Maa’r Robibaarer Murgir Jhol – Sunday Chicken Curry

IT’S A THING! Yes, you heard me right. Runny consistency yet a dark-oily chicken curry on Sundays with Sadaa Bhaat (Steamed Rice) is a thing in Bengalis. Well, of course Kochi Patha’r Jhol or Mutton Curry always steals the show on Sundays but some days when Maa feels that Maangsho (in Bengalis, we generally termContinue reading “Maa’r Robibaarer Murgir Jhol – Sunday Chicken Curry”

Ekla Boisakh – A sorrower’s guide to acing the lockdown in festivities alone

Poila Boisakh a.k.a. Bengali New Year has always been an important day in every Bengali household. Gorging my way through an array of pithe-puli and wearing notun jama-kaapor is what I remember as the new start of the year beckons. In my childhood days in Assam, convent schools didn’t prioritize Bengali festivals but luckily itContinue reading “Ekla Boisakh – A sorrower’s guide to acing the lockdown in festivities alone”

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