Broadway Hotel Kolkata- a gem that we all need to be proud about
There are many gems in my city yet some always remain to be discovered and experienced again. Discovery is a wrong word and will be condemned by many. How do...
Keema Bhindi recipe and an insight into Sindhi cuisine
One of my Mami (maternal aunt) is Sindhi. She is born and brought up in Kolkata, speaks Bengali fluently too. And she loves shukto and luchi more than any...
Bandhakopir Ghonto- Bengali Style Cabbage Stir-Fry
Like I had written in my previous post on pui shaaker chorchori, Bengali recipe names are often based on their cooking techniques. And some of the names are...
Pui Shaaker Chorchori | Bengali Style Vegetable Stir-fry with Pui Saag
Recently we had written about different kinds of chorchori on Instagram. It became a huge talking point on social media and everyone came out with their...
White Chocolate Bark recipe for Diwali 2021
Anindya says that Social Media is a hungry beast. We have to feed it every day for it to survive. The same goes for this website too. Maybe not everyday, but...
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Whole-Wheat Flour For Halloween
Come October, kids everywhere go berserk over Halloween treats. Perhaps it has to do with all the youtube videos that they consume, they feel that Halloween...
BeeTee’s Melt Chocolates- Homegrown Bean to Bar Chocolate
A decade back, no one thought that we could have bean-to-bar chocolate that is made in India. There were perhaps a few chocolate makers but either they were...
Deyga Products – A perfect combination of nature and goodness
Deyga natural products for community of Eco Conscious customers Arthi Raguram, the founder of Deyga, is a new-age entrepreneur whose passion for creating...
Niramish Mangsho and Those Delicious Letters
This post has been in the planning since the time we received the book sometime last year. It took me just a day, amidst the chaos at home, to finish reading....
Narkel diye niramish ghugni-Bijoya Doshomi special
The year that should be wiped out - We didn't celebrate Pujo this year. We didn't step out other than one small work. As planned earlier, we spent time with...
What reduces the strength and immunity in adults?
As we grow old, a lot of things start happening in the body in the background without a tell-tale sign. All of a sudden, the lungs start screaming out for...
Panch Rokom Bhaja | Bengali Bhaja or Fried Vegetable Platter for Khichuri
There are so many kinds of khichuri in Bengali cuisine with specific side dishes. Typically, bhoger khichuri or a bhuni khichuri is accompanied by five kinds...
Bhoger Khichuri | Bengali Durga Puja Khichuri | Bengali Bhoger Khichuri
When you are going through a deep personal crisis, it is almost impossible to find your creative self or write. Alexa says that we have been neglecting the...
Chicken or Mutton – what goes well for a Bengali on a Sunday?
Dada, you are from Kolkata? Bhalo achhi? Ami tomake Bhalobashe .. Machhi Bhat khabe? When loosely translated these are the most common welcome dialogues you...
Orange Chicken Rice Bowl- The Quick-fix for Weeknight Dinner
I am always on the lookout for quick dinner recipes. Lunch is always a well-planned Bengali meal and breakfast is normally eggs and bread in variations....
Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter chicken two sides of the same coin?
What are some of the popular Indian dishes across the globe? Be it abroad or even in India, if you enter a multicuisine restaurant or a restaurant known for...
Peyaj Diye Masoor Dal | Bengali Masoor Dal with Onions
Dal in everyday life There are few things that we cannot compromise as an Indian. Dal is one such food. Ask anyone about the combination of dal and rice or...
Houseboat Experience in Kashmir – A Floating Paradise
Imagine a romantic evening spent by the cedar-wood railing that frames a boat-like boat moored near Dal Lake's outskirts. Have you ever thought about having a...
Pabda Macher Jhol | Pabda Macher Alu Ar Bodi Diye Jhol | Pabda Fish Curry
Bengal has such a wide variety of fresh water and river water fish. If we begin to name them, we can cover all the alphabets of the English language. Other...
5 things to do in Kashmir for couples
If there is one heaven on Earth it is Kashmir for sure. Kashmir has for long been the ultimate destination for Honeymooners. The snow-clad mountains...
