I have been blogging for some time now. While my blogs have touched various nooks and crannies of Bengali and Indian cuisine but some...

One of my most ardent readers is now one of my very good friend and neighbor. One day over tea we were discussing, how hard it is to make c...

Winter is coming up and so is the season for khichuri for those sleepy rainy Sunday lunches. This khichuri is from my dida and is not th...

Durga pujo is just around the corner. The fall weather in Pacific North West is very close to that of Kolkata just before Pujo. The sky...

Southern Amenia, a famous restaurant in Golpark, Kolkata served a different kind of Chaap. It differed from the traditional Kolkata Chaap i...

Living in the Pacific Northwest I am used to rain. Unlike others I never grow tired of it. After a spell of hectic summer schedule I loved ...

My first choice in cutlets is braised cutlet . While growing up I used to regularly visit Ashoka Restaurant in Behala, Kolkata for their su...

Each time we go home to Kolkata we make it a point to visit Nahoum’s in New Market . This store has been at this place from 1916. Rulers ha...

In Kolkata just around movie theatres there are these small restaurants/café’s which serve tea and various kinds of chops and cutlets. I th...

Laccha means coil or bundle. As this name suggests this paratha is made by coiling dough together. Essentially instead of following the fla...

My first love is Mutton Braised cutlet. I used to always head to our neighborhood “Ashoka Café” to get my fix. However, sometimes I used to...

Our Kolkata college memories are filled with standing infront of the local phuchka vendor starting the conversation with “দাদা টাকায় কটা...