I first experienced Watalappam on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, on a lazy, sun-scorched afternoon. Lunch ...
Nolen Gur Recipes
Palo Pitha | Palo Pithe | Chandankath Pitha
As Sankranti draws near, a new wave of gripping cold descends on our sleepy hamlet of ...
Nokshi Pitha
Do remember to get my khejur knata, Grandma reminds Bapi as he takes the last sip of tea from the bone-china ...
Ranga Alur Puli (Sweet Potato Dumplings)
It’s the afternoon before Sankranti. The house is a cauldron of frenzied activity, the aroma of nolen gur ...
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 ...
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 ...









