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Dimer Chop - A deviled yummy time snack

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Bengali cuisine needs no introduction as it offers a delectable range of delightful appetizers. One of such classic street food appetizers is  Dimer Devil / Dimer Chop . As the Bengali's are already gearing up to celebrate their favourite festival that is ‘ Durga Puja ’ this recipe could savour to one's heart content. I still remember while doing the  pandal hopping  with friends in our final year of graduation we were all tantalized when the food stall owner said he/she was selling dimer devil. Now, because it's called the Egg Devil, you don't think this dish is filled with demons, or you can only have it if you're devil full. It's nothing like that if we consider the root of Egg Devil to be one of the legends claimed to have originated from a European dish called Scotch Eggs. Another hypothesis suggests that this is influenced by the Mughal delicacy of Nargisi Kofta. While readily available in the street food stalls, cafes and cabins of Kolkata, the dish under...
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Melt-in-mouth spongy Gulab Jamun

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Gulab Jamun is one of India’s most beloved sweets. Gulab Jamuns are soft, spongy deep-fried doughnut-like balls, soaked in delicately flavoured sugar syrup. This traditional dessert  is the centre of attraction in every festival and occasion in India. It is not just loved in India  but also overseas, especially in countries like Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh,  Mauritius, etc.  If you’re a sweet lover from any part of the world, then you have come to the right place!!  You will love to know that; you can make India's favourite sweet from the comfort of your  home and relish the savoury Indian delicacy with family and friends on any special occasion. History reveals some interesting facts and theories about the origins of this sweet. One of the  believed theory is that the sweet originated somewhere in the medieval period. The delicacy  was very much similar to an Arabic dessert named Luqmat-Al-Qadi , which was introduced to  India with ...
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