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Nutmeg and Cinnamon Pancakes
Nutmeg and Cinnamon Pancakes Recipe A plain pancake batter is a decent base, but it doesn’t take much to make it noticeably better. Freshly grated nutmeg…
Spiced Poached Pears and Apricots
Spiced Poached Pears and Apricots Recipe Poached fruit doesn’t get made nearly as often as it should. It’s one of those desserts that looks more…
Spiced Red Bean Chili with Cinnamon and Clove
Spiced Red Bean Chili with Cinnamon and Clove Recipe Chili is one of those dishes that’s easy to make and easy to make well, but the spice mix is where…
Spiced Sweet Potato Mash
Spiced Sweet Potato Mash Recipe Sweet potato mash is easy to get right and just as easy to make forgettable. The difference here is in how the spices are…
Cardamom and Coffee Cake
Cardamom and Coffee Cake Recipe There are flavor combinations that just make sense the moment you taste them. Cardamom and coffee is one of them. Bitter…
Cinnamon and Nutmeg Pancake Syrup
Cinnamon and Nutmeg Pancake Syrup Recipe Bottled pancake syrup is mostly just sweetness without much else going on. Making it at home takes fifteen…
Cinnamon and Cardamom Infused Fruit Iced Tea
Cinnamon and Cardamom Infused Fruit Iced Tea Recipe Iced tea is one of those things that’s easy to overlook because it seems too simple to be worth…
Sweet-Spiced Fruit and Seed Granola
Cinnamon and Cardamom Infused Fruit Iced Tea Recipe For me, most store-bought granola is either too sweet or too plain. And don’t get me started on the…
Breakfast Potatoes
Breakfast Potatoes Recipe Some mornings call for something more than toast, but not quite a full cooked breakfast either. These breakfast potatoes sit…
Spiced Popcorn
Cardamom and Coffee Cake Recipe Popcorn is an easy snack, and it does not add to your calorie count even if you have a lot of them. It’s one of those…
Spicy Fried Chicken
Spicy Fried Chicken Recipe Fried chicken doesn’t need to be complicated to be good. This recipe came out of wanting something quick for two people, with…
Easy Banana Muffins with Clove and Cinnamon
Easy Banana Muffins with Clove and Cinnamon Recipe Some smells just mean home. Clove and cinnamon together is one of those for me, the kind of warmth…
Chela: Affordable and Often Overlooked
If you try to imagine Bangladeshi fish, chances are you’ll picture the big ones first. Of course, our hilsha is famous — and rightfully so. The Bangladeshi…
Chanda Fish: Small Indigenous Fish in Bangladesh
One of the great things about small indigenous fish in Bangladesh is that they’re not just a main dish, they make for a fantastic snack too. Take Chanda nama…
Another small wonder: Dhela Mach
We who grew up in Bangladesh know the importance of small fish. I have heard “ mola dhela mach khele choker jyoti bare” a thousand times over, meaning eating…
Tailla: The Indian Salmon from Bangladesh’s Bay of Bengal
I still remember the first time I discovered Tailla fish at a local market in Dhaka. I’d heard so much about salmon from all those Western shows and movies…
Modhu Pabda: The Honey Fish
Modhu is the Bengali word for honey. This name is given to the fish likely because of its sweet taste. Modhu Pabda has a buttery flavor and delicate, tender…
Kuli, Bhut Bailla
I know most Bengalis living abroad miss the abundant variety of fish we have back home. In Bangladesh, we have access to so many fish species that other…
Vegetable Soup
Vegetable Soup Recipe Like the rest of the world, soup is a comfort food for Bangladeshi people. Though the prevalence of soup is more prominent in urban…
Tara Baim (Lesser Spiny Eel)
I may have mentioned my distaste for Baim (eel) fish in a previous blog post —something about the way it looks and how most people cook it just doesn’t sit…
Pretty Pink and Delicious: Pink Perch – Meet Bangladesh’s Rupban
Living in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, I was always a bit envious of people from Bangladesh’s coastal areas. Why? Because they had access to fish…
Thai Sharpunti
Growing up, Thai Sharpunti—or silver barb—was just another fish on the dinner table. I can bet that not a single Bengali would name Sharpunti as their…
Pounded Stir-Fried Beef (Checha Mangsho)
Pounded Stir-Fried Beef (Checha Mangsho) Recipe As I belong from a practicing Hindu family, I cannot have beef at home. y=just yesterday I was ordering…
Merryland Chicken
Merryland Chicken Recipe Anyone following Generation of Flavors knows my dislike towards chicken. I have no hatred towards the animal or its meat. But I…
Maita/Ghora Mach: The Mighty Migratory Fish
Many of the fish found in Bangladesh’s rivers are not local. We get a lot of migratory fish in our rivers, which are seasonal, meaning they are only available…
