by Madhushree Basu Roy | Oct 21, 2022 | Food, Foodblog |
Taro is consumed almost in all parts of the country in different forms. In Western India, it’s the large taro leaves that are much loved. Bengal is dotted with water bodies in the form of lakes and ponds and hence, different varieties of taro or kochu as we call...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 19, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Like I had written in my previous post on pui shaaker chorchori, Bengali recipe names are often based on their cooking techniques. And some of the names are quite funny too. Bandhakopir ghonto is one such funny name. I mean, why ‘ghonto’? I have always...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Sep 30, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
There are so many kinds of khichuri in Bengali cuisine with specific side dishes. Typically, bhoger khichuri or a bhuni khichuri is accompanied by five kinds of bhaja. We call it panch rokom bhaja or panch rokomer bhaja, meaning 5 kinds of fried vegetables. Having...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 2, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
On the 8th day on #11daysofdal, I realised how much we have learned about the various uses of dal in the Indian subcontinent. It has been a huge learning and newfound respect towards the most humble ingredient- dal. The 9th day was dedicated towards indigenous dal and...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Oct 2, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
This season, I learnt to make shaplar bhyala. I tell Tugga all the time, learning never ends. Be it photography, house work, styling, cooking, baking, whatever we do, we are constantly learning. And even though, this was just some fritter (some would say), I was...
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