This month was very sweet with so many tempting Bengali desserts landing in my mailbox every day.I love Bengali sweets and that tempted me to choose this theme.Incidentally, the brain behind this event ,Nive, too loves Bengali desserts!! We have 18 bloggers who sent in 28 yummy desserts for this event and I am sure…
Bengal is known for its delectable sweets. Sweets find an important place in the Bengali Thali. The Bengali desserts make use of sweetened cottage cheese / Paneer / chhana. Here is a variation to the creamy shondesh with a touch of pista. I used : Homemade paneer from 1 Liter milk .Make sure that the…
When I announced Celebrate sweets with the theme Bengali sweets, I wanted to prepare Rasgullas.I kept postponing the thought of preparing it and finally I decided against it and made two types of Shondesh last weekend. This one is the basic Shondesh recipe.There are numerous and innovative Sondesh varieties that can be developed from this…
I was multi-tasking a few weeks ago-telling mom that it was ages since I tasted Rasmalai and was checking my mail side by side.That’s when I saw Srivalli’s announcement for this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge.I was surprised!This months the chosen recipe was Rasmalai!!!Rasmalai is a traditional sweet from West Bengal,India and also a favorite in…
After a long time I am posting a North Indian side dish.Of late,I have been trying out a lot of dishes from my blogging buddies and yes,this one too is from a fellow blogger,Sudeshna,who writes at Cook like a Bong. I have a soft corner for cabbage,[famed as a stinky vegetable] and prepare many types…
