The pot of milk, battered with age and use, sits on the stove, a low flame providing the needed ...
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Bammar Doulla Pithe
Even after the euphoria of Sankranti, the celebration of Mother Earth and her produce, is long over, the ...
Rani Rashmoni Barir Perakir Payesh
The Durga Pujo at the Janbazar residence of Rani Rashmoni, the legendary philanthropist of 19th century ...
Shibpur RoyChowdhury Barir Kolar Borar Payesh
Every bonedi barir Durga Pujo has a story to tell, the Durga Pujo in Shibpur RoyChowdhury family, considered ...
Atar Payesh (Sitaphal Kheer / Custard Apple Pudding)
A disciplined row of custard apples rests on my kitchen counter. Luscious and plump, from a farm, not far ...
Mango Rabri (Milk Pudding with Mangoes)
A listless sun glares down on a parched earth. An ominous lull. Not even bird song greets my fatigued soul. ...
Gulkand Ki Rabri (Milk Pudding with Rose Petal Jam)
Grandma is not addicted to her paan. (betel leaf) It's only those time-stops-still afternoons, once, maybe ...
Kheer Komola | Komola Payesh | (Milk Pudding with Oranges)
I yield to temptation yet again this honey-mellow winter morning. Of cooking with oranges. Plump luscious ...
Natorer Luchir Payesh
Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is in a manic frenzy cooking a decadent spread of pithe, ...
Nolen Gurer Payesh |(Rice Pudding with date palm jaggery, Bengali Style)
Grandma's cooking prowess was legendary. The only indulgence she allowed herself, despite her spartan ...
Chanar Payesh (Bengali Style Cottage Cheese Milk Pudding )
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Narkel er Payesh (Coconut Kheer)
This is the story of my delectable Narkel er Payesh, the heady romance of coconut and milk that shall leave ...