The plump line-caught Bay of Bengal prawns that rest on my kitchen counter this morning pose infinite ...
Fish and Seafood
Dom Chitol (Chitol Maach Cooked in Dum)
There are days when wallowing in idle ruminations gives me the most sublime of pleasures. If this were a ...
Doi Mouri Parshe (Mullets in a Fennel Yogurt Sauce)
So when my eyes greet the gorgeous shimmering silver parshe at the Manicktala fish market during my recent ...
Peyajkoli Rui / Peyajkoli Katla (Rohu / Katla with Green Onion Stalks)
Winter and her benevolence. Her bouquet of gorgeous vegetables. I say to myself. My eyes on the bunch of ...
Fish Stew, Bengali Style
What is it about winter that makes me yearn for comfort food ? I muse this morning. Maybe its the nip in the ...
Prawn Jalfrezi, the Anglo Indian Way
The memsahibs bawarchi was a Mog by descent. His ancestors, who hailed from far-flung Chittagong, ...
Fisherman’s Pie, the Anglo Indian Way
I continue on my Anglo-Indian culinary sojourn, whipping up stunning delicacies in a run up to Christmas. The ...
Fish Croquettes (Maacher Chop, Bengali Style)
As a run up to Christmas, I shall be cooking Anglo Indian recipes this entire fortnight. Pies and puddings. ...
Rui Posto / Katla Posto (Rohu / Katla Fish With Poppy Seed Paste)
The Bengali in me yearns for a posto fix this mellow honey sunshine morning. And even before I ...
Ol Chingri (Prawns with Ol / Jimikand / Elephant Foot Yam)
You do not need to be a wizard in the kitchen to do justice to prawns. Add them to a stir-fry, throw them ...
Doi Maach (Fish in Yogurt)
The humble katla goes for a facelift this morning. Neither the ubiquitous coriander powder scented jhol ...
Narkel Bhetki (Sea Bass in Coconut Milk)
One of those mad hatter mornings with a daunting roster of to-dos. And as it inevitably happens on such ...












