by Anindya | Feb 24, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Have you ever watched Cheteswhar Pujara before every delivery he faces? He holds the bat close to his chest, fixes the grip, takes the right hand lowest possible to the neck and the left hand on top of it. I almost follow a similiar ritual when I eat a parshe machh or...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 7, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Most people associate Bengali cuisine as consisting of primarily ‘macher jhol’ or fish curry. It is a very common misconception that Bengalis eat mosty non vegetarian food and that our specialities revolve around fish curry and kosha mangsho, finishing...
by Anindya | Jun 10, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Blame it on my Ghoti upbringing. My ancestral home was in Bardhaman, my mother had her roots in Bankura. More than a feeling of apartheid towards the people from Bangladesh (who actually chose to settle in this part of the country), it was a disconnect with...
by Anindya | May 10, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
From meeting the opposite sex to starting to like him/her, to marinating the relationship with meetings and getting to know each other, to finally proposing and then confirming the relationship is the most insecure part of a relationship. Smallest to biggest...
by Anindya | Mar 20, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
Which shape is the most preferred shape of Begun Bhaja for you? The long fine slices, one with a part of the long stem at the top or the perfectly cut round slices, ones like coins of some currency? Let the world call it eggplant or aubergine but for us, it’s...