Food, they say, is all about nostalgia. The exhilarating aroma wafting from the ancient soot-blackened ...
Non Vegetarian
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 ...
Narkel Chingri Pulao (Prawn Pilaf with Coconut)
The radio is the cynosure of the humble study in our house. The wooden contraption, religiously dusted by ...
Kancha Lonka Murgi (Chicken with Green Chilies)
I idle around the house, nursing a nagging cold, one of those unrelenting ones that gets subdued by a dose of ...
Dhaniwal Korma (Mutton Curry with Coriander Leaves, Kashmiri Style)
Carefree clouds, a gorgeous crimson sky and a gaggle of geese, pristine white against a backdrop of violent ...
Koldil Murgi (Chicken with Banana Flower, Assamese Style)
Weekends, at least for the first few months of my stay in Guwahati, were lacklustre and ...
Til diya Murgi Mangxo (Chicken with Black Sesame Seeds, Assamese Style)
This was my first month in Guwahati. Lack of opportunities in my sleepy hometown Karimganj on ...
Masor Bilahi Tenga (Fish Curry with Tomatoes, Assamese Style)
My kitchen has been a mad frenzy all week, I have been whipping up my favorite Assamese ...
Anarosh Ilish (Hilsa with Pineapple)
Manikkaka looks up anxiously at the charcoal-scarred sky. It is barely nine am this June morning, the first ...
Ilish Shukto (Hilsa with a Medley of Vegetables)
Ilish Shukto ? My cousin-in-law gawks at me in stunned disbelief. A pristine shimmering-silver ilish rests ...
Aam Bhindi Shorshe Ilish (Hilsa with Okra, Green Mangoes and Mustard)
I remember a rainy afternoon when Mashi cooked Ilish, an overnight catch from Kolaghat which the fishmonger ...