by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 11, 2026 | Food, Foodblog |
Growing up in a Bangal home, eating all kinds of fish wasn’t a choice, it was just how we ate. Bangals are people who migrated from East Bengal, now Bangladesh, before and around the time of Partition. So our dining table was filled with aar, boal, magur,...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 3, 2026 | Food, Foodblog |
Folui, Foli or Pholui as many Bengalis pronounce it, is one of those fish that seldom get the attention it deserves. Go to a traditional fish market in Bengal during the monsoon and you might come across a basket of these lean, silvery fish lying quietly besides the...