Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Feb 8, 2012, 2:00 am
Fan us on Facebook . You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Setting up a new house and for that matter a kitchen when you are a newlywed and staying away from your hometown is a pretty tricky job. All those gifts received during the ceremony – the dinner sets, OTGs, induction cookers,...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Feb 2, 2012, 5:44 am
Fan us on Facebook . You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email How to describe a true Bangali? Everyone would have a different perspective. The knack towards art and culture. Glorifying the Bong heroes. The fight over East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. The love for Uttam Kumar. Whatever they say...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jan 23, 2012, 11:36 pm
... Bengali heshel (kitchen), was present in all its glory – Sabji diye ... vegetables), Tel Koi (Climbing Perch in Spicy Bengali curry), Rui Macher ... also started experimenting more often in the kitchen – trying to merge ... Tukda. Sudeshna tried out baking in her small oven and the .....
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Oct 1, 2011, 3:03 pm
Puja has already started. From what I heard from my sister and friends in Kolkata, there are thousands of people out in the streets to visit one pandal from the other. Its Panchami today, and the puja has not yet started. Tomorrow morning will mark the beginning of Durga Puja for 2011 (1418 by the B...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Sep 29, 2011, 9:52 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Shahi tukra literally means “royal morsels”. The tale goes like this – one of the Nawabs of Awadh  – who was certainly not very famous for his generosity – used to d...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Sep 18, 2011, 2:42 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email You have read about our Bengali Food Bloggers Interview. We did a set of 6 interviews with various stars of the Bengali Food arena. Its been almost eighteen months and so we ju...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Sep 9, 2011, 2:11 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Bengalis are renowned for their sweets. Be it east west north or south – the Bengali sweet has its own niche. Not much sweet, yet not too dull – the sweet has the exact quant...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Aug 29, 2011, 3:14 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Eid is just a few days to go. And to celebrate this day of celebration here we are with some eid special recipes. To start with the celebration. Here’s guest from Sohini Biswas...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jul 27, 2011, 10:39 am
They say when in Rome, act like a Roman. But, that does not go much for me here in Bangalore. I can’t much act like a Bangalorean. I still crave for fish and I still didn’t fall in love with curry leaves. I truly believe what Sandip exclaims – maache bhaate Bangali (Fish and rice makes a Beng...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jul 25, 2011, 10:42 am
                                                                        Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Monsoon has set sail in almost all p...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jul 15, 2011, 10:30 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Have you ever had that feeling of having something right that very moment? At times I get these freaky cravings of having something sweet. It was almost midnight when I had one...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jul 11, 2011, 10:00 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook .  Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Cauliflower is one of the most versatile vegetables you can get out of a Bangali rannaghor (Bengali kitchen). Whether it’s a simple phulkopir tarkari (Bengali style cauliflowe...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jul 8, 2011, 9:50 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook .  Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email I have never gone to any Fish market (macher bajar) other than in Kolkata (in Bangalore I like shopping my kitchen requirements at Spencer’s), and so am not aware of the non...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jul 5, 2011, 11:03 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Some years back, I had gone to Shimla with my parents and younger sister, who had just got promoted to first standard. 3 days we stayed at the Hotel Oberoi Cecil in Shimla. The go...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 29, 2011, 5:58 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream.You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Have you ever watched that scene from Dhanni Meye, an old Black and White Bengali movie starring Jaya Bachchan, then Bhaduri. In the middle of the hot and humid afternoon, this y...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 27, 2011, 12:46 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Bitter gourd or what we call karolla/karela is one of those vegetables which even veggie lovers try to avoid. A somewhat smaller in shape is the ucche which is quite hard to ...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 24, 2011, 11:49 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Summers in India bring intense heat and incessant sweat, but lots of fruits and some special vegetables too. In fact, there are some vegetables that you won’t quite rela...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 22, 2011, 11:46 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Sohini, the new lady in the B(log)-town and the proud owner of the catering company Cassia Bark Ltd. in Cambridge, U.K. She is our guest blogger today. Sohini had prepared th...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 18, 2011, 10:57 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email If you are non-vegetarian, you know what I’m saying- chicken is such a thing that however way you prepare it, it tastes great. Be it home-made Bengali style chicken keema curr...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 13, 2011, 11:17 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email The temperature rising high and its becoming tougher by the day to sustain this heat almost throughout India and of course in Texas. The global warming is taking its toll. Tho...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 11, 2011, 11:52 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Saturdays are just great. There is no hurry anything on earth. The morning hour rush for office is still one more to go. Laziness prevails in everything – waking up at 11 in ...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jun 4, 2011, 2:25 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email The temperature rising high and there is nothing you can do about it – the scorching sun and the sweat dripping down your nape. Can you think of any solution?  Of cour...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - May 30, 2011, 1:11 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email My grandparents hail from Chittagong (my paternal granddad) and Barishal (my maternal granddad). They both have shifted to Kolkata during partition. But, both the families c...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - May 28, 2011, 2:33 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email A weekday generally starts as early as 7 in the morning, preparing breakfast and lunch, taking a shower, having your food and reaching office by 9 am. After an entire day o...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - May 23, 2011, 2:48 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can alsoSubscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email The urban dictionary defines the word “Father” as the guy who criticizes you for everything you do, and never admits that he is wrong. But whether you admit it or not, father...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - May 9, 2011, 12:45 pm
