One day to go and She shall be arriving. My lal-par saree has been laundered and ironed. The kansa has ...
Fish and Seafood
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 ...
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, ...
Pabda Hingi (Pabda with Asafoetida)
Would a trip to Kolkata ever be complete without a ritualistic sojourn to the Maniktala Market ? Well, ...
Thakurbarir Doodh Katla (Katla Stewed in Reduced Milk)
Summer vacations have just started. Days are scorching, Grandma discourages me from venturing outside during ...
Lebu Patay Katla (Katla with Gondhoraj Lebu Leaves)
The summer is fierce. The glare is blinding and the heat enervating. Who ever thought the coy innocent Sun ...
Boal Maacher Dom
It’s not everyday that my fishmonger calls to inform that he’s got some gorgeous boal maach. And that he has ...
Chingri diye Mulo Shaak (Radish Greens with Shrimps)
I adore my greens. And one of the myriad reasons why I love winters is the prolific abundance of ...
Chitol Maacher Jhol (Chitol Fish Curry)
What is a nation ? Grandma ruminated, her eyes staring listlessly at the distant horizon, her voice choked ...
Kosha Chingri (Jumbo Prawns in a Spicy Dry Gravy)
And so Dada and I set out, one golden autumn morning, gorgeous sunshine bathing the metropolis, still ...
Masor Bilahi Tenga (Fish Curry with Tomatoes, Assamese Style)
My kitchen has been a mad frenzy all week, I have been whipping up my favorite Assamese ...
Anarosh Ilish (Hilsa with Pineapple)
Manikkaka looks up anxiously at the charcoal-scarred sky. It is barely nine am this June morning, the first ...












