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href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/-/Fish?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/search/label/Fish'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' 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  4. Kechki Maach er Charchari | Small fish like Minnow or white bait cooked with potatoes and eggplant&amp;nbsp;Kechki, Kachki or Kaski is a tiny, shimmering like silver fish that is very commonly found in freshwater ponds, streams and rivers of rural Bengal. They are really tiny, even smaller than the mourala fish.&amp;nbsp; These small fishes have such soft bones that they are cooked and eaten whole. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/5737140058491097638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2022/11/kachki-maach-er-charchari.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/5737140058491097638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/5737140058491097638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2022/11/kachki-maach-er-charchari.html' title='Kachki Maach er Charchari'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr8I_JWsxcQNeSaPmoYfw1VF8_6ht_oTeR9Hwb4qBI8Z0AhXymcqjXC5XpXP3ysVLYwHKNs2msqC4xOdoo4-0-R8Bb709re2yxm0XUYIwtNLkWAdSJJjjX_8ewtr5HduZKO8pmrlmYkuOv5Rc-zA8GsEsi8igcWQT-HHWoLI-lOoHMFd8hQY/s72-w480-h640-c/KechkiMaach1.HEIC" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7939715738513215638</id><published>2021-10-25T22:03:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2021-10-27T22:45:09.558-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Healthy Eats"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="One Pot Meal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Family"/><title type='text'>TikTok Salmon Bowl | Honey and Soy glazed Salmon Rice</title><summary type="text">TikTok Salmon Rice Bowl | Honey and Soy glazed Salmon RiceThis leftover meal commonly eaten in Japanese and Korean households became viral when a Tik Toker Emily Mariko shared a video of her version of this dish. A delightful dish with a lot of umami, this Salmon Rice Bowl is very easy to cook. 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  5. Ilish Tauk | Ilish Machher Tok/Ambol | Hilsa Fish ChutneyChutney, Ambol and Tok are the three different varieties of sour dishes in Bengal, the difference being in the sourness and thickness of the gravy in the dish. While Chutneys are the sweetest with a thick, sticky base, the ambol and tauk/tok are more sour and have a thinner gravy. 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Sesame seeds might lower lipid levels. Every spice has a nutritional benefit, other than adding taste and flavor. 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Nope we are not talking of caviar! While Ilish maach er dim(Hilsa Fish roe) is the star, the Rui Maach er dim comes a strong second when it is made into fritters or bora. Mostly available during the monsoon season, the fish roe of sweet water fish like Rui or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4053197814888908304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2021/05/Macher-dimer-bora-jhol.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4053197814888908304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4053197814888908304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2021/05/Macher-dimer-bora-jhol.html' title='Ma-in-law&#39;s Macher Dim er Bora Jhol | Fish Roe Fritters'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5QLV1h5eZ9Ys7hoko3Pxg9Ipe81TYhrf8rwbV8S4ruHZW4iLr8Ga3i6ZJXcmmzoiwIgzzpAFSrzdMuihHvtWrnO5rIZd7-u-vHcDWJXuQd0Nk-Zf82_7WMdWkEl3cRDvglk6Yg/s72-w480-h640-c/MacherDomBora2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8040440934778939843</id><published>2021-03-09T23:17:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2021-06-23T01:31:50.670-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipe Book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>Gondhoraj Bhetki| Gondhhoraj Fish-- Fish flavored with Lime leaves</title><summary type="text">Gondhoraj FishThe first time I had Gondhoraj Bhetki was about seven or eight years back at Oh! Calcutta. Even at that time, Bengali restaurants serving Bengali food in a great ambience was rare and Oh!Calcutta was kind of a trail blazer. I had found the food good enough but the restaurant too expensive. Two things had caught my fancy. 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  13.  Kamola Katla&amp;nbsp;is a fish dish cooked with fragrant oranges made very popular by the Bengali movie&amp;nbsp;Maacher Jhol. My Kamala Salmon has no relation to our Madame VP and is Salmon cooked with 🍊 oranges in a tangy, spicy Indian Curry
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  25. Shrimp tossed with lots of garlic, a hot chilli-garlic and soy sauce is the easiest dish to make. I added some of the Korean Gochujang sauce to the shrimp and it added a burst of flavors
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  59. Daab Chingri | Prawns cooked in tender coconut&amp;nbsp;shell
  60. Daab Chingri, or prawns cooked in tender coconut shell is more of an urban Bengali dish, made very popular by restaurants. The base recipe is very much like shorshe chingri bhaape, where prawns are mixed in a&amp;nbsp;mustard-coconut paste and then steamed. Here the steaming or cooking happens in a tender green coconut&amp;nbsp;shell, with the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/8128562558494578581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2019/02/daab-chingri.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8128562558494578581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8128562558494578581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2019/02/daab-chingri.html' title='Daab Chingri -- Prawns in Tender Coconut Shell'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUf0MNFfNx14oZ_PD2vKIN94T_Skf49KGycvNXnf8byRxsRf5KTJUv1cjXM0dpgl1QPP78f0LYhxg5x4yoXRI6Ju4UhxcbA-0VHhPHIK6Ts5q9d10SB3xrVWEWLv67PzZh9S3cpg/s72-w480-h640-c/DaabChingri4.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-282949491241290963</id><published>2018-10-09T23:16:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-10-09T23:16:05.358-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Festival"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><title type='text'>Easy Garlicky Chingri -- for Dugga Pujo</title><summary type="text">
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  63. Durga Pujo is not a time to cook your own food. I mean ideally Ma Durga does not cook on these five days. Neither does Lokkhi, Saraswati, Ganesh or that Karthik? Maybe Baba Shib does, but then again I am not sure.So why should you , tell me?
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  65. And then if you do cook, who is going to eat it? I mean after eating bhoger khichuri at the pujo pandal, tons of phuchka just outside the pandal, egg </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/282949491241290963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/10/easy-garlic-chingri-pujo-menu.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/282949491241290963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/282949491241290963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/10/easy-garlic-chingri-pujo-menu.html' title='Easy Garlicky Chingri -- for Dugga Pujo'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMm2OAc4cJC_Weaej4wxDvZc2vX4AB6g9owMegeiZ0sjDDKtesAoklZStEQdJLbXHinx6JMYml_65wW2xmxP0hgwlGdlmyyzvLq3VMRv8tIHzjiiyG5DUrrUL8wgucYMnlGfA0cw/s72-c/GarlicChinghri1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6448063935440958837</id><published>2018-06-19T22:52:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2018-07-11T16:17:38.576-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Posto"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salmon"/><title type='text'>Salmon Posto -- Salmon in Poppy Seed paste</title><summary type="text">
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  68. Salmon was not a fish I loved when I first set foot on the shores of this country. I liked neither the taste nor the smell. The very thought of ordering a salmon sent me into bottomless despair. &quot;What is this country where the fish does not taste like Ilish or Rui&quot;, I would often cry, my patriotic heart wailing for fish from my motherland. It is always about the food and the fish, isn&#39;t it?
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  70. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/6448063935440958837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/06/salmon-posto-salmon-in-poppy-seed-paste.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6448063935440958837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6448063935440958837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/06/salmon-posto-salmon-in-poppy-seed-paste.html' title='Salmon Posto -- Salmon in Poppy Seed paste'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolgHfxCQlTe-VxSBDKTEx_2xWoIbgFMLISDkVOzvxIbOr5d_YXfzUX2NqzgwR2RkOkqLHVkSMUJppIhKS6vyssHyEwbaDYvLfl-BgtAKElqjEG7nsRtrr1Mibf4R3tPGuTwWgXQ/s72-c/20180616_131216.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1957923774881351496</id><published>2018-03-28T09:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-03-28T09:06:20.928-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><title type='text'>Bangla-fied Kashmiri Fish Curry -- that is how we roll</title><summary type="text">Bengalis eat a lot of fish. Growing up, I think we ate fish almost every day of the week. Not Fridays, because that is my Mother&#39;s Puja Day and not Sunday because that was the National Bengali Mutton Curry Day. But all other days there was fish for lunch and dinner. And not just one kind of fish. We could go a month without repeating the same fish actually -- mourala, magur, shingi, chara pona, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1957923774881351496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/03/kashmiri-fish-curry-bengali.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1957923774881351496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1957923774881351496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/03/kashmiri-fish-curry-bengali.html' title='Bangla-fied Kashmiri Fish Curry -- that is how we roll'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGD7U7PSMR9BhKCpw-iLIueKLcvrmoik9PWuLFmoOsa3cdq3WvSfgzhoVBO9uGJ5pisGKYFmtixSmPXfZNHBMO_9tlY11hQgwTqViouUceBiMKf2bi8q2IvoMNNSBWlb6OE3lZAw/s72-c/KashmirFishCurry11.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1381889687685575251</id><published>2018-03-21T18:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-03-23T15:43:20.573-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><title type='text'>Garlicky Tilapia with Milk and Lime</title><summary type="text">This is my friend K&#39;s recipe. I am not sure if he would like his whole name here so we will just leave it at K. This is a Tilapia with loads of garlic and bit of milk which he thinks he learned from a Italian Cooking show. When I saw the original video however I realized that this dish is more his creation than any Italian grandmother&#39;s. The addition of milk gives the dish a texture like my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1381889687685575251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/03/garlicky-tilapia-with-milk-and-lime.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1381889687685575251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1381889687685575251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/03/garlicky-tilapia-with-milk-and-lime.html' title='Garlicky Tilapia with Milk and Lime'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TpxsMcKKvPe65LLFfbwPqvV6ceEqPJx97nkMcz2PVKcy5E9PCYjywbMRC4tTdwLVoMjrzdj9CGyxi4ZvduwtXOse3lpYu_oiK9JT_NwEdzApJ4TRcLpfM3kFHvb0b3ipJ3JjYQ/s72-c/TilapiaMilk6.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1312561160750533216</id><published>2018-02-27T20:28:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2018-02-27T20:28:14.561-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Healthy Eats"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>Salsa Fish -- when Mexican meets Bengali</title><summary type="text">
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  74. I don&#39;t have a lot of time to write today. I had promised to post this last week but then last week was super busy like any other. So if I start writing, this recipe will never see the light of the published blog!!
