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...

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

Foods like nalli nihari made our stay in Hyderabad oh so enjoyable. One of the delights was to drudge through the insane evening traff...

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...

  I got this recipe from Mr. Atul Sikand over a food network on Facebook. The day I decided to make it I called my husband to know whether...

We had a steady stream of guests over the holidays. Especially to cater to the palate of our local friends I chose this mild kebab, which ...

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 ...

It’s been a long time since I last blogged. That doesn’t necessarily mean that I have not been cooking anything interesting, rather it is t...

Southern Amenia, a famous restaurant in Golpark, Kolkata served a different kind of Chaap. It differed from the traditional Kolkata Chaap i...

Eid Mubarak to all my friends who are celebrating Eid tomorrow. Hope you are filling to your brim at the Iftar parties. When I was a colle...

One of my cousins is getting married soon. Like all big fat Bengali weddings the menu is being planned the first. Even though the wedding ...

In Lucknow during the rule of the Nawabs, Galouti kebab used to be made with close to 100 secret ingredients and ground as many times to g...

  I love Baitong Restaurant in Redmond (Overlake area).  My daughter loves their Gai Hor Bai Toey which is chicken wrapped in leaves and f...

My previous post on Loita Macher Jhuri is one of my most popular posts. Over at my blog and Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/BongCook...

[Updated Post] First off let me explain the qualifier “Kolkata” I used for this Biryani’s recipe. Each region in India has it’s own versio...

My husband bought a huge mocha ( banana flower ) from the local Indian store. It was way too large for our small family. After making mocha...

Raj bhog is a two layered Bengali sweet with a khoya core and a rosogolla (rasgulla) type shell. The name literally means that it’s for th...

When we were in school most wedding banquets started serving what they called Kashmiri Stuffed Dum Aloo. They varied considerably in taste a...