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Dalia Kheer (Broken Wheat and Milk Pudding)

A delectable yet healthy dalia kheer on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. And even before you fret that this is ...

Sheem Pur, a family favorite from those days gone by - the humble sheem (flat beans) stuffed with the ...

Morning arrives. Unheralded. Rain-drenched, caped in verdant green. The efforts of the cosy warmth of my ...

Evening descends on hushed tiptoes. Surreptitiously. Crimson and vermilion smother the last vestiges of blue ...

I fancy a raita this morning. But not the usual cucumber one. And neither does boondi appeal. For the ...

The dekchi sits snugly on the fire. Her lid sealed firmly by flour dough. A few lazy charcoal pieces idle on ...

The sizzling sun has disappeared behind a grey veil of ominous nimbus. There's a lull. An uncanny calm. I ...

With the mango season fast retreating, I had to spend a lazy afternoon doing a no-bake mango cheesecake with ...

Today is Eid-Al-Fitr, the day which marks the end of the holy month of Ramdan, a day synonymous with ...

A Bengali meal is never complete without tomato chutney- a symphony of fresh tomatoes, plump raisins, ...

The unmistakable nutty scent draws me, just awaken by the cacophony of birds in the backyard trees, to the ...

Bhaja puli is a traditional sweet made in Eastern India households typically on occasion of the Makar ...