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  76. A quick note to say, that this Salsa Fish is my recipe, mine and mine alone. So don&#39;t compare it to salsa fish of a mom from Tijuana or to your neighborhood TexMex restaurant. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1312561160750533216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/02/salsa-fish-when-mexican-meets-bengali.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1312561160750533216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1312561160750533216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2018/02/salsa-fish-when-mexican-meets-bengali.html' title='Salsa Fish -- when Mexican meets Bengali'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZThNVM12aBVFNo-U10b5l7Rszk7WoHSEQ0hbq8yg1_UMEg0M85OiJG8kluSrL0oiMHigVmUec0brpi0NjBEyb-KGNXNdp-hjUpznBeOVjvzf2Q5_l-z6vkCEaDmCY8hu1YX5OQ/s72-c/SalsaFish2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6424361871434609812</id><published>2017-04-25T23:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2017-04-25T23:19:30.015-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><title type='text'>Nandini&#39;s Fish Curry with Lime Leaves -- Lebu Pata diye Maacher Jhol </title><summary type="text">
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  79. I often hear people say that you don&#39;t make good friends after your childhood. That the best friends you make are the one you had since school or college. I understand the logic in there, that the friends you made in the age of innocence, unencumbered with worldly burdens or egos, are the true ones.
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  81. However, I have been extremely lucky to have found some good friends in all phases of my life.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/6424361871434609812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/04/lebu-pata-maacher-jhol-fish-curry-lime-leaves.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6424361871434609812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6424361871434609812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/04/lebu-pata-maacher-jhol-fish-curry-lime-leaves.html' title='Nandini&#39;s Fish Curry with Lime Leaves -- Lebu Pata diye Maacher Jhol '/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFin0UNi2k556iddhLhmcSocPMzS3Ks4GcHadclnjxmi0bGr7JGPmVu8MnBlEAqKz1aGIOIsIZqUlrb-xs7Pq1sERewFL4BrQU0pepws3-7Qck1O2uprN-bNJiA4_rkmkxBQmNDw/s72-c/FishCurrywithLebuPaata2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8986523473301917643</id><published>2017-04-07T07:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2017-04-07T07:53:53.466-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><title type='text'>Mourala Maacher Charchari -- from my Mother</title><summary type="text">
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  85. I often say that I am not my Mother. The truth is, I can never become my Mother. It is hard. Believe me!
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  87. Everytime we have a phone call, this is how the conversation goes
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  90. &quot;Cha er saathe biskut kheyechis? Khali pete cha khas na. Shob jaigay bolche kintu brekfast ta heavy korte&quot; (Did you have tea with your biscuit? Don&#39;t go empty stomach in the morning. It is important to have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/8986523473301917643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/04/mourala-maacher-charchari-from-my-mother.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8986523473301917643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8986523473301917643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/04/mourala-maacher-charchari-from-my-mother.html' title='Mourala Maacher Charchari -- from my Mother'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNmAxd9cES4bDRLRc5Gnb6XF1fgo_49F6map91DDZCEymRS3gB9zVl6Mwb_H4fIdFP_S7sTgDuhBW_tt9IZOBUXnPkFTNDAdLvXYPsuxWirgbU3GmrrUfRpYW7IWu-4cs7c8gaQ/s72-c/MouralaMaach4.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6669223554943359467</id><published>2017-04-03T22:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2017-04-03T22:24:44.371-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Healthy Eats"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Me"/><title type='text'>Baked Doi Salmon -- in oven</title><summary type="text">We are a very sporty family. Not. For a while, when the girls were small, I had them fooled with tall tales about me being a star marathon runner and their dad being a champion wrestler. Well, they did not buy that!!! The truth is sports is not our forte except for Little Sis who really enjoys being the athletic one in the family. Both my kids, defy the whole science of genetics and have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/6669223554943359467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/04/baked-doi-salmon-in-yogurt-sauce.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6669223554943359467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6669223554943359467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/04/baked-doi-salmon-in-yogurt-sauce.html' title='Baked Doi Salmon -- in oven'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBp6RSjGKcn68Sqn4RTUiSFR_jrz-gDFsaV7dieJyIV28BcWV6hbEPvDc_zBblVZm2MlhnBNnavec_LeAiFtBfvAN_IiGkSvtTnVZRsDx8aXq2qbxUtQpA0_bd_CjKfVyLr7ycyg/s72-c/D75_8996.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8849776366115068252</id><published>2017-02-23T23:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2020-06-15T21:41:31.433-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Healthy Eats"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>KaanchaLonka Dhonepata Baked Fish </title><summary type="text">
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  93. The weather has been amazingly warm for February in the last few days. Being from a warm country, I am not very fond of snowy winters, but such high temperatures scare me. With the new administration, there is little thought being given to global warming though it stares us in the face and even my 8 year old understands the impact it can have. If the EPA is not allowed to do the job it should</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/8849776366115068252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/02/kaanchalonka-dhonepata-baked-fish.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8849776366115068252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8849776366115068252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2017/02/kaanchalonka-dhonepata-baked-fish.html' title='KaanchaLonka Dhonepata Baked Fish '/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih2IKeODONYAcKxjl3AjuEe9QAcvl_eh8HHELGygq_sfmi3wQB85VRc57lLb4hXhyphenhyphenNz4jogEoWwqz9RUtDoCRJNjCKXmPXngelyMkEeXE-FdMgpCs1x-9rdLH4fjhTD25ItHh4g/s72-c/GrenChiliCorianderFish4.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4508376347916324519</id><published>2016-07-06T23:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2016-07-07T07:53:11.104-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snack"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Chingrir Bora -- Shrimp Fritters</title><summary type="text">
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  97. It was a hot, hot day today. Temperature soared to the 90s. There was not a speck of rain anywhere.
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  99. It was also the day of Ratha Yatra. The day in the month of Ashada, when the monsoons have arrived in the plains of Odissa and Bengal, and the day on which the deities of Lord Jagannatha, Balaram and Subhadra are taken to their aunt&#39;s house in a regal chariot.
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  106. At this point, I will have to digress and share this very interesting information about Loitya...
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  108. &quot;The origin of the term &quot;Bombay duck&quot; is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/9008330587021735692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2016/05/maachher-jhuri-or-crumbled-fish-with.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9008330587021735692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9008330587021735692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2016/05/maachher-jhuri-or-crumbled-fish-with.html' title='Maacher Jhuri or Crumbled Fish ~ with Tilapia or Cod'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-C9267Uvn0tTWmSy901-2rWy71lk33q5uvkyY2y4FxA8EjnX8inuXFgucwYyPrzwlsTEx8toO1dX7duNky20pDDfOKlmxALJHBReRHFPkV7e2LmLDlEVTqxVITImUV0XDfTcwQ/s72-c/MaacherJhuri1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-9152171875324255169</id><published>2016-03-06T21:59:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2016-03-06T22:14:37.876-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Greens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Readers"/><title type='text'>Maach Shaaker Bhorta -- from Hasina Ahmed and Hena</title><summary type="text">The best thing I love about &amp;nbsp;blogging on food for all these years is the people I meet via my blog and new recipes I learn from them. I could have probably learned them from other websites, some youtube video or even a cookbook. All of them excellent sources.
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  110. But when I hear it from a real person it is very different. It makes it more tangible, more real for me. I feel humbled that they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/9152171875324255169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2016/03/maach-shaaker-bhorta-from-hasina-ahmed.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9152171875324255169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9152171875324255169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2016/03/maach-shaaker-bhorta-from-hasina-ahmed.html' title='Maach Shaaker Bhorta -- from Hasina Ahmed and Hena'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjA7KQlGqDKzjTnBbrW1jCQZ7JSBMxNLC_gUQClsmu2MKHrjGfICOWGlCMAogvKFH4B7QiIJLhXW2IonNsTTLi8QrI2eqopfMDr8NJn3b9c6AbHmfQfjzx-7PyLat42MYcn6PuA/s72-c/MaacherBhorta1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-3869609552056745974</id><published>2015-09-03T20:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-04-17T21:45:10.780-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indian Curry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>Fish Kofta Curry -- and the summer that was</title><summary type="text">
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  113. Updated on Apr, 2018 with this photo. Scroll down for recipe.
