The fledgling bottlegourd vine by the cowshed is mischievous. Every time a punctilious Manikkaka trains her ...
Bengali Recipes
Pepe Dolma (Baby Green Papayas Stuffed with Fish in a Fragrant Milk Curry)
The heat has been excruciating over the last couple of days. The humidity punishing. It's a just a week to ...
Chal Bandhakopir Ghonto (Cabbage with Fragrant Rice)
It's a mellow spring morning. Winter has retired, the early morning melancholy mists over the grey-green ...
Komola Phulkopi (Cauliflower with Oranges)
Didi is peeling oranges. The last harvest of Nagpur oranges for the season, I heard Bapi mention to Maa and ...
Koraishutir Dhokar Dalna (Green Pea Dumplings in Fragrant Curry)
Generations of erudite scholars have researched the Tagores of Jorasanko, undeniably the Renaissance family ...
Enchor Kofta Pulao (Green Jackfruit Kofta Pilaf)
The vacations till now, I ruminate in agonizing frustration, have been thoroughly uneventful and ...
Kumro Pabda (Pabda with Red Pumpkin)
My fishmonger gets me a delectable catch of pabda this spring-is-melting-into-summer morning. As fresh as ...
Mango Rabri (Milk Pudding with Mangoes)
A listless sun glares down on a parched earth. An ominous lull. Not even bird song greets my fatigued soul. ...
Enchor Murgir Korma (Chicken and Green Jackfruit Korma)
Jackfruit is in profusion this summer. The nondescript sapling Dada and I discovered in the backyard quite ...
Shol Mulo (Shol Maach with Radish)
When my fishmonger calls me this morning to inform that he has (finally !!) managed to get fresh shol maach, ...
Enchor diye Cholar Dal (Bengali Chana Dal with Green Jackfruit)
The fledgling jackruit tree Dada and I had discovered quite by chance one nondescript evening as we chased ...
Bandhakopir Paturi (Cabbage in Banana Leaf Parcels)
I yearn for something feisty this morning. Tear-jerking spicy yet sinfully enticing. Grey foggy winter ...