Bengali Recipes

Narkel Bhetki (Sea Bass in Coconut Milk)

One of those mad hatter mornings with a daunting roster of to-dos. And as it inevitably happens on such ...

I grew up in a sylvan sleepy hamlet in the far-flung Barak Valley of Assam. Amidst pristine verdant greens. ...

My bedroom wall is awash again with honey sunshine. There's a nip in the air. A flimsy veil of post ...

Memories of Grandma come fleeting back as I grate my coconut for Narkel Lau this morning. Grandma was a ...

It's yet another lazy do-nothing Sunday morning. I lie on my couch, watching the truant winter sun project ...

Luscious duck eggs. Fried batons of potato and eggplant. The earthiness of panchforon. Chillies if you love ...

When my eyes rest on the pristine green papaya, all ready to be be plucked off the tree, I know ...

That we Bengalis adore our Mughlai food is a restrained understatement for sure. We have a soul connection ...

Grandma's cooking prowess was legendary. The only indulgence she allowed herself, despite her spartan ...

If jhals, jhols and dalnas, indigenous to Bengal, are soulful, humble and unpretentious, kalias and kormas ...

I have learnt to accept this as fait accompli. My lazy do-nothing Sundays are inevitably succeeded by manic ...

This is the story of a fairytale romance, the princess of the water falling for an unassuming plebian of the ...