Spaghetti with crab meat Just got some crab meat from market today. I am dying for some crab linguine, however as I don’t have linguine I will substitute it with some simple spaghetti. I have my version for it, I usually don’t go by rules when I cook. I cook what tastes good to me. You can get crabs in almost all super stores. Some keep washed clean crabs; some even keep just crab meats. I got one of those crab meat ones. For cooking I use my chili oil. My olive oil is infused in some real hot red…
When I was a kid I always wanted to have a room of my own. As we lived in a family home together with 30 other people, having a room to oneself was a dream. However like every mother on earth as a mother now, I have decorated my son’s room with the same enthusiasm and amazement, I had when I was young. He loves cars. Any car, big and small, red or blue, Ferrari or Lamborghini, is his subject. He loves Peter Pan, Toy story and so many other beautiful things. I am living another childhood through his eyes.…
Work station is an extremely important area, for home office doers and also for people like me, who needs to do a lot of random things, to keep busy. I love my desk. I have made it very recently. I didn’t have a proper working zone till last month. Then one morning I just got up, called one of my designer, took his advice to re-do the work space. This is perhaps one of my greatest gift I gave to myself. These days people need me-time more than ever. And to spend a quality, me-time a good work station…
Hi folks… today we shall talk about making butter. If I could I would have become totally organic. However living in Dhaka doesn’t let me be so. Hence, I make homemade items as much as I can. In the process I make certain things at home that is healthy and also makes me happy doing it. So, let’s make some butter. You need fresh double cream to make butter. Double cream in simple bangla is “Dudher Shor”. You can buy a good quality cream and beat it till it forms butter or like me collect the cream for whole one…
I have been thinking a lot lately of a quintessential Bengali woman’s wardrobe. What are the must have items one need to look the perfect Bengali goddess? I came up with few essential items and think these items should exist in our wardrobes. Well, there is nothing called must, but I think, to uphold the tradition, one needs to have certain amount of Bengali cool. Among the quintessential Bengali woman’s well kept treasures, the first is her signature style. It may be the bindi (tip) on her forehead or dark long wavy locks, whatever her statement may be she needs…
Few days back, one morning, my ever contemplating son, suddenly asked for Cabbage Rolls. I was much surprised, as he is very picky about food and I never imagined I will be lucky enough to see such day when he will be asking for some good food. Thus I was promptly at it. I wanted to make the easiest rolls in the shortest time, before he changes his mind. I just picked a very young fresh cabbage, minced chicken and yes that’s all. I mixed the chicken with minced onion, ginger, some oyster sauce, Soya sauce and lemon juice. Finally…
I have never made it before. But always they were a matter of interest to me. Today I had two of my favorite people coming in for tea, so I made these little devils just as an experiment and they turned out great. Of course I added my own little twist to the recipe. It is not the usual dijon and mayo deviled eggs. I had some Tahini in the fridge for few weeks now, so, I am kind of putting Tahini in more or less everything, I am preparing. After hard boiling the eggs, you need to make it…
I guess by now, you know I love homesteading, crafts and other household works. I wish I lived in a farm. I wish it every single second of my life. However till I live in a farm with white picket fences, cattle graze in my land and I wake up to a blissful laid back morning, I have to make things work within my reality. As I was saying I like homemade things, so does my mother. I used to see my mom making little things at home, only to give us some fun. I took up my crafty side…
When I started this blog I wanted to post at least once a week, however now it seems it takes forever to write. I am so over worked, no one to complain, took all by myself. But then again these are all the things I love. I have been meaning to post a recipe for the longest time. Now i realized as tomorrow is the Bangla new year, nothing is a better time to post one. I am not doing it today, thus posting a picture from my archive. On this ocassion I would like to post one of my…
