Tangra Fish recipe is nothing new in my blog. Previously I shared two more recipes of tangra fish (Tangra Macher Jhol/ Tangra fish in Light Gravy , Tangra Macher Jhal/Tangra fish in Rich Gra… Read More
2022-12-03 18:45
Mung Dal happens to be an essential staple food in Bengali Cuisine. Naturally being a Bengali I love to cook different veg and non-veg (even with fish head) preparations with mung dal. Today… Read More
2022-09-13 16:33
This year monsoon arrived pretty late. However, when it comes at the end it brings alongwith the craving for fried snacks. Although this is a mere excuse and I don’t need any specific… Read More
2021-01-03 15:56
As the winter is showing its claws and teeth, the ideal foil to thwart the winter is to bake. With the Christmas being a silent and little subdued this year, no joy is comparable to indulge… Read More
2020-12-17 17:59
With Christmas just a week away, I decided to share with you not a single recipe of baking, but a bouquet of very interesting and delicious cakes, cookies and loaf, different from each other… Read More
2020-12-16 15:34
Among many recipes on Paneer, which I liked about Shahi Paneer is its richness which can be attained in no time. The thick creamy gravy with a little touch of sweetness is indeed adorable. A… Read More
2020-12-10 07:38
I am very happy and feel blessed to share with you the recipe of “Chaler Payesh”, the very Indian rice pudding known popular all across the vast land and known by different names… Read More
2020-12-04 19:23
Fish curry is unarguably the most talked about quintessential Bengali dish which is synonymous to Bengali life, culture and food. It is perhaps the single common denominator which binds the… Read More
2020-11-29 17:41
When I started to bake, I had the slight notion that cakes don’t perhaps attain their optimal taste without egg. Slowly this idea faded as I found that egg-less cakes do taste pretty g… Read More
2020-09-10 06:40
Sabudana Vada is a deep fried snack made with white tapioca pearls or sabudana and mashed potato mixture, seasoned with spices, nuts, green chilli and fresh coriander leaves. Originated from… Read More
2020-09-02 17:32
I always try to add fruits to my breakfast mainly for health reasons. A heavy breakfast supplemented with seasonal fruits is a great starter for the day. During this summer, I found that Pap… Read More
2020-08-31 10:29
I am always fond of resorting to one pot meal when in a bit of hurry and not indulging in a mood to prepare a multi-course meal. However, the challenge is to stay innovative and keep it vari… Read More
2020-08-26 18:06
Kochuri or the stuffed puri is one of the most celebrated and loved road side breakfast snack for people in Bengal. On their way back from the morning walk they take a halt, relish hot kochu… Read More
2020-08-22 19:45
Modak is an Indian sweet particularly popular in the Konkan region of India in the states of Maharshtra and Goa. During the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi which is celebrated with much fanfare… Read More
2020-08-18 20:38
Jackfruit is a unique fruit, perhaps among the largest that grows on a tree, can be consumed at various stages of its life, when it is ripe and juicy and also when it is raw and young as veg… Read More
2020-08-14 19:31
Tal also known as Palmyra fruit, mainly found over Indian subcontinent and south Asia is a impersonation of sweetness. It holds a very important cultural symbolism in India, particular… Read More
2020-08-10 16:35
‘Easy Peasy Pasta’ is the recipe when pasta can be done in a jiffy still makes all happy. Whenever I am not in a slightest of mood to prepare a full-fledged dinner, I opt for thi… Read More
2020-08-06 13:50
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2020-08-04 15:53
Nowadays, I think, spice mixture for every single dish is available in the market. As a result we gradually became lazy to use fresh ground spices or their pastes in our dishes. I can recall… Read More
2020-07-31 19:05
We must be quite familiar with the sweet from Bengal, called Sandesh. It is usually prepared from ‘chena’ or cottage cheese and often given different flavours with date palm jagg… Read More
2020-07-27 17:58
Black plum (Indian Blackberry) or Kala Jamun aka Jam is hardly abundant throughout the year and you can find it mainly during the monsoon months, that too for few days in between. Although I… Read More
2020-07-24 15:53
I was dabbling with the idea of preparing something interesting with fish for a while. As luck would have it, the other day I found a couple of Bhola Bhetki fishes (Indian Jewfish in English… Read More
2020-07-17 16:22
Kheer Patol/ Patol Mishti is a unique preparation of a sweet dish where the sweetness is blended with the taste and texture of a vegetable. It is like unraveling a secret treasure as the fla… Read More
2020-06-09 11:16
Some of the dishes are so fascinating in their looks and presentation that we get instantly drawn to them. Daab Chingri is such a dish which evokes a story through the image of p… Read More
2020-05-26 21:46
For long, I have been fancying to prepare a whole chicken recipe and finally decided to zero on Murg Musallam, a delicate Mughlai dish. For those who are not slightly aware of the recipe, it… Read More
2020-05-15 00:36
Pointed Gourd (Patol or Parwal) has never been one of my favourites throughout my growing years. However, off late, I started liking it as a summer vegetable. In fact it would be no exaggera… Read More
