Murshidabad chapter- The ittar-wala and nawab
This is probably my last installment of my trip to Murshidabad. The land of nawabs just 4 hours journey from Kolkata and…
This is probably my last installment of my trip to Murshidabad. The land of nawabs just 4 hours journey from Kolkata and…
I know I’ve been talking about mango in last few of my posts and frankly being someone obsessed with it, I can’t…
We bongs are known to be quite possessive and eccentric in nature- especially towards our food and culture. And, for us, summer means…
I am known to talk a lot of unnecessary rubbish before coming down to the main point. So, to discuss Dhakai Parota…
My city, Kolkata, prefers to stay inside in a timewrap. One of my friends from outside asked me few days back, about…
Kolkata, as a city never fails to amaze me. Different tribes (or rather communities) have settled here over last couple of centuries…
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Vegetarian cuisine is generally not my cup of tea. But when someone proudly boasts that it IS the best vegetarian cuisine, and…
Frankly, I am not someone who goes ga-ga over Bengali food in fine dining restaurants. No, it’s not the problem of those…
Among the lesser known cuisines in India, Kashmiri cuisine probably reigns supreme (off course I am opinionated here…) and because of some…