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Begun Diye Kalai Dal (Urad Dal with Eggplant)

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

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

One of my indulgences, I must confess, when rainy days and Mondays get me down, guaranteed to elevate me from ...

The milk sits on the gas stove. Impatiently. I stir the pot occasionally. To pacify the rebellions ...

As I potter around in the kitchen this morning, making my luchi dough and stirring my pot of narkel diye ...

I sit ruminating this morning, thinking of the origins of Bengali cuisine and the influences that have shaped ...

The bird sits on the gas stove, stewing merrily in yogurt perfumed with a melange of spices. A delicious ...

Some fresh chana, a piquant zing of ground mustard, an euphoria of grated coconut, a scorching violence of ...

The dekchi of milk, golden yellow, sits patiently on the mud oven. The first rays of the nascent sun, yet ...

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Another one of those family favorites for a lazy Sunday lunch. Tear-jerking spicy, yet so delectable that you ...

What other than food to bring back waves of nostalgia !! That taste of a lamb curry I had many winters back ...