Luscious duck eggs. Fried batons of potato and eggplant. The earthiness of panchforon. Chillies if you love ...
Bengali Food Photography
Pepe Ghonto (Raw Papaya Dry Curry)
When my eyes rest on the pristine green papaya, all ready to be be plucked off the tree, I know ...
Chicken Chaap (Chicken in Rich Aromatic Gravy)
That we Bengalis adore our Mughlai food is a restrained understatement for sure. We have a soul connection ...
Nolen Gurer Payesh |(Rice Pudding with date palm jaggery, Bengali Style)
Grandma's cooking prowess was legendary. The only indulgence she allowed herself, despite her spartan ...
Bhetki Maacher Kalia
If jhals, jhols and dalnas, indigenous to Bengal, are soulful, humble and unpretentious, kalias and kormas ...
Chanar Dalna
I have learnt to accept this as fait accompli. My lazy do-nothing Sundays are inevitably succeeded by manic ...
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 ...
Aloo Phulkopir Dalna (Potato and Cauliflower Curry)
I love my dalnas. Especially my niramish ones. I do need to confess upfront that I have a ...
Golmorich Murgi (Chicken in Black Pepper)
There's something special about a Sunday lunch. The unhurried pace. The pleasure of childhood ...
Bhoger Khichuri aar Labra
She is at her gorgeous best this evening. Resplendent in her new rani sari. Decked in her jewellery. Her ...
Bandhakopir Ghonto (Dry Cabbage curry, Bengali style)
The kitchen is my playground, the laboratory for my perennial stream of culinary experiments. I spend hours ...
Chanar Jilipi (Cottage Cheese Jalebi)
One of my indulgences, I must confess, when rainy days and Mondays get me down, guaranteed to elevate me from ...












