The second day of lockdown and I wake up to a world of uncanny calm. No noxious fume-belching yellow ...
Traditional Recipes From Grandmas Kitchen
Chingri Bhorta
The first day of the lockdown and we were thoroughly under-prepared. We knew it was coming, we were rather ...
Ganadev Kaku’s Mulo Pur (Stuffed Radish, Bengali Style)
It was sometime late October last year. The Pujas were over, Diwali was round the corner. The perfume of ...
Sheem Bhorta | Bharta (Mashed Flat Beans with Fried Onions and Raisins)
Sheem Bhorta was not in the first draft menu I had chalked for the lunch with friends. By when a neighbour ...
Peyajkoli Posto (Onion Greens with Poppy Seeds Paste)
It has almost become a customary ritual, a couple of my childhood friends from Assam, gathering at my place ...
Bammar Doulla Pithe
Even after the euphoria of Sankranti, the celebration of Mother Earth and her produce, is long over, the ...
Sutuli (Xutuli) Pitha
Come new year, and I wallow in honey-sweet nostalgia. I yearn for that perfume of new rice. The ritual of ...
Fish Bake, the Anglo Indian Way
"হেথায় আর্য, হেথা অনার্য হেথায় দ্রাবিড়, চীন-- শক-হুন-দল পাঠান মোগল এক দেহে হল লীন। পশ্চিম আজি খুলিয়াছে ...
Narkeler Pudding (Coconut Pudding)
We hunted. We fished. We foraged. Earthy food. Clean flavours. Redolent of the earth and the rivers. The ...
Chingri Barfi Curry
I am a kid who’s just been gifted a new toy, one that I had dreamt about but really never expected to ...
Doodher Jhol
Humbled. Honoured. I am touched beyond words when Piyali Boudi, a dear friend and neighbour, sends me her ...
Gota Moshlar Mangsho (Mutton Curry with Whole Spices)
Sundays are special, the only day Bapi can laze around in the morning without needing to steal a frenzied ...