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  117. We are in the last leg, rather finger of the summer holidays. Four more days to go and school opens on Tuesday. It has been a long vacation and a surprisingly fun one. I think that is what happens when you set out with very low expectations. With our holidays(to Yellowstone, which I need to write about soon) done at the very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/3869609552056745974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2015/09/fish-kofta-maacher-kofta-baked.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3869609552056745974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3869609552056745974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2015/09/fish-kofta-maacher-kofta-baked.html' title='Fish Kofta Curry -- and the summer that was'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBeKDM0GVcVY9wyg5IGhKdeS_fGhrvE5zEFXsD7Go6ygIIlSD-BHLfVRYR832DyNlUqz2VUE2Il89u_iontUKDY4cmywiDZTTqNQ4xv3Jebjr3FZSmGyKaZ5T_rHs0-kU3nYNSQ/s72-c/FishKofta1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-64892294877144047</id><published>2015-08-18T23:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2020-04-23T14:50:50.635-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indian Curry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tomato"/><title type='text'>Swai or Basa Fish in a Curry Leaves and Tomato gravy</title><summary type="text">
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  124. Fish Curry with Tomatoes and Curry Leaves
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  126. This Indian Fish Curry recipe with Basa fish is our favorite. It has a strong flavor of methi seeds and kari patta and is delicious in a tomatoe-y gravy
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  128. The Swai Fish or Basa has become recently very popular here. They are from the catfish family and are mostly farmed in Vietnam. There are plenty of debates about fish like Basa and Tilapia as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/64892294877144047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2015/08/swai-fish-in-curry-leaves-and-tomato.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/64892294877144047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/64892294877144047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2015/08/swai-fish-in-curry-leaves-and-tomato.html' title='Swai or Basa Fish in a Curry Leaves and Tomato gravy'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOtWCL2Puit1S4qeeXEEu_2GBmc1AR6xzsMcHCFlOlR3l4wE6TmjesobXeXei7WKcl9Q8JcP9XKZjJxAaTGWiweDJon3cQjX4jpKVl5ZLeFRubUEIVGd-xcDuq5e3Nh_894r6vw/s72-c/SwaiCurryLeaves2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6889517446899463508</id><published>2014-11-18T22:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2014-11-18T22:59:58.659-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="A-Z of Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipe Book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snack"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Fish Batter Fry or Fish Orly -- Bengali Style</title><summary type="text">I think I have said a million times on my blog, that I have spent a big chunk of my growing up years outside Kolkata. And by outside, I do not mean merely the suburbs, the once quiet localities where now the city has encroached with malls et al. But I talk about&amp;nbsp; places still further, where if you boarded the express train at night after dinner, you would wake up just outside Kolkata with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/6889517446899463508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2014/11/fish-batter-fry-fish-orly-bengali.html#comment-form' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6889517446899463508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6889517446899463508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2014/11/fish-batter-fry-fish-orly-bengali.html' title='Fish Batter Fry or Fish Orly -- Bengali Style'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZv9AxBbTBIOnbVP0o3HUkLq-TgF0LBbKuCLVXa6ls-xdpk9RuZWcjZ19F3hzgYl8RcmtB92R4rfZliws1AQvCx8JYlCMnPKSkz2n7rXRy0J5xvh7BG_Yxn7FMs9GJ3ffn3IPZg/s72-c/FishOrly2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-9021064758981833418</id><published>2014-07-01T19:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2014-07-01T22:08:39.679-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Chitol Muitha"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Readers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Rituparna Moitra&#39;s Chitol Maach er Muithya</title><summary type="text">A few weeks back I was asking my readers for their favorite Bengali Recipe with the letter &quot;C&quot;, as a part of the crowd-sourced &quot;A-Z of Bengali Cuisine&quot; that I am trying to do. Of the various ones that came up, one was Chitol Maacher Muithya.
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  130. Now growing in a Ghoti family, Chitol Muithya was not a dish I had heard of in the entire course of my childhood. Chitol Maach( also known as Clown Knife </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/9021064758981833418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2014/07/chitol-maach-er-muithya-muitha.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9021064758981833418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9021064758981833418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2014/07/chitol-maach-er-muithya-muitha.html' title='Rituparna Moitra&#39;s Chitol Maach er Muithya'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpxhHcwqw02B2PvYv8QzSkfMxvhmoLbOUnQu-tepUJr6b1GkxBx8SxP1NkxT4wSZVgGg7YsPWR7JTb67dUC18jTC1fZP0lR8YO-qL1FJY_1h9an3q5y7tjw-7I7wU8eoMQEiKtQ/s72-c/ChitolMaacherMuthiyaRitu6.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1360458205272746877</id><published>2014-04-30T21:53:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2014-04-30T22:08:09.858-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Kitchen"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma-in-Law"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Tyangra Maach er Jhaal Charchari</title><summary type="text">
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  134. Tyangra Maach or Tangra Maachh is a small fresh water fish of the cat-fish family. I have no idea about its english or scientific nomenclature
  135. To say that I like Tyangra Maach is an understatement. It is a fish which stirs waves in my heart. Troughs and crests of love, passion, hope and some times disappointment. There was a time when its taut silvery body gleaming like a shiny rupee coin in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1360458205272746877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2014/04/tyangra-maach-er-jhaal-charchari.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1360458205272746877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1360458205272746877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2014/04/tyangra-maach-er-jhaal-charchari.html' title='Tyangra Maach er Jhaal Charchari'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPHEOeFHTsfUwg6a0AABT1wV0wMfHWdCbhnMurbp19GrhBMT17WpWMFzIUzhwKk16F7Dsnkb3XxIx8P2Ixw6DuNIZr0up1tXeB7ofIau9IHvWUCKHlMQIM-5mhZLRhYdpmypZiA/s72-c/TangraJhaal7.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4189401453481698936</id><published>2013-09-19T12:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-09-19T12:58:33.536-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Corriander"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mint"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>The Indian Fish Curry with tomatoes, coriander and mint</title><summary type="text">
  136. What is &quot;The Indian Fish Curry&quot; ? I have no clue.
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  138. I just named it thus. I have been clueless since yesterday. Yesterday, I spilled tea on LS&#39;s homework. The very first homework that she brings back back from Kindergarten. The one single worksheet which asked her to color all objects which start with a letter M. Objects as in, pictures of objects in an A4 sized worksheet.
  139.  
  140. So here I am calmly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4189401453481698936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/09/the-indian-fish-curry-with-tomatoes.html#comment-form' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4189401453481698936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4189401453481698936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/09/the-indian-fish-curry-with-tomatoes.html' title='The Indian Fish Curry with tomatoes, coriander and mint'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vkGChb-LWPLZptnBoET9LRqBqZIyShsWfOwRQegCc5s7mlEI1ZFQmkyBwKbw6BnYlvisByL40J-rawVO-4BBkC5odtYe-EFbTO9CaNdEnC6ER8MZaXQiBmz39YJKBHaQGrWSQA/s72-c/IndianFishCurry2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1355215690848993285</id><published>2013-09-06T22:45:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2019-10-21T15:21:12.545-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma-in-Law"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salmon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Salmon Doi Maach-- Salmon in a yogurt gravy</title><summary type="text">
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  142.  
  143. Doi Maach -- Fish in Yogurt Sauce
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  145. Next week school reopens in my part of the world. After 2 and a half months of late nights, later mornings, lazy breakfasts, no school lunches, no worries of homework, unlimited story book reading time and any hour ice cream time, letting go of summer vacation is not going to be easy.
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  147. For anyone.Okay, at least not for me.
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  151. Sauteing&amp;nbsp;Onions to grind </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1355215690848993285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/09/salmon-doi-maach-salmon-in-yogurt-gravy.html#comment-form' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1355215690848993285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1355215690848993285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/09/salmon-doi-maach-salmon-in-yogurt-gravy.html' title='Salmon Doi Maach-- Salmon in a yogurt gravy'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OBk2w0ovLdIATlrMDOfR9-PT0c2RyHwxizHjrdgINfcM4kMaMxZAGdmpye6UsqALHETj78fHjSOk67YUZucEwUn6UtRdxDybwHYcRGxM-dkpnwNribT8okNBwsFiI_rIaOMAHg/s72-c/DoiMaach1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-2486245329777621221</id><published>2013-07-03T20:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2013-07-03T20:54:31.796-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><title type='text'>Cajun Spiced Shrimp -- very forgiving</title><summary type="text">
  152.  
  153.  
  154. I won&#39;t see you guys until next week.
  155.  
  156. Well, maybe I will. But I will try not to be too much on the internet.
  157.  
  158. I might suffocate without it so I will Google. At the least. I might also be on FB. Or Twitter. They are not internet right ?
  159.  
  160. Only the other day we were discussing how back in &#39;96 we had internet access only on two computers at work and where I first created my Hotmail account.
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  162. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/2486245329777621221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/07/cajun-spiced-shrimp-very-forgiving.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2486245329777621221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2486245329777621221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/07/cajun-spiced-shrimp-very-forgiving.html' title='Cajun Spiced Shrimp -- very forgiving'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTp_223gbGRGOHeLh-1fAVqTxGqNIuYwIh75xayVA1qWrCpVq9uuKucbLXWH2_uqRobixnetvmIPFikBOzj3IhZZcLaI70QaafJ9VWs6mHZXx9d0K5dFQeaWyosEpIZb2F1vkkA/s72-c/DSC_6348.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4909563489276969907</id><published>2013-06-14T22:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-06-14T22:55:07.765-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Customs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bhetki"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Festival"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Bhetki Macher Kalia Jhol and story of Jamai Shoshthi</title><summary type="text">
  163.  
