Needless to reiterate, we Bengalis love our fish. And over hundreds of years, we have been intrepid ...
Non Vegetarian
Shorshe Narkel Chingri (Prawns with Grated Coconut and Mustard Paste)
The plump line-caught Bay of Bengal prawns that rest on my kitchen counter this morning pose infinite ...
Dom Chitol (Chitol Maach Cooked in Dum)
There are days when wallowing in idle ruminations gives me the most sublime of pleasures. If this were a ...
Kosha Murgi (Chicken in a Spicy Dry Gravy)
Yet another lazy Sunday morning. I idle around the house. Aimlessly. Fuss around with the ...
Doi Mouri Parshe (Mullets in a Fennel Yogurt Sauce)
So when my eyes greet the gorgeous shimmering silver parshe at the Manicktala fish market during my recent ...
Peyajkoli Rui / Peyajkoli Katla (Rohu / Katla with Green Onion Stalks)
Winter and her benevolence. Her bouquet of gorgeous vegetables. I say to myself. My eyes on the bunch of ...
Fish Stew, Bengali Style
What is it about winter that makes me yearn for comfort food ? I muse this morning. Maybe its the nip in the ...
Doodh Biryani (Biryani cooked in Milk)
That's the Orion. Bapi points out to me and Dada in a hushed whisper of a tone. The Hunter in the Sky. Look ...
Christmas Roast Chicken, the Anglo Indian Way
And there sits my bird, pretty and pompous, roasted to a gorgeous golden. Luscious and succulent. The piece ...
Chicken Casserole, the Anglo Indian Way
As a run up to Christmas, I shall be cooking Anglo Indian recipes this entire fortnight. Pies and puddings. ...
The Anglo Indian Mutton Dakbungalow
The Raj, as any colonial historian would remind you, was perpetually on the move. Administering a ...
Prawn Jalfrezi, the Anglo Indian Way
The memsahibs bawarchi was a Mog by descent. His ancestors, who hailed from far-flung Chittagong, ...












