What is it about winter that makes me yearn for comfort food ? I muse this morning. Maybe its the nip in the ...
Bengali Fish Curry
Rui Posto / Katla Posto (Rohu / Katla Fish With Poppy Seed Paste)
The Bengali in me yearns for a posto fix this mellow honey sunshine morning. And even before I ...
Ol Chingri (Prawns with Ol / Jimikand / Elephant Foot Yam)
You do not need to be a wizard in the kitchen to do justice to prawns. Add them to a stir-fry, throw them ...
Doi Maach (Fish in Yogurt)
The humble katla goes for a facelift this morning. Neither the ubiquitous coriander powder scented jhol ...
Narkel Bhetki (Sea Bass in Coconut Milk)
One of those mad hatter mornings with a daunting roster of to-dos. And as it inevitably happens on such ...
Ilish Barishali (Hilsa with Coconut in a Yoghurt – Mustard sauce)
It's yet another lazy do-nothing Sunday morning. I lie on my couch, watching the truant winter sun project ...
Bhetki Maacher Kalia
If jhals, jhols and dalnas, indigenous to Bengal, are soulful, humble and unpretentious, kalias and kormas ...
Ilish Kanchkolar Jhol (Hilsa and Raw Banana Curry)
This is the story of a fairytale romance, the princess of the water falling for an unassuming plebian of the ...
Chingri Maacher Bati Chorchori (Prawn curry, Bengali style)
As soon as my eyes rest on the plump prawns fresh from the Bay this rain-blessed cloud-cloaked overcast ...
Loitya Maacher Jhuri Bhaja | Lote Maacher Jhuri (Spicy stir-fried bombay duck)
What other than food to bring back waves of nostalgia !! That taste of a lamb curry I had many winters back ...
Ilish Er Tel Jhol ((Hilsa in a Light Gravy)
The sizzling sun has disappeared behind a grey veil of ominous nimbus. There's a lull. An uncanny calm. I ...
Murighonto (Fragrant Rice and Fish Head)
This is the story of a heady romance between fragrant rice and smashed fish head. (Smashed fish head, yes, ...












