I potter around my sun-washed kitchen, gazing at the luscious Bay prawns that rest patiently on the black ...
Bengali Food Photography
Aam Potol (Parwal / Pointed Gourd with Green Mango)
One thing has not changed though over all the years. The child in me still yearns to run to the backyard, as ...
Thakurbarir Mango Pudding
Who would have ever imagined a rustic Pirali Brahmin girl, from a nondescript village in far-flung Jessore, ...
Chire Bhetkir Pulao (Poha / Flattened Rice Pilaf with Seabass)
That Grandma is furiously finicky with her rice is an understatement. The grains have to be perfect. The ...
Lau Patay Ilish Bhapa (Hilsa steamed in Bottlegourd leaves)
The fledgling bottlegourd vine by the cowshed is mischievous. Every time a punctilious Manikkaka trains her ...
Pepe Dolma (Baby Green Papayas Stuffed with Fish in a Fragrant Milk Curry)
The heat has been excruciating over the last couple of days. The humidity punishing. It's a just a week to ...
Komola Phulkopi (Cauliflower with Oranges)
Didi is peeling oranges. The last harvest of Nagpur oranges for the season, I heard Bapi mention to Maa and ...
Koraishutir Dhokar Dalna (Green Pea Dumplings in Fragrant Curry)
Generations of erudite scholars have researched the Tagores of Jorasanko, undeniably the Renaissance family ...
Enchor Kofta Pulao (Green Jackfruit Kofta Pilaf)
The vacations till now, I ruminate in agonizing frustration, have been thoroughly uneventful and ...
Kumro Pabda (Pabda with Red Pumpkin)
My fishmonger gets me a delectable catch of pabda this spring-is-melting-into-summer morning. As fresh as ...
Mango Rabri (Milk Pudding with Mangoes)
A listless sun glares down on a parched earth. An ominous lull. Not even bird song greets my fatigued soul. ...
Enchor Murgir Korma (Chicken and Green Jackfruit Korma)
Jackfruit is in profusion this summer. The nondescript sapling Dada and I discovered in the backyard quite ...












