Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled having ...
Bengali Recipes
Murgi Monohora
Isn't it rather unusual that on a manic Monday morning, I wallow in sweet nostalgia, allowing myself the ...
Ilish Chirer Jhol (Hilsa Curry with Fried Flattened Rice)
The shrill of the phone punctuates the idyllic silence of a lazy afternoon. I am immersed in a book, the ...
Moong Phulkopir Ghonto (Caulifower and Moong Dal Dry Curry)
It’s a gorgeous autumn morning. The nimbus clouds that had usurped the heavens above and scarred them an ...
Gondhoraj Ghol Pulao
Every now and then, I pause my game of hopscotch, dart to the ancient iron gate, embellished lately with ...
Mutton Tehari
Was your homeland more beautiful than this? A curious eight year old me asks Grandma one autumn afternoon, ...
Uchche diye Maacher Dim (Bittergourd and Fish Roe Stir Fry)
Kakimoni was an angel. She lived a few houses away from us down the flaming gulmohor-crowned cul-de-sac, ...
Kakrol Pur (Stuffed Teasel Gourd, Bengali Style)
Cut to half a decade back. It’s a charcoal-scarred sky this morning. Ominous cumulonimbus clouds reign the ...
Pabda Hingi (Pabda with Asafoetida)
Would a trip to Kolkata ever be complete without a ritualistic sojourn to the Maniktala Market ? Well, ...
Potol Rosha (Parwal in Tomato and Milk Curry, Bengali Style)
Food in Cambodia and Thailand was divine, there was not one meal that offered us the slightest of an excuse ...
Daab Jhinge (Ridge-gourd with Tender Coconut Flesh)
The ten odd days we spent in PhnomPenh and SiemReap were gorgeous to say the least. The awe-inspiring temple ...
Thakurbarir Doodh Katla (Katla Stewed in Reduced Milk)
Summer vacations have just started. Days are scorching, Grandma discourages me from venturing outside during ...












