Bhoj

Chicken Roast..marinated chicken with curd, ginger-garlic paste, lemon, tandoori masala and a dash of rosemary..baked at 190 degrees for 35 minutes in the oven

Chicken ghee (clarified butter) dry roast...

Cadbury chocolate cake with vanilla tutti frutti icing

Vanilla cake with chocolate icing...first hand experience on icing..lots left to learn...will master it eventually 😊

Steamed momos/dumplings served with hot red chilli chutney/sauce.

Mochar pakoda (Banana blossom fritters): Banana florets mixed with batter made by mixing pinch of turmeric and red chilli powder, salt, chopped green chilli and besan (gram flour). Deep fried till they are crispy golden brown in colour.

Kakrol Pur (Stuffed Teasel gourd - Bengali style):  A spicy stuffing of mustard paste and Teasel gourd filling(stir fried with chilli and chopped onion) dipped in a batter and fried to a gorgeous golden. Scrumptious !!!

Muri ghonto: A fish head recipe which is one of the signature dishes from Bengali cuisine. It has many varieties, this one has been prepared with fish head(Hilsa fish), potato, rice and spices 🐟

Ilish(Hilsa) paturi is an age-old Bengali delicacy. The main ingredient of paturi is mustard paste and traditional spices. The mixture is then wrapped in banana leaves for further slow cooking. In this slow cooking method, the smokey aroma of banana leaves gets infused into the food, the outcome is scrumptious and out of the world taste.

Khaman Dhokla is a vegetarian culinary dish that is found mainly in the Indian state of Gujarat and parts of adjacent states. Made from chickpeas gram, Semolina as the basic ingredient.

Stir fried egg noodles with pepper and Schezwan chutney..

Dal Baati: It's a popular Indian dish. Dal is prepared using tuvaar dal, chana dal (prepared by removing skin of split chickpeas), moong dal and urad dal. Baati /hard bread roll made up of wheat flour, I have baked baati in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 20 minutes.

Homebaked vanilla flavored Sponge cake...basic cake recipe for all beginners who are into baking...baked in a preheated oven at 180 celcius for 30 minutes.

PS the sauce was also homemade with tomato and paprika.

White steamed rice with bottle gourd gravy- a traditional Bengali cuisine with grated bottle gourd prepared in yellow lentils. I have added green peas and dried lentil dumplings for enhanced favour. Adding a dash of ghee/clarified butter is highly recommend :)