Three years, Motherhood & a Comeback: My ma’s Chicken Paturi-Chicken steamed in Banana leaf

Three years, Motherhood & a Comeback: My ma’s Chicken Paturi-Chicken steamed in Banana leaf

  I am looking at my laptop screen thinking what is it that I really want to write? All that comes out of me is a long breath. Where do I start?   It’s been three long years since I looked at my blog. And 

Fast Track Chicken Pulao

Ingredients 1.    1-small sized chicken, cut into pieces 2.    2-Onions chopped properly 3.    1-teapsoon garlic paste 4.    1-teaspoon ginger paste 5.    1-teaspoon cumin powder 6.    ½-teaspoon red chili powder or paprika powder 7.    ½-cup yogurt 8.    ½-cup milk 9.    2-green chili, slit length wise 10. 

Shorshe Chicken – Chicken Cooked in Mustard Gravy

This is a classic Bengali dish, although mainly cooked with fish.  This is not for the faint hearted-for the dish has a punch from the mustard paste which is very different from the English mustard paste one would get in store. Usually mustard paste for