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    The art of making butter…

    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…

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    The fine cabbage momo

    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…

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    Deviled egg

    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…

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    Coconut Oil

    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…

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    Crispy Fried Okra

    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…

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    Original Cheese Cake

    I have a gift for you all, today in my page I shall share a great recipe. There is a thousand method you can find over the net, this one is a tried and tested version and I do all the time. Lets make Cheese Cake. Yaaaaay! Cheese Cake is a sinful and delicious dessert. Everyone likes a slice. It goes beautiful with a strawberry, blueberry topping or keep it simple with a sour cream top. However as we have strawberries in the market right now, so make a strawberry topping… Cheese cake is made in three stages, you prepare…