  164. Bhetki Macher Jhol
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  166.  
  167. Tomorrow, today Friday is Jamai Shoshthi.&amp;nbsp; My Ma had called last week and then again yesterday night, lamenting the fact that she will not be there to feed her jamai--son-in-law-- a rich sumptuous meal on the day. Staying far away, she is robbed of this pleasure most years.
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  169. If I am honest, neither the jamai nor me miss it all that much. Going on a cooking frenzy, on a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4909563489276969907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/06/bhetki-macher-kalia-jhol-and-story-of.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4909563489276969907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4909563489276969907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/06/bhetki-macher-kalia-jhol-and-story-of.html' title='Bhetki Macher Kalia Jhol and story of Jamai Shoshthi'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbaKi8sGqbfmh7nUmRm2qDSXXoglrMWmWw9N7GlZooP6tNbsuAGHMF0eaeKM1wcJOIxPcUX4ha7HWPeJ6O0Ih7Z0gAq0ARduxU2AEg4SgeUXNPOv4mHlLfEqEjOk9W1BsZo0rpg/s72-c/BhetkiJhol1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7368189908685086656</id><published>2013-05-28T21:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2020-04-22T18:32:34.498-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali cuisine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cauliflower"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Veg"/><title type='text'>Aloo Phulkopir Dalna with Chingri -- and food tales of Bengali women</title><summary type="text">
  170.  
  171. Phulkopir Dalna
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  173.  
  174.  
  175. Aloo Phulkopir Dalna | Potato Cauliflower Curry
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  177. This Potato Cauliflower curry is a typical Bengali dish which can be made both as a vegetarian phulkopir dalna and a non-vegetarian version. Addition of shrimp or prawns in any Bengali curry changes it to a non-veg avatar, a fact adored by the fish loving Bengalis. Both the niramish phulkopir dalna and the one with prawns is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/7368189908685086656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/05/chingri-aloo-phulkopir-dalna-and-food.html#comment-form' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7368189908685086656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7368189908685086656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/05/chingri-aloo-phulkopir-dalna-and-food.html' title='Aloo Phulkopir Dalna with Chingri -- and food tales of Bengali women'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhl88wPWYFnSUQftQ8wtA4k_PIoi6ckHTxTOyVez88VKR7yXudjNr_uC-GnONE410cBp0D2IUaEMEv32z_Mv-zi0X8UcDIP52xVO12ltkLWNjGQEDOie2cScHXjelJpONn6Dx6ng/s72-c/Phulkopi5.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1530165699445813019</id><published>2013-05-01T21:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2013-06-21T15:01:56.790-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Kitchen"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mustard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="paturi"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Maachher Paturi -- the new woman&#39;s twist</title><summary type="text">
  178.  
  179. Macher Paturi
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  182.  
  183.  
  184. The word &quot;paaturi&quot; comes from the Bangla word &quot;paata&quot; or leaf . That said, it becomes crystal clear that &quot;Maacher Paturi&quot; or Fish Paturi is a preparation where the fish is cooked in some sort of a leaf.
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  186. It being a Bengali recipe. it also becomes more than crystal clear that the said fish has been marinated in a sharp, pungent mustard-y paste of shorshe bata and drizzled with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1530165699445813019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/05/maachher-paturi-new-womans-twist.html#comment-form' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1530165699445813019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1530165699445813019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/05/maachher-paturi-new-womans-twist.html' title='Maachher Paturi -- the new woman&#39;s twist'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyCuKWlJmXU8Af9FVGSdTUOf3iPq63IlPyi7iqpSJCNomo-lIDqUscosRiZffzA4lfM__y8uvZQd963ENIU9yx4DR40J-7jI6OGfjeEJXOcavaNTTts8PGEQ53gysSiTecrFdvQ/s72-c/FishPaturi1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4096281922208772955</id><published>2013-03-01T19:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-05-17T18:56:56.773-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mustard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salmon"/><title type='text'>Shorshe Salmon Jhaal -- Tomato Roshun diye</title><summary type="text">
  187.  
  188.  
  189. Jhaal in Bengali means hot. Not warm hot. Not &quot;pink hot&quot;. But spicy hot.
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  191. But &quot;jhaal&quot; when in the name of a dish describes a gravy based dish (should have said curry, but don&#39;t want to add to curry culture) usually with mustard sauce that is thicker than a soupy &quot;jhol&quot; but not as rich as a &quot;dalna&quot;. Confoosed ? Confused ? Okay forget it.
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  193. Jhaal and hot brings to my mind a very funny incident. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4096281922208772955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/03/shorshe-salmon-jhaal-tomato-roshun-diye.html#comment-form' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4096281922208772955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4096281922208772955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/03/shorshe-salmon-jhaal-tomato-roshun-diye.html' title='Shorshe Salmon Jhaal -- Tomato Roshun diye'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbfczQOU2WR63FYw3kycKTRcaJ2hBwMdrJLqH21G0Eyy6vQhCkXmTDgM1qjk8wNv-V13ugTj8rPzrvf_vCWz8sHv0pHNGrzefa9dQOwjALG5fE4Qot6oRxCZmYjjE_h_Us4sefg/s72-c/ShorsheSalmon.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7545878079260777586</id><published>2013-01-31T20:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-31T23:25:19.904-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thai"/><title type='text'>Thai Fish wrapped in Banana Leaves -- not a drop of oil</title><summary type="text">The last week of December saw a lot of friends in our home. Perfect time. Cold winters warmed by warmer friends. The house has slowly started feeling home as we share meals and swap stories. By the time I get around hosting all my dear friends I hope the house will feel like the old one and &quot;more fun&quot; as LS is wont to say. &quot;Not saying that I don&#39;t like this house but the 123 AnyDrive was more fun</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/7545878079260777586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/01/thai-fish-wrapped-in-banana-leaves-not.html#comment-form' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7545878079260777586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7545878079260777586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/01/thai-fish-wrapped-in-banana-leaves-not.html' title='Thai Fish wrapped in Banana Leaves -- not a drop of oil'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ73oPxcGqi0lTo614RRG9wAmgYJNpjjux9VNsbclvgW8NaYB4nAhG5HHvujyJ-USeA10zZ9rtYDnlmcHzscsm5S3_pGSHcrBNOdqzrFbJ0OEu43hMC1x1xreXh6ADVqAx7ATlg/s72-c/ThaiFish1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1989241893475576467</id><published>2013-01-24T21:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-24T23:24:50.320-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Corriander"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mint"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><title type='text'>Chingri Dhan-Dhana-Dhan -- Pudina Dhaniya Shrimp</title><summary type="text">
  194. Once upon a&amp;nbsp; time, years ago I used to make a chicken dish with coriander and call it Chicken Dhan Dhana Dhan. At that point I did not know much about cooking. The fact that oil separates from masala at some point of kashano was news to me. Instead I tried to shroud my insipid dishes under dazzling names. That the dishes were flop B-grade movies even with names like &quot;Lal Badshah&quot; was often </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1989241893475576467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/01/chingri-dhan-dhana-dhan-pudina-dhaniya.html#comment-form' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1989241893475576467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1989241893475576467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2013/01/chingri-dhan-dhana-dhan-pudina-dhaniya.html' title='Chingri Dhan-Dhana-Dhan -- Pudina Dhaniya Shrimp'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SpogEyLLmO1ooQuU1751spkpiOFeSX0fvskM6n5vkza_K1bNweg2eFy0a2TAh-_dWsxwTFEHwHFhd2jGC8DhCuxzWXEyZKHi8-ePwrJeBNODD2MzXvfhcNY0pbjv8Vv1PhtoCA/s72-c/PudinaShrimp2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-609981017776936638</id><published>2012-08-05T00:28:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-08-12T11:54:12.750-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Methi"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><title type='text'>Ahona Gupta&#39;s Methi Machchi -- my style</title><summary type="text">
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  196. This is a recipe from Ahona who had said in a FaceBook comment two months back that she is in love with Methi and suggested her recipe of Sindhi Methi Machchi.
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  198. That &quot;Methi Fish&quot; remained in the subconscious strata of my brain. Now you might question the existence of &quot;my brain&quot; but we will not go there, we will just dwell on the subconscious where the &quot;Methi Machchi&quot; had sunk deep.
