by Madhushree Basu Roy | Sep 20, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Strange isn’t it that I am talking about macher dimer borar torkari on Vishwakarma Pujo rather than mangsher jhol? Vishwakarma Pujo has always been a very integral part of my life. My family business is of construction (government projects, infrastructure etc)....
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 | Aug 12, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
The first time I had Daab Chingri was at a restaurant, when I was nearing 30. A friend had ordered this along with other Bengali dishes. Soon, the wait staff came with a green tender coconut and placed it on our table. I could see that the head of the tender coconut...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 13, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Ghoti’s love their ambols. Most ghotis I know of, have some kind of ambol everyday, at least my family does. While growing up, I only knew of ‘chutney’ and it was only after marriage, that even ‘kancha aamer jhol’ became ‘kancha...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 6, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Shorshe is love for a Bengali. You will rarely find a Bong who does not like shorshe. Couple that with chingri and you have shorshe bhapa chingri, a Bengali classic that arouses passion like none other. Someone once said that the secret to great cooking is to first...
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