Om has been suffering from a toothache since ast night. It had been bothering him since beginning of the lockdown but we couldn’t make a trip to the dentist, so he was managing it. Last night the pain got unbearable and he couldn’t sleep all night! And those who have experienced toothaches and earaches know…
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Continue ReadingI see a lot of people who have become interested in bread making during this lockdown! One reason being our limited mobility to step out, familiarity of bread on our breakfast tables and the finally having the time that most people associate with bread making. Well, it does need time but most of it doesn’t…
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Continue ReadingToday is Chaitra Sankranti, a day for traditional recipes using seasonal summer vegetables. What better than Ashis’s grandmother’s recipe for drumsticks in mustard paste. He very kindly shared the recipe, and wrote to me saying, “She adored me like hell. Actually my mom didn’t know anything when she got married. So all the food she’s…
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Continue ReadingLebu pata bhapa paneer My Naboborsho this year was as (meh!)as the year in general. My yearly bout of summer fever decided to come a night before the Nabobarsho, completely draining me of every iota of energy. I spent the entire day on liquids, only to be able to eat tiny morsels of solid food…
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Continue ReadingI have never met Saptarshi in person but one doesn’t really need to meet him to appreciate his work and be a fan of it. The man behind the famous Bongeats channel, his reputation precedes him. Saptarshi very kindly agreed to share his recipe of congee for the Frugal Kitchens. As he writes – “Congee…
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Continue Reading“Priyadarshini Chatterjee is a freelance journalist, a food blogger and writer. She spends her time reading or experimenting in her kitchen, travels as much as she can and eats her way through life. But she loves to write more than anything else.” That is how Priyadarshini’s bio reads. I can add that she is also…
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Continue ReadingI met Madhushree about two years back on a trip to Kolkata when she and Anindya, left two kids back home without a nanny, and made time to come and meet us. Since then, they have made sure that we meet everytime any one of us are in each other’s town. It doesn’t matter how…
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Continue ReadingFrugality can be a great teacher. It forces us to think on our feet. Forces it to improvise. And kitchens across the world are best examples of rising to the challenge of frugality. A big part of what we throw away in kitchens are the stalks and peels of vegetables. Most of them pack a…
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Continue ReadingWhen I started the series, the super gorgeous Meenakshi messaged me to ask if a cookie would be too extravagant in these circumstances. I assured her, it wouldn’t be. It wouldn’t be because we need to keep celebrating life, especially in difficult times. And what better than an easy cookie! For a lot of you…
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Continue ReadingBetween my last post in March 10 and today, it seems like we are in a whole different world! Social connect, essentials, entertainment – everything that defines life has taken on a different meaning. We are in a world that needs, more than ever before, for us to be empathetic, generous, nourished and positive. Using…