Marking the beginning of spring season is the festival of Basant Panchami. The festival has various aliases, spelt as Vasant Panchami and also known as Saraswati Puja. Basant means spring an… Read More

Begun Bhaja recipe with step by step photos | how to make begun bhaja recipe – Begun Bhaja or Baingan Bhaja is a very quick and easy-to-make recipe from Bengali cuisine. Eggplants are… Read More

Vaangi Bhat literally means eggplant/aubergine/brinjal rice. And that’s exactly what it is – a dish of eggplant and rice lightly fried with an aromatic and nutty spice mixture. V… Read More

(Gerry Furth-Sides) We call the book, The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles “Just in Time” because of the publicity that Bangladesh received as the final Jeopardy question t… Read More

Few things make you realise who you are more than the loss of your mother. With my mother, Putul Pal, it was her food. It has been a few months since the day my Ma slipped away from my life… Read More

We take a month to plan a webinar. Anandomela at ROOH took less than 2 weeks. The religious will say because it was dedicated to maa, it had to happen. I am not religious. So, I will give… Read More

Bengali cuisine is unique in the ingredients it has. The dishes retain much of the fibre and lot of proteins are eaten in every meal cooked with healing spices. One of the most celebrat… Read More

Brinjal is one veggie which not many people like, but they don't know what they are missing out on.  There are quite a few delicious recipes made with brinjal like gutti vankaya kura, b… Read More

 Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it kickstarts your metabolism and keeps you charged up for the day. During childhood days I used to look forward to the weekends when… Read More

So Bijoya is over and so is Lakshmi Pujo. And I am left with lots of desiccated coconut, I have bought for those Naarus. If I don’t use them right away, pretty soon they’ll start… Read More

O aaere chute aae pujor gondho esecheDhang kurakur, dhang kurakur baddi bejecheGache shiuli futeche, Kalo bhomra juteche,Aar palla diye akashe meghera chuteche||Come on ever… Read More