Mocha r Paturi -Banana flower wrapped and cooked in banana leaf

Mocha r Paturi ( Banana flower wrapped and cooked in banana leaf) Mocha (banana flower) is a very favorite dish of ours.  I am not exception although cooking mocha takes patience. One needs to peel each layer of the flower and bring out the stem 

Muri Ghonto-Noakhali Style – Fish head and potato curry

There is so many things going on in my head at the same time, I am unable to give form on any one of them. At one end, I am excited about a recipe requested from a childhood friend, on the other I am forcing 

Eid walla Semaiya- Vermicelli Kheer

It is a beautiful sunny day in London. The kind of warm, lazy day- perfect for  staying home, eating fish and rice with Gondhoraj lebu and dal , playing a game of ludo and having a cup of Darjeeling tea standing by the balcony ( 

Kolkata styled Mutton Biriyani- Mutton Biryani

Eid walla Biriyani for my dearest friend SS Growing up in North Africa, celebrating Eid was part of my childhood. My brother and I got new dresses, my mother cooked lovely food and family friends visited our home.  We went to visit L aunty, Y 

Anarosh Malpua: Pineapple Malpua – Ordinary Malpua with a twist

I am a Bangal (people who are originally from then East Bengal, now Bangladesh and settled in West Bengal, India as opposed to Goti-people originally from West Bengal, India) from Tripura with ancestry in Noakhali, Bangladesh. Although I have never really stayed in Tripura other