by Malini Banerjee | Sep 11, 2019 | Useful Links |
Onam Sadhya at Kolkata 2019 This year Onam, the harvest festival from Kerala, is from the 1st of September till the 13th of September. Like most harvest festivals, it is celebrated with a lot in every Malayalee household. On the 10th day of the festival, a lavish food...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Sep 7, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
I never thought that one day, I would make chital macher muitha. I don’t have many memories of eating muitha before moving to Kolkata in 1992. Before that, it was always short summer vacations in Kolkata. However, I do remember eating muitha several times after that....
by Anindya | Sep 4, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
How can I forget Doi maach? I will start with an honest confession. I don’t remember having doi maach before. Wait, before you start thrashing me on this, let me rephrase – I don’t remember the taste of any doi maach, which had strongly registered in my mind....
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Aug 29, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Just last Sunday, I was suddenly faced with a revolt from the father and son. They did not want to eat luchi on a Sunday anymore. Above all, they did not want something Bengali. Trust me, there couldn’t have been a happier ‘me’. I think for the last...
by Anindya | Aug 27, 2019 | Food |
On August 8, we could finally manage to bring home the first Ilish of the season. By Bengali standards, this is a poor performance since the official start of monsoon is from June 15. Ilish has been special in our house and more so, after Baba passed away. Every house...