Creating masterpieces with everyday ingredients.
Food, the element that keeps us alive. The factor that is essential for us to survive and sustain. The substance that is necessary for the flow of oxygen in the body. Some say, ‘We eat to live’ and some say ‘We live to eat’. Whatever it is, but no creature in this world can separate …
Don’t you think we Indians have a strange relationship with banana? Although it should not come as a surprise, as India is believed to be the place of origin of this ancient fruit and so far, India is the largest consumer of banana in the world. Banana is one of those fruits in India which …
May, 2003 Although it may look like just a day for the rest of the world, but it is not just a day for me and my cousin Tumpa. For this is the first time in our life when we are honoured with the responsibility of taking care and running the house all by ourselves, …
“Change is the only constant in our life”. These words made a deep mark in my ears and mind when I heard them for the first time at School Farewell Function, coming out from my batchmate’s mouth, as he was imparting his farewell speech (Not sure if I heard or read before. But at this …
Feeling light. Isn’t it a wonderful feeling? Ask me, it is the most important feeling that I want to and I need to hold on to. Imagine the positivity these words spread when someone says ‘I am feeling light’, even the surroundings cannot ignore. And the most important thing, the statement or the words ‘feeling …
Food, Cooking, Kitchen, Taste, Blah, Blah, Blah… For some people these words are no more than chore to keep oneself going. For majority, day in day out it is just a small world or small thing in the hundreds of important things that need to be taken care of. But, as I take conscious effort …
It feels really great to say that I cook for pleasure. Cooking gives me that inner joy, which we naturally seek everyday in everything, but find in rarest of things and rarest of activities. There is some mysterious satisfaction when I am in the kitchen, in the midst of ingredients and spices who are continuously …
Boredom! I am sure everyone has their own interpretation and their own way to define boredom. For me it is an alarm or a sign of warning from my brain, when the mind is extremely tired owing to repetition and predictability of outcome for any action or anything. But, on the contrary to the general …
Desire. Which means a strong emotion of longing for some person or object or outcome. The emotion that does not know any limit. The emotion that pushes our boundaries. The emotion that also expands our possibilities. It was nothing but the desire to marry Juliet that made young Romeo lose his life. It is the …
In my ‘Bengali Style Masoor Dal or Red Lentil Soup’ post, I mentioned how this dal takes a backseat and allows the accompaniments to shine. Though owing to my familiarity I relate this condition more with masoor dal or red lentil, but this fact holds true for any kind of dal. The versatile dal can …