A disciplined row of custard apples rests on my kitchen counter. Luscious and plump, from a farm, not far ...
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Sujir Khichuri (Semolina Khichdi)
Thursday mornings are special. The otherwise sleepy house in the time-stops-still hamlet of Karimganj, a ...
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 ...
Fish Kabiraji Cutlet (Fish Coverage Cutlet)
The Fish Kabiraji Cutlet. Our indigenous Bhetki. Marinated in onion-ginger-garlic juices. Green chillies if ...
Uchche Chapor Ghonto (Bittergourd with Roasted Lentil Fritters)
It's a sultry autumn afternoon. An overwhelming quiet pervades, a sharp contrast to the hectic humdrum and ...
Masor Bilahi Tenga (Fish Curry with Tomatoes, Assamese Style)
My kitchen has been a mad frenzy all week, I have been whipping up my favorite Assamese ...
Mati Mahor Dali (Split Black Gram / Urad Dal, Assamese Style)
Growing up in a sleepy hamlet in far-flung Assam was bliss. In the sylvan lap of nature. By the lazy ...
Doodh Pabda (Pabda with Milk)
There's something romantic about a grey overcast morning. The sulking clouds. The drunken gales. The ...
Dhakai Murgi Khichuri (Chicken Khichdi, Dhaka Style)
Today is Eid-Al-Fitr, the day which marks the end of the holy month of Ramdan, a day synonymous with ...
Aam Begun (Eggplant with Green Mango)
Eggplant, as fresh as can be, plucked this morning from the kitchen garden. Droplets of rain from the ...
Aam Potol (Parwal / Pointed Gourd with Green Mango)
One thing has not changed though over all the years. The child in me still yearns to run to the backyard, as ...
Thakurbarir Mango Pudding
Who would have ever imagined a rustic Pirali Brahmin girl, from a nondescript village in far-flung Jessore, ...