Love this new meme style. Saw this yesterday and remembered the box of fuchka shells that I bought almost a month ago when we hosted Iftar at our’s. Cuz this was supposed to be one of the items, and also cuz that time I failed in making GF shells. But almost a month later –… Continue reading Fuchka aka Gol Gappa aka Pani Puri aka Competition Food
“Sujir” keeps autocorrecting to Sugar, which makes me laugh because it could easily have been called Sugar Halua, it’s the other half of the ingredients. Suji (Semolina), Sugar, Water are the main ingredients, a little bit of ghee/oil, cinnamon (ground and/or sticks), cardamom, cloves optional, but nice. Oxford Languages definition of “Halwa” is “a sweet… Continue reading Sujir Halua (Halwa of Semolina)
I tried out a couple of recipe boxes (2 each from Simply Cook and Hello Fresh) because I was given some great vouchers that I had to take advantage of! Simply Cook was £1 delivery for my first box (what I didn’t like is that I couldn’t invite any of my housemates to try it,… Continue reading Recipe Box Trials – Simply Cook & Hello Fresh
I made Haleem last year and wrote all about the significance of Ramadan to me. This year (last week) I made an Iftar spread again and though my beguni didn’t work out as well as I hoped it would’ve, the haleem was great and I can’t wait to make it again. Thought I’d write it… Continue reading Mushroom Haleem (Updated Ramadan 2021)
Jhal muri is one of the most common street snacks around Dhaka and Kolkata. I have had it on the road side, especially in the university areas and on the trains from Kolkata to Santiniketan. It is really easy to put together with almost anything that you have at home. The street vendors usually go… Continue reading Jhal Muri & Lebur Shorbot (Mixed Puffed Rice & Lime-aid)
Ottolenghi inspired: butterbeans with cumin, chilli, cheddar, cream and coriander on toast: Thankfully the day before I made this (already had the butter beans at home to try and use the Instagram post as inspiration to make it), the recipe was published in The Guardian Ottolenghi column was published! This was so so easy to… Continue reading Creamy curried butterbeans on toast
I don’t really know what to call this because we used to get this in an Asian bakery very close to where we used to live the first couple of times we lived in New York. And maybe it’s because I have no clue when I’ll be able to next go, there is nothing more… Continue reading Fluffy-Egg-Sponge-Muffins wrapped in Paper
The Big Family Cooking Showdown Season 1 – The Mark’s Family Round 2 (BBC recipe) The second time I made this I didn’t do the tofu thing, it was more a cardamom cream than a custard, and it’s just as good!
With the rest of the Lemon Cheese (should’ve used a whole jar for this REALLY) letftover from making the Lemon Curd Loaf Cake, I made a Lemon Meringue Tart. Mainly because I’ve been watching The Great British Family Cooking Showdown, and one of the first episodes has them baking Lemon Meringue Tarts. So I had… Continue reading Lemon Meringue Tart
IKEA ran out of Gravy the time I went to pick up more Plant Balls. So I decided to try some other ways of having the new Plant Balls that I love so much. Inspired by this recipe for Red Thai Meatball Curry when I went to get the supplies for the Pad Kee Mao,… Continue reading Meatball (Yellow) Curry
The Spill Queen 