The giants have been a dismal failure, S and I discuss as we sip our morning coffee. It is the third morning ...
Vegetarian
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 ...
Doodher Jhol
Humbled. Honoured. I am touched beyond words when Piyali Boudi, a dear friend and neighbour, sends me her ...
Girish Bhawan er Chanar Kalia | Chanar Kalia
2019 marks the 187th anniversary of the Durga Pujo at the Mukherjee family in Girish Bhawan in Bhowanipur. It ...
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 ...
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 ...
Shojne Phooler Bora (Moringa/Drumstick Flower Fritters)
The sight of the moringa tree in a neighbours garden, abloom with pristine ivory buds, makes me return to ...
Shojne Phool Posto (Moringa/Drumstick Flowers with Poppy Seed Paste)
Winter has taken a bow. The migratory birds that had thronged the lake have long departed for cooler ...
Gota Sheddho
What’s gota sheddho? I ask S when we are alone that evening. All the cousins were speaking of this ...
Koraishutir Patishapta (Savoury Crepes with Spicy Green Peas Stuffing)
The walk shall be long, Bapi cautions, are you sure you want to walk all the way ? I nod in ...












