Has it ever happened, you are in the midst of cooking, when to utter dismay and indescribable frustration, ...
Nolen Gur
Nolen Gurer Sandesh | Sondesh| Norom Paker Sandesh
Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled having ...
Gokul Pithe
A mellow winter morning. I lie on Grandmas ancient four-poster, cocooned in the warmth of a patchwork ...
Jhinuk Pithe (Shell-Shaped Rice Dumplings in Milk Pudding)
Playing with dough is my favourite pastime these days. I tear a frugal bit from the ball of dough Didi has ...
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 ...
Bhapa Pitha | Tekeli Pitha | Keteli Pitha (Steamed Rice Cakes with Coconut and Jaggery)
It's Makar Sankranti and my kitchen is a cauldron of furious activity. The chirer doodhpuli and sujir ...
Mugshapta | Moongshapta (Yellow Moong Dal Crepes with a Coconut Jaggery Filling)
Dada is super-excited. Almost gasping for breath, he tries to awaken me from sleep. Still in a realm of ...
Satpathy Auntys Enduri Pitha, Odisha Style
The doorbell rang. The jarring shrill piercing the lull of a parched summer afternoon. A kind of ominous ...
Natorer Luchir Payesh
Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is in a manic frenzy cooking a decadent spread of pithe, ...
Bikrampurer Bibikhana Pitha
Grandma sat on a cane mora, her back to the gorgeous winter sunshine, instructing Didi how to prepare the ...












