Carefully sliding the bitter gourd fritters under my porcelain dish that had three tiny imprints of some unknown east Asian fruit bearing tree, I felt relieved. My resentment towards anything teto – ...

Honey Hunting and Bees in Your Bonnet! Bengalis are united by a love of good food, but divided over who cooks it. West Bengalis love poppy seeds and sugar, East Bengalis dried fish and chilli. BBC ...

With Indian cuisine in focus both globally and locally, there has never been a better time to chronicle Indian culinary culture in all its diversity. Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal, herself the custodian ...

India, May 29 -- Growing up, I often wrinkled my nose and quietly plotted my escape from the dining table at the whiff of the cumin-spiced Dhokar Dalna. As the simple, light curry, rich with the ...

Bengali Chicken Curry: Bengali chicken curries make for an excellent dinner. Chicken curries are quite a staple amongst the non-vegetarians in India. A rich and delicious chicken curry when paired ...

Sure, Mishti Doi may be everyone’s favourite when it comes to Bengali sweets. But after experiencing Nobo Borsher Bhojon, the dinner buffet at Golconda Pavilion, ITC Kohenur, we walked out with a lot ...

Bengal's love affair with food needs no separate introduction. Food here is more like poetry, memory and mood. And when monsoon arrives, a Bengali kitchen responds with a quiet shift in rhythm. The ...

Discover how to eat and cook like a true Bong – recipes from a Bengali kitchen Bengalis or Bongs as they are now called are a food loving lot. It has become an art form and is a ‘culture’ in its own ...