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  200. More </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/609981017776936638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/08/ahona-guptas-methi-machchi-my-style.html#comment-form' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/609981017776936638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/609981017776936638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/08/ahona-guptas-methi-machchi-my-style.html' title='Ahona Gupta&#39;s Methi Machchi -- my style'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-762633917426460977</id><published>2012-06-19T23:07:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2018-07-11T14:38:59.947-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma-in-Law"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Patol"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Alu Potol diye Maacher Jhol -- a fish curry with veggies</title><summary type="text">
  201. As a kid growing up in India we ate seasonally. There was no other way. Cauliflower, Carrots, Green Peas and Beets only in Winter. For a short period, maybe November to late February. By March, the carrots in the haat were shriveled old things, the cauliflowers absent and nary a green pea could be found spilling the bean.&amp;nbsp;
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  203. The most that we missed once winter wrapped itself up in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/762633917426460977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/06/alu-potol-diye-maacher-jhol-fish-curry.html#comment-form' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/762633917426460977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/762633917426460977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/06/alu-potol-diye-maacher-jhol-fish-curry.html' title='Alu Potol diye Maacher Jhol -- a fish curry with veggies'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-349452975289880326</id><published>2012-05-24T00:18:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-09-27T12:18:05.224-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Salad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Veggie"/><title type='text'>Burrito Bowl -- speaks of Summer</title><summary type="text">I don&#39;t know if a Burrito Bowl has anything to do with summer at all. I just wrote that.
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  205. I wrote that because I love the seasons in the East Coast and I have come to deeply appreciate the earth&#39;s tilt at a current angle of 23.44 degrees.
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  207. I love seasons as much as I do the park system here.
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  209. And I am not even going into the National Park Service. Not even the Sate Parks. The mere county parks </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/349452975289880326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/05/burrito-bowl-speaks-of-summer.html#comment-form' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/349452975289880326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/349452975289880326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/05/burrito-bowl-speaks-of-summer.html' title='Burrito Bowl -- speaks of Summer'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4058793324273579489</id><published>2012-05-17T22:53:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-06-15T11:16:56.390-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Tel Koi -- tale of fish</title><summary type="text">
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  212.  
  213. When the parents are here we eat a lot of fish. Almost everyday.
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  215. Mostly it is the sweet water familiar fish from back home which we get from our Bangladeshi grocers. Rui, Ilish, Koi, Pabda. The fish is rock solid, frozen and 12 years back I would have never believed it tastes nice in a halka jhol. If you are unsure about such stuff I would suggest you do your own evaluations and not make it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4058793324273579489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/05/tel-koi.html#comment-form' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4058793324273579489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4058793324273579489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/05/tel-koi.html' title='Tel Koi -- tale of fish'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-3655059433729767180</id><published>2012-02-24T22:32:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2016-04-03T21:40:18.133-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma-in-Law"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Chingri Jeerer Jhaal -- the way Ma-in-Law makes it</title><summary type="text">
  216.  
  217.  
  218. This is my Ma-in-law&#39;s recipe.
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  220. I think it is. At least this is how I remember she made it last  time.
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  222. And my Ma never makes anything with this particular stress on Cumin. So it must be the Ma-in-law&#39;s. I admit I didn&#39;t bother to verify and check again. But I always make this particular dish this way and attribute it to her. I have done it so many times that now even the husband agrees. &quot;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/3655059433729767180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/02/chingri-jeerer-jhaal-way-ma-in-law.html#comment-form' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3655059433729767180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3655059433729767180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/02/chingri-jeerer-jhaal-way-ma-in-law.html' title='Chingri Jeerer Jhaal -- the way Ma-in-Law makes it'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-125392512340894695</id><published>2012-02-08T12:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-28T22:24:54.195-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Peyaajkoli"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Sunetra&#39;s Peyajkoli Maach -- Fish with Spring Onion</title><summary type="text">
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  225. If you have been reading me for a while you know that I do not have a personal profile on FB. I have my own reasons for that. And anyway I am a late bloomer so I might get on finally when I am the last one standing. I did my eyebrows only in the late twenties so I still have a chance. I am that kind of a person.
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  227. I however have a Page for my blog on FB which you can checkout by clicking on the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/125392512340894695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/02/sunetras-peyajkoli-maach-fish-with.html#comment-form' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/125392512340894695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/125392512340894695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2012/02/sunetras-peyajkoli-maach-fish-with.html' title='Sunetra&#39;s Peyajkoli Maach -- Fish with Spring Onion'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-3783628264009523150</id><published>2011-12-13T10:21:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2013-04-15T12:04:18.685-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="One Pot Meal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rice"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><title type='text'>Chingri Macher Polao -- Prawn Pulao</title><summary type="text">
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  229.  
  230. The inspiration of this Prawn Pulao came from Mishmash&#39;s CheMmeen Biryani. I call it &quot;CheenMeen&quot; which sounds so lyrical that it is hard to get it out of my head. It is like raindrops but better.
  231. However I will stick to Prawn Pulao or better Chingri Maacher Polao because the recipe is quiet different from her Biryani and you would better check out her page for the Biryani.
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  233. Also if I said &quot;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/3783628264009523150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/12/chingri-macher-polao-prawn-pulao.html#comment-form' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3783628264009523150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3783628264009523150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/12/chingri-macher-polao-prawn-pulao.html' title='Chingri Macher Polao -- Prawn Pulao'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7433578407614679404</id><published>2011-11-28T12:36:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2020-06-26T13:30:45.449-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Eggplant"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><title type='text'>Begun Chingri - Eggplant cooked in Shrimp Paste</title><summary type="text">
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  237. Begun Chingri | Begun Bahar
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  239. This is not&amp;nbsp; a traditional recipe, more of a delicious innovation, where eggplant is cooked with shrimp paste. It has the goodness of fried eggplant or Begun Bhaja elevated to soaring heights with some fresh shrimp paste. If anyone happens to copy this and pass it off as their Grandmother&#39;s recipe, less power to you!
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  241. This is my Sister-in-law&#39;s recipe.
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  243. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/7433578407614679404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/11/begun-chingri-eggplant-cooked-in-shrimp.html#comment-form' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7433578407614679404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7433578407614679404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/11/begun-chingri-eggplant-cooked-in-shrimp.html' title='Begun Chingri - Eggplant cooked in Shrimp Paste'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnybWSRTcRPnvr0rmquqnERnJvkgxZ3HbdgPFPQmVaTDYQqv51twjpWEFPhwbYVB3YMsYTf_qrwj1qMQlKf-tj69rCu6q4EcvtWyYaYRykoq31zRcoARIFGxCdY-WckQbtTL7UA/s72-c/BegunChingri-BongMom.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-2738323268506875595</id><published>2011-06-09T11:22:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2021-11-09T21:23:45.688-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="salmon"/><title type='text'>Salmon with Cilantro -- Mexican really</title><summary type="text">Salmon with Cilantro | Mexican Style SalmonI first had this dish at a Mexican restaurant in suburban Maryland.&amp;nbsp;It was beautiful with high notes of&amp;nbsp;fresh coriander aka cilantro, jalapenos and lime.&amp;nbsp;I do not know if it is an authentic Mexican dish or a creation of the chef at this restaurant as I have not had it at any other Mexican place. This recipe of Salmon with Cilantro in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/2738323268506875595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/06/salmon-with-cilantro-mexican-really.html#comment-form' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2738323268506875595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2738323268506875595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/06/salmon-with-cilantro-mexican-really.html' title='Salmon with Cilantro -- Mexican really'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR85Ro2ce87GzqtDYvzmiFNDf2y34Sf1QLHBK675O1K4aYoRz-C7ITeG2MOgGm-rFPT0v62NwRPpqru3WnD13jew3Tpy4GvoKzr3N4un7iQqDMdCBZOPTAuWe4HrL7_pUpZzD8ZA/s72-w480-h640-c/SalmonMexicalSalsa.HEIC" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-9160205643366858519</id><published>2011-05-20T11:13:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-24T14:52:39.725-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><title type='text'>Goan Shrimp Curry -- Bong Mom&#39;s version</title><summary type="text">
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  245. Nightime Photography -- Bad. The Curry -- Too Good
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  247. ** Note to Myself: Update with better pics taken in daylight
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  249. I have never admitted this before but I think on some days, I expect a lot from BigSis. With the little one throwing her signature tantrums, the Dad having fun with erratic schedules and my PMS stretching to a month, I forget that BigSis is only a 7 year old. And a very mature, good</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/9160205643366858519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/05/goan-shrimp-curry-bong-moms-version.html#comment-form' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9160205643366858519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/9160205643366858519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/05/goan-shrimp-curry-bong-moms-version.html' title='Goan Shrimp Curry -- Bong Mom&#39;s version'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/5738892006_cfc0559489_t.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6660924578405888293</id><published>2011-04-01T22:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-24T14:55:16.361-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snack"/><title type='text'>Fried Shrimp with Plum Sauce and Sesame Seeds</title><summary type="text">I had a different post for this week. But then Wednesday happened.And tomorrow is happening, so I could not possibly post a recipe which was blah. And I am not even a cricket fanatic. I am the kinds who watch the last two overs if India has chance to win or lose as the case may be. It is the &quot;chance&quot; thing that gets my adrenaline rushing rather than the actual nittie-gritties of the match. It is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/6660924578405888293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/04/fried-shrimp-with-plum-sauce-and-sesame.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6660924578405888293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6660924578405888293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2011/04/fried-shrimp-with-plum-sauce-and-sesame.html' title='Fried Shrimp with Plum Sauce and Sesame Seeds'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-2363258401652436173</id><published>2010-12-08T13:18:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2020-06-19T12:31:11.233-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Tomato diye Macher Patla Jhol</title><summary type="text">
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  254. Come Winter, I start recollecting the exact way this light fish curry with tomatoes would taste. It is not that I make it only in Winter. No, it is an easy dish and I make it throughout the year whenever I have less time on hand which apparently translates to often.
