Food in Cambodia and Thailand was divine, there was not one meal that offered us the slightest of an ...
Indian
Daab Jhinge (Ridge-gourd with Tender Coconut Flesh)
The ten odd days we spent in PhnomPenh and SiemReap were gorgeous to say the least. The ...
Thakurbarir Doodh Katla (Katla Stewed in Reduced Milk)
Summer vacations have just started. Days are scorching, Grandma discourages me from venturing ...
Lebu Patay Katla (Katla with Gondhoraj Lebu Leaves)
The summer is fierce. The glare is blinding and the heat enervating. Who ever thought the coy ...
Baked Phulkopir Singara (Baked Cauliflower Samosa)
Sunday afternoons were the only time Bapi managed some respite from his otherwise hectic, often ...
Boal Maacher Dom
It’s not everyday that my fishmonger calls to inform that he’s got some gorgeous boal maach. And ...
Bijoli Grill Fish Roll (Fish Roll, Kolkata Style)
Flanked on the south by Kalighat, home to the ancient temple where resides the presiding deity of ...
Komola Pulao (Narangi Pulao or Orange Pilaf)
A wicker basket laden with luscious plump oranges greets me this morning. The grey winter man, a ...
Mulo Koraishutir Ghonto (Dry Radish and Green Peas Curry)
Dada loathed vegetables and greens in his growing-up years. I was less of a rebel, although I do ...
Kumro Shaak er Chorchori (Pumpkin Greens with Mustard and Poppy Seeds)
The rooftop of the cowshed, just behind the kitchen garden, protected by the leafy canopy of the ...
Chingri diye Mulo Shaak (Radish Greens with Shrimps)
I adore my greens. And one of the myriad reasons why I love winters is the prolific abundance of ...
Gokul Pithe
A mellow winter morning. I lie on Grandmas ancient four-poster, cocooned in the warmth of a ...