2020-05-07 16:03
If you are bored with the traditional egg curry, this recipe of ‘Egg drop curry’ can surely prove to be a nice departure and be an interesting addition to the daily menu. T… Read More
2020-04-30 07:35
It has been quite a while since I prepared any new fried sweet. While pondering over what could be an interesting recipe, I zeroed on a bengali speciality called Chanar Jilipi which is one o… Read More
2020-04-27 23:28
Amidst lock-down, while everything is shut off, I was dearly missing my daily dose of fish curry. All of a sudden, got hold of good half a kilo of fresh Katla fish which demanded some specia… Read More
2020-04-23 11:10
After a long hiatus, amidst the COVID crisis, with close ones staying at home, it is time to share a very simple recipe of Chocolate Cake, that too an egg-less one. It is always a joy to get… Read More
2019-12-31 00:18
Christmas is perhaps synonymous with fruit cakes. As the mercury dips down, jingle bells ring around, it is time to indulge in the pie of fruit cake, teasing the tongue with sweat-sour diced… Read More
2019-11-11 22:28
Rasgulla “2 in 1”With the winter is knocking at the door announcing its arrival, sweat shirts are out of the closets, soaking in the sun gets delightful, I am also geared up to s… Read More
2019-11-04 23:29
Chicken Kosha is a very common preparation in bengali households. I often include the item in my Sunday lunch menu or while serving guests in our house. This is a spicy and dry curry of chic… Read More
2019-10-26 19:17
The festival of light ‘Deepavali” has arrived with hope to rekindle the joy of our lives, to shed off the regrets and to ignite the purity of soul. A dose of overpouring sw… Read More
2019-03-16 18:10
Capsicum is a quite a key supplementary vegetable in oriental dishes, particularly Chinese and Thai if one forgets to mention green salad. We as Indian with the inherent expertise of making… Read More
2019-03-08 13:56
How much can you experiment with your favourite dishes, they still remain dear in traditional forms. Likewise, although I have tried so many innovative dishes with mutton, mutton kosha is so… Read More
2019-03-01 23:53
Off late, I realised that I have hardly shared much of an interesting egg recipe in my blog. Dim kosha / Egg curry is the common and regural preparation at my kitchen. The recipe is already… Read More
2019-02-21 17:58
It has been a while since I had delved into the business of making sweets which led me to ponder what could be the ideal comeback. Finally I decided to make ‘barfi’ with mawa and… Read More
2019-02-15 21:12
‘Bhapa Chingri’ or ‘Chingrir Bhapa’ is one of the delicate Bengali recipes with ‘Prawns’ aka ‘Chingri’. I have already shown my weakness for p… Read More
2019-02-08 22:56
‘Fruitcake’ is ideal to be prepared on the occasion of ‘Christmas’. However, I missed the chance to make it in last Christmas. Few days back, on demand of my family I… Read More
2019-02-01 15:26
Pancakes are popular all over the world. A starch-based batter with milk and egg is used to prepare a thin, flat cake on hot griddle or frying pan. Sweet pancakes accompanied with jam… Read More
2019-01-22 23:33
With the onset of winter, vegetable markets get exciting with offerings of colourful seasonal vegetables and fruits. Fresh and lively spinach adds to the variety which I prepare often. It is… Read More
2019-01-15 06:03
Makar Sankranti, the folklore indicating harvesting of crops is celebrated all across India with much fanfare. In Bengal, it is called ‘Poush Parbon’, on the last day of month &l&hell…Read More
2019-01-13 22:43
Participation to ‘A to Z recipe challenge’ provokes to think about recipes which are off-beat, not exactly run-of-the-mill and thus interesting. This time around, the challenge i… Read More
2019-01-02 22:51
Long back, I shared the recipe of Prawn Pulao. This time, I present the same dish, however with some substantial difference, in a new avatar which actually does an interesting facelift altog… Read More
2018-12-07 11:14
Croquettes are referred to as fried snacks coated with breadcrumbs. The stuffing can be made of either vegetables, cheese, fish or meat. These kind of snacks are pretty popular among Bengali… Read More
2018-11-26 22:16
Bombay Duck Fish or ‘Lote/ Loytta mach’ (in Bengali) although not being considered as a top grade fish, however can be turned into quite a few tasty preparations. &lsqu&hell…Read More
2018-11-15 11:09
When I was asked to participate in the A to Z recipe challenge, a challenge initiated on Facebook Group, I was wondering what could be my recipe, that too starting with the letter ‘D&r&hell…Read More
2018-11-04 13:01
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2018-10-30 16:30
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2018-10-27 16:24
After trying my hands on so many different chicken recipes, I have come to the conclusion that this exploration is a never exhaustive process and one can not really run out of the recipes wh… Read More
2018-10-21 16:03
We all wait round the year for the festive season which sets off with Durga Puja and Navaratri and continues till Deepavali. While soaking in the joy of festivity, as Durga Puja is just over… Read More
2018-10-08 15:22
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