Bhaja Muger Dal/Roasted Mung Soup

This recipe is a plain, simple comfort food; the kind which takes me back home right when I start heating up my skillet. The warm aroma stirs up the nostalgia, which hangs in thick clusters. Little strings of incidents line up like dew drops on a blade of grass while real and unreal blends […]

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Red Lentils with Cumin and Fried Onions

I have been very eloquent about my love of red lentils in a lot of posts before. This is another of my favorite recipe from home – my dida’s recipe, a comforting dish fondly remembered and spiced with love and memories.

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Potatoes with Indian Five Spice

Have you tried the Bengali five spice blend yet? If you haven’t, you should give it a try.

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Poppy Seed and Chickpea Crusted Potatoes

There are a few dishes as simple and as universal as fried potatoes – but done in different ways in different parts of the world.

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Cabbage with Peas and Potatoes – Bandhakopir Torkaari

A simple homey side dish of cabbage, peas and potatoes cooked in a very Bengali way.

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