The laal shaak resting pretty on the kitchen counter draws me to a listless afternoon decades back. The ...
Bengali Recipes From Grandmas Kitchen
Koi Komola (Climbing Perch with Oranges)
Needless to reiterate, we Bengalis love our fish. And over hundreds of years, we have been intrepid ...
Shorshe Narkel Chingri (Prawns with Grated Coconut and Mustard Paste)
The plump line-caught Bay of Bengal prawns that rest on my kitchen counter this morning pose infinite ...
Dom Chitol (Chitol Maach Cooked in Dum)
There are days when wallowing in idle ruminations gives me the most sublime of pleasures. If this were a ...
Kosha Murgi (Chicken in a Spicy Dry Gravy)
Yet another lazy Sunday morning. I idle around the house. Aimlessly. Fuss around with the ...
Cauliflower Greens, 3 Ways, Bengali Style
I adore my greens. A trait I believe I inherited from Grandma. Greens were indisputably Grandma's favorites ...
Doi Mouri Parshe (Mullets in a Fennel Yogurt Sauce)
So when my eyes greet the gorgeous shimmering silver parshe at the Manicktala fish market during my recent ...
Kheer Komola | Komola Payesh | (Milk Pudding with Oranges)
I yield to temptation yet again this honey-mellow winter morning. Of cooking with oranges. Plump luscious ...
Peyajkoli Rui / Peyajkoli Katla (Rohu / Katla with Green Onion Stalks)
Winter and her benevolence. Her bouquet of gorgeous vegetables. I say to myself. My eyes on the bunch of ...
Nolen Gurer Bhapa Sandesh (Steamed Cottage Cheese Fudge with Date Palm Jaggery)
What's winter without nolen gur ? Grandma would ruminate. I am in my kitchen, bathed in streaks of golden ...
Chaler Dalna (Curry of Fragrant New Rice and a Medley of Winter Vegetables)
Grandma loved her niramish dalna - a delicately flavored tomato curry, perfumed with the earthy cumin and the ...
Sheem Paturi (Flat Beans with Mustard in Banana Leaf Parcels)
I adore winters when it comes to cooking. All the fresh produce that Mother Earth blesses us with. All the ...












