Luscious duck eggs. Fried batons of potato and eggplant. The earthiness of panchforon. Chillies if you love ...
Non Vegetarian
Chicken Chaap (Chicken in Rich Aromatic Gravy)
That we Bengalis adore our Mughlai food is a restrained understatement for sure. We have a soul connection ...
Bhetki Maacher Kalia
If jhals, jhols and dalnas, indigenous to Bengal, are soulful, humble and unpretentious, kalias and kormas ...
My Tawa Pomfret Fry
It is one of those Sunday evenings. When time stops still. The sky becomes your muse. And you are drunk by ...
Ilish Kanchkolar Jhol (Hilsa and Raw Banana Curry)
This is the story of a fairytale romance, the princess of the water falling for an unassuming plebian of the ...
Golmorich Murgi (Chicken in Black Pepper)
There's something special about a Sunday lunch. The unhurried pace. The pleasure of childhood ...
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 ...
Mete Chorchori (Stir-fried Goat Liver, Bengali style)
Another one of those family favorites for a lazy Sunday lunch. Tear-jerking spicy, yet so delectable that you ...
Loitya Maacher Jhuri Bhaja | Lote Maacher Jhuri (Spicy stir-fried bombay duck)
What other than food to bring back waves of nostalgia !! That taste of a lamb curry I had many winters back ...
Kolkata Chicken Biryani
The dekchi sits snugly on the fire. Her lid sealed firmly by flour dough. A few lazy charcoal pieces idle on ...












