Bong Mom's CookBook Recipe Index

My blog Bong Mom's Cookbook is a collection of Bengali Recipes representing the Bengali Cuisine as I know it. It also has those recipes that are non-bengali but which we loved. The measurements are not always exact as I do not treat the kitchen as a lab but as a place where I follow my heart and rely on my senses and instinct. Also they were created to suit mine and my family's tastes, please adjust spices etc. according to your own taste level.

I hope you are able to create a satisfying dish from these recipes and have fun while doing so.

Click on the following titles to see the recipes

FISH from my Blog

Bengali Fish Fry -- the typical, very popular Bengali Fish Fry where the fish fillet is breaded and deep fried

Prawn Patia -- a Parsi Prawn dish

Fish Kolhapuri -- a tantalizing Fish dish with Kolhapuri Masala from a fellow blogger

Bhapa Ilish -- the Bengali's favorite fish, tasty Hilsa steamed or baked in a spicy mustard sauce

Pui Chingri -- tender pohi greens stir fried with succulent shrimp

Ilish Begun er Jhol -- the flavorful fish Hilsa and tender brinjals in a light gravy

Pepper Shrimp -- shrimp in a peppery sauce

Baked Salmon Kalia -- a fish kalia made with salmon pieces that were baked with various spices

Muri Ghonto -- a dish with fish head, potatoes and rice

Fish 65 or Hot Indian Chilli Fish -- a hot and spicy fish preparation like the Chicken 65.

Salmon in Spicy Mushroom Sauce -- broiled salmon in a low fat spiced up mushroom sauce

Maach Charchari -- a bengali favorite of a dry fish dish cooked with fish, pottaoes, brinjals and spices. This one is cooked with Cat Fish

Alu-Kopi diye Macher Jhol -- a light fish curry with fish and vegetables like potatoes and cauliflower

Baked Fish Chops -- fish chops with tuna

Doi Ilish -- the all time favorite Hilsa in a mustard yogurt sauce

Maacha Besara -- an Oriya recipe for fish in mustard sauce

Salmon Kabob -- delicious grilled salmon kabobs

Shorshe Chingri Bhaape -- steamed prawns in a mustard and coconut sauce

Doi Maach -- fish cooked in a spicy yogurt sauce

Chingri Malaikari -- prawn malaikari is a delicious dish where the prawns are cooked in a rich coconut milk gravy

Maach er Kalia -- fish kalia is one more typical bengali fish dish which is rich and spicy

Fish Curry with Tomatoes -- a light and simple fish curry cooked with fresh tomatoes, corriander and of course fresh fish

CHICKEN or MUTTON from my blog

Dhone Pata Chicken -- chicken cooked with Paanch Phoron and lots & lots of fresh corriander leaves


Quick Chicken Stir Fry -- stir fry chicken, right for the kids, easy for you

Chicken Korma -- chicken cooked with almond paste from Madhur Jaffrey's recipe

Posto Murgi -- chicken cooked in a poppy seeds paste

Kofta Pulao -- fragrant rice layered with spicy chicken balls and cooked with spices

Kofta Curry -- spicy chicken balls in a rich gravy

Patha'r Manghsor Jhol -- a delicious Bengali Style Goat Meat Curry

Butter Chicken or Murgh Makhani

Chicken Fry

Thai Red Curry

Chicken Casserole

Chicken Masala Balls

Ginger Chicken

Chicken Soup with Garbanzo Beans

Chicken 65

Rajma with Chicken Keema

Mutton or Chicken Stew

Marrag and Pulao -- a hyderabadi mutton dish bursting with flavor served with Pulao

EGGS from my blog

Kolkata Egg Roll -- the very popular street food from Calcutta made easy

Egg Palak Burji -- spinach stir fried with scrambled eggs

Doi Dim -- Eggs in a yogurt sauce

Dim er Dhoka -- steamed egg cakes in a spicy gravy

Spicy Egg Bake -- eggs stuffed with a Indian masala and baked

Egg Paratha -- savory egg crepes with a stuffing of soy

VEGETARIAN COOKING from my Blog

Kundru Posto -- kundru or tindora cooked in the Bengali style with posto or Popy seeds paste

Creamy Pinto Beans -- a bowl of pinto beans mashed and delicately flavored with garlic, pepper and Pav Bhaji masala

Mirchi Curry -- long hot peppers cooked in a fiery hot curry with cashews or almonds

Doi Fulkopi -- cauliflower cooked in a rich yogurt sauce

Sarson Saag -- broccoli rabbe or mustard greens cooked in a creamy dish

Pui Saag Ghonto -- a Bengali dish made with pohi greens and vegetables like pumpkin, radish, zucchini etc.

Imam Bayildi -- a beautiful turkish eggplant dish doused with olive oil and infused with herbs

Paneer Kolhapuri -- a tantalizing Paneer dish with Kolhapuri Masala from a fellow blogger

Designer Fulkopi Bhaja -- a quick fry cum roasted cauliflower florets with spices

Kumro Ful Bhaja -- squash blossoms from the garden fried in chickpea flour batter

Uchche bhaate, Uchche Bhaja & Uchche Begun -- the bittergourd "uchche" cooked in 3 typical Bengali ways

Bati Charchari -- longitudinally sliced potatoes, similarly sliced carrots and sugar snap peas cooked with no spices but only turmeric and mustard oil

Kadhai Paneer -- paneer cooked with capsicum, dried fenugreek leaves and tomatoes

Beet Gajor Chechki - a saute of thin cut Beet Root and Carrots

Palak Paneer -- paneer(indian cottage cheese) cooked in a delicious creamy spinach gravy

