Often Bengalis are associated with regal breakfast dishes like a Sunday Morning Luchi Aloo’r Dom (Deep fried puffy bread and Spicy Bengali Potato Masala), Cholar Dal (Thick Lentils soup), Koraishutir Kochuri (Green Peas Kachori) or a Radha Ballavi (Lentil stuffed bread). In the legendary reputation of these elaborate breakfast preparations, Phena Bhaat (Bengali Rice Congee)Continue reading “Phena Bhaat and the definition of Bengali school-time breakfast”
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How I met your Mother; oops I meant your perfect Sunday mutton curry.
As I write this blog today, a train of images rummages through my photographic mind. An usual Sunday morning. A 6-year old me has the amnesty to wake up at 10 in the morning today without Maa screaming, “You’re going to be late for school!” Brushing can clock-watch its event for a while too, it’sContinue reading “How I met your Mother; oops I meant your perfect Sunday mutton curry.”
Love Thy Neighbour; and their recipes – Dom Chingri Kosha
Husband and I recently moved to Kolkata hoping to spend the rest of his work years here. Having stayed in and around Assam for most of my married life, Kolkata is… new to me. Mostly intimidated by the new neighbourhood in my society, I enter my new home thinking, well, there’s always books to finishContinue reading “Love Thy Neighbour; and their recipes – Dom Chingri Kosha”
Ranna Baati 