Creating masterpieces with everyday ingredients.
Easiness! Unfortunately, unlike the word itself, the realisation of the word does not come so easily, atleast now a days. We always have something or the other to do, some things piled up, some emails to be replied, some projects to be closed, etc. And if not piled up, we aways have something to organise …
Have you ever felt, some strange kind of comfort, calmness and peace, when you simplify things surrounding you or things that appear to be simple compared to others. Although they might not appear as attractive from distance, while their true beauty can only be realised when someone actually experience them. These things or kind of …
‘Love’. What a powerful and magical word it is. This four-letter word, they say has the ability to move mountains, part seas and can create miracles. The feeling when true to the core, can make someone happier than ever and can also make someone experience the deepest level of pain. It is the love for …
‘Saving’, the word that we middle class Indians learn, if not the first one but one of the first for sure. Fortunately or unfortunately, it is not only the word but also the deep meaning of saving that we have been made to understand and the associated hardships, if not befriending the idea of saving …
In my last post ‘Doi Potol’, I have mentioned about the importance of ‘balance of taste’. The very dish ‘Doi Potol’ also combines and balances multiple tastes like savoury, sweet, sour and becomes a delicious gastronomical experience. However, one of the important taste the dish gives a miss is ‘bitter’. And so is the case …
Plan or Surprise! Sometimes I wonder, which one between these two actually puts a direction to our life. They say planning is the key to lead a successful life. From the day one, our elders set the path for us that we are supposed to follow. And as we grow, we start taking reins in …
I have always observed, everytime when me and my husband start chatting about our childhood days, a surprising spark appears in his eyes. Probably he can also see the same spark in my eyes. We love to talk about the houses we lived in. How rain patter made sound on our tin roofs. How we …
As I am preparing myself to write this recipe post, which happens to be ‘Chingdi Mach Diye Potoler Dolma Bhaja or Prawn Stuffed Pointed Gourd Fritters’, I begin to wonder and realise, how any stuffing in any vegetable or bread or for that matter meat, exponentially raises the strata of that simple dish and also …
It is said that human civilization has been cultivating lentils from the very conception of civilization itself. Thus, it should not surprise us to encounter lentil in one form or the other across the world, popping out in different form or in different states, waiting its turn to mesmerise us and connect us with our …
Chorchori, not sure who invented the word, but so far it looks like one of the most flexible culinary word, atleast I have come across in my mother tongue ‘Bengali’. Although the internet provides us with lots of variation when it comes to defining Chorchori, and also given the luck of being born in a …