Tips and Tricks used in the Bengali Kitchen

The goal of this section is to provide a lot of tips, tricks, technical advice and short cuts that can be used in preparing Bengali food. I have gathered some here and you can send me your discoveries and experiences too.

How to....

• make Paneer at Home from Aditi's Rannaghar

• make Bhaja Masala from Bangali Meye

• make Posto and Shorshe Bata from Bangali Meye

• peel a Banana Flower (MOCHAA) example 1 | example 2

• clean and dress small Crabs (video)

• devein Shrimp from Taunton Fine Cooking

• scale and gut a Fish step by step: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

• cut Cauliflower into florets from Cookthink

• Rannaghorer Tuki-Taki (in Bengali script) from Evergreen Bangla Recipes