by Madhushree Basu Roy | Apr 10, 2025 | Food, Foodblog |
Kancha aam diye pulao, also known as mango rice or green mango rice, is a comforting dish made in different parts of India. In South India, it’s a common preparation—especially in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh—where it’s known as mangai sadam or mamidikaya...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 28, 2025 | Food, Foodblog |
Rediscovering Fatima Didi’s Murgir Shada Pulao Years ago, during my stay in Goa, Fatima didi, our househelp at that time, introduced me to a delicious pulao on Eid. Unlike our traditional Bengali pulaos or the rich aromas of biryani, her dish was refreshingly simple....
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 10, 2024 | Food, Foodblog |
Cashews and raisins are fried in ghee and then cooked with long grain and fragrant basmati rice with a mellow garam masala flavour- that’s what kaju kishmish pulao is all about. What is important is the quality of the rice and how to cook it without making it...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 1, 2023 | Food, Foodblog |
We Bengalis love Chinese food, rather- Kolkata Chinese food. It’s different and for us, any other Chinese food isn’t the real deal. Back in the 80s and 90s, when there was a boom of Chinese restaurants in Kolkata, not everyone could afford to go to a...
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