Bengali cuisine

White peas Ghughani (Bengali Recipe)

Servings: 3-4 Soaking time: 6 hours. Preparation time: 6 minutes. Boiling time: 10 minutes Frying time: 11 minutes. Cooking time: 5 minutes. Total time: 32 minutes. Ghughani is originated from India and Afghanistan, Afghanistan was once a part of India.  ‘Dry white peas Ghughani” is fascinating and overwhelming as a breakfast or brunch, when it […]

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Aaloo Bhujia (dry potato dish)

Servings: 2 Preparation time: 5 minutes. Frying time: 12 minutes. Total time: 17 minutes. Here is the epic combination from the Bihar, “Aaloo Bhujia (dry potato dish)” and kachori; In this recipe nothing is fancy just a pinch of culture and custom from Bihar, they use to serve just a bowl of “Sooji Halwa” (Rava/semolina),

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Pui saag diye Masoor dal (Malabar Spinach with red lentil)

Servings: 2-3 Preparation time: 3 minutes. Frying time: 9 minutes. Cooking time: 5 minutes. Total time: 17 minutes. ‘Pui saag diye Masoor dal (Malabar Spinach with red lentil’ is a flavourful dal with a pinch of Bengali culture; nothing fancy, just a bowl of steamed rice and posto Bata (Khus-Khus chutney) along with this recipe

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Stuffed Pittha/ Bagiya with Poppy Seed

Servings: 2-3 Making stuffing time: 12 minutes. Making dough time: 3 minutes. Stuffing raw pittha time: 1 minutes(each). Cooking time: 12 minutes. Total time: 28 minutes.  Pittha is one of the authentic Bihari cuisine made with rice flour, while new crops of rice flood the farmer’s fields in the early winter. It is customary to

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Ghughani dry (Black Chick Peas/Bengal Gram) dry

Servings: 4 Soaking time: 6 hours. Preparation time: 10 minutes. Frying time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 15 minutes. Total time: 35 minutes. Ghughani is a common and adorable breakfast in my parent house; eaten with Paratha, Kachori, Roasted Poha or Fried Poha (Flatten rice); my mother used to cook almost every day in the breakfast,

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