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  256. But never do I think deeply about it as I do, when the mercury drops and I seek out a patch of sunlight sliding through the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/2363258401652436173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/12/tomato-diye-macher-patla-jhol.html#comment-form' title='38 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2363258401652436173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2363258401652436173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/12/tomato-diye-macher-patla-jhol.html' title='Tomato diye Macher Patla Jhol'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4dgd9ly_LcqW-sXJEZcExj84UuDufyhEZ8mcwmVokstmrYs-lUa1xTprvAjLjuD-CE6g3ZmHul701Iu8Fj3O8peNVcrqrptsCeP_Df5D0bI_R8pdm0Hr9W0y9FHCzoQMPkIXhg/s72-c/TomatoMaach4.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>38</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4838570466798740286</id><published>2010-11-22T10:35:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T10:38:14.406-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><title type='text'>Dhonepata Maach -- Fish in a cilantro sauce</title><summary type="text">
  257. My two girls being different in a lot of aspects are uncannily similar and I am not including points about both being of the same gender here. For one they are both House Devils and Outside Angels. In case of LS, &quot;Outside&quot; means other people&#39;s homes and excludes public places like library, stores, mall etc.
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  259. But the charm of hearing &quot;How well behaved your kids are&quot;, have worn off me.I would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4838570466798740286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/11/dhonepata-maach-fish-in-cilantro-sauce.html#comment-form' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4838570466798740286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4838570466798740286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/11/dhonepata-maach-fish-in-cilantro-sauce.html' title='Dhonepata Maach -- Fish in a cilantro sauce'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u304/sandeepablog/Nov10/th_DhonePataMaach1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-369779757603538520</id><published>2010-09-24T10:34:00.013-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-27T12:33:03.469-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Greens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Kochur Loti diye Ilish Maach -- lost in translation</title><summary type="text">
  260. If someone told me last week that I would hardly find time to do things that are important to me, like cook or blog or browse blogs or do nothing this week, I would say &quot;Pfbttttt&quot;.
  261.  
  262. And this week, I cannot tell you how much I am missing doing nothing.
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  264. If someone told me last year that I wouldn&#39;t miss Durga Pujo at all this year, I would roll my eyes and look away
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  266. But this year I really am not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/369779757603538520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/09/kochur-loti-diye-ilish-maach-lost-in.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/369779757603538520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/369779757603538520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/09/kochur-loti-diye-ilish-maach-lost-in.html' title='Kochur Loti diye Ilish Maach -- lost in translation'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u304/sandeepablog/Sept10/th_KochurLoti1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-2130488635885313647</id><published>2010-08-27T10:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2019-08-20T19:49:12.748-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kids Menu"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>Dudh Maach --  a Milky Fish Curry</title><summary type="text">
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  275. Little Sis aka LS is not a gourmand. She might be a connoisseur of food. I am not  exactly sure.
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  277. Any time I sit down to feed her, she asks with utter contempt in her voice &quot;Eta ki ?&quot; (What is this ?). That question makes me extremely nervous. I have a feeling that she expects me to say &quot;Lobster Thermidor&quot; or some such thing. I cannot get myself to say it is just plain old &quot;Khichuri&quot; so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/2130488635885313647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/08/dudh-maach-milky-fish-curry.html#comment-form' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2130488635885313647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2130488635885313647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/08/dudh-maach-milky-fish-curry.html' title='Dudh Maach --  a Milky Fish Curry'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB72Hweu5KGe3-2-RaLKPhavm_2gojgzBMbjxXKmZoNS7MkypP56FRAEepx7cq0oUJxWdSALF7acudL7AtjqG6w1shRpGSiczl11tKH0nWd_m9S6pZPmrCsCipJbVGrQ-nCvVDCg/s72-c/DudhMaach2.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-258269952869999353</id><published>2010-07-20T12:23:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T23:06:34.777-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snack"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Chingri Pakoda -- Shrimp Pakoda</title><summary type="text">
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  279.  
  280. BS lost her very first tooth last week, last Wednesday to be precise. Major excitement ensued.More than the tooth, it was about the Tooth Fairy and the cash she would bring.
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  282. I had no clue that Tooth Fairies brought wads of dollar bills.
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  284. A shiny quarter was all I knew. Apparently I am wrong, as suggested by little neighbor girl.
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  286. The little neighbor girl has raised the bar pretty high saying </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/258269952869999353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/07/chingri-pakoda-shrimp-pakoda.html#comment-form' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/258269952869999353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/258269952869999353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/07/chingri-pakoda-shrimp-pakoda.html' title='Chingri Pakoda -- Shrimp Pakoda'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-1493678590024337653</id><published>2010-06-16T11:04:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2017-09-23T21:03:01.267-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snack"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Macher Chop/Maacher Chop -- or a Fish Croquette</title><summary type="text">
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  295. I made Maacher Chop on Saturday.
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  297. Perfect accompaniment to Argentina playing Netherlands.
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  299. Bongs love Maacher Chop. They also love Football. It is hard to say  which they love better.
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  301. This version of Maacher chop is an easier one, more like a croquette.  The real Maacher Chop has an outer casing of potato, stuffed with a  separately cooked spicy fish stuffing, the whole of which is then</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1493678590024337653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/06/macher-chop-maacher-chop-or-fish.html#comment-form' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1493678590024337653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1493678590024337653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/06/macher-chop-maacher-chop-or-fish.html' title='Macher Chop/Maacher Chop -- or a Fish Croquette'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnG1-HwDwSlfEmrUUHMpEB2-x3An_jU2fn2xz-NNLinJ-DnnxNp071jlbdVk_LDqQiFmV4RqJmuarP1VPkQXH1HGqZyRboGcT6Lx-VLNw3Tigbo5F2DbB0w_ICr_UK7oUYEk3kQ/s72-c/FishChop3.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8699550446871473372</id><published>2010-02-02T13:22:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T10:52:03.767-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Blogs"/><title type='text'>Rui Maacher Dumpukht -- Fish Dumpukht</title><summary type="text">Salmon Leather is the next big thing in Luxury design. Don&#39;t turn up your nose, for its exotic, expensive and making waves. It is supposed to be Eco-friendly, because it is the ultimate in waste reclamation. Salmon leather is made from a part of the fish which is usually discarded, so the raw material here is basically a waste product.(More here)If this intrigues you and you want to be a part of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/8699550446871473372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/02/rui-macher-dumpukht-fish-dumpukht.html#comment-form' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8699550446871473372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8699550446871473372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2010/02/rui-macher-dumpukht-fish-dumpukht.html' title='Rui Maacher Dumpukht -- Fish Dumpukht'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8074043390628968141</id><published>2009-12-28T10:52:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2020-04-16T19:43:14.254-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Blogs"/><title type='text'>Chettinad Fish Fry &amp; God</title><summary type="text">
  302.  
  303. Chettinad Meen - Chettinad Fish Fry
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  305.  
  306.  
  307. Deep thoughts around Christmas time
  308.  
  309. Big Sis S: Did you know Jesus died and then came back again ?
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  311. Me: Yes
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  313. BSS: Did you know that was during Easter ?
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  315. Me: Yes
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  317. BSS: So is he around now or did he again go to heaven ?
  318.  
  319. Me: He became old, got tired of living here and so went back to heaven
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  321. BSS: So what, he is an angel now ?
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  323. Unsure Me:Mmmm, I think he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/8074043390628968141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/12/chettinad-fish-fry-god.html#comment-form' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8074043390628968141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8074043390628968141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/12/chettinad-fish-fry-god.html' title='Chettinad Fish Fry &amp; God'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGeZRjzl30FQ9jW9hrgIgxb_Y-b6ecbogJY_ymuNuqb8sL6e5Tab0V8Gx-fpZFofVXP4wGZYJ9d1P7EUXSLSQ5afHGRBtCAioZIZ6WaptElgxJed0cy8zD0p5-91F0AkUzfutDw/s72-c/ChettinadFish.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-5079197688737284670</id><published>2009-11-23T13:55:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T14:10:28.044-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipe from Friends"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snack"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Bengali Fish Fry --- anglo bangla fry</title><summary type="text">The Bengali fish fry is not really the everyday bengali fish fry. The everyday bengali fish fry is actually the maach bhaja, steak pieces of fish, smeared with salt and turmeric and fried golden in smoking mustard oil. The maach bhaja can be eaten on its own as a side with the dal. It is also a precursor to the bengali fish curry, the every day maacher jhol, bengalis rarely make a fish curry </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/5079197688737284670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/11/bengali-fish-fry-anglo-bangla-fry.html#comment-form' title='47 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/5079197688737284670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/5079197688737284670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/11/bengali-fish-fry-anglo-bangla-fry.html' title='Bengali Fish Fry --- anglo bangla fry'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>47</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7771705183468199167</id><published>2009-10-28T20:34:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-11-19T21:26:59.712-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Desi Pundit"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dessert"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Milk"/><title type='text'>Paayesh revisited for Bhai Pho(n)ta</title><summary type="text">
  324.  
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  326.  
