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Chicken Kofta Curry
I love using ground chicken or ground turkey in a lot of different dishes. They are low in fat, versatile and taste great. Traditional koftas are actually meat ground in a big mortar and pestle...
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Paneer Kofta Curry
I enjoy kofta curries because I think they are fun. I just made a chicken kofta curry not too long ago and last night decided to throw together a paneer version. I’m leaving for an out-of-town...
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Potato and Chickpea Curry
This little vegetarian dish is tasty and filling. I love it as a main dish to eat with pooris, naans or just plain white rice and a nice crisp salad. I had a few leftover baked potatoes and it worked...
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Misti Kumro Daal ~ Kabocha squash and red lentil daal
What Bengalis like to call Misti Kumro (translation: sweet pumpkin) is actually a squash. Kabocha squash. If you’ve never tried this variety of squash, its delicious. I love it because you can eat...
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Saag (Palak) Paneer
I know, I know…it seems like I’ve been making a lot of Bengali/Indian food lately and LOTS of things with paneer. What can I say? I’m going through a phase. I’m switching to Mediterranean or...
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Samosas – the quick and dirty version
Growing up, having Singharas and Samosas as “tea time” snacks were really common. Because of the British influence, having “tea” at around 6:00 p.m. everyday was the norm and then dinner would follow...
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10 Minute Tilapia Curry
People in Bangladesh eat a LOT of fish. Especially fresh water fish. Fish are such a commonly eaten item, we even use it in colloquial language - for instance if you’re inviting someone over for a...
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Coconut Fried Rice – Delicious anytime!
This Coconut Rice is super tasty and originates from the Southern part of India. Most places that grow coconut has some kind of a coconut rice recipe. Jamaicans have a coconut rice recipe where the...
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Muttar Paneer and Tony Horton
I’m well into the second week of P90X. I am beginning to walk like the hunchback (or is it hump back? I have a hunched hump) of Notre Dame when nobody is watching, dang that Tony Horton. I try to...
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Mixed Veggie Niramish
Niramish is the Bengali word for mixed vegetables. There are of course, a million ways to cook niramish depending on the cook. I decided to make some last night using frozen mixed veggies because I...
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