Crispy Vegetable and Egg Tacos
On October 19, 2011 by Meghalee DasThis is something I just made as an evening snack yesterday and it took only 15 minutes. Usually I like to prepare everything in my dishes from scratch, be it a pie crust or sweet cheese and so on. But I am sure there are things lying around in everyone’s kitchen that you can use
Kalakand
On October 18, 2011 by Meghalee DasThe Kalakand is one of my favourite mithais and has a rich, thick, creamy taste. I always thought it was a difficult recipe, but in fact it was quite simple where the only important thing you need to do is keep stirring the milk. Even the number of ingredients required for the kalakand can only
Crispy chilli fish with honey
On October 14, 2011 by Meghalee DasThis dish can be made as an appetiser or as a dry side dish to be eaten with rice or noodles prepared with Chinese spices. I used tilapia fish fillets, but you can use any other fleshy fish which doesn’t break easily when you fry them. Vegetarians can use cauliflower florets, potatoes, mushrooms, tofu or
Roti Pizza
On October 13, 2011 by Meghalee DasThis is a fun and easy dish to make with left over rotis. Sometimes you just don’t feel like having rotis the usual way. You can make some changes by either turning them into rolls or also frying the rolls in a cornflour batter to make them crispy. Another option is to make a ‘pizza’
Pumpkin curry and besan pakoda curry
On October 12, 2011 by Meghalee DasYesterday was Lokkhi Pujo, so I made some simple vegeterian dishes which remind me of home. They are nothing fancy but easy to make and you can have them any time. Pumpkin or mishti kumro is one of my favourite vegetables, I like it fried, baked, in watery gravies, boiled and mashed. I usually just
Eggless chocolate cup cakes
On October 7, 2011 by Meghalee DasCup cakes are really easy to make and it took me only about half an hour. So if you crave for something sweet in the middle of the night and can’t sleep coz you are too excited about something like your bday (ok, I am talking about myself), then just make happy cupcakes! I made
Palak Paneer with Butter Garlic Naan
On October 6, 2011 by Meghalee DasI made this during one of the days of Pujo and although it has two recipes I will post it as one. Paneer is a type of Indian cheese; I have never had Ricotta cheese but I heard that the taste and texture of paneer is similar to that. I made the naan for the
Roshogolla
On October 5, 2011 by Meghalee DasRoshogolla or rasgulla is an Indian sweet made of chena or chana, a form of fresh cottage cheese, soaked in sugar syrup.
Coconut laddoos
On October 4, 2011 by Meghalee DasHi, I have been missing in action as I have been very busy with certain things which leave me with no free time to update my blog 🙁. Since the festive season is going, I have taken a break and have been cooking a lot, especially sweet dishes. Being a Bengali, I predictably made roshogollas