The memsahibs bawarchi was a Mog by descent. His ancestors, who hailed from far-flung Chittagong, ...
Bengali Food Photography
Fish Croquettes (Maacher Chop, Bengali Style)
As a run up to Christmas, I shall be cooking Anglo Indian recipes this entire fortnight. Pies and puddings. ...
Ball Curry, the Anglo Indian Way
As a run up to Christmas, I am cooking Anglo-Indian recipes this entire fortnight. Pies and puddings. ...
Mawa Cake
The turn of the last century witnessed an overwhelming Zoroastrian population from Iran migrating to Bombay, ...
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 ...
Chocolate And Beetroot Brownies
It's about a year back, in a quaint little cafe in Lower Manhattan, that I first came across chocolate and ...
Kalai Dal (Urad Dal)
And it would be supremely unfair if I did not publish a sequel to my post last week on the sublime Sylheti ...
Pui Shaaker Ghonto (Malabar Spinach with an assortment of vegetables)
I think it would not be a hyperbole if I remarked that all cooks, amateur or professional, have an unabashed ...
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 ...
Begun Diye Kalai Dal (Urad Dal with Eggplant)
I grew up in a sylvan sleepy hamlet in the far-flung Barak Valley of Assam. Amidst pristine verdant greens. ...












