There's something romantic about a grey overcast morning. The sulking clouds. The drunken gales. The ...
Traditional Recipes From Grandmas Kitchen
Dhakai Murgi Khichuri (Chicken Khichdi, Dhaka Style)
Today is Eid-Al-Fitr, the day which marks the end of the holy month of Ramdan, a day synonymous with ...
Shahi Beguni (Special Eggplant Fritters)
It's wistful nostalgia for me on this auspicious day of Rathyatra, the chariot festival when the Lord and his ...
Aam Begun (Eggplant with Green Mango)
Eggplant, as fresh as can be, plucked this morning from the kitchen garden. Droplets of rain from the ...
Aam Potol (Parwal / Pointed Gourd with Green Mango)
One thing has not changed though over all the years. The child in me still yearns to run to the backyard, as ...
Lau Patay Ilish Bhapa (Hilsa steamed in Bottlegourd leaves)
The fledgling bottlegourd vine by the cowshed is mischievous. Every time a punctilious Manikkaka trains her ...
Enchor Kofta Pulao (Green Jackfruit Kofta Pilaf)
The vacations till now, I ruminate in agonizing frustration, have been thoroughly uneventful and ...
Enchor Murgir Korma (Chicken and Green Jackfruit Korma)
Jackfruit is in profusion this summer. The nondescript sapling Dada and I discovered in the backyard quite ...
Koraishutir Sandesh (Cottage Cheese and Green Peas Fudge)
A honey sunshine morning. A verdant green hillock of shelled pea pods stands in front of Didi, fatigued ...
Kosha Murgi (Chicken in a Spicy Dry Gravy)
Yet another lazy Sunday morning. I idle around the house. Aimlessly. Fuss around with the ...
Cauliflower Greens, 3 Ways, Bengali Style
I adore my greens. A trait I believe I inherited from Grandma. Greens were indisputably Grandma's favorites ...
Kheer Komola | Komola Payesh | (Milk Pudding with Oranges)
I yield to temptation yet again this honey-mellow winter morning. Of cooking with oranges. Plump luscious ...












