Chat/Chatpati spice mix is a mix of hot and tangy spices that can be used to spice up snack, salads, fruit salads and even curries. In Bangladesh, chat mix is used heavily in the food served by street vendors – the ubiquitous fuchka and chatpati vans that one everywhere. Ingredients 2 tablespoons cumin seeds 2 […]
This is a very simple recipe that can be used with similar other vegetables like gourds, eggplants etc. Ingredients 1 tablespoon oil 1/2 tsp kalojira (nigella) 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 or 2 dried red chili 1 large onion, chopped 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, chopped 3 medium Zucchini, peeled and cubed 1 tsp […]
Fish loving Bangladeshis love the Hilsa fish (ilish) so much that we have it is their national fish. Bangladeshis the claim that Hilsa can be cooked in a 100 different ways. This recipe is one of my all time favorites. The best Hilsa comes from the Padma river (as the Ganges is called in Bangladesh). […]
I was in the mood for some Mishti Kumra – also known as the Sweet Gourd. I hit the local specialty grocery store to see if I could find some. As I walked past the rows upon rows of different kinds of gourds and squashes, my gaze rested on some acorn squash. I think I […]
I was scrounging through the frozen food section of our local sub-continental grocery in search of fish (after all, I am Bengali) and in between the Papda and Ilish I saw this package of mutton and child hood memories flooded bacl. Kosha Mangsho was one of my favorite food growing up. So much so that […]
The lau or the bottle gourd (calabash) is a very versatile vegetable of the Bangladesh kitchen. This would be fairly common in the sumer months when various kinds of gourds are aplenty. Rummaging through the fridge, I came across half of a gourd that I had set aside. The other half went into a shrimp dish (recipe to follow […]
Recipe by Bangali Baburchi 
