Blog & Recipes
“Mukti’s class was the perfect marriage between science and cultural cuisine. Everything was cooked from scratch, using the most fresh, organic and healthy ingredients. But most importantly- It felt like cooking with your private master chef, in the most warm and welcoming environment. Thank you, Mukti, for a great experience!”
– Noa O., September 12, 2021
Indian Vegetarian Korma – A Great Fall Recipe
Fall is here and nothing says good healthy food like this very popular vegetarian Indian dish. This is a simple and delicious Indian recipe and a great way to put that Autumn squash you got from your local farmers' market or CSA. Squash is very tasty and is...
Celebrate Diwali Today 🙂
Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. This year, it's on Thursday, October 23. Be festive, be merry. Decorate your home, school and work place with lights. Small lights. Big lights. Anything that can lighten up and illuminate. Anything that can make the day bright...
This is a Very Sweet Time 🙂
This is really the time for sweets. Indian sweets. Bengali sweets. Punjabi sweets. Delhi sweets. Bombay sweets. You name it. The time between Durga Puja in West Bengal and East Bengal (now Bangladesh) -- in early October -- and Diwali in Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi and...
Food, Fun, Festivity and Hinduism
Written by Partha Banerjee of One Final Blog _________ October is the season for our Hindu religious and social festivity. Durga Puja and Lakshmi Puja, followed by Diwali, Brother's Day, and many more. Not too many people know here in America. But it is truly a...
Goddess Durga and Godly Food
Goddess Durga with her ten hands and four children are here. She rides the lion and vanquishes the Asura – the demon. We celebrate her arrival on earth. The four-day celebration has just begun. It’s that time when in India and Bengal and wherever we are,...
Curry, Not In A Hurry 🙂
Indian curry can NOT be made in a hurry. No matter what they say. It's not possible. You need time. Why? Because, it's not magic. I mean, the cooking is magical. You can taste and smell and savor and slurp the magic once the dish is done. But, you cannot make it as if...
A Hundred-Foot Journey into Indian Cooking 🙂
The Hundred-Foot Journey is a must-see. At least, the segments on Indian cooking 🙂 The rest of the Spielberg-Oprah production -- well, you may or may not, perhaps, remember. I would definitely remember the new Hollywood deja vu to sentimentality for its positive...
Indian Plants in Brooklyn 🙂
Indian plants in Brooklyn? That is, plants from India -- in Brooklyn, New York, USA? Yes, you've heard it right! So, just last week, I had a chance to revisit the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and explored the beautiful place a little bit more. There, I found some plants...
Mukti’s Kitchen goes international
Something truly wonderful has happened recently and I'm so excited to tell you all about it. It all started when I received an interesting email from a woman named Marja (pronounced "Maria"). She said she was from Finland and found out about my classes...
Secrets of Healthy Indian Food
My aunt cooked Indian food that was out of this world. She was not a professional cook, but her home cooking was professional quality. She only knew how to cook Bengali Indian food; rice, curry, greens, dal, fish, hand-made bread, lamb, prawn, and rarely, desserts or...
