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

  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...

  I just posted my recipe for easy Dosa. This is the recipe for the filling if you want to make ‘em stuffed. It goes well with Poori as we...

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...

We are just back from Mexico. The weather there constantly reminded me of sultry Kolkata. The temperature hovered around 35 Celsius and the...

It is hard to explain to someone who has never had daal with crispy potato fry, how good it is. It all sounds very simple until you really...

[Updated] Folks from Bangladesh ensure that nothing from a fish goes to waste. Not only they don’t waste anything, they have the knack of...

Palak Paneer is my daughter’s absolute favorite. There are many variants of Palak Paneer that I have come across. This particular one I lea...

I see a lot of stories online around the origin of this famous Bangladeshi dish. I do not know which is the real story but I heard the same ...

This is a light preparation of chicken which is perfectly suitable for a very hot day. This deviates considerably from traditional Indian...

Sunny summer days are something which folks living in the Pacific North West really cherish. Sun sets late in the night after 9 p.m. and we...

I first had this in Thiruvananthapuram, in god own country, Kerala. We were served the mutton stew along with appam. This is mildly spiced...

This was so tasty that right now while writing this post I am having the urge to make it again :). However, this is one of those things in ...

I cook different things for different people. This is something I cook for myself. I love Kopi Bhape. When I was young eating this for lunc...

In Bengali households you will hear about various baata’s all the time. Bata is essentially some paste which are simple, and easy on stomach...

Our last couple of dine outs have been to African restaurants. Interestingly I saw that Ethiopian and Moroccan food has heavy use of lentils...

It’s that time of the year, when you look back over the past year and think of all you have done. For bongcook that means finding the best ...

The other day some of us were discussing the best compliment we got as a cook. One of my biggest appreciator is my husband, however, each ti...

Chital maacher muithya is made because though Chital fish’s belly is tasty and oily and can be used in curries, the back is too bony to be...

Most of our guests these days turn out to be vegetarian. Serving authentic bong food to them becomes a hard chore. I have already gotten ti...