S and I both love our books. Nothing gives us more joy than spending endless hours idling around with ...
Thakurbarir Ranna
Thakurbarir Doodh Katla (Katla Stewed in Reduced Milk)
Summer vacations have just started. Days are scorching, Grandma discourages me from venturing outside during ...
Thakurbarir Mango Pudding
Who would have ever imagined a rustic Pirali Brahmin girl, from a nondescript village in far-flung Jessore, ...
Chire Bhetkir Pulao (Poha / Flattened Rice Pilaf with Seabass)
That Grandma is furiously finicky with her rice is an understatement. The grains have to be perfect. The ...
Lau Patay Ilish Bhapa (Hilsa steamed in Bottlegourd leaves)
The fledgling bottlegourd vine by the cowshed is mischievous. Every time a punctilious Manikkaka trains her ...
Pepe Dolma (Baby Green Papayas Stuffed with Fish in a Fragrant Milk Curry)
The heat has been excruciating over the last couple of days. The humidity punishing. It's a just a week to ...
Chal Bandhakopir Ghonto (Cabbage with Fragrant Rice)
It's a mellow spring morning. Winter has retired, the early morning melancholy mists over the grey-green ...
Komola Phulkopi (Cauliflower with Oranges)
Didi is peeling oranges. The last harvest of Nagpur oranges for the season, I heard Bapi mention to Maa and ...
Koraishutir Dhokar Dalna (Green Pea Dumplings in Fragrant Curry)
Generations of erudite scholars have researched the Tagores of Jorasanko, undeniably the Renaissance family ...
Enchor Kofta Pulao (Green Jackfruit Kofta Pilaf)
The vacations till now, I ruminate in agonizing frustration, have been thoroughly uneventful and ...
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. ...