I have often mused about the East Bengal - West Bengal divide when it comes to food. And ...
Non Vegetarian
Thakurbarir Doodh Katla (Katla Stewed in Reduced Milk)
Summer vacations have just started. Days are scorching, Grandma discourages me from venturing outside during ...
Lebu Patay Katla (Katla with Gondhoraj Lebu Leaves)
The summer is fierce. The glare is blinding and the heat enervating. Who ever thought the coy innocent Sun ...
Boal Maacher Dom
It’s not everyday that my fishmonger calls to inform that he’s got some gorgeous boal maach. And that he has ...
Bijoli Grill Fish Roll (Fish Roll, Kolkata Style)
Flanked on the south by Kalighat, home to the ancient temple where resides the presiding deity of the city ...
Chingri diye Mulo Shaak (Radish Greens with Shrimps)
I adore my greens. And one of the myriad reasons why I love winters is the prolific abundance of ...
Dhakai Chicken Roast (Chicken Roast, Dhaka Style)
Dida's days were busy, helping in cooking and cleaning, fussing over the the GuhaThakurta kids and pampering ...
Chitol Maacher Jhol (Chitol Fish Curry)
What is a nation ? Grandma ruminated, her eyes staring listlessly at the distant horizon, her voice choked ...
Kosha Chingri (Jumbo Prawns in a Spicy Dry Gravy)
And so Dada and I set out, one golden autumn morning, gorgeous sunshine bathing the metropolis, still ...
Mutton Pantheras, the Anglo Indian Way
Food, they say, is all about nostalgia. The exhilarating aroma wafting from the ancient soot-blackened ...
Manghser Ghugni (Yellow Peas with Mutton)
Talk to a Mumbaikar and he shall flaunt about the best pav bhajis and vada paos that money can buy. Talk ...
Fish Kabiraji Cutlet (Fish Coverage Cutlet)
The Fish Kabiraji Cutlet. Our indigenous Bhetki. Marinated in onion-ginger-garlic juices. Green chillies if ...












