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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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A Middle Eastern Delicacy Delight: Kunafa

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The Arabic pastry Kunafa (termed as Kunafeh, knafe or knafeh!, Arabic كنافة) is a traditional recipe and is the most favoured dessert in the middle east. It is often called "The Queen of Arabic dessert".  Popularly consumed during the Muslim Ramadan period, it is enjoyed  throughout the year mostly in the Arabs. The sweet dish has a beautiful combination of a  crispy crust, creamy filling and aromatic syrup. The sweet might have originated between the 10th and 15th centuries, some theories  suggest that the dessert was first made in the 15th century in Egypt. There is another belief that it  was first made in the Umayyad Empire during the 10th century. In the 21st century, the city  of Nablus in Palestine holds the Guinness World Record for the largest Knafeh ever made. I have never travelled to the middle east but had my first experience of the Kunafa in the city  of Nizams i.e. Hyderabad, India. I savoured the deliciously warm, soft, c...
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Location: V-Niwas, Salimpur Ahara, Kadam Kuan,, Lane No 1, Daldali Rd, Pirmuhani, Salimpur Ahra, Golambar, Patna, Bihar 800001, India
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