W are in the middle of a surreal time. 5 year later when I come back and read this post, I don't know how I will feel. In the beginni...

Parsi style Mutton Curry with Apricots L ast week I realized I know very little. Like Toilet Paper plays a crucial role in times of C...

Portuguese-Style Fish  T here was a recent @nytimes article which asked 18 families around the world what they were having for a typica...

Today is Bishawakarma Pujo. And guess what ? I do not have a single food memory of this festival. Tomato? Potato? Khichuri? Biriyani...

Mutton Biryani | Kolkata Mutton Biryani Mutton Biryani is a famous dish where fargrant rice is cooked with pieces of mutton. The Kolka...

I have been obsessed with this grilled chicken recipe and had to share it here. It is perfect for the summer. A little marination and a...

W hen my kids were younger, I used to have this dream -- that they are now older, responsible teenagers and hence doing everything on thei...

T omorrow is  Poila Boishakh, the first day of Boishakh ushering in the Bengali New year. While the English NewYear involves a lot of har...

Kolkata Style Chicken Biryani | Calcutta Biryani Kolkata Biryani  is known for its distinct subtle taste where fragrant rice is mixe...

O ver the Christmas break in December, we went to Los Cabos, Mexico . A mini reunion of of some of our college friends from million years...

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...

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...

Moumita making her Kochu Pata Chingri T oday I will bring you a dish that  I had never had it growing up and my Mother never made it. N...

Bengali Chicken Curry | Murgir Jhol The Bengali Chicken Curry is the most simplest of Chicken Curries popular in Bengali homes. While t...

B engalis eat a lot of fish. Growing up, I think we ate fish almost every day of the week. Not Fridays, because that is my Mother's Puja...

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...

Goat Sukka | Goat Sukha Goat Sukka or Goat Sukha  is a dry mutton preparation, which is  native to the Mangalore and Udupi region . Many a...