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…
Bangla hues will have a weekly talk session with Mishael Aziz a tea connoisseur. Every week we will talk about a particular tea and how to have it, what will be the best time to have it. I also welcome anyone who wants to talk about tea on board. Tea is an integral part of our country and we grow one of the best quality tea, that we export to foreign lands. So, hang in there for a weekend tea party on Bangla hues from today. Drink tea, it heals…
Ahh.. the sweet smell of weekend is here… I have already started baking… How do you guys spend your weekends? I totally stay lethargic.. sticking around my bed, doing home spa, or spend quality time in the parlour. Weekends are precious and just around 8pm every weekend I feel like crying if I don’t spend it wisely. After a week of deadlines, traffic jams, meetings and brain storiming give your brain some rest on weekends. Why not put your mobiles and laptops off and switch on some great music all through the day. Take off your eye from the screen…
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 have been longing to write on my tour to Nepal last year around this same time. As I got burnt badly after we returned, and lost a dear cousin, I guess I never got the grip back but until very lately. Nepal tour was a very special tour we took as a family. As much as I love to travel alone and see things in my own way, I love to travel with my son. I love to see the wonders in his eyes that we have already discovered. Little questions, surprises and his big experiences make our trip…
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…
I met her few years back at a round table discussion. With bright big eyes and sharp features a young women wearing unique kind of jewelry could attract anyone with her presence. Later through her work I got to know Shaily more. Tahmina Khan Shaily, is a creative entrepreneur owning ‘Shoilee’ an online life style shop. Coming from a cultural family, her knack for creation and innovation was always appreciated. 2006, she began to design jewelry, outfits and accessories for herself. This inevitably led her to create women accessories and clothes for her friends, family and suddenly she was in…
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