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  328. Bhai Phota(Bhai Duj in parts of Northern India) does not hold any emotional bonding for me. I have no brothers of my own, boy cousins were few &amp;amp; far, my Ma did not encourage neighborhood brother hood and so you are spared any sob story I might have.
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  330. But Bhai Phota was still something to look forward to because my Mamas(mother&#39;s brother), two of them would rarely miss a Bhai Phota and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/7771705183468199167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/10/paayesh-revisited-for-bhai-phonta.html#comment-form' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7771705183468199167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7771705183468199167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/10/paayesh-revisited-for-bhai-phonta.html' title='Paayesh revisited for Bhai Pho(n)ta'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-690702115046381139</id><published>2009-08-31T22:47:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T22:49:29.939-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><title type='text'>Prawn Patia -- straight from Persia</title><summary type="text">Today was not a day in my dysfunctional &quot;to do list&quot; to write a post. No, today was a day for me to wallow in self pity for the simple reason that my child has grown up  and is no longer a Kindergartner and is going to Grade 1 tomorrow.Not my fault, solely nature&#39;s, I mean the &quot;growing up&quot; part. But as a Mom it is my birth right to put my hormones to full use and make a big senti deal of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/690702115046381139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/08/prawn-patia-straight-from-persia.html#comment-form' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/690702115046381139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/690702115046381139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/08/prawn-patia-straight-from-persia.html' title='Prawn Patia -- straight from Persia'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-2948008419945771553</id><published>2009-07-23T11:30:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T11:59:21.502-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="7 Day Challenge"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><title type='text'>Fish Kolhapuri and even a Paneer Kolhapuri</title><summary type="text">What are meal plans if not to be altered ? So after eating grilled and baked for two consecutive days my heart was craving something fiery. I found that D survives such stuff better, me I want spices in my life.And then there was this jewel red, fragrant spice that had just arrived.Like a new bride it sat in my pantry, shy and coy, fiery from inside, waiting to be introduced to the rest of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/2948008419945771553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/07/fish-kolhapuri-and-even-paneer.html#comment-form' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2948008419945771553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2948008419945771553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/07/fish-kolhapuri-and-even-paneer.html' title='Fish Kolhapuri and even a Paneer Kolhapuri'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7094940878735120474</id><published>2009-06-19T23:41:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2020-10-02T13:23:23.151-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Bhapa Ilish -- Steamed Hilsa</title><summary type="text">
  331.  
  332. &quot;Junie Beatrice Jones or &quot;Junie B.&quot; as she is called for short, is an innocent, spirited five- to six-year-old American girl&quot;. So what ???
  333.  
  334. Because she is what I am reading these days, I mean &quot;she&quot; as in about her, books where she is the main character. You see Big Sis S&#39;s kindergarten teacher very  happy with her reading skills offered to get her some books from her own childhood collection. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/7094940878735120474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/06/bhapa-ilish-steamed-hilsa.html#comment-form' title='47 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7094940878735120474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7094940878735120474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/06/bhapa-ilish-steamed-hilsa.html' title='Bhapa Ilish -- Steamed Hilsa'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVR1FRWsZZqlhZK7p_9vDGAko2CBMa5NaLua75Gb_WpEuTwvje3BJIs79wTLF3a2b_jSEsi28i7PpS-JRE7uUdWTHlZsoLNp_2wdOem47_zA5LF1-aiBuSYBAVNRWzsXmOOnYQQ/s72-w480-h640-c/ShorsheIlish.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>47</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-8998316070050405896</id><published>2009-05-26T20:05:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2021-07-19T14:22:53.778-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma-in-Law"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Ilish Begun er Jhol | Hilsa &amp; Eggplant in a light gravy</title><summary type="text">
  335.  
  336. Ilish Begun er Jhol | Hilsa &amp;amp; Eggplant in a light gravyThis is a delicious stew kind of fish curry made with lightly fried pieces of flavorful Hilsa (Ilish), chunks of tender eggplant and infused with flavors of Kalo Jeere(Kalonji/Nigella Seeds), Green Chilies and Mustard oil. The simple spices used for tempering are very common across the length and breadth of Bengali cuisine and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/8998316070050405896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/05/ilish-begun-er-jhol.html#comment-form' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8998316070050405896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/8998316070050405896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/05/ilish-begun-er-jhol.html' title='Ilish Begun er Jhol | Hilsa &amp; Eggplant in a light gravy'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJd2czIwkAyiu82jxxHrpuXzdvCp1YhFw20rqXfvjBvINYn1TVKBSc36xbCrsaG6AMNghSjCjBtNfWTi9JnKPrVFxZK5-mqQZO_F-v3vVw0yMEJ-t-U6e20DD809Ot7TXWuOH5w/s72-w480-h640-c/IlishBegunJhol-3.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-459892667687036012</id><published>2009-04-30T20:43:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2014-07-07T15:01:04.475-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non-traditional Bengali"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>Baked Salmon er Kalia</title><summary type="text">
  337.  
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  340.  
  341. This recipe is for SJ of A Pinch of Spice. Until she mentioned I did not even know that a dish called &quot;Baked Salmon er Kalia&quot; was titillating Bong palates up North-West. I knew the regular maacher kalia (or fish kalia) but this was salmon and that too baked. My local bong friends spoiled by the bangladeshi fish sellers abounding the east coast seldom cook salmon while entertaining and so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/459892667687036012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/04/baked-salmon-er-kalia.html#comment-form' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/459892667687036012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/459892667687036012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/04/baked-salmon-er-kalia.html' title='Baked Salmon er Kalia'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-3786721481411209827</id><published>2009-04-27T21:02:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2012-02-24T14:51:31.606-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="7 Day Challenge"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snack"/><title type='text'>Besan Ka Cheela and Pepper Shrimp</title><summary type="text">We are done with 7 days of Challenge, woo hoo. Am I glad or what.Saturday with all that fasting-shasting I was pretty crappy and so was the husband. We were spiteful and had huge rows. Low carb/sugar was showing its effects.&quot;But I feel lighter&quot;, I said to myself, &quot;Maybe I have lost inches(or feet) if not pounds. If I lose my marriage so what, at least I will be thin&quot;And then came along dear N and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/3786721481411209827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/04/besan-ka-cheela-and-pepper-shrimp.html#comment-form' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3786721481411209827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3786721481411209827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/04/besan-ka-cheela-and-pepper-shrimp.html' title='Besan Ka Cheela and Pepper Shrimp'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4423568447138202326</id><published>2009-04-23T21:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T21:21:16.283-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="7 Day Challenge"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MySpice"/><title type='text'>The All Purpose Masala Paste &amp; Fish Fry</title><summary type="text">Today is Day 4 of The 7 Day Challenge, it has been good so far. I am not missing my grains any more, I have become paranoid about going grain free and am eating better in both quality and quantity.The problem is  both me &amp;amp; D are true foodies and cannot live on just salad &amp;amp; soup even if it only for a week so we both have to do a lot of work every day cooking interesting stuff and prepping.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4423568447138202326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/04/all-purpose-masala-paste-fish-fry.html#comment-form' title='88 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4423568447138202326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4423568447138202326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/04/all-purpose-masala-paste-fish-fry.html' title='The All Purpose Masala Paste &amp; Fish Fry'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>88</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-3704643652575137052</id><published>2009-02-23T12:10:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2021-01-31T22:28:35.356-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Muri Ghonto -- a heady Fish Head Dish</title><summary type="text">
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  349. Bengali kids are initiated into eating fish head from a very tender age and so very soon they learn to do it with a panache that very few non-Bongs can contend.
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At their Annaprashan or Rice Ceremony, an occasion to mark the intake of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/3704643652575137052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/02/muri-ghonto-heady-fish-head-dish.html#comment-form' title='55 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3704643652575137052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/3704643652575137052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/02/muri-ghonto-heady-fish-head-dish.html' title='Muri Ghonto -- a heady Fish Head Dish'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrAhs_AhM7H7Wij4OPhGfQFZz79NYf8RDf8MF36b6YIQlU-kmyAQkQLlzmVB5w1bGmA9kQPYaXAYRmqm5HMTp2LTMMZM-qUpipU9AoWTvHLPbq2W1ebY2N7yOWTom008-SqezsA/s72-c/MuriGhonto11.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>55</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-5919611980856537385</id><published>2009-02-16T20:20:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T10:50:34.330-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>Fish 65 or Hot Hot Indian Chili Fish</title><summary type="text">She was hesitant, nervous evenDancing had never been her forte. To say that she had two left feet would be a mere understatement. The last that she had wiggled her fat hips were at the New Year Eve party but that didn&#39;t count because mostly people were under the influence and she had an excuse -- the baby in her arms.But she so wanted to. As she rolled around the name on her tongue it sounded so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/5919611980856537385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/02/fish-65-or-hot-hot-indian-chili-fish.html#comment-form' title='41 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/5919611980856537385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/5919611980856537385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/02/fish-65-or-hot-hot-indian-chili-fish.html' title='Fish 65 or Hot Hot Indian Chili Fish'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>41</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-437073057461841857</id><published>2009-01-28T20:39:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T14:56:04.485-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Non Bong"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weekly Menu"/><title type='text'>Broiled Salmon with Spicy Mushroom Sauce</title><summary type="text">Sibling Love, what is it, how would you define it ? What is that sibling mush that you would love to share ? Me, I have no siblings and so no first hand knowledge of the whole thing. I desperately wanted some or at least one of my own when I was growing but my parents didn&#39;t comply, and my many requests to at least adopt one, sibling that is, fell on their deaf ears.My lofty idea of sibling </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/437073057461841857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/01/broiled-salmon-with-spicy-mushroom.html#comment-form' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/437073057461841857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/437073057461841857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/01/broiled-salmon-with-spicy-mushroom.html' title='Broiled Salmon with Spicy Mushroom Sauce'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-2103226046590571813</id><published>2008-04-17T00:41:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T11:19:33.784-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Event"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>CatFish er Maach Charchari</title><summary type="text">
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  354. My love affair with fish started when we moved to this small township on the banks of the river Ganga sometimes in between my tween &amp;amp; teen years.
