Tag: dry curry

Chaal Kumro Diye Muger Dal: Ash Gourd/Winter Melon with Yellow Mung

Chaal 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 more beautiful than sharing a familiar 

Stir Fried Ivy Gourd with Onion

Stir Fried Ivy Gourd with Onion

    Are you familiar with Ivy gourds? I know it is quite common in India and probably in a lot of other Asian countries and it goes by many names.  

Eggplant with Tomato, Garlic and Mint

Eggplant with Tomato, Garlic and Mint

Happy New Year to all of you! Hope you have had a wonderful start!

Stir Fried Green Beans and Potatoes with Coriander

Stir Fried Green Beans and Potatoes with Coriander

Stir fried beans and potatoes is a quick comfort food for us. When something gets cooked once every week or two weeks for many years, and is still appreciated and loved thoroughly, you know it is good.

Curried Okra with Chickpeas

Curried 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 because the  lady’s finger visually