Bengali Shinni - a Prashad fit for Dessert Shinni, is a very simple prashad made with atta(whole wheat flour), sugar, bananas, milk--- ma...

Sondesh | Bengali Sandesh Sandesh is a popular Bengali sweet made from fresh chhana/chenna aka home made paneer also known as curdled ...

I have not seen anyone use "regular white bread" in as many avatars as my Mother. It could be due to the fact that we mostly l...

S ometimes families have recipes no one has heard of. Not recipes already around, that they make in their own special way and give a special...

O ctober and November are busy months. Being a true Bengali at heart( or at least half the heart as those who know me will insist on m...

D urga Pujo is over. Umpteen of them. Spread over weekends, weekdays and months, there were gorgeous pics of Ma Durga and glamorous pics ...

A round 14 years ago I was very riled up when the husband-man got me a bunch of roses on Valentine's Day. That very morning I had notic...

Khejur Gur Rosogolla W hen you grow up in a culture that brands "throwing away food" as a sin, there is both a pro and a con....

D urga Pujo is over for most of you unless you are in some town in the US where there has been a conflict of schedule regarding the pujo ...

Y esterday, Big Sis made Chocolate Lava Cake . For Father's Day. LS was supposed to help her make it but she didn't. The day before ...

M y Dad is a big health freak. He also has a huge sweet tooth. So he has convinced himself and everyone around him that eating sweets...

T ell me, when you hear the word or words " Lobongo Lotika ", what is the picture that comes to your mind ? At the risk of s...

T his is my last post for 2013. As per the "last-post-of-the-year" norm, this should be a post looking back, evaluating the days p...