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medium sized eggplant

Begun Diye Kalai Dal (Urad Dal with Eggplant)

I grew up in a sylvan sleepy hamlet in the far-flung Barak Valley of Assam. Amidst pristine verdant ...

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Hello!! I am Maumita and welcome to Experiences of a Gastronomad.
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New Post is up :)
That Piyali Boudis grandmothers recipe notebook has left me enchanted is an understatement.
I have spent hours poring over the mildewed ancient khata, held it up to take in the scent of aged paper, admired the colours of ink used, been super careful in turning the delicate pages, brittle with age, and above all marvelled at the discipline and passion of the progressive young lady who bothered to chronicle all the interesting recipes she encountered.

Which recipe next ?
The me-kid in the proverbial candy shop has often mused.
And finally I zero in on her delectable Chingri Barfi Curry.
#thakumarkhatatheke
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The recipe link is updated in bio !!
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Mess is good sometimes, isn’t it?
Scene from kitchen this evening!!
Stay tuned 🙂
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New recipe is up on the blog ☺️☺️ .
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I spend days cooped up at home, glued to the notebook, reading and re-reading the recipes, making copious notes, adding measures for the recipe ingredients, reviewing and editing them till they feel just right, attempting to decipher the lines that have faded beyond intelligibility, often feeling like a persevering child hard at work on a jigsaw puzzle that has long lost some of the blocks.

Beggars cannot be choosers. Is there any maxim that implies just the antithesis ? When you are spoilt silly for choice, say like the proverbial kid in the candy-shop.
I ask S one morning as he sips his Darjeeling one morning.
It’s not everyday one feels so blessed.

Finally I zero in on Doodher Jhol as the first recipe from Thakumas notebook that I shall share with readers.
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To know more about her and the recipe , direct link is there in bio !!
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Sunday deserves a decadent lunch and a bhaat ghoom post that, does it not ?
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Direct recipe link is updated in bio!! .
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Gorgeous Chaos ❤❤
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Recipe link is updated in bio 🙂🙂 .
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Komola Phulkopi. Cauliflower cooked in orange juice. Orange segments thrown in for a further explosion of citrus. Yet another novel delicacy from the house of the Tagores.
A riot on the palate.
Enjoy !!!! The recipe link is updated in bio !!
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First came delectable hansher dim kosha from Rimli @rimleed and Sayantani @ahomemakersdiary . Then a stunning hansher dimer dalna from Deepa @hamareerasoi .

And I immediately knew what I had to cook next. Here’s my hansher dimer chorchori. An old recipe from my blog, the picture is new though.
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The recipe link is updated in bio !!
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Bombayites do love their Irani cafes.
The hypnotic aroma of baking that lingered out from the kitchens.
Their quirky lists of dos and don'ts (enough to inspire Nissim Ezekiel to pen Irani Restaurant Instructions )
The sinful Bun Maska accompanied with the addictive Irani Chai.
The smorgasbord of biscuits, sweet and savory, stored in trademark glass jars displayed in a disciplined row on the counter, that they still love to pack for home.
And their to-die-for mawa cake.
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I know, I know the birds missing.
But when your fishmonger gets you such a stunner of a chitol (and the peyajkoli season is just in) how can the piece de resistance be anything else ?
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