I insist on accompanying Bapi to the baajaar. It’s a bright spring morning, the skies a clear unbroken blue, ...
Non Vegetarian
Jaffna Chicken Curry
There are places where food is sustenance, and there are places where food is memory — stitched with longing, ...
তালশাস চিংড়ি | Talshash Chingri| Prawns With Ice Apples
রবিবার সকালে আধঘুমে থাকা আমার ছোট্ট শহরতলির ছবি থাকে বেশ অন্যরকম । হাঁকডাক কম, শুনশান রাস্তা। স্কুল নেই, ...
Sinhalese Devilled Prawns
It’s a mist-laced January morning. One of those languorous days when indulging in laziness is not a ...
Lau Boal er Jhol
The heat is punishing to say the least. It’s early morning, yet the sun is at its repressive best. I toss ...
Hansher Mangsho Bhuna (Spicy duck curry, Bengali style)
It’s as if it were yesterday. The Mayra-myari ghor (bamboo house) stands proud and tall, walls ...
Chhotomashir Sheem Bichi Koi Maach
The maacher baajar in our sleepy town is nothing to write home about. A row of make-shift decrepit stalls, ...
Hainanese Chicken Rice
Poached chicken, served cold. An aromatic broth. An assortment of condiments. Served with fragrant ...
Singapore Fish Head Curry
The first time S returned from Singapore and narrated to me, childlike excitement stark in his voice, his ...
Mangsher Brown Stew | Mutton Brown Stew
Grey winter takes a bow. And in hushed tiptoes arrives spring. With her mellow mornings and pleasant sun. ...
Kachki Maacher Chorchori (Ganges River Sprats Curry)
Age is catching up fast on Grandma. She no longer spends long hours in the soot -blackened ancient kitchen, ...
Mourola Maacher Peyaji
My princess must have inherited her love for fish from her Grandfather, Grandma would inevitably comment to ...












