Latest Recipes

Bengali Vegetarian Platter – Rice, Fries, Dal and Curries

BENGALI VEGETARIAN PLATTER – a long due post.  I wanted to do this post for a long, long time. I am not a vegetarian, and its super hard to find a Bengali vegetarian as fish and meat are heavily consumed in Bengal. My mom rarely cooked an entirely vegetarian meal because dad […]

Tea float – tea based summer drink

Unless you are sipping tea flat in summer, you’re not enjoying it to the fullest.  My pilates, cardio, and dieting are working great so far. I have curbed down my sugar intake and I’m trying not to take more than 25 grams of sugar in any form. When I say […]

Pasta Primavera – Pasta with Spring Vegetables

Pasta and I have a very interesting love/hate relationship! Back in 2009, after I got my admission in SUNY, my parents decided to send me to cooking classes. They were nowhere close to American Culinary classes. My cooking instructor’s name was Jagriti Desai, and she taught cooking in her apartment […]

Gazpacho – cold soup in hot sultry days

Summer in India and summer here are very different. Until I came here, I was never fond of summer. Summer back there is just three months of torture. Summer in India means scorching heat, dust, and excessive humidity. If you ever go there, you’ll hate India forever. For those 3-4 […]

Spicy Rum balls – 100th post and Father’s day

So many things to share! I am sorry for jabbering too much here. Grab a cup of tea before you start reading this post! This is my 100th post. When I started my blog a year back, I did not take blogging very seriously. It was to share my mom’s […]