The otherwise demure laptop started grumbling despairingly last evening, all the space had been exhausted, so ...
Food Styling
Mango Kulfi
No one in the school, not even Durwanji, with his pretentious twirling moustache, and usually an ...
Nolen Gurer Ice Cream
It’s far from easy, I can vouch, to forego a job when you are at the peak of your career and take a plunge to ...
My Honey Ricotta Cheesecake
And the milk splits again. No, I shall not blame the milk. Despite the multiple misses, S and I have not ...
Kancha Aam diye Mangsho (Lamb with Raw Mangoes)
S and I both love our books. Nothing gives us more joy than spending endless hours idling around with ...
Dimer Torka (Egg Tadka, Dhaba Style)
Delhi was explosion on my food senses. The decadent world of Mughlai cuisine left me spellbound and ...
Chicken Pish-pash, the Anglo Indian Way
Bapi rarely cooked. And that wasn’t because he didn’t know how to cook. In fact, he adored cooking. The ...
My Chocolate Cake
The second week of lockdown. And I wake up craving for sugar. I bring it up to S as we sip our morning ...
Rita Aunty’s Anglo Indian Junglee Pulao
I have been extremely worried out Maa - she and Mashi have been alone ever since our house-help left for her ...
Jeere Morich diye Murgir Jhol (Chicken Stew with Cumin and Peppercorn)
The fifth morning of lockdown. We are getting used to blissful time-stop-still mornings - ...
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 ...
Sutuli (Xutuli) Pitha
Come new year, and I wallow in honey-sweet nostalgia. I yearn for that perfume of new rice. The ritual of ...












