Neem Begun – Stir Fried Eggplants with Neem Leaves

Fan us on Facebook or Instagram. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Neem is a wonderful plant, every part of the plant can be used somehow or the other. Neem oil extracted from the plant is an amazing organic insecticide, and it has amazing medicinal values. Stir fried neem with brinjals/egg plants is one of those authentic…

Rajma Masala

With the unthinkable happening in the world, we three, alike everybody everywhere are stuck at home. The husband man is working from home and the little man’s spring break got extended till the beginning of April. We had been trying to stock up groceries and essentials, but the long lines and scarcity of most items…

Kolkata Streetside Vegetable Cutlet

Subho Mahalaya.  Enjoy the beginning of Durga Puja with this Kolkata street side style vegetable cutlets, or what we loving call in Bengali, chops. You can see the detailed recipe in the video.    Enjoy the puja, more yummy recipes coming soon

Natun Alur Niramish Dum – Baby Potato Curry

On the occasion of International women’s Day, we have a guest post from Soma Chowdhury, who is pursuing her MS from Louisiana State University.

She writes about Natun Alur Nirmaish Dam or curry of baby potato, a tweaked version of her mother’s natun alur dom.

We thank Soma for her contribution. Enjoy the recipe and let us (and Soma) know how it fared.

Fried Rice in Microwave Oven

Today I thought of helping some people. The first thing that came to mind is those of my friends who are away from home in a completely different country and continent. Many of my friends are away for an onsite job to USA, UK and Australia. Many of them never ever have entered the kitchen,…

Harvest: The Festival of Rice: Roundup Part II

With many types of rice, it really took me long to come up with the round-up. I would like to thank Hema and Easy to Cook for sending so many recipes for the event. Please let me know if I have missed out any of your recipes. You can see the first part of roundup…

Guess What!!!!

Hello to all my visitors. Today I am in a jolly mood, and so thought of having some fun with allĀ  my visitors. A couple of days back, my mom cooked up something and sent the pics to me. The pics courtesy my little sister, this she told me to specifically mention on my post…