It was in 1860 that Raja Ramachandra Chatterjee and his wife Durgadasi started Durga Pujo in their premises ...
Traditional Bengali Recipes
Sabarna Roy Choudhury Barir Pui Chingri
In 1610, a good eight decades before the British acquired the zamindari rights of Sutanuti, Gobindopur and ...
Shibpur RoyChowdhury Barir Kolar Borar Payesh
Every bonedi barir Durga Pujo has a story to tell, the Durga Pujo in Shibpur RoyChowdhury family, considered ...
Mejbani Mangsho
And meet my mother-in-law, T announces. The septuagenarian lady who walks out to the living room is an ...
Taler Bora (Ripe Palmyra/Sugar Palm Fritters)
It poured like never before. Lightning serpents zigzagged across the charcoal-scarred sky. Peals of deafening ...
Chanar Daab Malai (Paneer with Tender Coconut Flesh)
There’s nothing more delightful than hearing from an old friend who’s visiting town. So when D calls one ...
Mutton Glassy
It is pouring outside. The sky is a canvas of monochromes, dull shades of grey, punctuated by ebony, the ...
Maacher Dimer Paturi (Fish Roe in Banana Leaf Parcels)
A charcoal-bruised sky greets me as I open my eyes this morning. Two rain-drenched parakeets sit on the ...
Kathal Bichi diye Murgi (Chicken Curry with Jackfruit Seeds)
It is a time-stops-still Sunday afternoon. Lunch has just concluded, Maas lip-smacking chicken curry ...
Ilish Recipes you shouldn’t miss
Discover a treasure-trove of Ilish / Hilsa recipes. From Grandmom and Maas kitchen. And whenever, wherever I ...
Dhakai Kacchi Biryani
I rattle off the steps once again in my head. Remember to marinate the meat overnight. Cook the meat. Low ...
Aam Dal | Bengali Tok er Dal| (Lentils with Green Mangoes)
The shrill of the mobile punctuates the sublime calm of the weekend morning. It’s a friend, the storm last ...












