Aloo Bori Jhal on Indian Food Observance day
Bori and some pleasant memories of childhood My earliest memories of Bori is associated with bribe. At my mamar bari (nani ki ghar), there used to be a big...
Macher Kalia | Bengali Fish Kalia for Special Occassions
I was recently clearing up media files on my phone and came across hundreds (I mean it) of wedding pictures with food and rituals. My cousin brother and...
Aloo Bati Chorchori | Steamed Potato Curry Bengali Recipe
Food always has some kind of emotional connect. Therefore, everything we eat, reminds us of some memory or some thing from the past. It could be the taste of...
Bedmi Aloo Sabzi | Potato Curry with bedmi Poori
Every region has it's own potato curry. And each one is distinctly different from the other. Just in Bengali cuisine, we have alur dom, alur bati chorchori,...
Refreshing Watermelon Juice – Watermelon mint lemonade
I don't know why but since childhood I didn't like eating fruits. Baba always used to get seasonal fruits. He loved mangoes and was a great connoisseur of...
Almond Flour Banana Bread Gluten Free
Were you aware of gluten intolerance a few years back? A decade back, no one thought twice about eating anything made of all purpose flour. I think maida runs...
Aam Pora Shorbot/ Bengali style Aam Panna
Aam Pora Shorbot was not the first one I had. Growing up, there was chinir shorbot, a simple sugar syrup based sherbet with black salt. Summers also meant...
Fulkopi Diye Chingri Mach | Cauliflower and Prawn Curry
Prawns are literally sacred for us. I grew up by the sea and lived on seafood every single day till I left Port Blair. So prawns, lobsters and crabs were...
Bhaja Masala | Bhaja Moshla | Bengali Roasted Spice Mix
There are spice mixes and then there are the great ones. Bhaja Masala is one such magical ingredient in Bengali cuisine. We don't call it masala definitely....
Ande Ka Halwa | Ande Ka Meetha Recipe
Didi, dimer halua banabo? ( Didi, shall I make some egg halwa? ), asked my daughter's new nanny. She has been a blessing for me during the lockdown period. I...
