SharePoppy seed is an integral part of the platter in all Bengali households. Preparations with poppy seeds mainly include vegan dishes, but there are also some dishes where poppy seeds are used with fish or meat. The love for poppy seeds among Bengalis started hundreds of years ago. Alu posto is the most common form of poppy seeds use in Bengali cuisine, at times the potatoes are also replaced with ridge gourds, onions, aubergine, or even chicken.
The herbal concoction of the seeds is also beneficial in treating all kinds of …

ShareNo much of a prelude, all I want to put up is my version of the Chinese egg fried. Yesterday, when I came back home from office all tired and repulsive to get inside the kitchen I cooked this up. I used these vegetables because I only had those at home, if you like you can also add small florets of cauliflowers, beans and even some cashew nuts and raisins.
Serves 2
Ingredients:

Long grain rice (Basmati chal): 1 cup
Carrot (Gajor): 2 medium sizes
Onion (Peyaj): 1 medium size
Capsicum: ½
Potato (Alu): 1 medium …

ShareWhen I was young and still a school going child, my mom was very particular about my hygiene. She never used to let me have anything prepared on the streets, but that led me to break the rule and indulge having roadside food. Everyday when I used to comeback from school I used stop at the nearest chaat stall and had my share of alu kabli. Alu Kabli or alu chaat as they call it in most parts of India is very popular among all students, but to disclose the …

ShareI have just joined Glaxo SmithKline Ltd for my Post Graduate internship. I have become so busy with the work that I couldn’t even think about writing a post for my blog. Yesterday I got a scrap from a school friend. She is presently staying in Bangladesh and as she says there are very few options for any vegan dishes. She requested me to write about some vegetarian dishes for her.
I just could not leave out her request and so thought of posting this dish for her.
Serves 4
Ingredients:
String beans (Barboti): …

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I hope you all had loved the round up for The Non-Veggie Event. As for me, hosting an event for the first time was of great great pleasure. The recipes I received were so good and I felt pleasure in going through all the recipes. Each was better than the other. Chicken, mutton, eggs- everything was on the menu. I even tried out some of them and they were so yummy.
So after all these meat and …

ShareNothing much to say. This a nice and wholesome breakfast. You call can try it out. The recipe here’s for all of you.

Ingredients:

Bread (Pau ruti): ½ lb
Butter (Makhon): 2 tablespoons
Potato (Aalu): 4 medium sizes
Eggs (Dim): 4
Green chili (Kacha Lanka): 3 or 4
Salt to taste
Preparation:

Boil the potatoes and eggs.
Peel out the potatoes and mash in a big bowl.
Mash the eggs along with the potatoes too.
Cut the chili into small rings and add in.
Add salt to taste.
Take two bread slices, apply butter on one side.
Add one tablespoon of …

ShareHi, had been writing about Bengali cuisine all these time, so just thought of changing your taste a bit. There was a Nepali cook at my place a long time ago; he used to cook the potato in Tibetan style.
Well I was in school then and this had been my lunch during the break for many a days. It tasted so good with roti or paratha. All my class mates used to run behind me to have a spoonful of the curry.
So here it goes for you all.
Ingredients:

Potato (aalu): …

ShareServes 6
Thanks all for making my post in the 100 hits list of blogs. So lets have something special one this occasion. It goes to those potato lovers, who still don’t give a damn to the extra weight. For those who really do, you can sacrifice that for a day and try this out.
Ingredients:
Potato (aalu): 8 big ones
Onions (peyaj): 4 medium sized
Ginger paste (aada bata): 2 table-spoons
Garlic (rasun): 6 cloves
Curd (doi): 200ml
Coconut milk (narkeler dudh): 1 ½ cup
Garam masala (only Elaichi and cardamon)
Green chilli (kachaa lanka): 4
Turmeric powder (halud guro): …