Ilish or Hilsa is the favorite Bengali fish and makes it into the favorite top 3 food list of a lot of Bongs. My husband keeps telling me th...

Ilish is one of the most loved Bong food. As I mentioned in my previous post ( http://www.bongcook.com/2011/11/ilisher-hilsa-patla-jhol.html...

Updated: With video If you are a Bengali you have literally grown up eating Phulkopir Dalna. This is one of the most common and fundamenta...

This is part three in my pujo spread post . Prompted by my social feed filling up with posts from friends eating a Bengali pujo buffet, I d...

This is part 2 of our pujo spread  post. Prompted by our friends going to a pujo spread buffet at a local Indian restaurant, I decided t...

I have been blogging for some time now. While my blogs have touched various nooks and crannies of Bengali and Indian cuisine but some...

Every year during this time everyone in USA gets crazy about pumpkin for all the wrong reasons (ahem ghosts). They drink pumpkin la...

The very first year we were in US, my daughter went on a school trip to a farm for Halloween. She proudly brought home a pumpkin which she ...

I have had the good fortune to be always blessed with great neighbors. Our Seattle home is no exception. We meet a few times over the summ...

We are still in Durga pujo mode here in Seattle. Pujo is over, but the ever going Bijoya parties are not yet over. I sometimes feel that th...

After a long hiatus I am back to food blogging. This post is brought to you by a bad bout of cold. The last time I had a cold was when I vis...

Gondhoraj Bhetki is one of the most popular dishes served in the famous Oh Calcutta! restaurant in Kolkata. If you landed on this page sear...

  This is a very old traditional Bangladeshi fish curry, I learnt it from my grandmom and unfortunately have no clue to the origin of the ...

  This is a famous Bangladeshi food served in wedding and other party banquets. In our part of US it is frequently ordered from caterers i...

  Yesterday I met with a bunch of friends for our monthly adda session. One of our friends had posted on Facebook, delicious photos of pra...

Winter is coming up and so is the season for khichuri for those sleepy rainy Sunday lunches. This khichuri is from my dida and is not th...

Durga pujo is just around the corner. The fall weather in Pacific North West is very close to that of Kolkata just before Pujo. The sky...

In all our trips to Costco my daughter insists that I pick up the huge king crabs they have on sale. I mostly land up making Konkani Crab ...

This is a common curry served at road side shacks in and around Kolkata along with Puri and Kachuri . Most of us grew up gobbling this do...

Eid Mubarak to all my friends celebrating Eid today. Hope you have been having your fill of Kheer or Payesh at the end of iftar parties. He...