Traditional Bengali Recipes

Pabda Hingi (Pabda with Asafoetida)

Would a trip to Kolkata ever be complete without a ritualistic sojourn to the Maniktala Market ? Well, ...

Food in Cambodia and Thailand was divine, there was not one meal that offered us the slightest of an excuse ...

Summer vacations have just started. Days are scorching, Grandma discourages me from venturing outside during ...

The summer is fierce. The glare is blinding and the heat enervating. Who ever thought the coy innocent Sun ...

Sunday afternoons were the only time Bapi managed some respite from his otherwise hectic, often punishing, ...

It’s not everyday that my fishmonger calls to inform that he’s got some gorgeous boal maach. And that he has ...

A wicker basket laden with luscious plump oranges greets me this morning. The grey winter man, a shroud of ...

Dada loathed vegetables and greens in his growing-up years. I was less of a rebel, although I do need to ...

The rooftop of the cowshed, just behind the kitchen garden, protected by the leafy canopy of the gnarled ...

I adore my greens. And one of the myriad reasons why I love winters is the prolific abundance of ...

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 ...