by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 1, 2021 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
Are you big on smoothies and shakes? Summer means smoothies for us or protein shakes for breakfast. It’s the end of February and the mercury is already on the rise. I can foresee the air conditioners becoming a constant feature within a couple of weeks. And then...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 25, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
This Holi, it’s going to be thandai kulfi! Of course, thandai is omnipresent. I thought, why not do a dessert as well. The kids love kulfi and ice-cream and thandai kulfi is a no-fuss dish. So after mangshor jhol and bhat, thandai kulfi would be a brilliant idea...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 19, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
As promised, I am back with another post on the Tourism Australia project with Native Australian Ingredients. It was Masterchef Australia where we had come to know about Native Australian Spices. We were invited by the Australian Tourism board for a special...
by Anindya | Mar 8, 2021 | Eating Out, Food |
In 2016 when I first met Neha Panchal, I was awestruck. She was one of the first lady mixologists that I met. Urban Foundry on then-upcoming Balewadi High street in 2015 had offered us some great food. Neha was on a song that day and presented us with some great...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 1, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Like many, I am an ardent follower of Masterchef Australia right from its inception. Way back, I wasn’t documenting recipes anywhere, but I loved cooking for as long as I can remember. Masterchef Australia enhanced my cooking skills and I wanted to discover new...
by Anindya | Feb 26, 2021 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
Paramount, Aminia, Dilkhusha Cabin, Mitra Cafe, Royal India Hotel Chitpur are some of the names which come together when we speak about old eateries in Kolkata. There are many more. Some of the above names are more than 100 years old. Some will cross the century mark...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 23, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Tiramisu is not a dessert I make often. I can actually count on my fingers and tell you how many times I made tiramisu in the last decade. However, each time, the recipe was different. And not that it was bad, or the recipe didn’t work that I changed the recipe....
by Anindya | Feb 18, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Finally, the dots connected over Dal Gosht Often in life, we rarely fathom how some unfulfilled wishes become a reality. Dal Gosht is not a story of dream come true but a partial fulfillment of a pending task and guilt getting knocked off. We were celebrating Dal...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 12, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
There is khichdi for the rest of the country but we Bongs, take immense pride in our different types of khichdi. We have bhuni khichuri, which is the dry variety with moong dal. The rice grains are literally separate from each other. Bhuni khichuri is served during...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 4, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Oh my! I don’t think I can come up with an appropriate title for this post. How do I translate motor dal bhate in English? Just a ‘mash’ cannot possibly explain what ‘bhate’ means. Bhate, bhape, makha and more Three words, which take up...