by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 8, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Before I got married and was living with my mother, every summer I would have to have bael panna or bael sherbat a few times. I remember vividly, my mother squeezing the pulp in a big strainer to discard the seeds. It was one of the mid morning activities and then she...
by Anindya | Apr 5, 2019 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
Why do I say Chilekotha Kolkata is a good Bengali food joint in South Kolkata? How do you define a good meal? There are several answers to this question but the one defining answer is the food that does not make you feel unwell after you have eaten, yet has a burst of...
by Anindya | Apr 2, 2019 | India, Travel |
It’s rare to find a perfect getaway within Kolkata. Raajkutir Kolkata by Neotia Hosiptality in the new revamped Swabhumi could be just that for Kolkata. It is a theme based boutique hotel, taking you back in time during the Bengal renaissance. Meticulously...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 29, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Alu peyajkolir torkari is a Bengali household name during winters. It is perhaps, a little too late, to post this recipe. However, we had taken the pictures and completed the recipe a month back. A number of backlogs resulted in the delay of this particular post. I...
by Anindya | Mar 29, 2019 | Eating Out |
When was the last time I dined out in Mumbai? All roads led to Seefah Bandra It had been sometime that I had been in Mumbai. In fact, I don’t remember the last time I ate out in Mumbai. When I first reached this Maxim city in 2007 with a job, the multiple...
by Anindya | Mar 26, 2019 | Bhutan, Travel |
We visited Punakha Dzong on the same day as we visited Dochula Pass. The journey from Dochula Pass to Punakha Dzong takes you through some pictureseque landscape and many a times one would like to stop the car / vehicle to take pictures. I remember distinctly, there...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 21, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Aloo tokri chaat is the second Holi recipe for this year. The first one was cake pops with beetroot powder, something which is popular with kids more than adults. Although adults like me can do with both sweet and savory. However, we needed to give another recipe to...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 18, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Here I go again, publishing a ‘not so traditional’ recipe for Holi. A couple of years back, we had published a recipe for colourful cookies for Holi. Anindya insists on maintaining a publishing calendar, which helps in planning recipes for the season or...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 15, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Luchi and Sundays are literally synonymous in our lives. It does not apply to just us but every Bengali that I know of. Luchi is a must for Sunday breakfast. Right from Tugga to Tugga’s thammi would be disappointed if not luchi for breakfast. Rarely, an...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 12, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Oh, I remembered my childhood when Ma would torture me with sojne phuler bati chorchori in the month of March. For those of you, who do not understand Bengali, sojne phul is moringa blossoms and they turn into drum sticks when they mature. Like cherry blossoms, they...