by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 8, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
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, my Bai (maid) used to bring gujiyas during Diwali and Holi. However, in Marathi, it is known as karanji and...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 11, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
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 was making the menu for weekend takeaways from home. It was only the second weekend and I had been focusing on...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 29, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
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 goddess of wisdom, knowledge, music and all kinds of art. Hence for her puja, we keep books and musical...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 14, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
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 sankranti and afterwards. It was only when I got back to Kolkata in 1992, that I saw my grandmother, going all...
by Anindya | Aug 12, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
The first time I had Daab Chingri was at a restaurant, when I was nearing 30. A friend had ordered this along with other Bengali dishes. Soon, the wait staff came with a green tender coconut and placed it on our table. I could see that the head of the tender coconut...
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