What’s gota sheddho? I ask S when we are alone that evening. All the cousins were speaking of this ...
Indian
Hnaaribondho (Mutton Cooked in Dum, Dinajpur Style)
Wake up, Bapi whispers into my ears, the bus shall be here at six sharp. Ten more minutes, I ...
Koi Phulkopi (Climbing Perch with Cauliflower)
Manikkaka gets home a plump little cauliflower, august with its pompous crown of green. I am ...
Chingri diye Kolai Dal (Urad Dal with Shrimps)
One autumn evening, Bapi brings home a pair of binoculars. A childhood friend of his had been ...
Lonka Pora Rui /Katla (Rohu / Katla with Charred Red Chilli Paste)
It’s a sultry summer morning, the ancient fan whirring above struggles to provide any respite from ...
Norom Paker Sandesh
Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled ...
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 ...