A close friend sends me a gorgeous cabbage from her garden this morning. It’s not easy to grow ...
ghee
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 ...
Norom Paker Sandesh
Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled ...
Moong Phulkopir Ghonto (Caulifower and Moong Dal Dry Curry)
It’s a gorgeous autumn morning. The nimbus clouds that had usurped the heavens above and scarred ...
Gondhoraj Ghol Pulao
Every now and then, I pause my game of hopscotch, dart to the ancient iron gate, embellished lately ...
Rasabali
Wave after wave lashes the shore. With a monotonous predictability that only Nature can ...
Thakurbarir Doodh Katla (Katla Stewed in Reduced Milk)
Summer vacations have just started. Days are scorching, Grandma discourages me from venturing ...
Komola Pulao (Narangi Pulao or Orange Pilaf)
A wicker basket laden with luscious plump oranges greets me this morning. The grey winter man, 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 ...
Dhakai Chicken Roast (Chicken Roast, Dhaka Style)
Dida's days were busy, helping in cooking and cleaning, fussing over the the GuhaThakurta kids and ...
Kosha Chingri (Jumbo Prawns in a Spicy Dry Gravy)
And so Dada and I set out, one golden autumn morning, gorgeous sunshine bathing the metropolis, ...
Sujir Khichuri (Semolina Khichdi)
Thursday mornings are special. The otherwise sleepy house in the time-stops-still hamlet of ...