It is 1:30 pm local time! Until sometime back, I was unable to decide which recipe to share in blog! Okay, I had been productive too, made some vegan, gluten-free scones.
I wished to get it, may be on a later date! I came across mesmerising Bengali posts, smitten with nostalgia. Now I am listening to old Bengali songs, I felt like sharing a Bengali recipe today, unable be otherwise! I cannot do mentions, they are many, integral part of our being! Let me do a mention, if we can get it, our life is sorted; "jibon khatar proti patai jotoi koro hisheb nikesh, kichui robena... luko-churir eeije khyala...." The Bengali Music Industry then, now, both I love. The Bengali film industry faced a drought in the 80's & 90's, we detested, then comeback started with telefilms post 2000, thereafter some actors, directors came together, made us believe it hasn't died!
Why I reveal myself to world do not know. I love to write is true. I want to be cautious, next moment I asphyxiate if I do not exercise my right to expression! What I was at 15, I remain same at mid-fifties. The streets of Singapore, every lane, by lane are witness to my stupid self! I do not know if Bossy reads my stuffs or not, he never does any mention about what my heart spoke on posts, oblivious of what the world would think of me. That's why he is dear, only that he fails to make son behave normal with mumma. He has to talk to me regular!
I decided to write a blogpost today also to save myself from wrath; I do not blame Bossy, often times I feel like calling him in office, say I am having pain here & there! Since last December, a serious fear made safe haven inside, some friends, family know! All of a sudden that fear subsided, something else creeped in! I let it stay, didn't deny! Life isn't give & take alone to me, I don't make deals. Then emotional upheaval requires great deal of effort to handle.
My positive self feels if I have invited it, I need to deal with it! In an extreme scenario, I would sell off my heart, kidneys; that finances my shopping, go frenzy shopping till I drop dead! There is no guilt inside, only a question, why, how? In all these, I feel I need some explicits coming from Bossy, call & say, "I feel Dr. V's stethoscope is not getting it, something is seriously wrong with my beats, it pains at times!" The explicits that would come to me over phone do not startle me anymore, they are required to handle an emotional disaster like me!
Truth, however bitter or painful, is always better than sugar coated lies! Expectations hurt, is an eternal truth, it is unavoidable is another truth!
I would not bother, disturb, approach towards anyone involved, I stay firm on my belief that one who wants me would find me. I may be proven wrong, yet! I can send them some beautiful blooms from our tiny space, share my plates, that says I care!
In our childhood, egg curry meant fresh duck egg curry. Till date, I would want it! I read various theories why Singapore doesn't sell duck eggs. In 2024, we hunted H-Mart perhaps for duck eggs in Boston, Ms. Bhaduri of Houston told. Bossy, his mother are egg lovers, I enjoy egg curry these days not loving sea fish. Now, my side of family says they eat chicken eggs mostly.
Let's cook this gluten-free, non-vegetarian Bengali egg recipe; BENGALI STYLE DUCK EGG POTATO CURRY before I blabber more, I need to go for walk. I do not like sharing what Singapore cannot eat but a Bengali Food Blogger should have these recipes in collection!
INGREDIENTS :
FRESH DUCK EGG : 6-7
POTATO : 2
SLICED ONION : 4 TBSP
SLITTED GREEN CHILLI : 2-3
GARLIC PASTE : 2 TBSP
GINGER PASTE : 1 TBSP
RED CHILLI POWDER : 1 TSP
CUMIN POWDER : 1 TSP
CORIANDER POWDER : 1 TSP
CINNAMON POWDER : 1/4 TSP
GREEN CARDAMOM POWDER : 1/4 TSP
CLOVES POWDER : 2 PINCHES
TURMERIC POWDER : 2 TSP
CUMIN SEED : A PINCH OR TWO
BAYLEAF : 1
CINNAMON STICK : 1/2 INCH LENGTH 2-3
GREEN CARDAMOM : 2-3
CLOVES : 2-3
SUGAR : 1 TSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
OIL : 2-3 TBSP
GHEE / CLARIFIED BUTTER : 1 TSP [OPTIONAL]
PROCEDURE :
Wash eggs gently, boil in enough water for 10-12 minutes adding a tsp of salt. Switch off gas stove. Let it cool.
Peel, cut each potato into 4 pieces, widthwise, then lengthwise. Wash, Marinate with salt, turmeric.
Remove shell from eggs. Wash, make slits on body, apply turmeric, salt.
Heat oil in wok, lightly fry eggs, take out. Fry potatoes, take out.
Temper oil with cinnamon stick, green cardamom, clove, cumin seeds, bayleaf! Add the washed & sliced onions. Fry until brown.
Add ginger, garlic pastes. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes! Add the cumin+red chilli+coriander+turmeric powders, salt. Add 2 tbsp water and stir cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add fried potatoes, fold in well! Stir cook for 2-3 minutes, add 2 coffee mugs of water. Cover cook at low heat for 10-12 minutes.
Remove cover, add boiled, fried eggs, cover cook for 5 minutes at low heat.
Remove cover, add cinnamon+cloves+green cardamom powder, sugar! Stir, let cook for another 2-3 minutes, we are done!
