I have learnt to accept this as fait accompli. My lazy do-nothing Sundays are inevitably succeeded by manic ...
Bengali Food styling
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 ...
Mouri Chana (Paneer cooked with fennel and milk)
The milk sits on the gas stove. Impatiently. I stir the pot occasionally. To pacify the rebellions ...
Doi Murgi (Chicken in yogurt)
The bird sits on the gas stove, stewing merrily in yogurt perfumed with a melange of spices. A delicious ...
Chana Bhapa
Some fresh chana, a piquant zing of ground mustard, an euphoria of grated coconut, a scorching violence of ...
Chana Phulkopi (Paneer and Cauliflower Curry)
The dekchi of milk, golden yellow, sits patiently on the mud oven. The first rays of the nascent sun, yet ...
Chanar Payesh (Bengali Style Cottage Cheese Milk Pudding )
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Mete Chorchori (Stir-fried Goat Liver, Bengali style)
Another one of those family favorites for a lazy Sunday lunch. Tear-jerking spicy, yet so delectable that you ...
Chirer Pulao, Bengali style
Evening descends on hushed tiptoes. Surreptitiously. Crimson and vermilion smother the last vestiges of blue ...
Motorshuti Diye Bhaja Moong Dal (Bengali moong dal with peas)
The unmistakable nutty scent draws me, just awaken by the cacophony of birds in the backyard trees, to the ...
Murighonto (Fragrant Rice and Fish Head)
This is the story of a heady romance between fragrant rice and smashed fish head. (Smashed fish head, yes, ...
Basanti Pulao (Yellow Pulao, Bengali style)
The heady fragrance of Gobindobhog, the gorgeous golden of earthy turmeric, an overindulgence of sinful ...












