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PreeOccupied: August 2012
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Monday, August 20, 2012. Petite Eggplants in Posto/Poppy Seeds. I had promised Sharmila. I’d make these and share the recipe. I am not big on begun; except of course our. Its no secret that I am no fan of vegetables. At the risk of sounding clichéd, vegetables make a pocket around my throat. Till today. Ingredients for Petite Eggplants in Posto/Poppy Seeds. 8-10 petite eggplants, keep whole and just slit the bottom to form a “quarter”, while each eggplant still hangs from its stem. If your eggplants have...
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PreeOccupied: January 2013
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Thursday, January 31, 2013. The Bengali Mishti Pulao. Is something that I have always, always invariably overeaten. And that happens even with my own cooking. When I was little, it was well-known in our family that “Rini loves Mishti Pulao”. So one time my grandmother and I went to lunch at a certain Kakima’s place. The kind lady had made my favourite – Bengali Mishti Pulao and Mangsho. I was about four, maybe five. I had a couple of spoons of the. My love for Mishti Pulao. Rice, the short-grain rice eve...
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PreeOccupied: April 2015
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015. Something About Shukto On A Dark, Dismal Day…. It wasn't supposed to be like this. I was supposed to be a cookbook-writing Bengali. I was supposed to have my own cooking show. I was meant to sign my cook books. I was supposed to look all fab, and flaunt my manicured nails while chopping onions on television. I was meant to look like a Bengali version of Goddess Nigella, in. I have become one of them. I am one of them. Its another thing that three-fourths of my wardrobe is black.
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PreeOccupied: June 2013
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Shrimply Hot and Spicy Chingri Maacher Bora. And I love my camera. But there are days that even my iPhone can take award-winning pictures! Especially the nights no one wants to wait for a food photo set up and all that drama of an elaborate spread at the dinner table. Pink, juicy, shrimps do! Ingredients for Shrimply Hot and Spicy. 500 grams largish shrimps, deveined, de-shelled and cleaned (I used tiger shrimps). 1 medium size red onion very finely chopped. Start by cutting ver...
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PreeOccupied: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Indiyeah - Go Green with Desire. Literally means green gram. A winter staple if you have grown up in Bihar like me. We would wait all year to snack on these crunchy, fresh. Nature makes them available in tiny little pods, which are a pain to open! But once you have cracked the puzzle, its a world of green goodness inside. My favourite to make with. Is a quick freestyle salad. I am also partial to. Being sautéed with green chillies and chopped red onions and eaten with. She s...
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Bhadra Calling – Arun's Travelog
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May 21, 2010. July 30, 2016. I am back, fresh from a trip to Bhadra Reserve Forest, which is located in Chikmaglur district of Karnataka. I was part of the Elephant Census, conducted between May 15th and 17th. Let me first throw some light on the general methodology used for an animal census and then I will talk about some amazing experiences that I had during the census. Counting by direct sight – we note down direct sightings of elephants, simple as that. Soon, we heard a small noise from a distance an...
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PreeOccupied: August 2013
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Monday, August 05, 2013. Uthapa Aunty’s Coorgi Murgi. Mrs Uthapa was my mother figure during my short life in Bangalore. She lived in the apartment next door and worked in a bank. She wore neatly pleated cotton sarees, and fresh Mallige (jasmine) flowers braided in her wet hair. She rode a Kinetic Honda to work at the State Bank of India. The only thing I did not like was when she came with Bevu Bella (Neem and jaggery) during Ugadi. The. Anyway, here is how I made Uthapa Aunty’s Coorgi Murgi. 1 tablespo...
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PreeOccupied: May 2012
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Rangooni Rice and Mutton Stew. I have a lot to say, but I am exhausted from last week’s drama. So I will just write a recipe today. This stew is as rustic as it can get. But. In a classy way, something that you’d want to eat over and over again. My Mother-in-law learnt this stew from her friend who was brought up in erstwhile Burma. When I married into the Basu family, I also got married to some of their recipes. Ingredients for Rangooni Rice and Mutton Stew. You may want to cook t...
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PreeOccupied: April 2013
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Saturday, April 20, 2013. Ameena Alam’s Chingri Bhorta. I am always on the lookout for exquisite recipes. You know, those family treasures which you never find in cookbooks. And I am glad I have a set of people who always indulge me. So I wanted a. And ended up making Ameena’s. A spicy mash of tiger shrimps. That’s how much I love my. And now second to the shrimps, its the owner of this recipe – Ameena Alam that I love! Ingredients for Ameena Alam’s. 1 small red onion, finely chopped. 5-6 dry red chillies.