Come new year, and I wallow in honey-sweet nostalgia. I yearn for that perfume of new rice. The ritual of ...
Assamese Recipes
Til diya Murgi Mangxo (Chicken with Black Sesame Seeds, Assamese Style)
This was my first month in Guwahati. Lack of opportunities in my sleepy hometown Karimganj on ...
Masor Bilahi Tenga (Fish Curry with Tomatoes, Assamese Style)
My kitchen has been a mad frenzy all week, I have been whipping up my favorite Assamese ...
Aloo Aru Bengena Pitika (Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Eggplant Mash, Assamese Style)
A friend of mine and I decide to catch up over lunch. It's over a decade that she had been out of the ...
Mati Mahor Dali (Split Black Gram / Urad Dal, Assamese Style)
Growing up in a sleepy hamlet in far-flung Assam was bliss. In the sylvan lap of nature. By the lazy ...
Bhapa Pitha | Tekeli Pitha | Keteli Pitha (Steamed Rice Cakes with Coconut and Jaggery)
It's Makar Sankranti and my kitchen is a cauldron of furious activity. The chirer doodhpuli and sujir ...