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  356. A small quiet town, far from the trappings of the city, still untouched by the glamorous modern world, peaceful and serene it was. Life was slow, mornings were not merely a time to just gulp coffee and rush, people had enough time in their hands</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/2103226046590571813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2008/04/catfish-er-maach-charchari.html#comment-form' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2103226046590571813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/2103226046590571813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2008/04/catfish-er-maach-charchari.html' title='CatFish er Maach Charchari'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7012276418703508218</id><published>2008-04-16T00:04:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T00:40:55.644-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Event"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="RCI Bengal"/><title type='text'>Fish n Fish for RCI Bengal</title><summary type="text">Yes, I have done it. I am late for my own event. I had never hosted an event since I started food blogging. I spend enough time chasing Moms at DMC to host a theme every month and the rest of the time chasing life, so I never thought I would have time to host a Food Blog Event, how much ever I love it.I would often be awed by everyone who hosts these food blog events by their diligence and time </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/7012276418703508218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2008/04/fish-n-fish-for-rci-bengal.html#comment-form' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7012276418703508218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/7012276418703508218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2008/04/fish-n-fish-for-rci-bengal.html' title='Fish n Fish for RCI Bengal'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-685811261973456940</id><published>2007-12-05T23:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-06T09:35:26.044-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Fish Chops that were Baked</title><summary type="text">“What is my color, Mummy”, she said, among all the prattling from the backseat.The only things I love listening to while driving is NPR, Kishore, Rafi, Asha, Indranil and myself. But as fate has it, as soon as S is strapped into her car seat, she demands NPR to be switched off and the stereo volume cranked up blaring “Malish…tel malish…” or “baranday roddur…” at my eardrums.On top of this she </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/685811261973456940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2007/12/fish-chops-that-were-baked.html#comment-form' title='47 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/685811261973456940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/685811261973456940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2007/12/fish-chops-that-were-baked.html' title='Fish Chops that were Baked'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>47</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-310444763500965026</id><published>2007-08-17T23:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2019-07-31T18:37:56.565-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipe Book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Event"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mustard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><title type='text'>Doi Ilish and Machha Besara</title><summary type="text">
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  365. Ek Phul…Do MaliOne Spice, two Different Fish….bad joke, agreed
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  367. But this is really a tale of One Spice, the all famous Mustard and not only two different fish but two very different fish recipes, one from my own state Bengal and the other from the neighboring state Orissa.
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  372. Little S knows all about Mothers Day. By &quot;about&quot; I don’t mean the history or the Hall Mark-ing of it but she knows there is a day like this when you are supposed to give your Mom cards etc. before you throw the usual tantrum. When she was 16 months, it was my first Mother&#39;s Day as a Mom and D took her to get me a card and Mom’s Day gift. I got a funny card with a mirror and a dangly sparkly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/1337472678212738110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2007/05/piyajkolir-tarkari.html#comment-form' title='43 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1337472678212738110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/1337472678212738110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2007/05/piyajkolir-tarkari.html' title='Piyajkolir Tarkari'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OffMcIGokD-UZodXrzEZBnr7g-YbGraRaIbgwK5gvivYPcd3bzN_9iYrIzmwpcAROjeJV3KpMBUXddlLASqe-bvt0YS7kRM6_BS41H8SXv5wTJgUlU0mdN8y73tjIXXqtdu1NQ/s72-c/3piyajkoli3.1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>43</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6528079379268681741</id><published>2007-02-23T23:48:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-08-03T16:26:19.395-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mustard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Shorshe Chingri Bhape</title><summary type="text">
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  380. When I was waxing eloquently about Mustard and Mustard Paste in my post MySpice -- Mustard, my dear blog friend Indosungod raised her eyebrows (ok I didn&#39;t see but am sure she did) said (to the effect) &quot;You use mustard paste in your cooking&quot;. That hit me hard, I have blogged for almost 6 months now and have not conveyed to the world that Bongs adore Mustard paste and their most keepsake </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/6528079379268681741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2007/02/shorshe-chingri-bhape.html#comment-form' title='64 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6528079379268681741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/6528079379268681741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2007/02/shorshe-chingri-bhape.html' title='Shorshe Chingri Bhape'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKE0GaNIOGwFuR8eBj1J6QE_vt7ZuoTVTAhWgMBD-CmLedKVB1sqOETuPJOI6r55qFYG7vQeplhR3gPE9weQWz19fAlaJPRUSEXqc6z1O4va4wnWgaGkwsN5ISwGLXVVganLGaZw/s72-c/SorsheChingri2.1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>64</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-4922313676907678555</id><published>2006-12-27T10:54:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2013-04-02T13:18:28.676-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Fishy Fishy Bong Bong or Doi Maach</title><summary type="text">
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  387. The title might sound ludicrous but I couldn’t just get it out of my head. Since the last couple of days this is the line that hums in my mind. You know how it happens, when a particular phrase gets into your system and you just can’t flush it out. The same thing happened when I read Seemas post on “Tindora in Coconut Gravy” aka &quot;Huli Menasina Kodilu&quot;. I loved that name. It </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/4922313676907678555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/12/fishy-fishy-bong-bong-or-doi-maach.html#comment-form' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4922313676907678555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/4922313676907678555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/12/fishy-fishy-bong-bong-or-doi-maach.html' title='Fishy Fishy Bong Bong or Doi Maach'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-116287112381247142</id><published>2006-11-06T22:44:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2022-04-11T09:50:53.122-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Chingri Malaikari"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shrimp"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Chingri Macher Malaikari</title><summary type="text">
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  391. Chingri Malaikari | Prawn MalaikariChingri&amp;nbsp;Malaikari&amp;nbsp;or Prawn&amp;nbsp;Malaikari&amp;nbsp;, is a very famous and popular Bengali dish, made with prawns simmered in a spicy coconut&amp;nbsp;gravy, served with white Rice or&amp;nbsp;Pulao&amp;nbsp;for lunch or dinner on special occasions. It used to be one of those dishes reserved only for grand affairs like birthdays or weddings. Prawns, specially the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/116287112381247142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/11/chingri-macher-malaikari.html#comment-form' title='110 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/116287112381247142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/116287112381247142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/11/chingri-macher-malaikari.html' title='Chingri Macher Malaikari'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3v6mEdojv13foux4QdL3INfDzwG7a6q7E0R1kRRVAtVNvQaej7uk4P7_7wFuSlhmmjAAPIbAyKC68OK4_HF0XxbevWq9wVJpil-K41cXZfy3WcFzq0oRQmxo-LEt-gx9NY1prg/s72-c/PrawnMalaikari51.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>110</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-116182284080100811</id><published>2006-10-25T20:13:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-06-03T23:31:42.239-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Macher Kalia or one more Fish Curry</title><summary type="text">
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  396. So I was pleasantly surprised this Monday morning, when I heard them saying how millions of Hindus celebrated Deepavali over the weekend. Next </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/116182284080100811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/10/macher-kalia-or-one-more-fish-curry.html#comment-form' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/116182284080100811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/116182284080100811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/10/macher-kalia-or-one-more-fish-curry.html' title='Macher Kalia or one more Fish Curry'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4WVFspg-53Yu5Wu2s9-5Ri1XJeIy33NJg3r8gsGB_aw_gwByjXYhJT-lsrNG_GVDFyiCxQSwofl_GBYOyjms9f9rHmsU3AH7spKaAoT42_ta11cbsqyNqNE2qWbC0qD3SEMI8g/s72-c/20180603_134736.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-116157426899461555</id><published>2006-10-22T23:12:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T20:07:38.831-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bengali Recipes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ma"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NonVeg"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Traditional Bengali"/><title type='text'>Fish Curry On a Winter Noon</title><summary type="text">Winter is there at my doorstep, knocking on my doors, announcing its arrival. In the twirling of the fall leaves, the chill of the air, the Diwali lights blinking on the front porch, that’s what I hear. This is the time that reminds me of Winter in India, winter in the plains of Bengal not very harsh but winter that let’s you soak up the sun during the day, cuddle up in the warmth of a lep (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/feeds/116157426899461555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/10/fish-curry-on-winter-noon.html#comment-form' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/116157426899461555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35578975/posts/default/116157426899461555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bongcookbook.com/2006/10/fish-curry-on-winter-noon.html' title='Fish Curry On a Winter Noon'/><author><name>Bong Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/3961/320/notepad_and_pencil.jpg'/></author><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry></feed>

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