There's something special about a Sunday lunch. The unhurried pace. The pleasure of childhood ...
Indian Recipes
Bhoger Khichuri aar Labra
She is at her gorgeous best this evening. Resplendent in her new rani sari. Decked in her jewellery. Her ...
Bandhakopir Ghonto (Dry Cabbage curry, Bengali style)
The kitchen is my playground, the laboratory for my perennial stream of culinary experiments. I spend hours ...
Chanar Jilipi (Cottage Cheese Jalebi)
One of my indulgences, I must confess, when rainy days and Mondays get me down, guaranteed to elevate me from ...
Radhaballavi | Radhaballabhi and Aloor Dum
I am all of six, maybe seven. Yet the kitchen draws me like a magnet. My best times are when I am in the ...
Mouri Chana (Paneer cooked with fennel and milk)
The milk sits on the gas stove. Impatiently. I stir the pot occasionally. To pacify the rebellions ...
Narkel diye Cholar Dal (Bengali Chana Dal with Fried Coconut Slices)
As I potter around in the kitchen this morning, making my luchi dough and stirring my pot of narkel diye ...
Mouri diye mangsho (Mutton with fennel seeds and cream)
I sit ruminating this morning, thinking of the origins of Bengali cuisine and the influences that have shaped ...
Chingri Maacher Bati Chorchori (Prawn curry, Bengali style)
As soon as my eyes rest on the plump prawns fresh from the Bay this rain-blessed cloud-cloaked overcast ...
Doi Murgi (Chicken in yogurt)
The bird sits on the gas stove, stewing merrily in yogurt perfumed with a melange of spices. A delicious ...
Chana Bhapa
Some fresh chana, a piquant zing of ground mustard, an euphoria of grated coconut, a scorching violence of ...
Chana Phulkopi (Paneer and Cauliflower Curry)
The dekchi of milk, golden yellow, sits patiently on the mud oven. The first rays of the nascent sun, yet ...