Murbaila/Bartail Flathead: The Prized Catch from The Bay of Bengal
Most people, when they think of Bangladeshi fish, usually think of the fish found in the Bangladeshi rivers. Which is right, as we have more rivers than most…
Luchi (Puffed Flatbread) Recipe
Luchi (Puffed Flatbread) Recipe Luchi is a traditional deep-fried, puffed flatbread from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. It is popular in…
Thai Style Vegetable
Thai Style Vegetable Recipe In Bangladesh Thai and Chinese cuisine are seen in a similar vein. Chinese cuisine is the more popular option in the country…
Special Mutton Biriyani (Kacchi Biriyani)
Special Mutton Biriyani (Kacchi Biriyani) Recipe There are common sayings that “biriyani is not just food, it is an emotion” and almost everyone will…
Duck Curry
Duck Curry Recipe Duck curry is one of my absolute favorites. I have talked about not liking chicken as much, but duck curry has a special place in my…
Chicken Pulao (Morog Pulao)
Chicken Pulao (Morog Pulao) Recipe Whenever polao is being made in my house, my day is automatically happy. The smell flies in from the kitchen, of Polao…
Vegetable Korma
Vegetable Korma Recipe When Bengalis say “polao korma,” we are talking about a classic combination that shows up at every wedding, every special…
Sondesh/Sandesh – A Traditional Bengali Sweet Recipe
Sondesh/Sandesh – A Traditional Bengali Sweet Recipe If you look up the word “sondesh” in a Bengali-English dictionary, you will find it translated as…
Roshogolla – Famous Bengali Sweet
Roshogolla – Bengali Sweet Recipe Roshogolla is one of the most popular Bengali sweets in the world. And it is rightly so. It is one of my favorites, and…
Spiced Meat Curry
Brown Meat (Spiced Meat Curry) Recipe Beef is the most popular red meat in Bangladesh. Mutton is a distant second. But since I grew up in a Hindu…
Lemony Chickpeas
Lemony Chickpeas Recipe If you are from Bangladesh or India, you definitely know about chickpea bhuna or chola bhuna. It is one of those dishes that…
Milk Caseine or Chhena
Milk Caseine or Chhena Recipe If you look at the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent, milk is everywhere. We use milk in our tea, our desserts, even in our…
Slow-Cooked Fish Curry (Koshano Mach)
Koshano Mach Recipe This is the second Kosho Mach (slow cooked fish) recipe from Moni Dadi’s diary. The other one should be already available on our…
Thai Pangas and Majhari Thai Pangas
Thai Pangas and Majhari Thai Pangas To us Bengalis, large fishes like Pangas are not just something to eat—they are a symbol of hospitality and respect. That…
Kata Phasa Mach: Calling Out to Some Homely Warmth in the Beginning of Winter
Kata Phasa Mach: Calling Out to Some Homely Warmth in the Beginning of Wintery Autumn is almost gone here in Finland. It’s not fully snowing yet, or maybe it…
Roasted Chicken
Roasted Chicken Recipe Chicken roast is an iconic dish in Bengali cuisine. While normal chicken curry can be had on almost any day, chicken roast means…
Mrigal/White Carp: A True Champion of the Carp Family
Mrigal/White Carp: A True Champion of the Carp Family Bengalis and their love for large fish is a timeless affair. We cannot go long without our beloved…
Rani, Bou
Rani, Bou Rani means queen in Bengali and Bou means wife or bride, both names befitting this pretty little fish. Of course, Bengalis have a way of giving…
Shing Mach: Our Medicine, Our Comfort
Shing Mach: Our Medicine, Our Comfort The Asian stinging catfish or fossil cat (Heteropneustes fossilis), commonly known as “Shing fish” or “Shingi” in…
Lentil Fritters with Yoghurt Sauce
Lentil Fritters with Yoghurt Sauce Recipe At first I was a bit surprised by the name lentil fritters. As a Bengali of course I know what lentil is. I even…
Potato Curry
Potato Curry Recipe If you ask a Bengali what their favorite breakfast items are, you will hear about different items you can have with Paratha or ruti…
Egg Curry in Coconut Milk/Egg Korma
Egg Curry in Coconut Milk/Egg Korma Recipe Egg curry is one of my favorites. I think I get it from my mother, she loves it as well and she makes an…
Stuffed Vegetables
Stuffed Vegetables Recipe In Bengali cuisine, we eat vegetables like we eat everything else, in a curry. You probably know about different fish curries…
Gojar: The Fish That Will Heal your Soul
Gojar: The Fish That Will Heal your Soul We Bengalis and our love for big fish goes a long way. It’s hard to describe this image to someone who isn’t Bengali.…
Ilish Mouli or Hilsha in Coconut Milk
Ilish Mouli Recipe Ask any Bengali what their top 3 fish are, and Hilsa will surely be on the list. The Bengali love hilsa like no other fish. Hilsa or…
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