Every now and then, I pause my game of hopscotch, dart to the ancient iron gate, embellished lately with ...
Durga pujo recipes
Dhakai Chicken Roast (Chicken Roast, Dhaka Style)
Dida's days were busy, helping in cooking and cleaning, fussing over the the GuhaThakurta kids and pampering ...
Sujir Khichuri (Semolina Khichdi)
Thursday mornings are special. The otherwise sleepy house in the time-stops-still hamlet of Karimganj, a ...
Narkel Chingri Pulao (Prawn Pilaf with Coconut)
The radio is the cynosure of the humble study in our house. The wooden contraption, religiously dusted by ...
Koraishutir Dhokar Dalna (Green Pea Dumplings in Fragrant Curry)
Generations of erudite scholars have researched the Tagores of Jorasanko, undeniably the Renaissance family ...
Khoi er Bora (Popped Rice Fritters)
I sit on the welcoming red oxide floor of Grandma's bedroom, the windows overlooking the verdant garden open ...
Chitol Maacher Muitha (Chitol Dumplings in an Onion Gravy)
The incredibly bony virtually inedible gada of the prized chitol maach rests on a kansa thala in front of ...
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 ...
Ilish Barishali (Hilsa with Coconut in a Yoghurt – Mustard sauce)
It's yet another lazy do-nothing Sunday morning. I lie on my couch, watching the truant winter sun project ...
Chicken Chaap (Chicken in Rich Aromatic Gravy)
That we Bengalis adore our Mughlai food is a restrained understatement for sure. We have a soul connection ...
Bhoger Khichuri aar Labra
She is at her gorgeous best this evening. Resplendent in her new rani sari. Decked in her jewellery. Her ...
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 ...












