Winter has taken a bow. The migratory birds that had thronged the lake have long departed for cooler ...
Vegetarian Recipes
Mouri Bandhakopi
A close friend sends me a gorgeous cabbage from her garden this morning. It’s not easy to grow cabbage, she ...
Pujor Ranna | Durga Pujor Bhuribhoj
One day to go and She shall be arriving. My lal-par saree has been laundered and ironed. The kansa has ...
Moong Phulkopir Ghonto (Caulifower and Moong Dal Dry Curry)
It’s a gorgeous autumn morning. The nimbus clouds that had usurped the heavens above and scarred them an ...
Kakrol Pur (Stuffed Teasel Gourd, Bengali Style)
Cut to half a decade back. It’s a charcoal-scarred sky this morning. Ominous cumulonimbus clouds reign the ...
Potol Rosha (Parwal in Tomato and Milk Curry, Bengali Style)
Food in Cambodia and Thailand was divine, there was not one meal that offered us the slightest of an excuse ...
Daab Jhinge (Ridge-gourd with Tender Coconut Flesh)
The ten odd days we spent in PhnomPenh and SiemReap were gorgeous to say the least. The awe-inspiring temple ...
Bengali Phulkopir Singara (Bengali Cauliflower Samosa)
Sunday afternoons were the only time Bapi managed some respite from his otherwise hectic, often punishing, ...
Thandai Kebab
It’s my first Holi in Delhi and that it’s an explosion on my senses, is an ...
Mulo Koraishutir Ghonto (Dry Radish and Green Peas Curry)
Dada loathed vegetables and greens in his growing-up years. I was less of a rebel, although I do need to ...
Kumro Shaak er Chorchori (Pumpkin Greens with Mustard and Poppy Seeds)
The rooftop of the cowshed, just behind the kitchen garden, protected by the leafy canopy of the gnarled ...
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 ...