I have often mused about the East Bengal - West Bengal divide when it comes to food. And contrary ...
Indian Recipes
Kakrol Pur (Stuffed Teasel Gourd, Bengali Style)
Cut to half a decade back. It’s a charcoal-scarred sky this morning. Ominous cumulonimbus clouds ...
Pabda Hingi (Pabda with Asafoetida)
Would a trip to Kolkata ever be complete without a ritualistic sojourn to the Maniktala Market ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thandai Kebab
It’s my first Holi in Delhi and that it’s an explosion on my senses, is an understatement. It’s 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 ...