I am hardly ten. Just the age when the tragic enigma of Death has started to loom large on my psyche. I am ...
Durga Pujo
Pujor Ranna | Durga Pujor Bhuribhoj
One day to go and She shall be arriving. My lal-par saree has been laundered and ironed. The kansa has ...
Gondhoraj Ghol Pulao
Every now and then, I pause my game of hopscotch, dart to the ancient iron gate, embellished lately with ...
Bengali Phulkopir Singara (Bengali Cauliflower Samosa)
Sunday afternoons were the only time Bapi managed some respite from his otherwise hectic, often punishing, ...
Manghser Ghugni (Yellow Peas with Mutton)
Talk to a Mumbaikar and he shall flaunt about the best pav bhajis and vada paos that money can buy. Talk ...
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 ...
Fish Croquettes (Maacher Chop, Bengali Style)
As a run up to Christmas, I shall be cooking Anglo Indian recipes this entire fortnight. Pies and puddings. ...
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 ...
Radhaballavi | Radhaballabhi and Aloor Dum
I am all of six, maybe seven. Yet the kitchen draws me like a magnet. My best times are when I am in the ...
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 ...












