Kalyan and Sudeshna Banerjee
Read biographyKalyan and Sudeshna Banerjee are on a mission to make Bengali cuisine more popular via their blog http://bengalicuisine.netand crack open the box of the long lost Bengali habits and customs. Kalyan is a Technical Consultant to Law Firms, IIT Roorkee Alum, weekend traveller, travel blogger and a Web 2.0 geek. Sudeshna has just completed her Masters in Biotechnology and is now pursuing a career as Business Analyst
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A two-step with Hilsa – