I have long wanted to perfect making a fish paturi, because it looks beautiful and sounds delicious, especially the idea of combining mustard seeds with coconut. So I have been researching many recipes to try and figure out how exactly this should be made, and finally today was successful in my attempt. I followed a […]
Prawn Malai Curry is a rich & creamy prawn and coconut dish from Bengal, which legend says got its name from a similar dish made by Malay sailors visiting India. This was one of the first dishes we introduced on our supper club menu and has been a long standing favourite of our guests. We’ve […]
The word ‘Moghlai’ that features prominently on so many restaurant boards back home conjures up images of a rich, heavy meal followed closely by Antacids, in many of us. While it’s understandable, that is a shame. While there is a tendency towards richness in that cuisine, it often gets short shrift for the oily, over-spiced onion and tomato […]
Bengalis have a saying that we have thirteen festivals for twelve months of the year (“Baro Mase Tero Parbon”) – implying that we barely need an excuse to celebrate. That probably also explains our healthy levels of food obsession and productivity! And festivals clearly meant , which invariably involves eating way more than we ought to. One […]
We were back in Bombay to celebrate my Dad’s 70th birthday and much to his chagrin, I spent the better part of a day cooking with Mom to learn a couple of my favourite recipes (that she has no part in my Dad’s bonding sessions with me over single malt, was not a consideration). The […]
I have fond memories of seeing my grandmother make ‘boris’ (sun-dried lentil dumplings) at home, arranging the wet lentil batter in neat little dollops in a big circular tray to be dried in the sun. I have even fonder memories of those sun-dried boris being deep fried into crispy delights that would punch up many a […]
Bombay Howrah Dining Car 
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