Dada is super-excited. Almost gasping for breath, he tries to awaken me from sleep. Still in a realm of ...
Desserts
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mawa Cake
The turn of the last century witnessed an overwhelming Zoroastrian population from Iran migrating to Bombay, ...
Venetian Carrot Cake
A couple of years back, her research took my sister-in-law to Italy for close to six months. A delightful ...
Chocolate And Beetroot Brownies
It's about a year back, in a quaint little cafe in Lower Manhattan, that I first came across chocolate and ...
My Chai Spiced Tea Cake
I love my tea. Darjeeling would be the undisputed favorite and even within the bouquet of beautiful teas ...
Nolen Gurer Payesh |(Rice Pudding with date palm jaggery, Bengali Style)
Grandma's cooking prowess was legendary. The only indulgence she allowed herself, despite her spartan ...












