#LockdownCooking
As we isolate in our homes during this unprecedented global pandemic, food — and cooking — remains an eternal source of hope, joy and healing. Lockdown Cooking is our humble contribution to this cause. Please join us in cooking from the heart using what’s available at home.
Shaker Jhol- A light vegetable stew with seasonal greens
Most people associate Bengali cuisine as consisting of primarily 'macher jhol' or fish curry. It is a very common misconception that Bengalis eat mosty non...
The Kolkata Festival where Sunny De Wall breathes life to a century old labour colony of Asia
I have never come back from any place so excited. An otherwise deserted place in a 'blink and you miss it' turn in Taratala Road is hosting the The Kolkata...
Baking a bread and breaking it too – A story of 3 years which the father and son completed
There are times when incomplete drafts come to use. Exactly 3 years and this is what happens. I had written this 3 years ago in November 2015. My Story...
Nedous Hotel Gulmarg Kashmir – A Tradition of 130 years
Our tour in Kashmir across Srinagar, Sonmarg, Gulmarg, Pahalgam involved staying in various hotels and an overnight stay in a House Boat too but one...
Ekdalia Rd kolkata is turning black, the new white
Ekdalia Rd kolkata is painting white with the help of black and how? The beginning of Ekdalia Rd Kolkata It was sometime last year, when the blogpost Kacha...
Pan Asian ITC Sonar – Sunday Brunch, Sushi and Saxophone
Sunday Brunches are meant to be lavish but the Pan Asian ITC Sonar - Sunday brunch is gala affair. This place has never failed us and what I like the most of...
Patishapta Pithe- No one can make like my Grandmother
My grandmother was a remarkable woman. She accomplished much in her life and probably could have done more, had she been from this era. I sometimes feel...
The Best Way To Make Nutella Hot Chocolate
Today is one of those days when I do not feel like writing. I am not a natural writer or rather, I do not have an inclination towards it. I don't love it...
Mince Pies- My Favourite Christmas Delight
Mince pies were traditionally made with real mince meat and suet. However later on, dry fruits took over mince meat and still it would be called mince pies. I...
How to make Rangaalur Roshopuli- traditional deep fried sweet potato dumplings in date palm sugar syrup
What defines the end of winter ? Sending woollens for dry cleaning. Endless doubt of what woollens to wear before leaving for the day. Dumping the quilt,...
Chhana Koraishutir cutlet / Green peas and home made ricotta cheese curd cutlet
In my last recipe post, which was the chicken/ murgir dum (Link), I had mentioned about the Pop up which Debjani and Madhushree had planned for the 16th of...
Bohemian Kolkata – New menu, Chef Joy reinvents himself
It's tough to have a peaceful coexistence with Chef Joymalya Banerjee. Either you like or dislike his work. My initial tryst with Bohemian was a disaster and...
Red Velvet Cupcakes and the Magic of Christmas
There is something magical about Christmas. That's what everyone says. Having studied in a catholic school, Christmas is pretty much deeply ingrained in my...
Dulce de Leche Brownies – Good for Tea Time as well as for Dessert
Once you have mastered the art of making dulce de leche with a can of condensed milk, you have the world of dessert making open in front of you. You can...
Chef Abhijit Saha is here to spoil you with choices at Afraa lounge and restaurant
My first visit to Afraa restaurant and lounge was around August 2015. It was an invite for the Taste of Tuscany food festival. I had a previous visit too but...
Weekend market Thimphu – a stroll and some pictures
Are you one of those who loves going to a market? Are you one of those travellers who always wants to have a look around the local market to get a sense of...
Bengali Murgir Dum / Bengali Slow cooked chicken curry
I was slightly confused on how to translate Dum to English as this is all about Bengali Murgir Dum or Bengali style slow cooked chicken curry. I referred to...
Best Pan Asian brunches in Kolkata
A Sunday brunch is always exciting. Taking your time through a maze of food spread in front of you, slowly enjoying your beverage and food over a long period...
Farmer’s Frittata- Easy and Wholesome Breakfast
What is you favourite breakfast? Mine is always eggs. Eggs in any form would do for me. That does not mean I eat a boiled egg or an omelette everyday. I have...
