Khatta Baingan – Tak Begun – Brinjal/Eggplant in Tamarind Sauce

This dish was cooked in so little time that I also want to share it with very little text. But, the cooking is going to be in details. Hope the word ‘Details’ don’t make you think that it will have a thousand words to conclude. Not at all, like I said earlier, very little time to cook, and, little text to complete with.

Murgir Jhol – She asked for and I told her – Curried Chicken no doubt about it

She wanted to cook chicken by spending very little time in the kitchen.

“Uf! I hate the heat and the sweat when I spend so much time in the kitchen” she told me as she spoke over the phone.

Ilish Macher Jhol -- (Ilish macher patla jhol) – Hilsa cooked in Thin Running Gravy

Ilish Mach/Hilsa is getting so costly these days and rarely the good ones are found in the fish market. With Ilish/Hilsa season around, it invites one, specially the Hilsa lovers, to buy and get the taste from the different preparations in one’s own kitchen.

Sweet Dish – Something which my Mother made Tasty and Different…Ma's Homely Kalakand

This is a simple Sweet Dish which my Ma made and how we relished it.

…and I made this specially when my milkman gave me large quantities of milk that curdled in his huge milk can during the peak summer days.

Knowing very well that he would not return with the curdled milk, he would come to me and ask if I would like to have some and that too without paying for it. He travelled long distance from early morning distributing the required quantity in different homes.

Aloo-bhate/Simple Potato dish – It’s all in the Name

I never thought I would be sharing this simple thing. Someone was very curious to know all about the Bengali Aloo-bhate. All I could describe was hidden in the smile that came to me. She felt silly for she did not know how Bengalis make their food take a name even if that preparation was the simplest.