Loitta Macher Jhuri | Bombay Duck Stir-Fry with Potatoes
While growing up, I never tasted Loitta mach or Bombay duck as it is commonly known. Although I grew up by the sea (in Port Blair) and my father had quite an...
10 Mutton Recipes to Try Before You Die
Amongst all the animal proteins that we have, mutton is our favourite. Oh, of course, it's not something we consume every day (you know, all the cholesterol...
Bhapa Ilish Shorshe Bata Diye | Steamed Hilsa with Mustard Paste
The sound of the tiffin box hitting against the metal kadai sitting inside a pool of bubbling water is a sign of what's to come next. It's almost lunchtime...
Lemon Ricotta Cake- An Italian Tea-Cake
I remember Anindya mentioning a soft and moist tea-cake baked with ricotta cheese after his tour from Italy. He brought a suitcase full of truffle products,...
Kerala Mutton Roast – Mutton Ularthiyathu Recipe
Recently, we put up a post on Instagram about 7 mutton recipes to try before you die. It was an instant hit with our followers. While putting up the post, I...
Peyaji and the connection with Lakshmi Narayan Shaw and sons
What does Peyaji remind you of? You cross the border in West Bengal and they call it Peyaju in Bangladesh. Peyaj is Onion in Bengali hence the name Peyaji....
10 Must-Try Bengali Monsoon Recipes
When it is raining cats and dogs, these are the 10 must-try Bengali monsoon recipes. From khichuri, begun bhaja to ilish mach bhaja and shorshe ilish, this...
The Best Plum Jam with only 2 ingredients
I've never been fond of plums, at least the ones that we get here. They are never sweet, rather quite sour. Plump and running shades of red, plums always...
Kala Chana Chaat | Black chickpea salad- A lost para culture and good neighbours
This April, the entire household had all the members (not counting the junior versions) Covid affected. It happened in a phase and Madhushree was the first...
What does recovering from Covid -19 look like
Yes, I am a COVID-19 Survivor. For a few moments there, I thought it would be a knockout but I managed to raise my hand and lift myself before the referee...
Mango Mastani – The Famous Mango Milkshake from Pune
Anindya and I spent beautiful four and a half years in Pune. This was before the kids came into existence. So those four and half years were perhaps the most...
Ma, Mangshor Jhol and the partner I lost
How do you handle grief? How do you handle the loss of the nearest one and at the same time, struggle and fight for your life. I rarely pour my heart out...
Peshawari Namkeen Gosht | Namak Gosht | Pakistani Mutton Recipe
It's not necessary that all mutton recipes have to be rich. This particular recipe is as light as it goes. For us Bongs, after fish, mutton tops our list. And...
Lemon Rice on a Summer Afternoon
The summer heat is literally killing. Cooking has become an impossible task. To top that, we have to plan our meals and finish grocery shopping by 10 AM....
Doi er ghol recipe two ways- a summer essential
Doi er ghol brings back so many memories of childhood. After school, when you come back home in the scorching summer heat, there would be either aam pora...
Till Then Keep Snacking
In the early part of my career, my office was at Gillander House, Kolkata. This place is the business as well as the street food hub of Kolkata. With umpteen...
Kocoatrait launches the new spice collection of chocolates
There was rarely anyone of my age who hadn't developed a crush on that famous Cadbury girl. And remember that background song - kuchh Khas hai hum sabhi mein?...
Easy Mango Salsa Recipe For Summer
Summer means mangoes and summer also means salads. The sun is burning bright and there is just no respite from the heat. The air conditioners are working...
10 Must-Try Bengali Recipes on Poila Baisakh
It's that time of the year once again. The mercury is rising on an everyday basis and mangoes are slowly popping out from the vegetable seller's cart. It's...
Andhra Pepper Chicken | Restaurant Style Andhra Chicken
Are you one of those people always looking for recipes for party appetizers? Then you are in the right place. Andhra pepper chicken is super easy to make. I...
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