Sheem Bhorta was not in the first draft menu I had chalked for the lunch with friends. By when a neighbour ...
Food Photography
Peyajkoli Posto (Onion Greens with Poppy Seeds Paste)
It has almost become a customary ritual, a couple of my childhood friends from Assam, gathering at my place ...
Nolen Gur and Chilli Cheesecake
I seek inspiration this morning. The muse, the kolshi of nolen gur, the last of the season, rests on the ...
Bammar Doulla Pithe
Even after the euphoria of Sankranti, the celebration of Mother Earth and her produce, is long over, the ...
Sutuli (Xutuli) Pitha
Come new year, and I wallow in honey-sweet nostalgia. I yearn for that perfume of new rice. The ritual of ...
Kakara Pitha
The debate at the dinner table is animated. The topic of discussion- where did the ubiquitous pulao ...
The Anglo Indian Railway Mutton Curry
Time flies, on rosy wings. As yet another decade draws to a close, I cannot but revert to the studio ...
Rita Aunty’s Anglo Indian Steamed Ginger Pudding
Rewind to a fortnight back. The shrill cacophony of the phone punctuates the sublime bliss of the winter ...
Fish Bake, the Anglo Indian Way
"হেথায় আর্য, হেথা অনার্য হেথায় দ্রাবিড়, চীন-- শক-হুন-দল পাঠান মোগল এক দেহে হল লীন। পশ্চিম আজি খুলিয়াছে ...
Narkeler Pudding (Coconut Pudding)
We hunted. We fished. We foraged. Earthy food. Clean flavours. Redolent of the earth and the rivers. The ...
Chingri Barfi Curry
I am a kid who’s just been gifted a new toy, one that I had dreamt about but really never expected to ...
Doodher Jhol
Humbled. Honoured. I am touched beyond words when Piyali Boudi, a dear friend and neighbour, sends me her ...












