by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 24, 2023 | Food, Foodblog |
It’s chicken ‘dak’ bungalow and not a ‘duck’ bungalow. Unlike what many think, chicken dak bungalow has nothing to do with duck eggs. And one cannot claim to have an authentic recipe for this particular dish. It is also one of those...
by Anindya | Aug 14, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Imagine a scorching summer day. Usually by the end of April, it is unbearable heat in the city. Ashok, the house help, was not allowed to enter our complex for the lockdown. It was an absolute chaos with the bored and cranky kids and too much house work to do. Almost...
by Anindya | Jul 15, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Sunday Bengali chicken curry – Baba never had meat. When he was a child, once he had seen a Goat being slaughtered and that was it. He was in class VII . Since then he could never have mutton or chicken. This never prevented the entry of chicken or mutton at...
by Anindya | Dec 7, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
I was slightly confused about how to translate ‘Dum’ to English. This is all about Bengali Murgir Dum or Bengali style slow-cooked chicken curry. I referred to who else but Colleen Taylor Sen and her book History of Food In India. Quoting her –...
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