Eggless Chocolate Mug Cake for Midnight Dessert Cravings
Quite so often, we all go through midnight dessert cravings. Especially now, during the lockdown period, most of us are struggling through the day and we get...
Neem begun / Crunchy Neem leaves with eggplant and a story of Good Friday
Neem Begun grew on me with age There were lot of things which I didn't like as a child. Shukto, Kumro or pumpkin, lau or bottle gourd and the list can be...
Easter Egg Cookies | Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Twenty four hours is falling short now. It's a month since we went out and it's twenty one days since the official lockdown. Covid_19 has changed how the...
Chal Potol | Parwal or Pointed Gourd Pulao
Debjani and I were planning our menu for the food festival at Chilekotha sometime in July 2019. The menu was broken down to a non veg set menu, Ilish set menu...
Places to order food during lockdown in South Kolkata
Today is 15th day of the nationwide lockdown. How have you all been? The lifestyle has changed for an entire nation. The kids are not going to school. There...
Dalia Khichdi Healthy Recipe | Broken Wheat One pot Meal
Khichdi is an integral part of Indian cuisine. Every region has their own version of khichdi and it is a one pot easy healthy meal. Khichdi need not be had...
Eggplant Recipes To Try During Lockdown
This is an unprecedented time when our entire country in under lockdown to arrest the quick transmission of Covid_19 virus. While there is a lot of anxiety...
Dalgona Coffee – Is it worth all the hype ?
Dalgona Coffee - the current rage around the world These are not happy times for the entire world yet a small word like Dalgona is bringing the world...
A note of thanks, For yesterday and for tomorrow
Dear All, Thank you. I don't remember any time, when I have met you or any staff from your restaurant/outlet, that I haven't said Thank you. That's the least...
Best Chocolate Banana Muffins Recipe
Baking is my stress buster and it is something I love to do. There was a time, when Tugga was little, that I would bake every week. In winters, it would be a...
Nepali Alu Ko Achar | Nepali Potato Salad
Nepali alu ko achar is an easy to make Nepalese recipe using boiled potatoes. It is like a quick snack or one can even have it at main course. 'Achar'...
Jhalmuri by Angus Denoon is life coming full circle indeed
Jhalmuri was 'bad' when I was a kid My first brush with Jhalmuri was in an overly crowded local train. I was travelling from Bandel to Howrah along with my...
Mawa Gujiya | How to Make Mawa Gujiya
Holi or Diwali, gujiyas are a must in North India. Gujiyas are popular homemade sweets in Bihar, UP, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan. While I was in Pune,...
Phulkopir Cutlet | Cauliflower Cutlet Bengali Style
There is no such thing called a phulkopir cutlet, said Anindya. We have heard of phulkopir shingara, phulkopir bora, but never heard of phulkopir cutlet. I...
Labra- Bengali Mixed Vegetable with Khichuri
Today is a khichuri labra kind of day. It has been drizzling since morning with a lot of haze. More importantly, today is Saraswati Pujo. Saraswati is the...
Tomato Khejur Aamshottor Chutney Bengali Recipe
Saraswati Puja around the corner and as a tradition, kuler chutney is made on that day and served with khichuri bhog. Kul is Indian berry and I am not really...
Ranga Alur Dudh Puli on Poush Sankranti
Like most Bengalis, I grew up eating pithe puli during Poush Sankranti. Till such time I was in Port Blair, my mother and my aunts made limited delicacies on...
The Best Blueberry Muffins Ever
A few years back, it was a dream to make blueberry muffins with fresh blueberries in Kolkata. While we were in Pune, we used to get fresh blueberries in...
Chingri malaikari or Chingri Malai Curry?
Every time I make chingri malaikari at home, I remember this remark made by Mr. Vir Sanghvi during one of our conversation. ‘..but Bongs don’t own the...
Soam Mumbai, Sunday afternoon and I didn’t miss mangshor jhol
Someday, I will ask a Gujarati how do they feel when someone sees them and asks Kem Cho? Maja ma cho? Meet a Bengali for the first time and tell him Ami...
