by Anindya | Oct 24, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
How did we first taste Shapla Chingri? It will not be exaggerating to say that this is the invention of the season at our dinner table. The fact that water lilly stem could be used for a recipe and that too with small shrimps, was unimaginable. My mother in law first...
by Anindya | Oct 19, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
Scene 1 take 1 – the first day It almost became a competition between the father and the son. The greedy son of a clandestine greedy father (my known ones would refuse that). When the first batch of Jibe Goja was made, I was excited but since there hasn’t...
by Anindya | Sep 28, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
It was our best friend Sakshi’s birthday and with the new princess Sifat (the daughter of Saskhi and Dipjoy) around, we were happy and excited about the party. Tugga came with us tantrum free (he says he hates girls and we joke about what he would say when he...
by Anindya | Apr 4, 2017 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
Let’s say you are planning to start a Bengali restaurant What are the things that come to your mind when you start planning the menu? Shukto (quintessentially Bong vegetarian dish made with bitter guard and other vegetables), Alu posto (potatoes with poppy seed...
by Anindya | Dec 18, 2016 | Food, Foodblog |
What does Sunday mean to you? Ask a Bengali. The answers lie at the end of this post. Let me know how many match your answer. There are many specialized dishes which have certain strength or flavour and only goes with specific combinations. A nicely made chicken...