by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 26, 2024 | Food, Foodblog |
On a sultry summer afternoon, a newlywed couple sat at the dining table, sipping coffee and reminiscing about their childhood. The man was a traditionalist and hailed from a family deeply rooted in Bengali culinary heritage. His palate was seasoned with the flavours...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 2, 2024 | Food, Foodblog |
Kancha Kumro’r Torkari is just too mundane in the rich tapestry of Bengali cuisine. It’s incredibly flavourful but no one talks about it. Tender pumpkin is a simple yet hearty vegetable that celebrates the freshness and simplicity of ingredients,...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 23, 2024 | Food, Foodblog |
It’s a little too late to write a blogpost on Christmas but then the photographs were lying around and before winter goes off, and the urge to bake goes away, we thought of sharing our Christmas memories and the Anglo Indian roast chicken. It’s one of...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 10, 2024 | Food, Foodblog |
Cashews and raisins are fried in ghee and then cooked with long grain and fragrant basmati rice with a mellow garam masala flavour- that’s what kaju kishmish pulao is all about. What is important is the quality of the rice and how to cook it without making it...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 24, 2023 | Food, Foodblog |
It’s chicken ‘dak’ bungalow and not a ‘duck’ bungalow. Unlike what many think, chicken dak bungalow has nothing to do with duck eggs. And one cannot claim to have an authentic recipe for this particular dish. It is also one of those...