Tag: Recipe From West bengal

Shrimp Curry with Nigella and Coriander

Shrimp Curry with Nigella and Coriander

  A beautifully flavored simple shrimp curry is what we have today. I would call it “Chingri Maacher Jhaal” in Bengali. A recipe cannot get simpler than this. If you think making curry was hard work, you have to give this a try 🙂 You 

Bhuna Khichuri – an Indian Risotto?

Bhuna Khichuri – an Indian Risotto?

The biggest religious festival in my homeland came by and is in the past for this year. I am guilty of not only of not participating in any activities here, but also of not posting anything on my blog. I do not feel the same 

Bhaja Muger Dal/Roasted Mung Soup

Bhaja 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 strings of incidents line up like dew drops on 

Cauliflower with Nigella (Kalonji)

Cauliflower with Nigella (Kalonji)

This is one bowlful where the simplicity leads the flavors,  a very Bengali recipe, made with very Bengali seasonings & cooked by not so Bengali husband. This is  a recipe well loved & perfected by my hubby after many trials. The taste of childhood still