The fifth morning of lockdown. We are getting used to blissful time-stop-still mornings - sublime ...
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Lauer Khosha Bhaja (Stir-Fried Bottlegourd Peels)
Its the fourth morning of the lockdown. The tension in the air is palpable. There’s ...
Lau diye Kacha Moong Dal (Moong Dal with Bottle Gourd)
The giants have been a dismal failure, S and I discuss as we sip our morning coffee. It is the third ...
Dimer Hingi (Egg Curry with Asafoetida)
The second day of lockdown and I wake up to a world of uncanny calm. No noxious fume-belching ...
Chingri Bhorta
The first day of the lockdown and we were thoroughly under-prepared. We knew it was coming, we were ...
Ganadev Kaku’s Mulo Pur (Stuffed Radish, Bengali Style)
It was sometime late October last year. The Pujas were over, Diwali was round the corner. The ...
Sheem Bhorta | Bharta (Mashed Flat Beans with Fried Onions and Raisins)
Sheem Bhorta was not in the first draft menu I had chalked for the lunch with friends. By when a ...
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 ...
Railway Mutton Curry
Time flies, on rosy wings. As yet another decade draws to a close, I cannot but revert to the ...
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 ...
Girish Bhawan er Chhanar Kalia
2019 marks the 187th anniversary of the Durga Pujo at the Mukherjee family in Girish Bhawan in ...
Chorbagan Chatterjee Barir Bhetki Maacher Niramish Ghonto
It was in 1860 that Raja Ramachandra Chatterjee and his wife Durgadasi started Durga Pujo in their ...