Come new year, and I wallow in honey-sweet nostalgia. I yearn for that perfume of new rice. The ritual of taking a handful of ivory grains in your hand, closing your eyes, bringing your hand slowly ...
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 ...
Gota Moshlar Mangsho (Mutton Curry with Whole Spices)
Sundays are special, the only day Bapi can laze around in the morning without needing to steal a ...
Kheerer Sandesh
Can you please help me with the recipe of kheerer sandesh? The message on Facebook read. My grandma ...
Balaram Dey Street Dutta Barir Ledikeni
It was in the year 1882 that solicitor Shyamal Dhon Dutta started the Durga ...
Chorbagan Chatterjee Barir Niramish Chingri Malaikari
I have written about the Durga Pujo at the Chorbagan Chatterjees earlier in my Mahabhog series, I am ...