Cooking at home has always been my mantra. I love cooking for my family and friends. From street food to fine dining food, I like to explore the ingredients that go into a dish so that I can replicate it in our kitchen at a later time. Contrary to what most people think, we aren’t eating Bengali food at home every day. In fact, … Read More It’s time to reflect what I’ve been eating in our Chennai home ..read more

Shubho Noboborsho! Wishing all of you on the occasion of Bengali New Year. Also wishing everyone for the other Indian regional New Years like Ugadi, Puthandu, Vishu , Baisakhi, Vihu, Gudi Padwa and others. If you aren’t celebrating a New Year… may we simply celebrate life!  A new dawn and a beautiful morning… and some behind the scene hustling We are blessed with a … Read More Celebrating Bengali New Year and Tamil New Year at home ..read more

Buying fresh fish from the fishermen straight off the seashore in Kovalam… this was kind of an ultimate ode to fish lovers like us. The warm glow of the rising sun, the fresh breeze and the excitement of the buyers added to the bustle of the morning. It was already 6:30am on a Saturday morning and we hurried. We had to reach Kovalam beach … Read More Kovalam Beach | Buying fish at the seashore and a recipe of Beer Battered Squid ..read more

Happy 72nd Indian Republic Day! May the love and pride for our nation keep soaring high amongst all Indians, much like the Tricolour! I have been living abroad for the last 20 years and have just moved back to India from Dubai in October 2020. For those who may be expecting with fluttering hearts that the decision was initiated by a patriotic call to … Read More I never aspired for any other passport but my Indian passport and it has nothing to do with patriotism ..read more

Wishing you abundance and joy as new harvest is celebrated all across India. Although they have different names… Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Maghi Bihu, Uttarayan, Lohri and others, the intentions are the same – to show gratitude to nature for her bounty. It also marks the sun’s transit to Capricorn, hence marking the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and a good time to release … Read More Celebrating Pongal with Sakkarai Pongal and other dishes ..read more

One of the most exciting ways of exploring and learning more about a region is through its regional cuisine. I cooked Chettinad Chicken in a claypot, an affair that I have been longing for a long time. It turned out to be delicious and I'm currently obsessing over everything about it... the aroma, the texture and the excitement of cooking in a claypot ..read more

Getting into the Chennai groove with a homemade spicy Chicken 65 for today’s lunch. I made two variations of it – with and without gravy. This is probably the closest a blogpost can get to real-time! My last blogpost was kind of very long as I belted my heart out into settling down in Chennai. The behind-the-scenes activities started in April 2020 and we … Read More Homemade spicy Chicken 65 for today’s lunch ..read more

Wishing you all health and happiness for the New Year, from our new home as we start a new chapter in a new city... Chennai ..read more

A delicious way to discover one of the most vibrant neighbourhoods of Old Dubai – Meena Bazaar, is to book into the 4-hour long ‘Little India on a plate’ food tour with Frying Pan Adventures. It's getting to connect to the essence of old neighbourhoods holding its head high amidst the new urban landscape of 2020, which in itself, is a story that needed to be told and celebrated. What do you think ..read more

Chalking out my favourite food memories from the neighbourhood trio of Bur Dubai, Karama and Oudh Metha in a three-part blogpost ... digging into a two decade long delicious list ..read more