One thing has not changed though over all the years. The child in me still yearns to run to the backyard, as ...
Vegetarian
Chal Bandhakopir Ghonto (Cabbage with Fragrant Rice)
It's a mellow spring morning. Winter has retired, the early morning melancholy mists over the grey-green ...
Komola Phulkopi (Cauliflower with Oranges)
Didi is peeling oranges. The last harvest of Nagpur oranges for the season, I heard Bapi mention to Maa and ...
Koraishutir Dhokar Dalna (Green Pea Dumplings in Fragrant Curry)
Generations of erudite scholars have researched the Tagores of Jorasanko, undeniably the Renaissance family ...
Enchor Kofta Pulao (Green Jackfruit Kofta Pilaf)
The vacations till now, I ruminate in agonizing frustration, have been thoroughly uneventful and ...
Enchor diye Cholar Dal (Bengali Chana Dal with Green Jackfruit)
The fledgling jackruit tree Dada and I had discovered quite by chance one nondescript evening as we chased ...
Bandhakopir Paturi (Cabbage in Banana Leaf Parcels)
I yearn for something feisty this morning. Tear-jerking spicy yet sinfully enticing. Grey foggy winter ...
Khoi er Bora (Popped Rice Fritters)
I sit on the welcoming red oxide floor of Grandma's bedroom, the windows overlooking the verdant garden open ...
Enchor Cutlet (Green Jackfruit Cutlet)
The jackfruit sapling, that Dada and I discovered quite accidentally during one of our evening hide-and-seek ...
Cauliflower Greens, 3 Ways, Bengali Style
I adore my greens. A trait I believe I inherited from Grandma. Greens were indisputably Grandma's favorites ...
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 ...












