Talk to a Mumbaikar and he shall flaunt about the best pav bhajis and vada paos that money can buy. Talk ...
Snacks
Fish Kabiraji Cutlet (Fish Coverage Cutlet)
The Fish Kabiraji Cutlet. Our indigenous Bhetki. Marinated in onion-ginger-garlic juices. Green chillies if ...
Shahi Beguni (Special Eggplant Fritters)
It's wistful nostalgia for me on this auspicious day of Rathyatra, the chariot festival when the Lord and his ...
Khoi er Bora (Popped Rice Fritters)
I sit on the welcoming red oxide floor of Grandma's bedroom, the windows overlooking the verdant garden open ...
Enchor Cutlet (Green Jackfruit Cutlet)
The jackfruit sapling, that Dada and I discovered quite accidentally during one of our evening hide-and-seek ...
Dal Pitha, Bihar Style (Rice Dumplings with a Spicy Dal Stuffing)
Its just a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is cooking a decadent spread of pithe and puli. And some divine ...
Fish Croquettes (Maacher Chop, Bengali Style)
As a run up to Christmas, I shall be cooking Anglo Indian recipes this entire fortnight. Pies and puddings. ...
Radhaballavi | Radhaballabhi and Aloor Dum
I am all of six, maybe seven. Yet the kitchen draws me like a magnet. My best times are when I am in the ...
Aloo Paratha
Morning arrives. Unheralded. Rain-drenched, caped in verdant green. The efforts of the cosy warmth of my ...
Chirer Pulao, Bengali style
Evening descends on hushed tiptoes. Surreptitiously. Crimson and vermilion smother the last vestiges of blue ...
Chicken Cutlet, Bengali Style
Chicken Cutlets. Minced chicken. Marinated lovingly in onion, ginger and garlic. The fresh burst of citrus. ...
Fish Fry, Bengali style
That the colonialists left an indelible impression on the canvass of Calcutta, for long, the second ...












