An Amphan-battered Bengal inches back to normalcy. Rising from the devastation left behind by the diabolical ...
Bengali Food Photography
Sabu Makha
I hear the monstrous storm pummel the doors. The windows fling open and shut, toyed upon by the diabolical ...
Dimer Torka (Egg Tadka, Dhaba Style)
Delhi was explosion on my food senses. The decadent world of Mughlai cuisine left me spellbound and ...
Jeere Morich diye Murgir Jhol (Chicken Stew with Cumin and Peppercorn)
The fifth morning of lockdown. We are getting used to blissful time-stop-still mornings - ...
Lauer Khosha Bhaja (Stir-Fried Bottlegourd Peels)
Its the fourth morning of the lockdown. The tension in the air is palpable. There’s uncertainty. There’s ...
Lau diye Kacha Moong Dal (Moong Dal with Bottle Gourd)
The giants have been a dismal failure, S and I discuss as we sip our morning coffee. It is the third morning ...
Dimer Hingi (Egg Curry with Asafoetida)
The second day of lockdown and I wake up to a world of uncanny calm. No noxious fume-belching yellow ...
Chingri Bhorta
The first day of the lockdown and we were thoroughly under-prepared. We knew it was coming, we were rather ...
Ganadev Kaku’s Mulo Pur (Stuffed Radish, Bengali Style)
It was sometime late October last year. The Pujas were over, Diwali was round the corner. The perfume of ...
Sheem Bhorta | Bharta (Mashed Flat Beans with Fried Onions and Raisins)
Sheem Bhorta was not in the first draft menu I had chalked for the lunch with friends. By when a neighbour ...
Peyajkoli Posto (Onion Greens with Poppy Seeds Paste)
It has almost become a customary ritual, a couple of my childhood friends from Assam, gathering at my place ...
Bammar Doulla Pithe
Even after the euphoria of Sankranti, the celebration of Mother Earth and her produce, is long over, the ...