Kasoori Gobi -- cauliflower flavored with Kasoori Methi

BandhaKopi'r Ghonto - a dry Cabbage dish

Mushroom Olu & Taher -- mushroom with potatoes cooked in mustard oild and rice spiked with mustard oil

Jhinge Chingri Posto -- a twist to the regular jhinge posto with shrimp

Aloo Methi and Methi in Dal -- potatoes with fenugreek(methi) greens and a dal with the said greens

Lau Bori -- a dry bottle gourd dish cooked with bori

Lau Chingri -- a dry bottle gourd dish cooked with shrimp

Uchche Posto Jhuri -- a bitter gourd fry with poppy seeds

Green Moong in the Microwave

Perun Bhaji -- bell Peppers with Besan(chickpea flour)

Ka(n)chakola'r Khosa Bata -- a green Plantain peel Pate

Uppittu -- Upma

Shorshe Dharosh -- a delicious dish of tender Okra cooked in Mustard sauce

Luchi with Alu-Charchari -- fried flat bread(also known as poori) with a potato stir fry

Luchi with Aloo'r Dum -- fried flat breads with a typical Bengali style Dum Aloo

Kashmiri Enchor -- a Kashmiri dish of jackfruits cooked in rich aromatic spices

Piyajkoli Chingri Maach diye -- green scallions stir fried with potatoes and shrimp

Palang Saag er Chop -- spinach cutlets

Charchari -- a typically Bengali mixed vegetable dish

Aloor Chop ar Muri -- fried potato fritters with puffed rice

Chaal Kopi -- a cauliflower dish cooked with little rice, potatoes and raisins

Tofu Burji -- a scrambled Tofu dish which tastes exactly like a plate of scrambled eggs

Olkopi'r Dalna -- kohlrabi cooked in a spicy gravy

Baked Beet Bread Roll -- baked bread rolls with a beet stuffing

Ada FulKopi -- cauliflower cooked with ginger

Mulo Shaak -- radish greens stir fried

Enchor Dalna or Enchor Chingri -- green jackfruit in a spicy gravy cooked with shrimp

Shukto -- a Bengali trademark vegetable medley with a hint of bitterness

Kumro Chingri Botti -- yellow sweet pumpkin cooked with spices and shrimp

Soy Bean Sprouts diye Mochar Ghonto -- soy bean sprouts substituted for mocha(the plantain flower) cooked in a Bengali way

Aloo Posto -- the all time favorite alu - posto, potatoes cooked with poppy seed paste

DAL and SOUPS from my blog

Bhaja Moog er Dal -- yellow Moong Dal roasted and cooked with vegetables in a typical Bengali way. Here shrimp has been added to this dal though it is not a norm

Cholar Dal -- bengal gram or chana dal cooked in a traditional Bengali manner

Mator Dal ar Begun Bhaja -- yellow split peas cooked as a dal and served with fried eggplant

Sobji diye Motor Dal -- motor dal or yellow split peas cooked with vegetables


Thai Vegetable Soup

Kalai Dal -- a Dal made with split white Urad

Vatali Dal -- a Marathi style dal made with chana dal

Tak Dal -- a slightly sour Dal cooked with yellow split peas and green Mangoes

Musuri'r Dal -- a comforting bowl of Red Masoor Dal

Tetor Dal -- a dal cooked with biiter gourd but not tasting bitter

Masoor Dal with BokChoy -- masoor dal in one more avtaar where it is cooked with bok choy the chinese greens

Tak Musuri'r Dal -- masoor Dal with Mangoes

ONE POT MEALS from my Blog

Methi Rice -- brown rice cooked with green methi leaves from the garden and other spices


Tomato Rice -- tomato rice made with brown rice

Pasta in homemade sun-dried tomato suace


Paneer Khichuri

Soy Peas Pulao

Brown rice Khichuri

Daliya Pulao

Indian Style Pasta

Savoury Snacks from my Blog

Goduma Dosa -- quick easy wheat dosa

Egg Paratha -- savory egg crepes with a stuffing of soy

Baked Beet Bread Roll -- baked bread rolls with a beet stuffing

Baked Fish Chops -- fish chops with tuna

Aloor Chop ar Muri -- fried potato fritters with puffed rice

Palang Saag er Chop -- spinach cutlets

Sookha Kala Chana -- dry black chickpeas dressed up in spices

Besan ka Cheela -- gram flour pancakes

Sweet and Sour Chutney from my Blog

Toor Dal Chutney -- a spicy chutney made with Toor Dal

Pepe ar tetul er Chaatni -- a sweet & tangy papaya - tamarind chutney

Anarosh er Chaatni -- a sweet pineapple chutney

Tomato Khejur Cranberry Chaatni -- a delicious & tangy chutney with tomato, dates and cranberry

Amer Ambol ar Chaatni -- sweet and sour Mango Chutney two ways

DESSERTS from my Blog

Chocolate Cup Cakes-- yummy easy Chocolate Cup Cakes

Kalakand -- a very popular milk sweet presented in its microwaveable version


Khejur Gur Payesh -- paayesh is a rice pudding, this particular Bengali Recipe is made with palm jaggery(khejur gur) which gives it a wonderful flavor

Christmas Cranberry Cake

Moong Dal Narkel Burfi

Kamala Kheer -- a delicious milk based dessert with oranges

Pati Shapta -- rice flour crepes with a sweet coconut or kheer stuffing

Pineapple Malpua

Mango Pudding

Bhapa Sandesh

Yogurt Parfait with Dates and Pomengranate

Gajar Sandesh

Easy Fruity Mango Dessert

Banana Pancake

Chire Doi Aaam -- chire(beaten rice/poha) with yogurt, ripe mangoes and jaggery makes a comfort dessert for oneself