• Paan Doi (Beetle leaf flavoured yogurt) with Paan Masala Brittle

    March 22, 2016Tanushree Bhowmik

    I have a strangely sentimental memory around paan. As kids, we were prohibited from having paan, well, too much of paan. The only time we were allowed to have it was when we got little shares from elders. Ma would have a paan once in a while, especially after a heavy meal. And I had…

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  • Ennai Urulai Kizhangu Varuval – Chettinad Spicy Potato Roast

    March 18, 2016Tanushree Bhowmik

    The Chettinad Potato Roast is a perfect match of two very important things in my food experience – potatoes and aromatic balanced spices! I am a spice addict. Days when I have had long tiring experience I open my spice cupboard and stand in front of it. That is my home-grown therapy! Hence the natural…

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  • Akuri – the Parsi scrambled egg

    March 14, 2016Tanushree Bhowmik

    I am scrambled egg Nazi. So critical am I of scrambled eggs that I hate it 98% of the times it is served to me, whether at home or out of 5 star kitchens. I also steer clear of the anda bhurji served by dhabas and restaurants because it is murder of the eggs! I can…

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  • Dahi Chuda Parfait

    March 10, 2016Tanushree Bhowmik

    Dahi chuda or flattened rice with curd is a traditional breakfast in the Eastern states of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. It is an everyday breakfast and also made on certain festivals like Sankranti. Seasonal fruits are usually added to it. The Dahi Chuda Parfait is inspired from the humble Dahi Chuda. It was…

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  • The Dying Art of Chosir Payesh

    March 4, 2016Tanushree Bhowmik

    Choshir Payesh (Chosi Kheer) Have you heard of the orzo or the rizoni? These are Italian pasta! Or the ptitim? It is Isreali wheat based pasta invented during the austerity period in Israel, which later became couscous! Or the kritharáki, arpa şehriye and the arpa şehriye? These are Greek, Turkish and Arabic! What is common…

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  • Koraishuti’r Khasta Kochuri and Aloo’r Dum – (Green peas kachori with dum aloo)

    March 1, 2016Tanushree Bhowmik

    I remember once when Baba had brought home some 10 kilos of peas from a village because the farmer sold them at Rs.2 a kilo! The driver had dragged a gunny bag behind him. Ma had made Baba and me sit through the entire Sunday and pop peas, much to my charging! When Didi and…

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