Spicy Chickpea Curry/Choley Masala

This Chickpea Curry is easy, hearty and filling dish with full of spicy curry flavor without making it too spicy served as a wholesome meal with simple Indian flat bread for lunch or dinner. It’s easy to prepare with simple pantry ingredients. Chickpeas is a great source of plant protein, fiber,vitamin and iron. I like preparing the beans at home. It's time consuming but it's worth the effort. I soak overnight and boil it in a pressure cooker until 2-3 whistles instead of boiling in a pan that takes way longer time to cook. 

Alur Dom

   

Alur Dom is a very popular gravy based potato curry all over India and every region has its own variations. This is a Bengali style pure vegetarian(no onion-no garlic)and vegan Alur Dom with green peas. Dom or dum style potato means it is cooked on slow fire with the lid on for sometime that allows the spices and herbs to infuse the potatoes, resulting in a irresistible Alur Dom that every Bengali enjoys with Karaishutir Kachuri(green peas stuffed fried Bengali bread) Luchi(fried Bengali white bread) or just plain roti. 

Vegetable Brown Fried Rice

We love this wholesome and nutritious Asian flavored rice with veggies. It's so versatile to pair with any Asian vegetable dishes, seafood, chicken and meat items. Easy to cook with left over brown rice.

Chicken Tehari

Chicken Tehari/Tahiri, a simple rice and white chicken curry dish is so easy to put together that belongs to Awadhi cuisine of Uttar Pradesh, India. Tehari is in between Polao and Biriyani without fancy ingredients yet full of flavors and quick to whip up for restaurant style weeknight meals. This dish does not need any side dish other than some salad. It's a meal on its own. 

Brown Rice Veggie Pilafs

Wholesome grains are very important in our daily diets. Sharing two Simple and wholesome pilafs using brown rice with goodness of veggies. Theses vegan and gluten-free rice dishes are nutritious, tasty and easy to cook for busy days with leftover rice nicely pair with any non-veg items. 

Noakhalir Badam Shorshe Shorputi/ River Barb Fish Curry with Peanut Mustard Gravy

Cooking is always ritual to me, whether I cook for my family or friends. It is never boring or tedious for me. I enjoy cooking to the core and I cook till I drop. My cooking spirit inspired me toward blogging journey six years back that I never dreamed and of course some of my family members and friends encouraged me a lot as well. It's been a great blogging journey since then; cooking, taking pictures of food I make for family and friends, writing recipes and last but not least meeting people through my cooking. I appreciate everyone who loves my cooking style, tries my recipes and supports me continuously.  It's a happy place for me and I relieve stress through cooking and blogging; a true pleasure that gives me positive vibes and keeps me busy. Today I am sharing an heirloom recipe.  

Shrimp Polao

A family favorite Bengali rice dish with shrimp using simple pantry ingredients is served with salad and raita. This fancy one dish rice and shrimp meal can be served for weeknight dinner as well. The rice gets a very rich shrimp flavor prepared with the shrimp shells stock transforming this dish into an aromatic Polao. The shelled shrimp are gently cooked in the spice mixture, then topped over the almost cooked rice and simmered for a while making this one pot rice dish utterly flavorful, delicious and comforting. It may sound daunting but it's not. A must try for shrimp lovers!