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My first foray into cooking was in my High School years when cooking was all about trying out fancy exotic recipes from magazines with hard-to-get ingredients. The results sometimes were delightful but more often than not, pretty frustrating. It made me think that cooking doesn’t really have to be complicated. Good food is not necessarily food drowned in butter or floating in oil but more about using day to day ingredients easily available in your pantry to create dishes that impress your guests. Also food is for sustenance, not to give you a visit to the doctor, right? So with that said, if you want some fun with food and creativity, you have come to the right place.
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Healthy Musoor Dal Recipe with Squash
Masoor dal is the quiet constant of Bengali kitchens. Unlike mung or toor dal, it cooks in a jiffy and is ideal for everyday cooking. In Bengal, it is often paired with vegetables like pumpkin, bottle gourd, spinach, stretching it into something deeply nourishing. This version leans into that comfort with layering in vegetables that…
Where can you reduce clutter in your life? Start with your mind. That’s where the heaviest accumulation lives. If it were possible to sweep out the debris of the day, the unnecessary replaying, the moments that don’t need to be revisited, dissected, or quietly embellished we’d already be living lighter. So much mental clutter comes…
Chanar Murki
Chanar murki is a humble mishti, often overlooked beside the better known rosogolla or sandesh. Small cubes of fresh chenna are fried in sugar until just set, then coated in a light, fragrant syrup that clings rather than floods. It sounds simple but is as delicious as any other Bengali mishti even though they may…
Phulkophir Niramish Dalna
Phulkophir Niramish Dalna is a dish so familiar in a Bengali kitchen that its depth is often overlooked. ‘Niramish’ preparations, (vegetarian food) in a Bengali kitchen is shaped by ritual, season, and restraint. Made most often in winter, when cauliflower is dense and sweet, dalna is comfort food- a gently spiced gravy, and the unmistakable…
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