It's Makar Sankranti and my kitchen is a cauldron of furious activity. The chirer doodhpuli and sujir ...
Puli
Mugshapta | Moongshapta (Yellow Moong Dal Crepes with a Coconut Jaggery Filling)
Dada is super-excited. Almost gasping for breath, he tries to awaken me from sleep. Still in a realm of ...
Satpathy Auntys Enduri Pitha, Odisha Style
The doorbell rang. The jarring shrill piercing the lull of a parched summer afternoon. A kind of ominous ...
Natorer Luchir Payesh
Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is in a manic frenzy cooking a decadent spread of pithe, ...
Bikrampurer Bibikhana Pitha
Grandma sat on a cane mora, her back to the gorgeous winter sunshine, instructing Didi how to prepare the ...
Roshbora (Urad Dal Fritters in Jaggery Syrup)
It's long past sunset. The last vestiges of the evening sun have ebbed out. The crimson of the twilight sky ...
Chirer DoodhPuli (Flattened Rice Dumplings with Coconut Jaggery Stuffing, in Milk)
A hullabaloo wakes me this chilly morning. Far from amused, I open half an eye to probe what's amiss. Then ...
Aamer Puli (Fried Mango Calzones with a Chocolate Mango Sauce)
Bhaja puli is a traditional sweet made in Eastern India households typically on occasion of the Makar ...
Sujir Doodh Puli (Semolina Dumplings Kheer)
I grew up in Assam, where Makar sankranti is celebrated as bhogali bihu, which is mainly a harvest festival ...