If you are a Bengali you can never escape the evergreen ‘payesh’. You have any traditional function, any festival or even a birthday payesh is omnipresent. Payesh or rice kheer is…

Muffins can make me happy any time – little cups of joy. Last time I had shared a Blackberry Muffin recipe which I made with blackberry preserves. Last Sunday I…

I almost can never resist desserts… or rather any form of sinful dark chocolate pastries. And a moist sinful brownie is just right to set the mood and go yummylicious.…

Italian cuisine and pasta have become synonymous everywhere. But somehow I have seen people here (in India) obsessed with only two kinds of pasta – in red sauce or in…

When its summer in India you seem to see and smell mangoes everywhere. Some time back when had gone shopping the entire floor of Total supermarket was smelling of mangoes.…

Prawns can be cooked in almost every way that you might like – sauté, stir fry, deep fry, curry, baked – almost anything. Curry obviously is a major part of…

Abnormal temperatures, scorching sun & sweltering heat – the Indian summer shows no mercy to anyone. Keeping the body hydrated at all times is a must and what can be…

  I am a self confessed fan of Italian cuisine. Pastas are so quick n easy to make and you can experiment with almost anything that you like. So this…

I am such a dessert lover, I can almost never say no to anything sweet. That’s probably the same with all the Bongs. I guess lately I have been bitten…

Samosa or ‘singara’ as we Bengalis call it, is almost a national savoury item throughout India.  You can find hot samosas in every corner of the country.   It’s a…