by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 4, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
Winter is the season for cauliflowers and the ones that you get now are so flavourful. You can add cauliflower to anything and it will elevate the taste. We Bengalis love cauliflower and it becomes an everyday vegetable for us all through winter. Here’s a list...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Oct 26, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
Bhai Phonta comes right after Kali Puja. It’s the day when sisters put a ‘phonta’ or a tilak of chandan on their brother’s forehead and bless them if they are older and seek their blessings if the brother is older. It’s Bhai-Dooj for...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Oct 21, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
Taro is consumed almost in all parts of the country in different forms. In Western India, it’s the large taro leaves that are much loved. Bengal is dotted with water bodies in the form of lakes and ponds and hence, different varieties of taro or kochu as we call...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Oct 20, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
Diwali is the greatest Indian festival and almost the entire nation gears up for it right after Dussehra. Starting with Diwali gift boxes, food packages, recipe planning and party ideas, there is so much more. Diwali parties are also big and everyone plans entire...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Aug 29, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
It is perhaps the easiest of all Indian mithais- Besan Laddu. Come September, markets are flooded with different kinds of ladoos and Indian sweets. It is the beginning of the great Indian festival months starting from Ganesh Chaturthi and continuing till Diwali and...
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