In 1610, a good eight decades before the British acquired the zamindari rights of Sutanuti, Gobindopur and ...
Traditional Bengali Recipes
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 ...
Kumro Patay Chingrir Bora (Fritters of Shrimps wrapped in Pumpkin Leaves)
Come the first showers and the soulless dust bowl that our backyard had degenerated to in the scorching blaze ...












