Opar Banglar Ranna

Chitol Maacher Muitha (Chitol Dumplings in an Onion Gravy)

The incredibly bony virtually inedible gada of the prized chitol maach rests on a kansa thala in front of ...

Needless to reiterate, we Bengalis love our fish. And over hundreds of years, we have been intrepid ...

Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is in a manic frenzy cooking a decadent spread of pithe, ...

Grandma sat on a cane mora, her back to the gorgeous winter sunshine, instructing Didi how to prepare the ...

A hullabaloo wakes me this chilly morning. Far from amused, I open half an eye to probe what's amiss. Then ...

I grew up in a sylvan sleepy hamlet in the far-flung Barak Valley of Assam. Amidst pristine verdant greens. ...

My bedroom wall is awash again with honey sunshine. There's a nip in the air. A flimsy veil of post ...

It's yet another lazy do-nothing Sunday morning. I lie on my couch, watching the truant winter sun project ...

When my eyes rest on the pristine green papaya, all ready to be be plucked off the tree, I know ...

What other than food to bring back waves of nostalgia !! That taste of a lamb curry I had many winters back ...

Sheem Pur, a family favorite from those days gone by - the humble sheem (flat beans) stuffed with the ...

The sizzling sun has disappeared behind a grey veil of ominous nimbus. There's a lull. An uncanny calm. I ...