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November has set in but there is no trace of the wintery wind. Kolkata is still in the midst of the heat. According to reports it says a cyclone named Phyan has its effect for this warm weather in the mid of November. Though it spared the Western coast of the country, it is having quite a good and warm …

What better way to celebrate the Lakshmi Puja with a pair of hilsa at home and a health conscious curry at the lunch table with warm white rice. This hilsa curry with nigella seeds and raw banana satisfies all your needs of an authentic Bengali fish recipe with the health factor into it.

Of the very few recipes that have not been influenced by any foreign invasions Chanchra tops the list. This special Bengali recipe with a different vegetables, herb and fish head is an indispensable side dish in any Bengali feast. Try this out.
Trivia: It is said, consumption of fish head helps to get a stronger eye sight.
Preparation time: 20min
Cooking time: 30min
Serves: 4
Reading time: 5min

Well, you can’t keep off a Bengali from fish for too long, can you? After the series on Breakfast with Egg, it time to go back to Fish. Chingri Bhaape is on the platter today.
Chingri Bhaape is an authentic Bangali recipe, and is prepared in every household since ages. It is enjoyed best with warm white rice. The pungent taste of mustard paste makes the sarshe chingri bhaapa even more appealing. Hilsa is also used similarly to prepare ilish bhapa.
Reading Time: 4 min
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 5 – 8min

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In most species of fish, when the fish bears eggs the taste of its flesh reduces, excepting for hilsa. Hilsa’s taste gets enhanced when it bears egg. There is a reason behind this. Hilsa comes to the sweet water, that is, it comes up to the river during monsoon, the egg laying season. The sweet water happens to have an effect on the taste and so the catch from the river is world renowned. Now, …

ShareDurga Puja is a very special occassion for all of us. All year through we wait to spend these 4 days with the best grandeur possible.
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Wait for the special recipes for the Pujas.

It was a great honour to host this event. As it was, it was the first time I had hosted any event on my blog. It really felt nice to receives lots and lots of recipes from everyone of you. I thank all to make this event a great success. So here are the recipes for the Non-veggies event rnd up.

This is in the order of how I received the recipes:

ShareToday when I logged on to my blog, one thing caught my eyes. The blog stats. It has just crossed the 4000 bar. In just 4 months and 23 days my blog has crossed 4000 hits. It felt real good that people like my posts. Thanks to all my blog visitors. o I thought of celebrating this event with all of you. There were many ideas in mind, but I stuck to this one. Myself being a non-vegetarian I thought of hosting an event to celebrate these 4000 hits of …

ShareCelebrating the bond of brother and sister. This post is for the Food Festival Event at http://indiankhanna.blogspot.com/ .

Also sending Hilsa with Steam to Original Recipes hosted by Lore.

I don’t have  a brother, so never felt the beauty of Rakhi. When I was in school , there was no holiday for Rakhi and so the day went by like any other day. But seeing everybody tying Rakhi I felt like doing so and so this idea sprang up. I started tying Rakhi to my sister. Till date I do so, even when I …

ShareAs promised here I am with my “Chingrir malaikari” recipe to mark the 2000+ hits of my blog. Prawns are always a delicacy in all Bengali household and even those who loves fish but are afraid of those bones. I would share one very interesting fact about prawns, though we call it Chingri mach(fish) in Bengali , but actually it is not a fish. According to the characteristics of prawns scientists have grouped it as an arthropode,i.e, it is an insect. You can also use shrimps for this preparation.

Ingredients:
Prawns (Chingri): …