by Anindya | Aug 15, 2024 | Food, Foodblog |
How would one characterise a Jolkhabar to someone who is not Bengali, has no ancestral ties, and has never visited Kolkata? It’s just anything that’s not a meal. It may occur in the morning or the evening. Bold yet satisfying enough to stave off hunger,...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | May 26, 2023 | Food, Foodblog |
Every food has a memory attached to it. It could be a place or time of the day or a particular year, it could be a person or a familiar smell and even a song. It could be anything. Even though I have eaten this dimer Bati chorchori on and off over the years, my memory...
by Anindya | Aug 23, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
There are some topics on which we can chat endlessly—global warming, economic crisis and in recent times, about Pandemic and its impacts. On the same line, one can endlessly debate whether it’s cholar daal, alur dom, sada aloor torkari or anything else that goes...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 4, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
How is Kochuri and Kachori different? Before I begin, kochuri and kachori are different. Just like luchi and poori are both deep-fried but the way we treat the dough is different? We are a maida loving clan and our kachoris, or kochuri are made with maida. When fried...