by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 23, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Food trends change every year and 2019 ended with zero waste, sustainability and plant based diet being talked about the most. Many institutions and industry experts have predicted that these trends are going to be seen in restaurants too in 2020. And then I wonder,...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 9, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
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 and a pure vegetarian set menu. There were a few a la carte dishes too. I took up the challenge of pure...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 19, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
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’ typically means pickle and even though this dish is not a pickle, it tastes like one. The first time I...
by Anindya | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized |
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 parents and he boarded at one of the stations. Like most of the hawkers in the train, he had his own...
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...