by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 12, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
My grandmother was a remarkable woman. She accomplished much in her life and probably could have done more, had she been from this era. I sometimes feel dwarfed in front of her achievements and her strength. In fact, right now, I know for sure that I would not be...
by Anindya | Oct 24, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
How did we first taste Shapla Chingri? It will not be exaggerating to say that this is the invention of the season at our dinner table. The fact that water lilly stem could be used for a recipe and that too with small shrimps, was unimaginable. My mother in law first...
by Anindya | Oct 19, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
Scene 1 take 1 – the first day It almost became a competition between the father and the son. The greedy son of a clandestine greedy father (my known ones would refuse that). When the first batch of Jibe Goja was made, I was excited but since there hasn’t...
by Anindya | Sep 28, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
It was our best friend Sakshi’s birthday and with the new princess Sifat (the daughter of Saskhi and Dipjoy) around, we were happy and excited about the party. Tugga came with us tantrum free (he says he hates girls and we joke about what he would say when he...
by Anindya | Feb 28, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
The Bengali name is well known and it is a very common pairing with bhaat (rice) and dal (lentils) but very rarely, Mourala Mach becomes a main star of any meal. Whenever there is a party or house guests, there is always a discussion point on the starters to go with...