Chal Potol | Parwal or Pointed Gourd Pulao
Debjani and I were planning our menu for the food festival at Chilekotha sometime in July 2019. The menu was broken down to a non veg set menu, Ilish set menu and a pure vegetarian set menu. There were a few a la carte dishes too. I took up the challenge of pure...
Phenomenal Firingee Thala by Pritha Sen is a Fabulous start to Nabo Barsho at Ekdalia Rd
Firingee Thala is what Calcutta Food is and not necessarily Bengali food I had mentioned about how I assign a meal as ‘good’, these days. I would like to add on one more. You would know a meal is good if that has kindled a discussion to continue, almost an...
Basanti Pulao origin and the recipe
It is that time of the year when all that comprises of actual and pseudo bangaliana will start overflowing in various forms. Social media update, dressing in traditional punjabi paijama (we don’t call it kurta pajama but punjabi paijama) or dhuti, Bengali songs...
Poila Baishakh – The Bengali New year
Poila Baishakh or the Bengali New Year is an occasion of food, get together, laughter and celebration. It also leaves behind some memories which one remembers for the lifetime. Be it childhood memory of all brothers and sisters together or the sumptuous lunch cooked by ma or the first thrill of catching a glimpse of that elusive woman or like in my case the first possession of a book by Satyajit Ray ..
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