Things to try out at Grill by the poolside at Taj Bengal Kolkata
I recently wrote about climate change and one of the tell tale sign is global warming. November is about to end and one still needs to switch on fan and to an...
A visit to Jungshi paper factory Thimpu Bhutan
On the last day of my Bhutan trip, courtesy Taj Tashi Thimpu Bhutan, we stepped out for a visit to a few local places. The first stop was at the Jungshi Paper...
Carrot Cake once again but with new pictures
The first time I had baked a carrot cake was eons ago, sometime in the late 90s. It came up in the blog in December 2015. Tugga was almost 4 and wanted a...
How to make Dulce de Leche at home
Dulce de leche is often mistaken as caramel. It looks like caramel and is as sweet as caramel but the ingredients and the way of making is completely...
Amitav Ghosh and Sunita Narain speak on Climate change at Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2018
This is as recent as this year Kali Pujo. If you are from Kolkata, then you would remember how we woke up to a smoggy suffocating Kolkata the next morning and...
How to make Posto Murgi/ Chicken Poppy Seed Curry – A SEO friendly headline
It is for the first time a recipe headline goes like this - A SEO friendly headline and why not. In my last post, I had written about how often the recipe...
Kumro Meter chorchori | Pumpkin and mutton liver stir fried
I had to start this blogpost on this note from Andhadhun, the recent hit movie which is making news. - What is life? A character asks in the movie. - It all...
Vintage Asia Kolkata has a new chef in Alexsander Cheng and a new menu too
There is nothing permanent except change. Heraclitus So in true style, Vintage Asia completely changed their menu and brought in new flavours while adapting...
Apple Jalebi- It’s the small things in life that matters
As I sit and reminisce about the last year, I realise that how much small things, events or incidents in life give you so much happiness and a sense of...
Yes I had Bicerin at Caffe San Carlo Turin
Yes, finally I tasted Bicerin in Turin and that too, in Caffe San Carlo. Bicerin (pronounced as bee- cheh- reen) is the national drink of Turin, made of 1/3...
Easy Halloween ghost cake
I had promised to make three Halloween treats for Tugga this year. The Halloween Witch Fingers are done. They were a superhit with him and his friends, a...
Halloween Witch Finger Cookies- Halloween couldn’t get creepier
Do you remember when exactly Halloween started becoming popular in India? I thought about it and thought hard but couldn't quite recall. My first adult...
Doi Begun from Taste of Eastern India – Congratulations Kankana
Why we selected to make Doi Begun There would rarely be a blogger who would not like to release a book someday. In this digital age, the thrill of seeing...
Post cards from Hong Kong by a travel blogger from India
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Between September and October few publications happened for me both digitally and in print and this was the first of the lot. I...
Elements of nature in Durga Puja – A photostory
Follow my blog with Bloglovin How is Spain, Italy, Belgium, Rio and Kolkata connected ? There can be many but the most exciting part to look at it is their...
Wasabi by Morimoto Pop up at Taj Bengal
14 years ago, The Taj group was looking for a Japanese Restaurant brand to open at The Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai, after several failed negotiation with Nobu,...
Double Chocolate Mousse Cake- a Dinner Party Hit
A few more days to go and it is Durga Puja. The social media timeline will be flooded with Bengali food, Bengali brunch, Bengali recipes and everything...
How to cook Ema Datshi – The national dish of Bhutan
When in Bhutan, you have to eat Ema Datshi. It is afterall, their national dish. When my Bhutan tour was fixed, courtesy Taj Tashi, everyone suggested I have...
Taj Tashi Thimpu Bhutan the brightest jewel in Thimpu
It was a 50 minute flight from Kolkata to Paro and by the time fasten your seatbelts signs were on the soft drinks served in the flight were yet to finish....
Nepali Chicken Sadeko or Chicken Salad Nepali Style
Sadeko beginning It was a long time ago but I remember every moment of this journey in my heart. Sometimes I can even feel the happiness that I felt, as I...
Sonar tori City Centre 1 Kolkata- Dine like the Zamindars of Bengal
The city today has many takers for Bengali cuisine but despite a mushrooming of Bengali restaurants, few have made it to the top notch category. Whenever we...
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