by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 29, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Maacher jhol- the term is literally synonymous with all Bengalis. It’s part of our staple diet and isn’t something we have once in a while. It’s every day, well, other than the Sunday murgi or mangshor jhol. No surprise, we have a variety of recipes...
by Anindya | Sep 26, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Like many fans, I too celebrated the 86th birthday of Gulzar Saab. Listening to his songs and catching up with other Gulzar fans over Social media. I went through numerous playlists and figured out some trivia and there was a happy feeling all over. This post is...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 11, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
I was recently clearing up media files on my phone and came across hundreds (I mean it) of wedding pictures with food and rituals. My cousin brother and Anindya’s cousin sister, both got married in February, though not to each other. The food pictures, albeit...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 11, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
There is no such thing called a phulkopir cutlet, said Anindya. We have heard of phulkopir shingara, phulkopir bora, but never heard of phulkopir cutlet. I was making the menu for weekend takeaways from home. It was only the second weekend and I had been focusing on...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 14, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Like most Bengalis, I grew up eating pithe puli during Poush Sankranti. Till such time I was in Port Blair, my mother and my aunts made limited delicacies on sankranti and afterwards. It was only when I got back to Kolkata in 1992, that I saw my grandmother, going all...