by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 8, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Food always has some kind of emotional connect. Therefore, everything we eat, reminds us of some memory or some thing from the past. It could be the taste of the food or the smell, or the way it was served. It could be just about anything and it always takes you back...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | May 30, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Every region has it’s own potato curry. And each one is distinctly different from the other. Just in Bengali cuisine, we have alur dom, alur bati chorchori, alur dom made without onions and garlic, doi alu and much more. Bedmi poori is a very popular North...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | May 27, 2020 | Eating Out |
I just received a couple of ‘Jamai Shashthi’ food promotions on my whatsapp. I have always, trust me, always wondered what was the hullabaloo about Jamai Shashthi. For all those who are non bongs, Jamai is son in law and jamai Shashthi is a day dedicated...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | May 26, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Were you aware of gluten intolerance a few years back? A decade back, no one thought twice about eating anything made of all purpose flour. I think maida runs in our DNA. we have grown up eating maida, especially Bengalis, who love their luchis and porota, all made in...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | May 15, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Prawns are literally sacred for us. I grew up by the sea and lived on seafood every single day till I left Port Blair. So prawns, lobsters and crabs were easily accessible and Ma loved cooking with them. During summer holidays, we would spend our time at Canning,...
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