I adore winters when it comes to cooking. All the fresh produce that Mother Earth blesses us with. All the ...
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Bhapa Pitha | Tekeli Pitha | Keteli Pitha (Steamed Rice Cakes with Coconut and Jaggery)
It's Makar Sankranti and my kitchen is a cauldron of furious activity. The chirer doodhpuli and sujir ...
Mugshapta | Moongshapta (Yellow Moong Dal Crepes with a Coconut Jaggery Filling)
Dada is super-excited. Almost gasping for breath, he tries to awaken me from sleep. Still in a realm of ...
Satpathy Auntys Enduri Pitha, Odisha Style
The doorbell rang. The jarring shrill piercing the lull of a parched summer afternoon. A kind of ominous ...
Natorer Luchir Payesh
Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is in a manic frenzy cooking a decadent spread of pithe, ...
Bikrampurer Bibikhana Pitha
Grandma sat on a cane mora, her back to the gorgeous winter sunshine, instructing Didi how to prepare the ...
Dal Pitha, Bihar Style (Rice Dumplings with a Spicy Dal Stuffing)
Its just a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is cooking a decadent spread of pithe and puli. And some divine ...
Roshbora (Urad Dal Fritters in Jaggery Syrup)
It's long past sunset. The last vestiges of the evening sun have ebbed out. The crimson of the twilight sky ...
Chirer DoodhPuli (Flattened Rice Dumplings with Coconut Jaggery Stuffing, in Milk)
A hullabaloo wakes me this chilly morning. Far from amused, I open half an eye to probe what's amiss. Then ...
Doodh Biryani (Biryani cooked in Milk)
That's the Orion. Bapi points out to me and Dada in a hushed whisper of a tone. The Hunter in the Sky. Look ...
Komola Moong Dal (Moong Dal With Oranges)
Not too long back, the world was smaller. I ruminate as I stir my pot of Komola Moong Dal this ...
Christmas Pudding, the Anglo Indian Way
My husband and sister-in-law had gone to visit Mrs Baker on a Christmas Eve several years back. A bunch of ...