by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 16, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
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 beautiful part of our married lives. Do I sound cruel? Well, any parent with two kids will relate to this. Of...
by Anindya | Jun 15, 2021 | Eating Out |
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 here. When I look back, I think I should have. The blog will remain a partial documentation for Tugga and Brishti...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 7, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
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 mangshor jhol is our absolute favourite. However, lately, this particular recipe of Peshawari Namkeen...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 1, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
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. Lockdown restrictions have the market open from 7 to 10 in the morning. Being a late riser, it’s always a...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | May 20, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
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 shorbot or doi er ghol. Once in a while, there would be an indulgence of Rasna or Tang or even some orange squash....
by Anindya | May 9, 2021 | Uncategorized |
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 choices, each work break meant trying something new. Kachori, Jalebi, Pakoras, Chowmein, Cutlets, Bread...
by Anindya | Apr 14, 2021 | Uncategorized |
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? Growing up in India, chocolate was Cadbury’s dairy milk and Amul chocolates which came in...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 14, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
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 round the clock and are quite ineffective while driving. Nowadays, I don’t feel like having coffee or a...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 13, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
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 April and also Bengali New year. It’s Poila Baisakh. In this blog post, I have shared my...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 10, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
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 don’t think I can call it an authentic recipe. Not that any recipe is ‘authentic’. After all,...
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