Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 27, 2012, 1:22 pm
We have been trying many new soups these days. Our traditional Bengali moong masor’er dal got recently a new twist. I happened to have some beet and baby spinach, in pursue of introducing healthy vegetables in to our meals, I decided may be I should go ahea...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 25, 2012, 5:55 am
... 's Republic day and to all the Indians living and spread across ... 13; Now to the Recipe Another day and ... all of you.This time made the soup with baby spinach and ... 13; Baby spinach mushroom and barley soup Recipe requirements ... it even more ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 23, 2012, 5:13 am
How many times you can watch a movie? Two times .Three times. I ,we have been watching “Lion King” for 10 times now and each time we see it, we find something new and amazing about it. We slowly have started liking, watching cartoon films (yeah tha...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 20, 2012, 8:47 am
This will be my last recipe with filo pastry for the moment. It’s been really great to know that a readymade filo pastry can be used to create many delicious recipes and it does look pretty as well.And also as far as the ingredients that goes in for manufacturing the filo pa...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 18, 2012, 1:30 pm
When I was making these, elephant ears or palmier was on my mind. But I end up making small replica of palmiers as I used half of the puff sheet and also cut wise I have left the pieces little fat.Anyways the end result was gone in one day, thanks to a very picky eater wh...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 16, 2012, 3:00 am
This week I will be posting recipes with puff sheets or filo pastry. I have prepared quite a lot of recipes with this pastry during the long winter holidays.They have been patiently lying there in my drafts since then. French Napoleons were on my mind w...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 14, 2012, 5:28 pm
Here is a list of recipes for Sankranti/Lohri/Poush Parbon  that I had  prepared earlier . Just thought it would be nice to group together in single page. Ranga aloor pantua Sedho Puli Shoro Chakhli - Mong dal dosa Noton gurer P...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 12, 2012, 6:06 am
Usually we do like to eat chicken as Hassle Free Chicken curry  and / or Roasted Chicken ,  but sometimes just out of sheer eagerness and being experimental in nature, I try to explore new dimensions in fixing up chicken. Well, then comes this stuffed chicken ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 12, 2012, 5:24 am
I have been getting a lot of comments from fellow food bloggers who are new to food blogging world with links to your food blogs and food events. I have been blogging for the past 5 years with some decent page views a month. So, I know at the end of the day all we wan...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 4, 2012, 5:10 pm
A new year, a new phase and in the back of my mind playing "Here I am "  sung by Bryan Adams. And on a new start in a new year what could be more appropriate than a sweet post. And I don’t need much to say about Baklava. Well blame it all over, our indulgence in having sweets or deser...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Oct 28, 2011, 10:14 am
Well it’s almost weekend friends.Weekend seems to come and go like jiffy. Last time on weekend, when we were out in a park, our dear daughter asked us to hand over our point and shoot camera to her. She is one chirpy girl who always is fascinated by nature and loves to spend time around the activ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Oct 24, 2011, 7:32 am
Deepawali greetings to all the readers, friends and well wishers. Many of you have already started to cook storms in your kitchen. Well, I am yet not decided what I should be making this Deepawali other than these wheat flour laddos which I made few days back. ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Oct 17, 2011, 6:21 am
IndusLadies our gracious sponser has compiled an eBook for this Diwali consisting of "100 Yummy Sweets & Desserts recipes", contributed by various Food Bloggers. And it is now available for free download. Go ahead and download it�...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Oct 6, 2011, 7:13 am
 Today is Vijayadashmi .Well today no sweet recipe like the last year post of Darbesh, but a flavorful chicken recipe. Although this recipe was saved in draft as we made this perhaps last week. This day brings so many nostalgic memories of growing up years. Years gone by spending time wi...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Oct 3, 2011, 5:02 am
For the upcoming Diwali on 26th of October Indusladies, our gracious sponsers have come up with “100 yummy Diwali sweet recipes-  E-Book”.For this they are intending to collect sweet/desert recipes from various bloggers to be featured in this e-book by Indus ladies. This ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Oct 2, 2011, 2:40 pm
