Bengali Winter Recipes

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 ...

It has almost become a customary ritual, a couple of my childhood friends from Assam, gathering at ...

Even after the euphoria of Sankranti, the celebration of Mother Earth and her produce, is long over, ...

"হেথায় আর্য, হেথা অনার্য হেথায় দ্রাবিড়, চীন-- শক-হুন-দল পাঠান মোগল এক দেহে হল লীন। পশ্চিম আজি ...

Has it ever happened, you are in the midst of cooking, when to utter dismay and indescribable ...

What’s gota sheddho? I ask S when we are alone that evening. All the cousins were speaking of this ...

Just a couple of days before I head back home, Maa and I are at our local vegetable market and that ...

The walk shall be long, Bapi cautions, are you sure you want to walk all the way ? I nod in ...

Wake up, Bapi whispers into my ears, the bus shall be here at six sharp. Ten more minutes, I ...

A close friend sends me a gorgeous cabbage from her garden this morning. It’s not easy to grow ...

The shrill of the telephone bell punctuates the serene tranquil of a mist-laced ...

One day to go and She shall be arriving. My lal-par saree has been laundered and ironed. The ...