Murgh Tikka Hariyali/Skewered Green (Herbed) Chicken
A recipe and a rant. A rant about unethical blogging practice. When my daughter saw the chicken sitting in the marinade, she had a funny expression in her face, the kind that is thinking..”..eeewwww,...
View ArticleCurried Okra with Chickpeas
I like the sound of “Lady’s Finger” better than “Okra”. It could be that I am more used to the Lady Finger, since we were not aware of the existence of the word “Okra” before we came here; or simply...
View ArticleGreen Beans with Pecans and Cranberries
Today I will leave you with a very simple side dish. Fresh green beans are briefly cooked with the pecans, the jeweled dried cranberries and some citrus zest. I am not too fond of bean casseroles, as...
View ArticleCurried Navy Bean Soup
(Featured in Fine Cooking’s Spicing up Soup Week) The devil of the winter is back and has a big table of a variety of wintry mix for us. Snow, ice, sleet, freezing rain, howling winds – you name it,...
View ArticleRed Lentils with Cumin and Fried Onions
I have been very eloquent about my love of red lentils in a lot of posts before. This is another of my favorite recipe from home – my dida’s recipe, a comforting dish fondly remembered and spiced...
View ArticleBhaja Muger Dal/Roasted Mung Soup
This recipe is a plain, simple comfort food; the kind which takes me back home right when I start heating up my skillet. The warm aroma stirs up the nostalgia, which hangs in thick clusters. Little...
View ArticleEggplant with Tomato, Garlic and Mint
Happy New Year to all of you! Hope you have had a wonderful start! Allow me to begin the year with a light refreshing recipe. The over indulgence of the past couple of months have left me with not...
View ArticleMint Flavored Minced Meat Kebab/Rolls
The winter (that never was this year) is officially over I think. We had no snow, not a flake. This is the first time in this past eighteen years that I did not press my nose against the ice cold...
View ArticleEgg Drop Soup
The Egg Drop Soup happens to be one of basic and most comforting of all soups. There is something innately satisfying in that bowl of silky broth and it soothes the body and spirit. The soup is...
View ArticleSautéed Chard with Pine Nuts
The light crunch and the nutty but delicate flavor of the toasted pine nuts enhances this simply sauteed chard. Just a little sprinkle of the nuts is all that it needs to tie together the taste of...
View ArticleThe Everyday Moong Dal
Dal has always been the classic comfort food. This is my everyday Dal. A warm fragrant bowl with a drizzle of lemon juice soothes and coddles like old socks when I am sick in bed. The hissing of...
View ArticleWatermelon Curry: Lightly Spiced Stewed Watermelon
Summers, for us are sealed and kissed with watermelons. Every week we are hugging and cradling an enormous green back home with promises of sweet juicy times. This recipe came from a friend’s...
View ArticleChaal Kumro Diye Muger Dal: Ash Gourd/Winter Melon with Yellow Mung
A few times a year, I get the gift of indulging into a full blown elaborate Bengali meal. The times when my dad visits, and then there are those times when my cousin comes over. There is nothing...
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