by Malini Banerjee | Mar 13, 2020 | Useful Links |
Jhalmuri was ‘bad’ when I was a kid My first brush with Jhalmuri was in an overly crowded local train. I was travelling from Bandel to Howrah along with my parents and he boarded at one of the stations. Like most of the hawkers in the train, he had his own...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Mar 8, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
Holi or Diwali, gujiyas are a must in North India. Gujiyas are popular homemade sweets in Bihar, UP, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan. While I was in Pune, my Bai (maid) used to bring gujiyas during Diwali and Holi. However, in Marathi, it is known as karanji and...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 11, 2020 | Food, Foodblog, Uncategorized |
There is no such thing called a phulkopir cutlet, said Anindya. We have heard of phulkopir shingara, phulkopir bora, but never heard of phulkopir cutlet. I was making the menu for weekend takeaways from home. It was only the second weekend and I had been focusing on...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 29, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Today is a khichuri labra kind of day. It has been drizzling since morning with a lot of haze. More importantly, today is Saraswati Pujo. Saraswati is the goddess of wisdom, knowledge, music and all kinds of art. Hence for her puja, we keep books and musical...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 27, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Saraswati Puja around the corner and as a tradition, kuler chutney is made on that day and served with khichuri bhog. Kul is Indian berry and I am not really sure what is the exact English name but Wikipedia throws up ‘jujube’. However, I have some photo...
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