Delhi was explosion on my food senses. The decadent world of Mughlai cuisine left me spellbound and ...
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Chicken Pish-pash, the Anglo Indian Way
Bapi rarely cooked. And that wasn’t because he didn’t know how to cook. In fact, he adored cooking. The ...
My Chocolate Cake
The second week of lockdown. And I wake up craving for sugar. I bring it up to S as we sip our morning ...
Rita Aunty’s Anglo Indian Junglee Pulao
I have been extremely worried out Maa - she and Mashi have been alone ever since our house-help left for her ...
Jeere Morich diye Murgir Jhol (Chicken Stew with Cumin and Peppercorn)
The fifth morning of lockdown. We are getting used to blissful time-stop-still mornings - ...
Lauer Khosha Bhaja (Stir-Fried Bottlegourd Peels)
Its the fourth morning of the lockdown. The tension in the air is palpable. There’s uncertainty. There’s ...
Lau diye Kacha Moong Dal (Moong Dal with Bottle Gourd)
The giants have been a dismal failure, S and I discuss as we sip our morning coffee. It is the third morning ...
Dimer Hingi (Egg Curry with Asafoetida)
The second day of lockdown and I wake up to a world of uncanny calm. No noxious fume-belching yellow ...
Chingri Bhorta
The first day of the lockdown and we were thoroughly under-prepared. We knew it was coming, we were rather ...
Ganadev Kaku’s Mulo Pur (Stuffed Radish, Bengali Style)
It was sometime late October last year. The Pujas were over, Diwali was round the corner. The perfume of ...
Sheem Bhorta | Bharta (Mashed Flat Beans with Fried Onions and Raisins)
Sheem Bhorta was not in the first draft menu I had chalked for the lunch with friends. By when a neighbour ...
Peyajkoli Posto (Onion Greens with Poppy Seeds Paste)
It has almost become a customary ritual, a couple of my childhood friends from Assam, gathering at my place ...












