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So I'm down with a stubborn bout of cough and cold just days before leaving for a Honeymoon/ Arts Festival in Penang, Malaysia...yeah! talk about perfect timing. I have hardly had any rest plus this really terrible cough is keeping me as well hubby and the neighbours awake through the night. So when the weekend came I was in bhangra mode till I figured out that it's weekend. And lunch and dinners need to be made....uggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Honestly I was in no mood of cooking but then I remembered what eating outside food meant...oily, full of spices and small portions...the bengali inside me was screaming for some 'Kosha Mangsho and Ruti'... but Ma being miles away in Kolkata, who will make it??? I miss her too much in times like this.... I mean my mother makes the best Kosha Mangsho.... Forget Golbari, which is a heritage institution in Kolkata, specializing in Kosha Mangsho; my mother creates magic in her kitchen. But here I was left to my own means. But life is not...

Like all recipes in the world, the stroganoff too comes with its hearty share of pages to fill. As most of us are well conversant with the history of KFC, its the same with this russian beauty which comprises of sauteed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream. Quiet like its name, I used to think that the word ' Stroganoff' must be the later part of some individuals name; but the originator of this recipe was Elena Molokhovets. For it was she who had passed down the recipe in her cookbook ' A Gift to Young Housewives' where this amazing recipe was recorded for the first time. So from Elena's kukhnya to Jiya's kitchen, a couple or two centuries in between, the glamorous stroganoff was reinvented in my humble kitchen with a couple of modifications to not only suit the Indian palate but also keep the calories at bay. Hope you have fun cooking it! Bon Appetit. Cooking Time: 15 mins               Prep. Time: 10 mins       ...