by Madhushree Basu Roy | Aug 16, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Bengal has such a wide variety of fresh water and river water fish. If we begin to name them, we can cover all the alphabets of the English language. Other than Rohu and Katla, it is the smaller fish variety that lends a far superior taste. Pabda maach is one such...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Aug 12, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
While growing up, I never tasted Loitta mach or Bombay duck as it is commonly known. Although I grew up by the sea (in Port Blair) and my father had quite an experimental palate, he wasn’t allowed to bring home loitta mach. It wasn’t until I landed up in...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Aug 9, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
Amongst all the animal proteins that we have, mutton is our favourite. Oh, of course, it’s not something we consume every day (you know, all the cholesterol stories, etc) but every celebration calls for mutton. So much so that Anindya says he will have kosha...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Aug 4, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
The sound of the tiffin box hitting against the metal kadai sitting inside a pool of bubbling water is a sign of what’s to come next. It’s almost lunchtime and everyone is waiting eagerly for the queen to arrive. I mean Hilsa of course. It’s hard to...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jul 29, 2021 | Food, Foodblog |
I remember Anindya mentioning a soft and moist tea-cake baked with ricotta cheese after his tour from Italy. He brought a suitcase full of truffle products, different kinds of cheese, several cured types of meat, chocolates, some exquisite wine, and limoncello from...
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