It’s my first Holi in Delhi and that it’s an explosion on my senses, is an ...
Snacks and Starters
Kiwi Lime Ginger Muffins
Growing up in a sylvan sleepy hamlet in far flung Assam had its own sublime blessings - the freshest of ...
Chana Koraishutir Chop (Cottage Cheese and Green Peas Croquettes)
Autumn takes a bow. And arrives winter. Stealthily. On hushed tiptoes. A thin lace of mist hangs ...
Mutton Pantheras, the Anglo Indian Way
Food, they say, is all about nostalgia. The exhilarating aroma wafting from the ancient soot-blackened ...
Manghser Ghugni (Yellow Peas with Mutton)
Talk to a Mumbaikar and he shall flaunt about the best pav bhajis and vada paos that money can buy. Talk ...
Fish Kabiraji Cutlet (Fish Coverage Cutlet)
The Fish Kabiraji Cutlet. Our indigenous Bhetki. Marinated in onion-ginger-garlic juices. Green chillies if ...
Shahi Beguni (Special Eggplant Fritters)
It's wistful nostalgia for me on this auspicious day of Rathyatra, the chariot festival when the Lord and his ...
Khoi er Bora (Popped Rice Fritters)
I sit on the welcoming red oxide floor of Grandma's bedroom, the windows overlooking the verdant garden open ...
Enchor Cutlet (Green Jackfruit Cutlet)
The jackfruit sapling, that Dada and I discovered quite accidentally during one of our evening hide-and-seek ...
Dal Pitha, Bihar Style (Rice Dumplings with a Spicy Dal Stuffing)
Its just a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is cooking a decadent spread of pithe and puli. And some divine ...
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. ...
Aloo Paratha
Morning arrives. Unheralded. Rain-drenched, caped in verdant green. The efforts of the cosy warmth of my ...












