And so Dada and I set out, one golden autumn morning, gorgeous sunshine bathing the metropolis, still ...
Bengali Food Photography
Atar Payesh (Sitaphal Kheer / Custard Apple Pudding)
A disciplined row of custard apples rests on my kitchen counter. Luscious and plump, from a farm, not far ...
Mutton Pantheras, the Anglo Indian Way
Food, they say, is all about nostalgia. The exhilarating aroma wafting from the ancient soot-blackened ...
Sujir Khichuri (Semolina Khichdi)
Thursday mornings are special. The otherwise sleepy house in the time-stops-still hamlet of Karimganj, a ...
Manghser Ghugni (Yellow Peas with Mutton)
Talk to a Mumbaikar and he shall flaunt about the best pav bhajis and vada paos that money can buy. Talk ...
Fish Kabiraji Cutlet (Fish Coverage Cutlet)
The Fish Kabiraji Cutlet. Our indigenous Bhetki. Marinated in onion-ginger-garlic juices. Green chillies if ...
Narkel Chingri Pulao (Prawn Pilaf with Coconut)
The radio is the cynosure of the humble study in our house. The wooden contraption, religiously dusted by ...
Kancha Lonka Murgi (Chicken with Green Chilies)
I idle around the house, nursing a nagging cold, one of those unrelenting ones that gets subdued by a dose of ...
Uchche Chapor Ghonto (Bittergourd with Roasted Lentil Fritters)
It's a sultry autumn afternoon. An overwhelming quiet pervades, a sharp contrast to the hectic humdrum and ...
Jhinge Kumro Paturi (Ridgegourd and Pumpkin with Mustard and Coconut)
It's been a prolific pumpkin season, Grandma and Maa have been patiently sending dispatches of gorgeous ...
Chal Potol (Parwal / Pointed Gourd with Fragrant Rice)
I would know the tin even if I were blindfolded. Battered. Long past its prime. The Parle biscuit label, an ...
Kumror Dhokar Dalna (Pumpkin and Lentil Cake Curry)
There are days when Dada is outrageously fussy with his food and worse still, for no comprehensible reason. ...












