This is the story of a fairytale romance, the princess of the water falling for an unassuming plebian of the ...
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Chingri Maacher Bati Chorchori (Prawn curry, Bengali style)
As soon as my eyes rest on the plump prawns fresh from the Bay this rain-blessed cloud-cloaked overcast ...
Loitya Maacher Jhuri Bhaja | Lote Maacher Jhuri (Spicy stir-fried bombay duck)
What other than food to bring back waves of nostalgia !! That taste of a lamb curry I had many winters back ...
Ilish Er Tel Jhol ((Hilsa in a Light Gravy)
The sizzling sun has disappeared behind a grey veil of ominous nimbus. There's a lull. An uncanny calm. I ...
Ilish (Hilsa) Biryani
Today is Eid-Al-Fitr, the day which marks the end of the holy month of Ramdan, a day synonymous with ...
Maacher Matha diye Moong Dal (Yellow Lentils cooked with Fish Head)
We Bengalis love fish head. Period. No celebratory lunch is ever complete without the pompous ...
Peas Pulao And Fish Kofta Curry
A delectable Mediterranean lunch of pilaf and kofte on a time-stops-still Sunday afternoon inspires me to do ...
Ilish Begun Er Jhol (Hilsa and Eggplant Curry)
Idle ruminations as I cook my Ilish Begun er Jhol this morning- In the universe of cooking, almost ...
Fish Fry, Bengali style
That the colonialists left an indelible impression on the canvass of Calcutta, for long, the second ...
Shorshe Ilish (Hilsa in Mustard)
Shorshe Ilish. Mustard, the undisputed King of zing in the Bengali kitchen, romances the gorgeous Queen of ...
Doodh Ilish (Hilsa in Milk)
This dark overcast morning, an uncanny ominous lull around, the birds and bees nowhere to be sighted, the ...
Fish Batter Fry, Bengali style | Fish Orly
That the colonialists left an indelible impression on the canvass of Calcutta, for long, the second capital ...