Mustard Mumbai and the ‘Unsavoured Pujo’ Pop Up
It's almost two months now that I am back from the 'Unsavoured Pujo' pop up at Mustard Mumbai. I have been wanting to share my stories of the pop up for quite...
As I travelled along Hong Kong roads, I saw the buildings
The idea of this blogpost has been on my mind for the last two years. Yes, this September I complete two years of my travel to Hong Kong. As I visited several...
Kerala Egg Roast / Nadan Mutta Roast when memories start pouring in
The Kerala egg roast song and how it all started The origin of this post is when we got inspired from our friend Tanushree. She shared a picture of Kerala...
Monkey Bar Kolkata has a brand new menu with 41 new dishes and 8 new cocktails
Monkey Bar Kolkata and the memories - We didn't attend the launch of Monkey Bar Kolkata 3 years back. I don't remember my first time there. However, I do...
Spicy Mutton Pakoda from Pakodas by Sangeeta Khanna
Pakodas by Sangeeta Khanna reached me on a Rainy afternoon . This was a surprise. The timing was perfect though. It had stopped raining except for cloudy...
Dim Kosha – the slow cooked Bengali egg delicacy
Murgir Dim, Hansher dim or Ghorar dim? Which one is more popular? I wonder which one amongst the three, mentioned above, is the most favourite amongst...
Halloween Monster Cookies I Cake Mix Cookies
It's spooky week once again and I stayed up in the middle of the night to make a special treat for my son. These are Halloween monster cookies with candy...
Pantua- The Bengali Gulab Jamun but it’s Different
Gulab Jamun is one of the most popular Indian sweet world wide. However, to us Bengalis, it is it's distant cousin, Pantua, which is favoured. It looks like a...
A day’s break at Vivanta Kolkata EM Bypass
The trigger to take a break at Vivanta Kolkata, Bypass Madhushree was back from a successful food festival in Mustard Mumbai and I was exhausted managing two...
Bhuni Khichuri I Bengali Bhuna Khichdi
Like many other posts of mine, this post is also past its time. We had completed the shooting of bhuni khichuri sometime in the beginning of September....
Why ask for Santanan Dehi when Kumari Pujo gets opposed ?
Rimli wont be able to go for pandal hopping today. Till last evening she covered baghbazar, Chaltabagan but today is different. She will wake up early in the...
Grand Pujor Mahabhoj 2019, the story of unsung heroes
This is the fourth Grand Pujor Mahabhoj that we attended. I remember the first one that I attended in 2016 was at Gharana, as the all day dining...
Begun Basanti- Eggplants cooked the Bengali way in a mustard and yogurt sauce
What is your favourite begun or eggplant recipe? Personally, I love begun posto and then begun basanti. Having said that, begun posto, shorshe begun and begun...
Kolkata Durga Pujo 2019- Places to eat
The question isn't - to eat or not to eat, the dilemma is where to eat? Ma wants a relief from cooking every year and like every year, she will end up trying...
Macher Dimer Borar torkari on Vishwakarma Pujo?
Strange isn't it that I am talking about macher dimer borar torkari on Vishwakarma Pujo rather than mangsher jhol? Vishwakarma Pujo has always been a very...
90 years of Aminia, Biryani and Beyond
When it comes to Biryani, Kolkatans are fiercely protective about the Calcutta Biryani or now, the Kolkata biryani. Any other biryani doesn’t stand a chance...
The best chocolate cake for a simple birthday celebration
The Birthday boy and his best chocolate cake. A few days back, I got introduced to Samar Halankar in a column in livemint, where he explains how his birthday...
Before Darjeeling, why you must take a pit stop at Margaret’s Deck tea Lounge Kurseong
A pit stop at Margaret's Deck Tea Lounge Kurseong The journey is often more interesting than the destination. Especially when it involves totally impulsive...
Onam Sadhya at these places in Kolkata
Onam Sadhya at Kolkata 2019 This year Onam, the harvest festival from Kerala, is from the 1st of September till the 13th of September. Like most harvest...
Courtyard by Marriott Siliguri – a face off with Kanchenjunga
A Staycation at Courtyard by Marriott Siliguri It was supposed to be a relaxed weekend along with two kids and we couldn't have asked for a better one. We...
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