This story begins on a sultry summer day of the mid 90s in Madhyamgram. Still a quiet afterthought on the map ...
Vegetarian Recipes
Pumpkin Kalu Pol | Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry
Some dishes arrive not in grand Michelin-starred restaurants, but in nondescript hole-in-the-wall places ...
খুদের বউয়া | বউয়া ভাত | Khuder Boua
“শুয়েছে ভোরের রোদ ধানের উপরে মাথা পেতে অলস গেঁয়োর মতো এইখানে কার্তিকের খেতে; মাঠের ঘাসের গন্ধ বুকে ...
কুমড়ো ফুল ভাপা | Kumro Phool Bhapa I Experiences of a Gastronomad
ভাদ্রের মাঝামাঝি এক সকালে বাসে চেপে আমি আর বামমা পৌঁছলাম প্রদীপ কাকুর বাড়িতে। মানিককাকাও সঙ্গে ছিল। প্রদীপ ...
Kumro Phooler Pur (Stuffed Pumpkin Flower Fritters)
The doorbell rang. The man and I are in the garden, S engrossed in his email that has arrived overnight, I ...
Lauer Khosha Bhaja (Stir-Fried Bottlegourd Peels)
Its the fourth morning of the lockdown. The tension in the air is palpable. There’s uncertainty. There’s ...
Ganadev Kaku’s Mulo Pur (Stuffed Radish, Bengali Style)
It was sometime late October last year. The Pujas were over, Diwali was round the corner. The perfume of ...
Sheem Bhorta | Bharta (Mashed Flat Beans with Fried Onions and Raisins)
Sheem Bhorta was not in the first draft menu I had chalked for the lunch with friends. By when a neighbour ...
Peyajkoli Posto (Onion Greens with Poppy Seeds Paste)
It has almost become a customary ritual, a couple of my childhood friends from Assam, gathering at my place ...
Doodher Jhol
Humbled. Honoured. I am touched beyond words when Piyali Boudi, a dear friend and neighbour, sends me her ...
Girish Bhawan er Chanar Kalia | Chanar Kalia
2019 marks the 187th anniversary of the Durga Pujo at the Mukherjee family in Girish Bhawan in Bhowanipur. It ...
Chanar Daab Malai (Paneer with Tender Coconut Flesh)
There’s nothing more delightful than hearing from an old friend who’s visiting town. So when D calls one ...












