Bengali Desserts

Palo Pitha | Palo Pithe | Chandankath Pitha

As Sankranti draws near, a new wave of gripping cold descends on our sleepy hamlet of ...

শহরতলির দুর্গাপুজোগুলোয় ছিল এক আলাদা অনবদ্য অনুভূতি , একধরনের ঘরোয়া উষ্ণতা। না ছিল এত আলো ঝলমলে প্যান্ডেল, ...

করিমগঞ্জের দুপুরগুলো ছিল বড্ড ধীর, স্থির— ঠিক যেন ছাদ থেকে ঝুলে থাকা সেই পুরনো পাখাটার মতো। ঘুরছে ঠিকই, ...

The bel tree was not my favourite tree in Grandmas backyard. Well, far from it. And there was ample reason ...

Do remember to get my khejur knata, Grandma reminds Bapi as he takes the last sip of tea from the bone-china ...

Payeshpata, it was much later that I came to know they were far more familiar as Pandan leaves in the ...

The pot of milk, battered with age and use, sits on the stove, a low flame providing the needed ...

Grandma is in the kitchen, seated on her ancient pnire, the twin oonoons are still at work despite the late ...

It’s the afternoon before Sankranti. The house is a cauldron of frenzied activity, the aroma of nolen gur ...

What are those ? A curious me asks Didi, pointing to the soot-blackened earthenware that she, after minutes, ...

Thursdays are special. These are Lokkhibaar, days when Grandma and Maa offer prayers to the generous Goddess ...

It’s far from easy, I can vouch, to forego a job when you are at the peak of your career and take a plunge to ...