It is a time-stops-still Sunday afternoon. Lunch has just concluded, Maas lip-smacking chicken ...
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Keemar Labra (Mutton Mince with Vegetables)
The shrill of the telephone bell punctuates the serene tranquil of a mist-laced ...
Koi Phulkopi (Climbing Perch with Cauliflower)
Manikkaka gets home a plump little cauliflower, august with its pompous crown of green. I am ...
Aam Begun (Eggplant with Green Mango)
Eggplant, as fresh as can be, plucked this morning from the kitchen garden. Droplets of rain from ...
Enchor Cutlet (Green Jackfruit Cutlet)
The jackfruit sapling, that Dada and I discovered quite accidentally during one of our evening ...
Doi Mouri Parshe (Mullets in a Fennel Yogurt Sauce)
So when my eyes greet the gorgeous shimmering silver parshe at the Manicktala fish market during my ...
Chicken Country Captain
The memsahib was visibly nervous and perplexed. Less than three months in an alien city that was ...
Sheem Pur (Stuffed flat bean fritters)
Sheem Pur, a family favorite from those days gone by - the humble sheem (flat beans) stuffed with ...
Kolkata Chicken Biryani
The dekchi sits snugly on the fire. Her lid sealed firmly by flour dough. A few lazy charcoal pieces ...