Bipattarini Pujo arrived in our childhood home wrapped in red. Red hibiscus lay heaped on brass plates, their petals dark and velvety. Vermilion glowed in a small silver container. Beside it, alta ...
Mathapuli
It is that time of the year again. The week when the wheels of Lord Jagannath’s mighty chariot ...
Daab Chingri
A cluster of coconut trees stood like silent sentinels at the edge of our backyard — impossibly ...
Chhotomashir Lau Shuktani
This story begins on a sultry summer day of the mid 90s in Madhyamgram. Still a quiet afterthought ...
Aam Panchforon Mete | Mutton liver with Panchforon and Raw Mangoes
I insist on accompanying Bapi to the baajaar. It’s a bright spring morning, the skies a clear ...
Didar Narkel Posto Katla
In Bengal, nothing is ever truly wasted. Not the peel of a gourd, not the stems of greens, not even ...
Pui Shaak diye Maacher Jhol (Fish curry with Malabar Spinach)
There is a certain unruliness to pui shaak that I have always admired. It does not grow—it advances. ...
Cherry Clafoutis
The fruit vendor arrives like a quiet herald of indulgence, his basket brimming with cherries—plump, ...
Dindigul Biryani
Madurai is an ancient enchantress - she does not reveal herself all at once. She unfolds slowly to ...
Watalappam | Watalappan
I first experienced Watalappam on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, on a lazy, sun-scorched ...
Pumpkin Kalu Pol | Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry
Some dishes arrive not in grand Michelin-starred restaurants, but in nondescript hole-in-the-wall ...
Jaffna Chicken Curry
There are places where food is sustenance, and there are places where food is memory — stitched with ...
Cashew Panna Cotta
It’s a quiet afternoon. Spring is melting, slowly, very slowly into what promises to be a harsh ...
Triple Chocolate Ragi Brownies
Who said brownies are sin ? My triple chocolate ragi brownies are fudgy, chocolatey, and all things ...
চিংড়ির ভাপা পিঠা | Chingrir Bhapa Pitha
কোনো কোনো দিন সেই কাকভোরে হঠাৎ ঘুম ভেঙে যায়। চায়ের কাপ হাতে কংক্রিটের শহরের ছোট্ট বারান্দায় ...