a melange of recipes, cuisines and food stories and my adventures in the culinary world

Ingredient: cardamom

No bake Gulab Jamun Cheesecake…my 100th post!

No bake Gulab Jamun Cheesecake…my 100th post!

 A no bake, eggless, sinful Gulab Jamun Cheesecake.

Suji Manda Pitha/ Coconut stuffed Semolina Dumplings

Suji Manda Pitha/ Coconut stuffed Semolina Dumplings

Delicious and finger licking good Suji Manda Pithas, deep fried semolina dumplings stuffed with coconut and jaggery…authentic and traditional Pitha made in festivals and special occasions in Odisha.

Strawberry rose cardamom lassi

Strawberry rose cardamom lassi

 A lovely pink summertime thirst quencher with health benefits.

Valentine special…Gajar halwa cheesecake pie/ Indian style carrot pudding cheesecake pie

Valentine special…Gajar halwa cheesecake pie/ Indian style carrot pudding cheesecake pie

Last one month has been hectic, like a roller coaster ride with loads of housework, looking after the kids, my voluntary work, social commitments and so on.Sometimes blogging does take a backseat with priorities coming my way.

Labanga Lata / Lavang Latika

Labanga Lata / Lavang Latika

Diwali is just round the corner and what better day to do a recipe collaboration with two of my blogger friends, Parinaaz Marolia who mostly blogs about Parsi delicacies in her blog A dollop of that.Today her po

Nolen Gur er Paayesh…Rice pudding with date palm jaggery

Nolen Gur er Paayesh…Rice pudding with date palm jaggery

A delicious, finger licking dessert typical to eastern India specially West Bengal.

Anjeer and Gulkand stuffed Malai Ladoo

Anjeer and Gulkand stuffed Malai Ladoo

An extremely easy and quick recipe with a melt in the mouth creamy texture and a rose flavoured crunchy stuffing .

Kadali Chakuli..eggless whole wheat banana pancakes…Odiya recipe with a contemporary touch.

Kadali Chakuli..eggless whole wheat banana pancakes…Odiya recipe with a contemporary touch.

An eggless wholewheat banana pancake recipe,a hit with the kids for sure.

Guchhi Dum Biryani(healthy version)

Guchhi Dum Biryani(healthy version)

A healthy version of delicious Mushroom Biriyani ,bursting with flavours and rustled up within an hour.

Entries for RCI Bengal

Entries for RCI Bengal

West Bengal is one of the Eastern states of India, the land of Ramakrishna Paramahansa,Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore,Amartya Sen…the list is endless, a state rich in cultural heritage, state teeming with people who are literary intellectuals, sports lovers, a place where India’s quest for


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