Lip Smacking South Indian Cuisine @ Rasam – The Stadel, Kolkata 🙂

Food Event: Happy Onam Duration: 10 Sep – 13 Sep 2019 Timing: 12 noon – 10 pm Observed by the Malayalis across the world, both as a religious and cultural festival, Onam – – marks the start of the Malayali calendar. – is observed as the annual harvest festival of the state of Kerala. –…

Peaches, Apricots and Nectarines 🙂

In English, ‘peaches and cream’ is the term used for smooth, attractive, unblemished complexion with pleasing coloring. While in Hindi, ‘aadu’ is a North Indian slang for idiot! Both Peach and Aadu are the names of the same fruit. So, how can their reference in two different languages vary to such a great extent? This…

The Grand Kebab Festival @ Casa Kitchen, Kolkata 🙂

Duration: 15 – 25 Aug 2019 Timing: 12:15 pm – 11:00 pm Complimentary Item: A pint of Kingfisher Ultra beer with every two plates order. Being quite in demand amongst the vegetarian diners, The Grand Kebab Festival has now become the signature event of Casa Kitchen – the popular vegetarian restaurant & bar, wherein the…

Vegan Choco Banana Muffins 😊

When vegetarian food is devoid of even any by-product of an animal or better still any living creature, it is called vegan food. In layman’s term we can say that vegetarian food devoid of dairy based products is vegan food. Veganism is on a perpetual rise since last few years. It happens to be one…

Raw Mango Chutney 😊

Sweet & sour aka khatti-meethi Raw Mango Chutney is a must in our household during summer. From last few years, I have been toying with assorted recipes, ranging from simple to complex, along with my personal brainstorming infused into the recipes at hand, till I found this perfect one, popularly known as Kokub’s Green Mango…

Mango Custard 😊

A simple and seasonal dessert, best served when chilled. Recipe of Mango Custard (Serves 3) Ingredients: 1 medium sized mango 1.5 cups full cream milk 3 tbsp sugar 4 tsp custard powder 0.5 tsp finely chopped pistachios Method: 1. Peel, deseed and cut the mango into medium sized pieces. Using a mixer, make a pulp…

Pudina Chaach 😊

A tasty and thirst quenching summer coolant. Pudina Chaach (Serves 2) Ingredients: 1 cup fresh curd 1 cup chilled water 1/3 cup mint/pudina leaves finely chopped 1 small green chilli finely chopped 1/4 tsp rock salt 1/3 tsp salt 1/4 tsp saunth/dry ginger powder 3/4 tsp roasted cumin powder Method: 1. Keep aside 2 mint…

Badam Daab Sharbat 😊

Ours is one if those households, wherein every Holi, bottles of Badam and Thandai Sherbats are bound to enter the kitchen via self purchase or as gifts (well, we also gift them) and barring 3-4 times around the Holi festival, they are never to be opened again for any kind of consumption but stored till…

Dhaba Style Luncheon + Restaurant Style Hygiene & Presentation @ Punjabee Rasoi, Kolkata 😊

Situated in a by-lane opposite Acropolis Mall, Punjabi Rasoi is a decade old popular comfort food restaurant, built brick by brick over a period of time, solely powered by the passion, hardwork and perseverance of it’s owner Mr. P. V. Raju. Today, this G+1 restaurant is – – equipped enough to seat and serve 90…

6 Months Birthday Of Sly Fox Gastro Club With 12 Chef’s Special Vegetarian Dishes ☺

Sly Fox Gastro Club, the classy and spacious 80 seater multicuisine diner at Globsyn Crystals, Sec V, Salt Lake, opened it’s gates on 18th Apr 2018. Within 6 months, it has ably created a big set of repeat customers and loyal patrons, who like to visit the diner for it’s open space, hospitality and most…