Bengali Recipes

Chana Bhapa

Some fresh chana, a piquant zing of ground mustard, an euphoria of grated coconut, a scorching violence of ...

The dekchi of milk, golden yellow, sits patiently on the mud oven. The first rays of the nascent sun, yet ...

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Another one of those family favorites for a lazy Sunday lunch. Tear-jerking spicy, yet so delectable that you ...

What other than food to bring back waves of nostalgia !! That taste of a lamb curry I had many winters back ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...