Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled ...
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Murgi Monohora
Isn't it rather unusual that on a manic Monday morning, I wallow in sweet nostalgia, allowing myself ...
Ilish Chirer Jhol (Hilsa Curry with Fried Flattened Rice)
The shrill of the phone punctuates the idyllic silence of a lazy afternoon. I am immersed in a ...
Gondhoraj Ghol Pulao
Every now and then, I pause my game of hopscotch, dart to the ancient iron gate, embellished lately ...
Kakrol Pur (Stuffed Teasel Gourd, Bengali Style)
Cut to half a decade back. It’s a charcoal-scarred sky this morning. Ominous cumulonimbus clouds ...
Potol Rosha (Parwal in Tomato-Ginger and Milk Curry, Bengali Style)
Food in Cambodia and Thailand was divine, there was not one meal that offered us the slightest of an ...
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 ...