These are special autumn days or "Ashwin mash" as in Bengali calendar.This is the time when every Bengali is very active in terms of food, socializing, wishing, shopping and what not. I don’t have anything particular today on this auspicious day of "Bodhon  or Shashti "except my list ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Sep 28, 2011, 6:13 am
Well, it’s another Wednesday and time for a new Black and White Wednesday. Steamed foods are healthy and nutritious. These are steamed ridge gourd. I just loved the steam coming out from this hot, steamed ridge gourd bringing a...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Sep 14, 2011, 2:25 pm
This fried rice is quick fix recipe when we have some left-over rice from our afternoon meal. I had soaked some yellow peas to make Ghughni  few days back. About a cup of them were still left unused in refridgerator.And it just came to my mind all of a sudden to make this quick-fix stir/fry rice f...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Sep 7, 2011, 2:11 pm
We were visiting Cardiff , capital of Wales, for the first time about a year ago. There we came across Cardiff Market .Being a foodie and a food blogger; these fresh vegetables caught my eyes. If you happen to visit Cardiff, don’t forget to check this market which sells fresh vegetables and local ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Sep 3, 2011, 10:39 am
Our ancestors have always emphasized on fasting for every festivals. Traditional joint families are rare entities in metro cities these days, and if we shift our eyes from metros to small cities and...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Aug 30, 2011, 4:53 am
Ours being a Bengali home, so like a typical Bengali home it’s usually egg omelette or papads with warm cups of tea for our friends who like to visit us all of a sudden, you know the kind of Bengali madness I am talking about which includes afternoon 3’0 clock friend or a distant relative who i...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Aug 25, 2011, 3:18 am
As promised in  last post , here is simple, quick and easy  carrot soup recipe for you. About a fortnight ago when it was raining and temperatures were not much high, we used to have this carrot soup often. As we were all down with seasonal cough and cold. This steaming hot bowl of soup was so ref...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Aug 24, 2011, 10:43 am
I have tried to capture black and white photos rarely but whenever I did I was amazed how it changes the basic mood of the picture. Below photo was taken in colored mode but changed into black and white thro Windows picture editing software.And I never knew carrot soup can look so elegant...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Aug 18, 2011, 3:32 am
 Hope you all had a fabulous Independence Day celebrations. Well, we also had a small ceremony in our housing complex with flag hosting, sweet distributing etc.Kids had a great day out in our communal garden with colorful dresses and waving India’s flag. Coming to the recipe of the day...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Aug 18, 2011, 2:51 am
Tartar sauce is a great way to spruce up your tortilla wraps or sandwiches. They are great as dips also. I have made this sauce with garam masala and red chilly flakes and they do give additional flavor as well. Tartar...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Aug 6, 2011, 10:24 am
We Bengalis have this immense capability of eating each part of fish, head, tail and the bone even. Then how can we forget fish eggs/roe.Fish roe/egg - mach'er dim is a delicacy in Bengali cuisine and the desire to eat them is profound in Bengalis as well. So, come every monsoon, as these are availa...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jul 31, 2011, 6:53 am
There are some days I have to cook twice or may be three times a day.It just happens when our cook do not appear or is on leave, but then I mostly forget to take pictures. And then you all know assembling props or some preparations for a picture takes time .It’s just not happening right now, the ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jul 19, 2011, 4:57 am
   Before I forget that I have a blog too, I have this recipe to share with you all. Although I must say that koi fish is very rarely cooked in my home as we haven’t came across any in fish market near our home so far. Neither have I seen my maa nor ma-in-law preparing this fish any p...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jun 17, 2011, 12:21 pm
With some heavy showers coming down in recent past hours, weather in Kolkata is pleasant and brings a great relief from scorching summer heat. Well that’s what you wish when summer heat makes life rather erratic in this part of the world. With this pleasant weather here, leaves swaying ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - May 19, 2011, 3:13 am
The kind of peak summers we have these days makes you profusely sweat it out in kitchen or even while you are out. Schools have closed for their summer vacations here and kids have loads of homework to do. But then what’s new about it, may be “poribortener hawa” or the colour green, right?
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - May 5, 2011, 2:50 am
I have a little fascination for glorious sunsets. Sunset view from our apartment window in London. Lovely memories. And sunset at Thames river.
