Discover a treasure-trove of Ilish / Hilsa recipes. From Grandmom and Maas kitchen. And whenever, wherever I have had an Ilish Maach / Hilsa preparation that has left me on a high. There’s the ...
Dhakai Kacchi Biryani
I rattle off the steps once again in my head. Remember to marinate the meat overnight. Cook the ...
Aam Dal (Lentils with Green Mangoes)
The shrill of the mobile punctuates the sublime calm of the weekend morning. It’s a friend, the ...
Lebu Patay Chingri Stew (Prawn Stew with Gondhoraj Lebu Leaves)
The Gondhoraj Lebu plant in the quiet corner of my garden, under the protective canopy of the ...
Kumro Patay Chingrir Bora (Fritters of Shrimps wrapped in Pumpkin Leaves)
Come the first showers and the soulless dust bowl that our backyard had degenerated to in the ...
Chachi’s Chingrir Roshbora ( Shrimp Dumplings in Coconut Milk)
Bapi chose to remain uncannily reticent whenever Dada and I quizzed him about his and Grandma's ...
Chattagram er Kala Bhuna
I am hardly ten. Just the age when the tragic enigma of Death has started to loom large on my ...
Pabnar Hansher Kalia (Duck Stew in Coconut Milk)
Bapi hardly spoke of his growing up years in what is today Bangladesh. Grandma would inevitably ...
Shojne Phooler Bora (Moringa/Drumstick Flower Fritters)
The sight of the moringa tree in a neighbours garden, abloom with pristine ivory buds, makes me ...
Shojne Phool Posto (Moringa/Drumstick Flowers with Poppy Seed Paste)
Winter has taken a bow. The migratory birds that had thronged the lake have long departed for ...
Gajorer Doodpuli (Doodhpuli with Carrot Stuffing)
Has it ever happened, you are in the midst of cooking, when to utter dismay and indescribable ...
Gota Sheddho
What’s gota sheddho? I ask S when we are alone that evening. All the cousins were speaking of this ...