Sheem Pur, a family favorite from those days gone by - the humble sheem (flat beans) stuffed with the ...
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Chirer Pulao, Bengali style
Evening descends on hushed tiptoes. Surreptitiously. Crimson and vermilion smother the last vestiges of blue ...
No-bake Mango Cheesecake
With the mango season fast retreating, I had to spend a lazy afternoon doing a no-bake mango cheesecake with ...
Motorshuti Diye Bhaja Moong Dal (Bengali moong dal with peas)
The unmistakable nutty scent draws me, just awaken by the cacophony of birds in the backyard trees, to the ...
Murighonto (Fragrant Rice and Fish Head)
This is the story of a heady romance between fragrant rice and smashed fish head. (Smashed fish head, yes, ...
Basanti Pulao (Yellow Pulao, Bengali style)
The heady fragrance of Gobindobhog, the gorgeous golden of earthy turmeric, an overindulgence of sinful ...
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 ...
Golap Kachagolla ( Rose flavoured Cottage Cheese Fudge)
My Golap Kachagolla - This is so ridiculously simple to prepare, I was almost in a dilemma if or not to ...
Layered Sheet Cake
It's just earlier this week I learnt how to stencil a pattern on a cake. And ever since that child in me has ...
Doi Ilish (Hilsa in Yogurt)
Every man, much to the wife's consternation, stands tall on the claim that his mother cooks the most sublime ...
Maacher Patla Jhol (Cumin Flavoured Fish Curry)
Its often joked that the Bengali gastronome travels the world, but returns home to savour his maacher jhol ...
Thai Fish Cake
Longing for that perfect savory accompaniment to tea on a time-stops-still lazy Sunday afternoon ? Yet bored ...












