Sapla / Water lilies / saluk  is  seen in abundance during the monsoon season. The stem of water lilies are very popularly eaten as vegeta...

 Palmyra fruit / Taal / Tardgola  / Sugar palm  The palmyra fruit is eaten while the outer covering is still unripe during summers… once the...

  Taro stem is a popular ingredient in Bengali cuisine… each part of Taro plant is consumed in Bengal… the roots, the stem, the leaves and t...

  Chingri ar Kacha Aam diye purbhora Lunka r Achar -  This pickle recipe was going on in my head for sometime ..  I wanted to experiment and...

 Kasundi is quintessentially a part of the Bengali cuisine. It’s used in cooking and used as an accompaniment with fried food as dip, salad ...

 Macher patishapta -  Patishapta is a sweet pitha usually made during Makar Sankranti in Bengal.  The patishapta base / crepe is made with r...

  Fowl Cutlet is one of the street food of Kolkata and also one of the popular dish that’s sold in the Cabin style restaurants.. where each ...

Winters are the best time to make duck meat.. though the meat is not commonly eaten now a days as the meat is expensive. Earlier days I reme...

  Now this time of the season the market is flooded with winter vegetables - it’s fresh,  vibrant and adds special flavour to the dish … and...

  Munger Daler Bora diye Alu ar Shosnerdata r shorshe - posto r Jhal / Drumstick - Potatoes and Mung Dal fritters cooked in Mustard and Popp...

  Chandrapuli   It’s a quintessential Bengali sweet dish made with Coconut and Mawa. The name of this sweet derived from the shape of the sw...

 Amara Diye Ilish Maacher Tak  This is one of the recipe made Ilisha fish that is sour in taste.. the sourness is made either tamarind pulp,...

   Chingri / Prawns with posto and narkol bata (poppy and coconut paste) wrapped in kola pata (banana leaves) - Chingri Posto Narkel Diye Pa...

 Gima Saag / Dime Saag (Indian Chickweed / Bitter Cumin grows wild mostly near small water bodies like lakes, ponds, streams etc.. and also ...

  Bel er Panna / Stone Apple drink from Bengal..  There are many Stone Apple and Wood Apple Trees in Tadoba.. the fruits from the tree had f...

  Kodbel / Kotbel Makha.. / Wood Apple Mashed  Some dishes are purely emotions.. specially when you eat them after ages… it’s nostalgic….. “...

Rahu Fish with Wild Celery -  Cumin and Vegetables   This is a healthy dish made with Rohu fish or Catla fish , loads of Vegetables and with...

  This recipe is shared by one of our “Annapurna”… yes I would call her Annapurna.. they are the actual people in most of our houses for who...

Fish eggs are a delicacy in Bengali homes during monsoon… as the fish sold in the market mostly comes with eggs.. we generally use Rohu or C...

For a Bengali the day begins with sweets and ends with sweets… with every meal a piece of sweet is required and  “shesh pate misti chai”… at...