It’s a mist-laced January morning. One of those languorous days when indulging in laziness is not a sin. The community is just beginning to wake up. The soulful strains of Vishnu Sahasranamam waft ...
Lau Boal er Jhol
The heat is punishing to say the least. It’s early morning, yet the sun is at its repressive best. ...
Polta Patar Borar Shukto
Why Grandma adores her bitters is incomprehensible to a nine year old me and an eleven year old ...
Hansher Mangsho Bhuna (Spicy duck curry, Bengali style)
It’s as if it were yesterday. The Mayra-myari ghor (bamboo house) stands proud and ...
Bebinca | Bibinca | Experiences of a Gastronomad
Layer above layer. And then one more. Come on, a little voice goads you. And you add yet another ...
Ada Pradhaman
Kerala during Onam is a feast for the senses. The myth goes something like this - the magnanimous ...
Chotomashir Sheem Bichi Koi Maach
The maacher baajar in our sleepy town is nothing to write home about. A row of make-shift decrepit ...
Hainanese Chicken Rice
Poached chicken, served cold. An aromatic broth. An assortment of condiments. Served with ...
Bel Pana Tart (Wood Apple Tart)
The bel tree was not my favourite tree in Grandmas backyard. Well, far from it. And there was ample ...
Whole Roasted Fish
It was somewhere in the pristine verdant slopes high up the Malaysian highlands. A nondescript ...
Nokshi Pitha
Do remember to get my khejur knata, Grandma reminds Bapi as he takes the last sip of tea from the ...
Payeshpatar Patishapta (My version of Kuih Dadar)
Payeshpata, it was much later that I came to know they were far more familiar as Pandan leaves in ...
Rita Aunty’s Stuffed Chicken Roast
Aunty, I am in Kolkata, I call Rita Aunty to inform. A moment of silence. And then the familiar ...
Singapore Fish Head Curry
The first time S returned from Singapore and narrated to me, childlike excitement stark in his ...
Lichur Payesh (Litchi Kheer/ Litchi Pudding, Bengali Style)
The pot of milk, battered with age and use, sits on the stove, a low flame providing ...