Narkel diye niramish ghugni-Bijoya Doshomi special
The year that should be wiped out - We didn't celebrate Pujo this year. We didn't step out other than one small work. As planned earlier, we spent time with...
What reduces the strength and immunity in adults?
As we grow old, a lot of things start happening in the body in the background without a tell-tale sign. All of a sudden, the lungs start screaming out for...
Panch Rokom Bhaja | Bengali Bhaja or Fried Vegetable Platter for Khichuri
There are so many kinds of khichuri in Bengali cuisine with specific side dishes. Typically, bhoger khichuri or a bhuni khichuri is accompanied by five kinds...
Bhoger Khichuri | Bengali Durga Puja Khichuri | Bengali Bhoger Khichuri
When you are going through a deep personal crisis, it is almost impossible to find your creative self or write. Alexa says that we have been neglecting the...
Chicken or Mutton – what goes well for a Bengali on a Sunday?
Dada, you are from Kolkata? Bhalo achhi? Ami tomake Bhalobashe .. Machhi Bhat khabe? When loosely translated these are the most common welcome dialogues you...
Orange Chicken Rice Bowl- The Quick-fix for Weeknight Dinner
I am always on the lookout for quick dinner recipes. Lunch is always a well-planned Bengali meal and breakfast is normally eggs and bread in variations....
Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter chicken two sides of the same coin?
What are some of the popular Indian dishes across the globe? Be it abroad or even in India, if you enter a multicuisine restaurant or a restaurant known for...
Peyaj Diye Masoor Dal | Bengali Masoor Dal with Onions
Dal in everyday life There are few things that we cannot compromise as an Indian. Dal is one such food. Ask anyone about the combination of dal and rice or...
Houseboat Experience in Kashmir – A Floating Paradise
Imagine a romantic evening spent by the cedar-wood railing that frames a boat-like boat moored near Dal Lake's outskirts. Have you ever thought about having a...
Pabda Macher Jhol | Pabda Macher Alu Ar Bodi Diye Jhol | Pabda Fish Curry
Bengal has such a wide variety of fresh water and river water fish. If we begin to name them, we can cover all the alphabets of the English language. Other...
5 things to do in Kashmir for couples
If there is one heaven on Earth it is Kashmir for sure. Kashmir has for long been the ultimate destination for Honeymooners. The snow-clad mountains...
Loitta Macher Jhuri | Bombay Duck Stir-Fry with Potatoes
While growing up, I never tasted Loitta mach or Bombay duck as it is commonly known. Although I grew up by the sea (in Port Blair) and my father had quite an...
10 Mutton Recipes to Try Before You Die
Amongst all the animal proteins that we have, mutton is our favourite. Oh, of course, it's not something we consume every day (you know, all the cholesterol...
Bhapa Ilish Shorshe Bata Diye | Steamed Hilsa with Mustard Paste
The sound of the tiffin box hitting against the metal kadai sitting inside a pool of bubbling water is a sign of what's to come next. It's almost lunchtime...
Lemon Ricotta Cake- An Italian Tea-Cake
I remember Anindya mentioning a soft and moist tea-cake baked with ricotta cheese after his tour from Italy. He brought a suitcase full of truffle products,...
Kerala Mutton Roast – Mutton Ularthiyathu Recipe
Recently, we put up a post on Instagram about 7 mutton recipes to try before you die. It was an instant hit with our followers. While putting up the post, I...
Peyaji and the connection with Lakshmi Narayan Shaw and sons
What does Peyaji remind you of? You cross the border in West Bengal and they call it Peyaju in Bangladesh. Peyaj is Onion in Bengali hence the name Peyaji....
10 Must-Try Bengali Monsoon Recipes
When it is raining cats and dogs, these are the 10 must-try Bengali monsoon recipes. From khichuri, begun bhaja to ilish mach bhaja and shorshe ilish, this...
The Best Plum Jam with only 2 ingredients
I've never been fond of plums, at least the ones that we get here. They are never sweet, rather quite sour. Plump and running shades of red, plums always...
Kala Chana Chaat | Black chickpea salad- A lost para culture and good neighbours
This April, the entire household had all the members (not counting the junior versions) Covid affected. It happened in a phase and Madhushree was the first...
What does recovering from Covid -19 look like
Yes, I am a COVID-19 Survivor. For a few moments there, I thought it would be a knockout but I managed to raise my hand and lift myself before the referee...
Mango Mastani – The Famous Mango Milkshake from Pune
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...
Ma, Mangshor Jhol and the partner I lost
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...
Peshawari Namkeen Gosht | Namak Gosht | Pakistani Mutton Recipe
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...
Lemon Rice on a Summer Afternoon
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....
Doi er ghol recipe two ways- a summer essential
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...
Till Then Keep Snacking
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...
Kocoatrait launches the new spice collection of chocolates
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?...
Easy Mango Salsa Recipe For Summer
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...
10 Must-Try Bengali Recipes on Poila Baisakh
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...
Andhra Pepper Chicken | Restaurant Style Andhra Chicken
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...
Orange Carrot Ginger Smoothie and what good it will do to you
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...
Thandai Kulfi – an easy to make Holi Recipe
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...
Lemon and Coconut Slice with Aniseed Myrtle- A perfect afternoon snack
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...
Kasturi Banerjee and Rushdah Humaira creating new Rum and Chocolate
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...
How to use Native Australian Ingredients in Bengali cooking?
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...
Hotel Sidheshwari Ashram Kolkata – How three women are carrying ahead the legacy of pice hotels
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...
Tiramisu – there is no ‘authentic’ recipe
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,...
Dal Gosht With Sadaf Hussain and Late Sadia Dehlvi
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...
Bengali Masoor Dal Khichuri/ Khichdi with Dimer Mamlette
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...
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