ShareFrom my childhood I always wished where ever I am I should be at my home in Kolkata for the Durga Puja. We have a century old tradition of worshiping the deity. But, this time it’s a little different. I am away from home for the first time in my life during the Durga Pujas. I am missing every bit of this gorgeous festival.
If you are in Kolkata we’ll never be able to ignore the arrival of this festive season. With the start of September you can feel the Puja …

ShareSometimes back I read about a chilli garlic crab preparation in a cook book. Thought of trying the same preparation but with chicken in place of crab. The experiment turned out to be a very spicy and yummy platter, so here it is sharing with you all.
Ingredients:
Chicken (murgi): 1kg
Red chilli powder (sukhno lankar guro): 3 teas-spoons full, mixed with water to make a paste
Garlic (rasun): 15 cloves , chopped well
Mustard oil (sarser tel): 2 table-spoons
Tomato: 3 small sized, 2 of them grinded to make a puree
Onions (peyaj): 1
Cornflour: 2 table-spoons
Vinegar: …

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Update:
This was the first post I wrote on Cook Like a Bong, the then Here I Cook. Due to the popularity of this post I thought of updating it for my own good, and also for those who come and visit this blog. I used to have an wordpress account at that time and started writing random recipes then. After this one there had been more than 120 posts till today and many more updates …