Sheem Bhorta was not in the first draft menu I had chalked for the lunch with friends. By when a neighbour sent me gorgeous sheem from her garden, harvested the same morning, I knew in an instant the ...
Peyajkoli Posto (Onion Greens with Poppy Seeds Paste)
It has almost become a customary ritual, a couple of my childhood friends from Assam, gathering at ...
Nolen Gur and Chilli Cheesecake
I seek inspiration this morning. The muse, the kolshi of nolen gur, the last of the season, rests ...
Bammar Doulla Pithe
Even after the euphoria of Sankranti, the celebration of Mother Earth and her produce, is long over, ...
Sutuli (Xutuli) Pitha
Come new year, and I wallow in honey-sweet nostalgia. I yearn for that perfume of new rice. The ...
Kakara Pitha
The debate at the dinner table is animated. The topic of discussion- where did the ubiquitous pulao ...
Railway Mutton Curry
Time flies, on rosy wings. As yet another decade draws to a close, I cannot but revert to the ...
Rita Aunty’s Steamed Ginger Pudding
Rewind to a fortnight back. The shrill cacophony of the phone punctuates the sublime bliss of the ...
Fish Bake, the Anglo Indian Way
"হেথায় আর্য, হেথা অনার্য হেথায় দ্রাবিড়, চীন-- শক-হুন-দল পাঠান মোগল এক দেহে হল লীন। পশ্চিম আজি ...
Narkeler Pudding (Coconut Pudding)
We hunted. We fished. We foraged. Earthy food. Clean flavours. Redolent of the earth and the ...
Chingri Barfi Curry
I am a kid who’s just been gifted a new toy, one that I had dreamt about but really never expected ...
Doodher Jhol
Humbled. Honoured. I am touched beyond words when Piyali Boudi, a dear friend and neighbour, sends ...