As Sankranti draws near, a new wave of gripping cold descends on our sleepy hamlet of ...
Liquid Date Palm Jaggery
Nokshi Pitha
Do remember to get my khejur knata, Grandma reminds Bapi as he takes the last sip of tea from the bone-china ...
Nolen Gurer Bhapa Doi
Grandma is in the kitchen, seated on her ancient pnire, the twin oonoons are still at work despite the late ...
Chitoi Pitha | Chitoi Pithe | Doodh Chitoi
What are those ? A curious me asks Didi, pointing to the soot-blackened earthenware that she, after minutes, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gajorer Doodpuli (Doodhpuli with Carrot Stuffing)
Has it ever happened, you are in the midst of cooking, when to utter dismay and indescribable frustration, ...
Nolen Gurer Sandesh | Sondesh| Norom Paker Sandesh
Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled having ...
Nolen Gur Panna Cotta
Winter is fading away. Silently. On hushed tiptoes. The enigma of the mist over the lake no longer greets my ...
My Nolen Gur and Orange Cake (My Orange Cake with Date Palm Jaggery)
Another mist-mysterious winter morning. I walk into my kitchen, an infant sun playfully projecting a ...
Nolen Gurer Bhapa Sandesh (Steamed Cottage Cheese Fudge with Date Palm Jaggery)
What's winter without nolen gur ? Grandma would ruminate. I am in my kitchen, bathed in streaks of golden ...












