A Bangladeshi Breakfast

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Vegetables With Ruti

A healthy breakfast - a rare occurrence for me nowadays.

I don't have proper breakfasts anymore. It's not that I can't eat so early in the day like some - I just value the extra minutes of sleep I get by forgoing it. I know it's unhealthy so I'm not here to encourage anyone to do the same. I also try and make up for it during the weekends, and today I made an attempt to rustle up a traditional Bangladeshi breakfast. This was my first go at cooking all of this on my own, so it didn't go perfectly, but I've noted down tweaks to my method below to make sure the mistakes don't happen again. I should also point out that I don't have exact ingredients amounts for this recipe because it was the result of a quick phone call with mom - as is often the case!

Reviving Old Dishes

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Chicken Ketchup Curry

My first attempt at the curry

This dish is one of my earliest food memories. When I was about four, we lived in Hong Kong, and I remember one day mom made this chicken with ketchup combo so that we'd eat something a little different. Mom used to experiment with food quite a lot back in those days, and unfortunately I get the feeling she doesn't quite have that kind of time any more. This dish actually disappeared from our table almost a decade ago, but I called her up and pestered her for the recipe. I've since made it a few times and served it to other people, and the feedback has been positive. A Bangladeshi friend did mention though that quite a lot of Bangladeshi families have versions of this dish - so maybe it wasn't as original as I thought!