My princess must have inherited her love for fish from her Grandfather, Grandma would inevitably comment to ...
Bengali Fish Photography
Tel Koi
I have sulked all morning. It’s unacceptable and unfair, I have rehearsed the fervent pitch in ...
Koi Phulkopi (Climbing Perch with Cauliflower)
Manikkaka gets home a plump little cauliflower, august with its pompous crown of green. I am elated. We are ...
Chingri diye Kolai Dal (Urad Dal with Shrimps)
One autumn evening, Bapi brings home a pair of binoculars. A childhood friend of his had been visiting and he ...
Uchche diye Maacher Dim (Bittergourd and Fish Roe Stir Fry)
Kakimoni was an angel. She lived a few houses away from us down the flaming gulmohor-crowned cul-de-sac, ...
Fish Kabiraji Cutlet (Fish Coverage Cutlet)
The Fish Kabiraji Cutlet. Our indigenous Bhetki. Marinated in onion-ginger-garlic juices. Green chillies if ...
Koi Komola (Climbing Perch with Oranges)
Needless to reiterate, we Bengalis love our fish. And over hundreds of years, we have been intrepid ...
Doi Mouri Parshe (Mullets in a Fennel Yogurt Sauce)
So when my eyes greet the gorgeous shimmering silver parshe at the Manicktala fish market during my recent ...
Doi Maach (Fish in Yogurt)
The humble katla goes for a facelift this morning. Neither the ubiquitous coriander powder scented jhol ...
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 ...
Tangra Posto
I continue on my journey with posto. And this time its Tangra posto, a blissful marriage of tangra maachh ...
Parshe Maacher Jhal
I follow up my tel pona recipe with another quintessential Bengali favorite - Parshe Jhal - parshe (or ...












