The turn of the last century witnessed an overwhelming Zoroastrian population from Iran migrating to Bombay, ...
Recipes
Venetian Carrot Cake
A couple of years back, her research took my sister-in-law to Italy for close to six months. A delightful ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kalai Dal (Urad Dal)
And it would be supremely unfair if I did not publish a sequel to my post last week on the sublime Sylheti ...
Pui Shaaker Ghonto (Malabar Spinach with an assortment of vegetables)
I think it would not be a hyperbole if I remarked that all cooks, amateur or professional, have an unabashed ...
Doi Maach (Fish in Yogurt)
The humble katla goes for a facelift this morning. Neither the ubiquitous coriander powder scented jhol ...
My Chai Spiced Tea Cake
I love my tea. Darjeeling would be the undisputed favorite and even within the bouquet of beautiful teas ...
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 ...
Rajma Masala (Red Kidney Beans in Tomato-Onion Gravy)
It was largely Bengali cuisine that I grew up on. Clean flavours, austere usage of spices, abundance of ...
Begun Diye Kalai Dal (Urad Dal with Eggplant)
I grew up in a sylvan sleepy hamlet in the far-flung Barak Valley of Assam. Amidst pristine verdant greens. ...












