Sankranti special

Payeshpatar Patishapta (My version of Kuih Dadar)

Payeshpata, it was much later that I came to know they were far more familiar as Pandan leaves in the ...

What are those ? A curious me asks Didi, pointing to the soot-blackened earthenware that she, after minutes, ...

Every year, on the last day of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin , Grandma would cook a special dal. Eight ...

It’s a rain-drenched July afternoon. A knock on the door shakes me out of slumber. Such an ideal weather ...

Even after the euphoria of Sankranti, the celebration of Mother Earth and her produce, is long over, the ...

Come new year, and I wallow in honey-sweet nostalgia. I yearn for that perfume of new rice. The ritual of ...

The debate at the dinner table is animated. The topic of discussion- where did the ubiquitous pulao ...

Has it ever happened, you are in the midst of cooking, when to utter dismay and indescribable frustration, ...

The walk shall be long, Bapi cautions, are you sure you want to walk all the way ? I nod in ...

A mellow winter morning. I lie on Grandmas ancient four-poster, cocooned in the warmth of a patchwork ...

Playing with dough is my favourite pastime these days. I tear a frugal bit from the ball of dough Didi has ...

It's Makar Sankranti and my kitchen is a cauldron of furious activity. The chirer doodhpuli and sujir ...