by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 2, 2023 | Food, Foodblog |
West Bengal, particularly Kolkata, is dotted with mishti’r dokan (sweet shops). Walk 2 steps and you will find one. Every lane and by-lane of the city has a sweet shop, each boasting of its speciality. Some make the best roshogolla, some darbesh, sondesh and so...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Aug 4, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Rasmalai is the next favourite Bengali sweet in the country after rasgulla. It has been widely accepted over the years and hence, you will find several shops in North India as well as the West, selling this golden saffron coloured dessert. Due to it’s ease of...
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...
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...