T his Salsa Egg Curry saga goes way back to pre-Independence India, when my grandmother was a young girl who tended wild hens in her backya...

KaloJeere-Til-Dhonepaata Maach | Nigella-Sesame-Coriander Salmon Kalo Jeere (Nigella Seeds) is supposed to alleviate joint pains. Sesame see...

Prawn Toast I didn't know Doma Wang until last year. I knew she was from Kalimpong and her restaurant Blue Poppy was famous for...

Daab Chingri | Prawns cooked in tender coconut shell Daab Chingri, or prawns cooked in tender coconut shell is more of an urban Bengali...

Photo Credit: Moumita K hejur Gur (liquid date palm jaggery -- made from boiling the sap from date palms) is very popular in Bengal d...

I recently came to know about Phulkopi Komola , a Bengali dish where Cauliflower is cooked with oranges. I had never ever heard of suc...

T he last week, I have been desperately trying to stay off carbs in my diet. Not an easy feat for aluseddho-bhaat loving Bengalis. Bu...

D urga Pujo is not a time to cook your own food. I mean ideally Ma Durga does not cook on these five days. Neither does Lokkhi, Saraswati...

T omorrow is India's Independence Day and all I can think of is I am in 3rd grade dressed in bottle green or khaki or some patrioti...

S almon was not a fish I loved when I first set foot on the shores of this country. I liked neither the taste nor the smell. The very th...

I don't have a lot of time to write today. I had promised to post this last week but then last week was super busy like any other. S...

T his recipe is our friend Mumu's. She is one half of that couple who makes roshogollas and dal gosht and tolerates us when we land...

I have not seen anyone use "regular white bread" in as many avatars as my Mother. It could be due to the fact that we mostly l...

T he best thing I love about  blogging on food for all these years is the people I meet via my blog and new recipes I learn from them. I cou...

Updated on Apr, 2018 with this photo. Scroll down for recipe. W e are in the last leg, rather finger of the summer holidays. Four mor...

Fish Curry with Tomatoes and Curry Leaves This Indian Fish Curry recipe with Basa fish is our favorite. It has a strong flavor of m...

D urga Pujo is over for most of you unless you are in some town in the US where there has been a conflict of schedule regarding the pujo ...

Shob Phaler Achaar -- Mixed Fresh Fruit Chutney I have been away from the blog for a long while and believe me I missed it so much. I w...