Winter and her benevolence. Her bouquet of gorgeous vegetables. I say to myself. My eyes on the bunch of ...
Traditional Recipes From Grandmas Kitchen
Nolen Gurer Bhapa Sandesh (Steamed Cottage Cheese Fudge with Date Palm Jaggery)
What's winter without nolen gur ? Grandma would ruminate. I am in my kitchen, bathed in streaks of golden ...
Chaler Dalna (Curry of Fragrant New Rice and a Medley of Winter Vegetables)
Grandma loved her niramish dalna - a delicately flavored tomato curry, perfumed with the earthy cumin and the ...
Sheem Paturi (Flat Beans with Mustard in Banana Leaf Parcels)
I adore winters when it comes to cooking. All the fresh produce that Mother Earth blesses us with. All the ...
Mugshapta | Moongshapta (Yellow Moong Dal Crepes with a Coconut Jaggery Filling)
Dada is super-excited. Almost gasping for breath, he tries to awaken me from sleep. Still in a realm of ...
Natorer Luchir Payesh
Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is in a manic frenzy cooking a decadent spread of pithe, ...
Bikrampurer Bibikhana Pitha
Grandma sat on a cane mora, her back to the gorgeous winter sunshine, instructing Didi how to prepare the ...
Roshbora (Urad Dal Fritters in Jaggery Syrup)
It's long past sunset. The last vestiges of the evening sun have ebbed out. The crimson of the twilight sky ...
Chirer DoodhPuli (Flattened Rice Dumplings with Coconut Jaggery Stuffing, in Milk)
A hullabaloo wakes me this chilly morning. Far from amused, I open half an eye to probe what's amiss. Then ...
Komola Moong Dal (Moong Dal With Oranges)
Not too long back, the world was smaller. I ruminate as I stir my pot of Komola Moong Dal this ...
The Anglo Indian Mutton Dakbungalow
The Raj, as any colonial historian would remind you, was perpetually on the move. Administering a ...
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. ...












