by Anindya | Apr 17, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
I am a shy cook and the only dish that I have mastered is Kosha Mangsho. Dipali is a classic cook and she cooks regularly depending on her mood. However, it’s said that when she makes her Mutton Korma, it’s news in Delhi and people travel miles to taste...
by Anindya | Apr 10, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Dal is an integrated part of a Bengali meal. There is a family story which goes like this – One of my Mamis when recently got married and came to her in Laws place (my mamar bari), she just could not take the eating pattern of her husband. My mama’s fault...
by Anindya | Apr 7, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
If the unexamined life was not worth living, was the unlived life worth examining ? – Paul Kalanithi, When breath comes Air There are some lines which you read once in a great prose or a book or a write up and then there are some lines like above, which comes,...
by Anindya | Apr 5, 2018 | Travel, Turkey |
Cappadoccia is a small town yet with abundant with nautral beauties and resources. Cappadocia was a must visit during our Greece and Turkey tour, primarily for the balloon ride at Cappadocia over the fairy chimneys. Apparently it is a part of the top 100 things to do...
by Anindya | Mar 31, 2018 | Uncategorized |
We have to start on a flashback for this story. The stage is like Mid 80’s to 90’s Bengali wedding reception where buffet was still not popular and one used to get a menu card which would boast about the line up for the meal just as they display the...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 27, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Why the Sweet Corn Soup ? The weather is somewhat in between breezy and sultry in the evenings. Most of the time, it calls for a roasted sweet corn. There is a guy who sits just outside our apartment and roasts ‘bhutta’ in the evening. With him though, you...
by Anindya | Mar 24, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
This was made as an offshoot of the Birds eye chilis which we got for creating Thai Green curry. We attended a cook off at The Oberoi Grand Hotel. We made Thai green curry at home and some of the chilies were left over. So Madhushree utilised them in the best possible...
by Anindya | Mar 20, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Which shape is the most preferred shape of Begun Bhaja for you? The long fine slices, one with a part of the long stem at the top or the perfectly cut round slices, ones like coins of some currency? Let the world call it eggplant or aubergine but for us, it’s...
by Anindya | Mar 19, 2018 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
It was Taj International Wine and dine experience Volume V and as I look back, it was an afternoon which opened up a new world for me. The lunch, to create the lining before we started exploring the world of wine, had choices of Pasta, grilled fish, English fish and...
by Anindya | Mar 12, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
There was a struggle to get the last bit out. The unpredictable random movement which the spoon shows while spooning out the last remains from a bottle is worth watching. I have been trying or rather struggling to do the same since past 10 mins. Lahsun ki chutney and...