Garlicky potatoes with dandelion leaves!Served with side of dandelion flowers in crispy batter! From root to flower, dandelions are highly nutritious plants loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. What eat dandelions? Dandelion greens can be eaten cooked or raw and are an excellent source of vitamins and contain potent antioxidants, which may explain many of…
Author: Papli
I’m Papli, a homecook in the UK who began her humble journey with serious food blogging . I'm a Bengali cook who loves to be adventurous and enjoys showcasing traditional family recipes aswell as my own creations.
Easy Chicken Curry
There are easy chicken curry’s and then there is this, the even easier chicken curry! What makes this so easy? Well thats quite simple, you just leave it to cook. Really, no kidding. No cooking out spices, no stages, no fuss… it’s just really that easy. It is just a case of combining ingredients and letting…
Japchae
Japchae, so, for those that don’t know, Japchae is a Korean dish that literally means mixed vegetables. Japchae is a classic authentic dish made with a sweet potato noodle that is both chewy and springy. It’s often paired with thin strips of beef or pork in a sweet savoury sauce. It’s also very common to…
Ginger Chilli Chicken
So what’s this about Ginger chilli chicken? This is essentially about chicken pieces that are thoroughly washed and marinated in Asian spices, where the chicken is dipped in a batter and then fried. It’s then served with an aromatic stir fry of diced onions, capsicum green chilis ginger, and garlic. This fragrant, sweet, and spicy,…
Dharosh Bortha Steamed Okra
Bengalis love a shido/bhortha, whatever you want to call it! It depends on whether you live on the west side or east side. Either way, it’s a mash of sorts. I used Dharosh today, okra, fingers, bhindi. There are many names for this. In Bengali, it’s dharosh. Now we can make dharosh shido as I…
Flamkuchen, My Lazy Way
So what is a Flammkuchen? The German equivalent of a pizza, a flammkuchen, to me, is just perfect. I love the thin crust with my favourite topping the onion and bacon. So I’ve mastered my Flammkuchen, my lazy way! Whenever I go to Germany, this is one of my favourite meals I enjoy when on…
Malabar Spinach With Prawns. Pui Shak Diya Chingri Mach.
Malabar spinach with prawns. Pui Shak diya chingri mach. There is no denying that there are some ingredients that are unique in taste.Malabar spinach or in Bengali Pui shak, is one of those. It’s very distinctive in its taste, which makes any curry that it is incorporated in rather special. Malabar spinach has a rather…
Dryfish Bhuna/Shutki Mach Bhuna
Shutki mach bhuna
Pap’s Mustard Sauce
Pap’s Super Spicy Mustard Sauce
Turkey Escalopes In A White Wine, Garlic And Cream Sauce
Turkey escalopes in a cream sauce with gentle heat running through with the addition dried chilli flakes lots of garlic, flavoured with herbs and a white wine reduction.