Durga Puja

Diwali, Durga Puja

Bengali Sweets

A collection of super simple, homemade, organic and delicious Bengali sweets… Rose Sondesh Sweet Potato Malpua Strawberry Sondesh Pineapple Sondesh Homemade yogurt (sweet) and fruits Mango Yogurt – Aam Doi (no oven method) Dudh Puli – Sweet Coconut Dumplings in thick milk cream Jaggery Rasgulla Gulab Jamuns Kacha Golla – […]

Desserts, Durga Puja

Strawberry Sondesh (Indian Sweets)

We got three news to share! After searching for a month and half, we finally got a renter for the new place. Most of you must be thinking, what’s the big deal in that? It is, at least for us. This is our investment property so finding a renter was very […]

Desserts, Diwali, Durga Puja

Pineapple Sondesh (Bengali Sweets)

Pillow-y soft, melt in mouth Sondesh (Bengali Sweets) with a slight hint of pineapple in them. How was your long weekend? Our long weekend was merely boring. Matthew was painting the new apartment, so I spent most of the time cooking and cleaning. I have fired my cleaning lady (Okay, […]

Desserts, Durga Puja

Dudh Puli – Sweet Coconut Dumplings in thick milk cream

Sweet Coconut Dumplings in thick milk cream – dudh puli – unsweetened shredded coconut cooked with palm jaggery, wrapped inside small rice flour flatbread, folded gently, simmered carefully with lightly sweetened milk! Sankranti is nothing but an Indian Harvest Festival, which will be celebrated on 15th January 2016. It brings […]

Desserts, Diwali, Durga Puja, Holidays

Kacha Golla – sweet soft cheese balls

Kacha golla – A soft, melt in mouth cheese balls which does not require much expertise in cooking. Sweet soft cheese balls – Kachagolla – a simple and perfect way to give a teary farewell to Ma Durga. I was all set to prepare Coconut Rice Pudding and sweet coconut balls for […]

Durga Puja, Holidays, Meat

Special Meat Rezala – yogurt based goat meat curry

Meat Rezala – Yogurt based hearty goat meat curry with rice and flatbread – an Indian Holiday Dinner. All I wanted was a free weekend at home without chores and much moving. However, this weekend, we had Durga Puja at Boston. So I went to spend some time draping myself […]