by Madhushree Basu Roy | Nov 17, 2025 | Food, Foodblog |
Who doesn’t love beet bhaja? It’s beetroot stir-fried. We Bengalis do, especially in winter, when the produce arrives fresh and deep red. Like the potato, beetroot was a foreign import but slowly became a local favourite. Beet bhaja is one of those pure...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Oct 9, 2025 | Food, Foodblog |
My earliest memory of paneer dalna is from Canning. It was Lokkhi Pujo, and Dida had made her special khichuri bhog. Her khichuri was more like a pulao with vegetables and toasted moong dal. There was labra, several kinds of bhajas, and a light but intensely...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jun 29, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
I grew up by the sea and indulged on the wonderful seafood that one could dream of. Port Blair offered an abundance of seafood at a throwaway price in the 80s and 90s. We used to have lobsters and giant sized crabs for a Sunday lunch. By giant sized, they were between...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 9, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Every time I make chingri malaikari at home, I remember this remark made by Mr. Vir Sanghvi during one of our conversation. ‘..but Bongs don’t own the malaikari’, he said. Up until then, I did not know the history of this prawn dish, which is a household name in...
by Anindya | Dec 24, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
Few words from the past The purpose of writing a blog is many but one of the best part is that you can look back, take a stock of how things have shaped up and certain misses also. Interestingly, we had all the characters present then and the shooting happened in...
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