In Bengali cuisine, there aren’t a lot of creative names for our dishes. We just call them exactly what they are. For example, “Narikel Dudeh’r Murgi” literally translates to “Coconut Milk Chicken.” Which also makes it easier to know exactly…
Spicy Egg Curry
Quick vegetarian curry with some steamed rice — perfect weekday dinner. Tip: Use day slightly older eggs for an easier peel. Ingredients 8 to a dozen eggs 3 tablespoon ghee 1 cup crushed tomatoes 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder 1/2 teaspoon…
Jhaal Gosht
Gosht means meat in Bangla, and jhaal = spicy. Gosht — any red meat. Aptly this recipe will work for any red meat. In this case, I’m using bone-in beef chunks. More often than not most of my non desi…
Murgi’r laal jhol
Growing up we didn’t have a spicy version of this particular dish. Our dad was allergic to chilies so we just had a plain turmeric version of this. Which was perfectly fine with us until we’d go to our aunts’…