Bengal is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore. He was the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize, and also the author of 28 voluminous books, more than 2500 songs (that are recited by fishermen and intellectuals alike), a polymath, and he also...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Apr 11, 2011, 8:03 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can alsoSubscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers – it’s the IPL match today at Eden gardens, Kolkata, and am on way to watch it. After a long gap of 15 years, I am going to watch a m...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Apr 10, 2011, 10:10 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Paila Baisakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year is just a week to go. Its definitely a big day for all Bongs all over the world. It’s a day to celebrate the joy of bei...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Apr 7, 2011, 11:28 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email When Benjamin, who happens to be a content curator representing cookingschools.net mailed us that he wanted to write a guest post for us, we were much overjoyed. And, guess wh...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Apr 3, 2011, 12:02 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Yes, we bled blue. After 28 years of wait, at last the world cup came back once again to India. The excitement and thrill was at its peak. Just as Dhoni played the shot the la...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Mar 25, 2011, 12:04 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can alsoSubscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email While you may heard of having chicken kofta or mutton kofta or may be the raw banana kofta, kofta prepared with yam (ol in Bengali) is quite an unique preparation. When Suchi...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Mar 18, 2011, 1:45 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. ………. ……….. ,,,….. …………. Its already Holi time and nothing much to say. Here are some authentic Bengali recipes that you can try out for this doljatra. Breakfast: Banana Pancake Bread Chopsuey Chal...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Mar 16, 2011, 11:50 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can also Subscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email Spring is here and so are the thousand colors of nature. Every nook and corner of the street is filled with red, yellow, orange blossoms. Though with the heat rising in Kolka...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Mar 12, 2011, 12:08 pm
Cooking can be stress buster for bachelors. More so if you don’t cook so well but can lay your hands on a book with an easy but mouthwatering recipe. Well, I had Satarupa Banerjee’s The Book of Indian Sweets (affiliate link) for help. Missed my swimming lesson yesterday and so was desperate to ...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Mar 8, 2011, 10:51 am
One photo and there were almost thirty comments and nearly the same number of likes. Bong or non-Bong, Biryani is a serious hit. While writing this post I was wondering what to write as the anecdote, and thanks to the very enthusiastic participation in the CLB Facebook page, I now have some interest...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Mar 5, 2011, 9:56 am
Follow me on Twitter. Add me as a friend on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. We at Cook Like a Bong love to see that our readers are so eager to share our recipes and so every month you try to include a couple of guest posts to our blog. This guest post is shared by a very nice Bengali coupl...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Mar 1, 2011, 11:02 am
Follow me on Twitter. Add me as a friend on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. Bengalis mostly live to eat, and with the scores of spices we use to prepare food each day, it’s really important to have something soothing and less spicy to nullify the effect of all these rich food. Shukto is a...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Feb 21, 2011, 3:20 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can alsoSubscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email The availability of a particular food builds up its niche in the local cuisine. So, has been the case with shrimps and prawns in Eastern Indian cuisine, especially in Bengali...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Feb 14, 2011, 5:00 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. You can alsoSubscribe to BengaliCuisine by Email For you see, each day I love you more Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. Rosemonde Gerard Wish you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day. It may be a regular day...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Feb 6, 2011, 4:19 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream All thanks to Lakshmi and Mallika Basu for this wonderful event. The event was originally started by Zlamuska and now carried on by Lakshmi of Kitchen Chronicles. All my thanks to Lakshmi for letting me host this event. And, ...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jan 20, 2011, 5:35 am
Follow me on Twitter. Add me as a friend on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. While the entire world is busy dieting and maintaining a good figure, we Bengalis can’t just get rid of our sweet tooth. Come January and here’s another reason to celebrate the genetically transmitted sweet lovi...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Jan 6, 2011, 5:30 am
Follow me on Twitter. Add me as a friend on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. “Here’s to the bright New Year, and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold.” Here’s another new year and new hopes in mind. But, before ...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Dec 31, 2010, 3:00 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. Hope you all have made plans for welcoming the New Year, and not to forget a whole new decade. Our journey at Cook Like a Bong started 3 years back. We like to thank all our readers for their wonderful support through out. W...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Dec 30, 2010, 1:31 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. I am very honored to declare that Cook Like a Bong will be hosting this month’s Tried and Tasted event. The event was originally started by Zlamuska and now carried on by Lakshmi of Kitchen Chronicles. All my thanks to Lak...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Dec 23, 2010, 7:40 am
Just a couple of days back a friend from school wrote on her Facebook update “My epitaph should read – here lies the drummer boy who grew up to be a lady!” Perhaps half the school remembers M as the drummer boy from the Christmas Carol competitions held every year in school during December. Ch...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Dec 21, 2010, 12:28 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. Bengal had always been the land of invasions. Dutch, Portuguese, Muslims and the British – everybody had ruled over this state at one point of time or the other. These invasions had a great impact in the social and economi...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Dec 2, 2010, 8:47 am
Follow me on Twitter. Add me as a friend on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. After The Mainland China Cookbook (read the book review) was delivered last Saturday, I was just trying to find that opportunity to prepare something from it. Though I prepared crackling spinach, but before I could ...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Nov 29, 2010, 11:22 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. What if you can just relive the taste of your favorite recipes from your favorite restaurant right at your home? Sounds a good idea? Sounded to me, and I ordered The Mainland China Cookbook by Anjan Chatterjee on Flipkart. ...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Nov 24, 2010, 1:44 pm
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. The Ghoti Bangal rivalry dates back probably from the day the partition of India, or probably even before that. The competition extends cuisine to sports. The chingri bhalo na ilish bhalo (whether prawns are better than hils...
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Sudeshna B. posted an article on Cook Like a Bong - Nov 9, 2010, 8:42 am
Follow me on Twitter. Fan us on Facebook . Visit my Flickr photostream. Once upon a time there lived a Bengali who loved sweets. Does it seem to be starting of some fairy tale from Thakurmar Jhuli? I’m not trying to tell you any stories here, but I’m sure if you want to share your thoughts f...
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