by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 18, 2026 | Food, Foodblog |
Think cabbage in a Bengali kitchen, and the first dish that usually comes to mind is bandhakopir ghonto. Soft, comforting, lightly sweet, and often cooked with peas and potatoes. Sometimes we add fish head and call it macher matha diye badhakopir ghonto. But this one...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 26, 2026 | Food, Foodblog |
When we first made machher binuni kochuri, it felt familiar yet, the final result was quite different. We had already shared our classic machher kochuri on Pikturenama, the flaky, fish-stuffed delight that many of you still recreate at home. However, the braided...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 25, 2026 | Food, Foodblog |
Sunday morning in Kolkata has its own rhythm. The eight year old begins his harmonium practice. Meanwhile, the shobjiwala announces his greens in a long musical call. In the distance, a rickshaw bell cuts through the air. Soon after, the pressure cooker releases its...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 13, 2026 | Food, Foodblog |
Shora pithe is an integral part of Bengal’s pithe–puli culture. Every winter, rice becomes the central ingredient of the kitchen, transformed through soaking, grinding, fermenting, and steaming. Pithe and puli are not single recipes but a system of seasonal cooking...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Dec 27, 2025 | Food, Foodblog |
The first time I tried rum balls from Kolkata bakeries was much before the legal age for alcohol consumption. But then, Bengalis of our generation grew up with a spoonful of brandy for coughs and colds every winter, so this didn’t feel entirely out of place. Back in...
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