by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 11, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
There is no such thing called a phulkopir cutlet, said Anindya. We have heard of phulkopir shingara, phulkopir bora, but never heard of phulkopir cutlet. I was making the menu for weekend takeaways from home. It was only the second weekend and I had been focusing on...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 29, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
Today is a khichuri labra kind of day. It has been drizzling since morning with a lot of haze. More importantly, today is Saraswati Pujo. Saraswati is the goddess of wisdom, knowledge, music and all kinds of art. Hence for her puja, we keep books and musical...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 27, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Saraswati Puja around the corner and as a tradition, kuler chutney is made on that day and served with khichuri bhog. Kul is Indian berry and I am not really sure what is the exact English name but Wikipedia throws up ‘jujube’. However, I have some photo...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 14, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
Like most Bengalis, I grew up eating pithe puli during Poush Sankranti. Till such time I was in Port Blair, my mother and my aunts made limited delicacies on sankranti and afterwards. It was only when I got back to Kolkata in 1992, that I saw my grandmother, going all...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 10, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
A few years back, it was a dream to make blueberry muffins with fresh blueberries in Kolkata. While we were in Pune, we used to get fresh blueberries in season. Strawberries are always available in season throughout the country. In Kolkata however, it is only recently...
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