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Apr 24, 2011, 10:45 am
 While we the people in Bengal are getting ready to the next assembly polls soon here. Politics and election is the buzz word here for the time being.Second on the list is Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL matches. We are now in the midst of Kaal Bouishaki as I am typing this post.And if you ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Apr 15, 2011, 1:57 am
 There is a big correlation between Boisakh mash and Bengal. We the people in Bengal, outside Bengal and even abroad are all gearing up ,Today is Poila Boisakh – our happy new year and then followed by the birth date of Rabindra Nath Tagore on Pachishe Baishak.Baishak Mash is very much happenin...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Apr 8, 2011, 2:04 am
 What makes a nation come to a halt, take notice, then sit and watch with pounding heart beats. Is it Politics or election or religion or something else? While trying to figure out this question I realized that there is one thing which binds us together irrespective of our backgrounds, caste and re...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Mar 31, 2011, 10:01 am
I know I have been quite inactive as far as updating my blog, but we are slowly settling down here.No, we are familiar with the surroundings and people here but when you loose the habit of living in one place, it takes times to adjust.Well I guess that’s nature’s rule give some time to adjust be...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Mar 17, 2011, 10:02 am
My heart was crying seeing the live footage of Japanese tsunami and its havoc on innocent people. This almost reminds me of the first tsunami that hit in 2005.May god give the people of Japan strength and courage to stand up against nature’s adversity and cruelness. This shows, us humans are mere ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Mar 8, 2011, 1:00 am
 I have always dreaded relocations in my life. But things which you fear the most will surely happen no matter how hard you may try to avoid it. Yes, we have relocated to India again. And with that another beautiful chapter is closed in our life. Memories will stay with us always, and the journey o...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 23, 2011, 1:44 pm
I promised last week was fish week and then I vanished into thin air like camphor. No, I was busy with this and that and my blog started feeling neglected. I managed to update it finely today with these fish shami kababs.Feed your soul and your heart with these fish shami kababs for a moment, tummy ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 16, 2011, 1:29 pm
As you all know this week is fish week in Spice and Curry. We have been making this fish keema curry for quite a while now. It started with Rui fish back home but as we travel more, our fish also gets changed. We have been making this with the local fish available here in supermarkets. I know there ...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 14, 2011, 1:53 pm
This week we will be focusing on fish recipes in Spice and Curry. So, its fish week here. Many of you would ask why we (read Bengali) keep eating fish everyday, day after days, year after years. You see I have told you earlier -Fish and Bengalis are ins...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 11, 2011, 2:44 pm
If you want to feel the warmth of tropical lands in midst of freezing weather, then this cake is something you might be interested in. Pineapple, banana and coconut what more you could ask for? I don’t know what came to my mind when I was making this....
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 8, 2011, 12:30 am
Food without memories is something unimaginable for me now. The journey of my culinary world revolves round the delicately inter-woven threads of food memories associated with my upbringing. So, every food that I cook now almost has a sweet memory. Or even if it’s not there any, the incidents that...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 4, 2011, 1:08 pm
  A very easy breezy recipe for mushroom and chicken soup. Usually flour is added with milk to give a thick texture for the cream of soup. But I have made in a different way and short-cut way...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 3, 2011, 5:51 pm
Today no recipe.Just guess this ingredient.And if you have guessed then leave a comment how you would like to use them in your day-today cooking. Happy Cooking Friends..
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 2, 2011, 5:49 pm
 A very simple vanilla sponge cake is spruced up with the addition of mango pulp and yogurt.I have re-worked the measurements to suit our taste buds and requirements.And also added mango pulp...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Feb 1, 2011, 5:58 am
Fish and Bengali two inseparable identity, isn’t .But what if you don’t get fresh pona or for that matter rui /katla mach from the local vegetable markets near you. Well in that case, you have...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 31, 2011, 6:50 am
I had some Chirey I mean poha or rice flakes in my pantry. So, thought of making these again and then it reminded that I haven’t yet posted this recipe so far. Now if I say this recipe was saved in...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 28, 2011, 1:51 am
What could be more delicious than chocolate muffins? And believe me I was overwhelmed when I made them long time back. I never expected them to be so soft and moist. I had my initial if's and but's...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 27, 2011, 1:57 am
I have some rolled oats in my pantry. And I always try to include oats in our meals. I have made cereals with rolled oats. You can Click here to go to the recipe for home made oats cereal. And...
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Jaya M. posted an article on Spice and Curry - Jan 26, 2011, 1:30 am
While grocery shopping in supermarkets, people at the check –in –counter, or while traveling in bus or in tube, sometimes they ask me where are you from. You know, a sense of familiarity always puts...
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