Peas Puri or Koraishutir Kochuri as bongs call it is brings on fond memory of Kolkata. It reminds me of the "freezing" 60°F (15°C...

Updated: With video If you are a Bengali you have literally grown up eating Phulkopir Dalna. This is one of the most common and fundamenta...

This is part 2 of our pujo spread  post. Prompted by our friends going to a pujo spread buffet at a local Indian restaurant, I decided t...

Every year during this time everyone in USA gets crazy about pumpkin for all the wrong reasons (ahem ghosts). They drink pumpkin la...

The very first year we were in US, my daughter went on a school trip to a farm for Halloween. She proudly brought home a pumpkin which she ...

After a long hiatus I am back to food blogging. This post is brought to you by a bad bout of cold. The last time I had a cold was when I vis...

When I first posted this picture to facebook a few asked me why have I used Zarda (chewable tobacco) in a recipe. I hope someone doesn’t...

  I just posted my recipe for easy Dosa. This is the recipe for the filling if you want to make ‘em stuffed. It goes well with Poori as we...

  We love Dosa, but since it is not our staple food, we do not have the gadgets to make it easily. Unlike a South Indian household we do n...

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...

This is a common curry served at road side shacks in and around Kolkata along with Puri and Kachuri . Most of us grew up gobbling this do...

One of our friends kept raving about some Dahl Puri which he had at a small restaurant in Seattle. He was so impressed that I had to also t...

We are regular visitors to the local Farmer’s market. We love the fresh organic produce as well as the artisan food. In one of those visits...

My daughters favorite veggy is Bhendi or Ladies finger. If she were to choose she chooses Bhendi over mutton, which is pretty weird So as ...

We are just back from Mexico. The weather there constantly reminded me of sultry Kolkata. The temperature hovered around 35 Celsius and the...

It is hard to explain to someone who has never had daal with crispy potato fry, how good it is. It all sounds very simple until you really...

My mashi (aunt) loves cauliflower and so my cousin Puja went out and bought some with the intention of making Tandoori Gobi for mashi’s bir...

[Updated post] There are a ton of dhabas (Punjabi roadside shacks) in and around Kolkata. The most common food a bong orders there is “tad...

In our school, it was a very common to see that a bunch of folks remained hungry with a box full of alur dum or ghugni at the end of the lun...

Potol was never my favorite. I never really understand why anyone would want to eat it, obviously other then the time when you stuff it with...