I owe the idea for this recipe to my mother. When I was a kid, my mother often made the Lauki dal at home particularly during the summer months. She used to say, it’s good for the stomach and has a cooling effect. The Lauki dal is a relatively common Bengali dish. There was another dal which...
The first time I came across the Peruvian grilled chicken was when a fellow foodie group member enquired about this dish. She had also posted a picture of the dish and it looked intriguing to me. I then looked it up and was pleasantly surprised to find that the dish was a medium spicy...
The fish fry is a popular snack and main meal side in many parts of India. If you are a non-vegetarian, I am sure you would have had some version of this dish like the Goan fish fry or the Kerala masala fish fry or the Chettinadu style fish fry of Tamil Nadu. What if you could make this at…
I have noticed that any mango salad generally has either the raw mango or it’s riper version but never both together. So, I decided to try and create this Mango Tango salad with both versions in it. This is a summer dish and for the mango season. Once laid out the salad looks bright and...
The Mango Mastani is quite a popular summer drink. It is a kind of desi milkshake. Originally from Pune, it is now available in many parts of India. This is a tasty, hydrating beverage refreshment for the summer months. I wanted to use the same concept but experiment with a different fruit...
This dish takes me back to my childhood. As far as I can remember, I had this first at one of the clubs in Kolkata, during my growing up years. Later I remember having the grilled fish in the Sky Room on Park street. What endeared me to the dish at that time was the lack of bones and its…