This is a Korean style 3 ingredients whipped coffee, which is super easy to make and absolutely delicious. My cousin has been making coffee this way since we were in middle school. I just didn’t know this had a name. The whipped coffee can also be used as a cookie or brownie dip, or a…
Aloo Posto, the most popular Bengali dish. When people talk about Bengali food, they mostly talk about fish, or rosogolla, or misti doi. It’s astounding to me how little people know about the everyday Bengali vegetarian fare, which constitutes such a massive part of the Bengali cuisine. Take for example Aloo Posto. I have met…
I have been trying recipes that take less than 15 minutes to prep and cook and this one, which is from my older and now discontinued blog, came to mind. I don’t know why I hadn’t shared this with you sooner. This is perfect for days you feel too lazy but want to eat delicious…
Here is one way to keep your kids busy and well-fed (on a budget) while we figure out how many bottles of wine we need to get through the weeks or possibly months-long coronavirus quarantine: have them make their own pizzas under supervision! This is the easiest and healthiest meal option I can think of,…
I started food blogging because people’s ignorance about Indian food really irked me. The insouciance with which the historically rich and diverse cuisine of an entire nation was reduced to a store-bought jar of “curry powder” motivated the postcolonialist in me to attempt to decolonize the word “curry”. Needless to say, that mission has decidedly…
People always ask me how pujos here are different from Kolkata pujos. Honestly, once you are inside the pujo madaps with your friends and family, and as long as there is dhaak and enough loud Bengalis, they don’t feel very different. If you are in Houston Durga Bari, you will not miss Kolkata at all, and arguably the Houston pujo…
I have joined the “reducetarian” movement which “aims to improve human health, protect the environment, and spare farm animals from cruelty by reducing societal consumption of animal products.” I am committing to eliminating food and water waste and reducing the use of meat, poultry, eggs, seafood, and dairy in my kitchen by at least 50…
As you must have already heard, humans have set fire to the Amazon rain forest in an attempt to clear out land for cattle grazing. Outraged onlookers are blaming Brazil’s (Brazil is the largest exporter and second-largest consumer of beef in the world) far-right president and climate science denier Jair Bolsonaro for actively dismantling the…
I get so many emails/messages from readers asking about easy and inexpensive entertaining and dinner party recipes. Now if you are swimming in buckets of cash there is no need to think about ‘inexpensive’, of course, but if you are a struggling grad student, or entertain (willingly or unwillingly) too often then it may be important…
What to make when you can’t find palm for taler bora? Tal/Palm fruit is to Bengali Augusts what pumpkin is to American Octobers: no one likes it but everybody wants it (albeit there are some folks who actually love palm). The traditional Bengali taler bora is the quintessential janmastami bhog. It was janmastami last week, and just…