by Madhushree Basu Roy | May 15, 2020 | Food, Foodblog |
Prawns are literally sacred for us. I grew up by the sea and lived on seafood every single day till I left Port Blair. So prawns, lobsters and crabs were easily accessible and Ma loved cooking with them. During summer holidays, we would spend our time at Canning,...
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 Anindya | Aug 12, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
The first time I had Daab Chingri was at a restaurant, when I was nearing 30. A friend had ordered this along with other Bengali dishes. Soon, the wait staff came with a green tender coconut and placed it on our table. I could see that the head of the tender coconut...
by Anindya | Feb 11, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
The discussion between Amitav Ghosh and Sunita Narayan at Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto had an impact on me in many ways. One of the key takeaway of that session was that in spite of all of us knowing that climate change is the biggest effect that we have had in...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Feb 7, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
Most people associate Bengali cuisine as consisting of primarily ‘macher jhol’ or fish curry. It is a very common misconception that Bengalis eat mosty non vegetarian food and that our specialities revolve around fish curry and kosha mangsho, finishing...