Dim Posto or Dim Narkel Posto -- Egg Curry with Poppy seeds paste A lmost everyday I tell the girls, "Practice makes Perfection. You ...

M y grandmother's house in India had a wildly growing garden. Trees of all kinds grew around the age old garden, leaning over the solid ...

I often hear people say that you don't make good friends after your childhood. That the best friends you make are the one you had sin...

T he weather has been amazingly warm for February in the last few days. Being from a warm country, I am not very fond of snowy winters, ...

Thai food is comfort food for us. Well at least for the two adults and the teen. Little Sis does not like Thai food! Don't ask me ...

Kolkata Style chicken Rezala | Chicken Rezala The typical Bengali style rezala is a mildly spiced, fragrant, yogurt-based stew with ch...

T his Spring Break we went to the Smoky Mountains -- the Great Smoky Mountains. One of the few national parks in the east coast. I am a s...

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...

I don't know about you but I simple love goat liver aka " mete " in Bengali. Chicken liver -- not so much but Goat liver ...

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...

T his Omelette er jhol or Indian style Omelettes in a gravy, is one of my favorite egg dishes. There is something about an omelette bask...

Yesterday was the dress rehearsal at LS's dance class. Being an Indian classical dance you can well imagine the lengths one had to g...

I don't think I have ever written here about the trips, travels or vacations we take as a family. I don't fancy myself as a trav...

I have never had a Goalondo Murgi in all my childhood. I do not know anyone in my family who has tasted this dish cooked by the boatm...

I don't know what has happened to my evening these days. With the kids getting older, you would expect that, my evenings would rol...

I think I have said a million times on my blog, that I have spent a big chunk of my growing up years outside Kolkata. And by outside, I do ...