I rarely buy bone-in fish pieces as the kids don't like them. But I do miss them. Recently one of my neighbors got some pomfret for...

Chingri Mola | Chingri Bhorta Chingri Bhorta or Chingri Mola is a spicy prawn paste, made with tiny, small shrimps cooked in mustard ...

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...

Kolkata's Mishti Doi | Laal Doi Mishti Doi is a sweet yogurt that is very popular in Bengal. The yogurt has a reddish tinge due to...

Narkel Postor Bora Y esterday I got a delivery slot from Costco on Instacart. Yessss!! Never thought things like this will give me so mu...

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...

Chhanar Jilipi Chanar Jilipi | Chhanar Jilipi | Paneer Jalebi Chhanar Jilipi (or Paneer Jalebi) is a typical Bengali sweet made with f...

Khejur Gur Roshogolla T oday is a day that will go down in history. Well, at least my history. First, because I pulled out the...

I t's the New year and there's lot going on in the world, and you are probably thinking "What a way to start!!" But then y...

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...

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...

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...

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...

O ver the weekend, we had some deep discussion with friends, who are trying to learn the intricacies of Vedanta. They shared pearls of w...

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...