It is a time-stops-still Sunday afternoon. Lunch has just concluded, Maas lip-smacking chicken ...
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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 ...
Shojne Phooler Bora (Moringa/Drumstick Flower Fritters)
The sight of the moringa tree in a neighbours garden, abloom with pristine ivory buds, makes me ...
Koraishutir Patishapta (Savoury Crepes with Spicy Green Peas Stuffing)
The walk shall be long, Bapi cautions, are you sure you want to walk all the way ? I nod in ...
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 ...
Kakrol Pur (Stuffed Teasel Gourd, Bengali Style)
Cut to half a decade back. It’s a charcoal-scarred sky this morning. Ominous cumulonimbus clouds ...
Rasabali
Wave after wave lashes the shore. With a monotonous predictability that only Nature can ...
Baked Phulkopir Singara (Baked Cauliflower Samosa)
Sunday afternoons were the only time Bapi managed some respite from his otherwise hectic, often ...
Bijoli Grill Fish Roll (Fish Roll, Kolkata Style)
Flanked on the south by Kalighat, home to the ancient temple where resides the presiding deity of ...
Komola Pulao (Narangi Pulao or Orange Pilaf)
A wicker basket laden with luscious plump oranges greets me this morning. The grey winter man, a ...
Thandai Kebab
It’s my first Holi in Delhi and that it’s an explosion on my senses, is an understatement. It’s a ...
Jhinuk Pithe (Shell-Shaped Rice Dumplings in Milk Pudding)
Playing with dough is my favourite pastime these days. I tear a frugal bit from the ball of dough ...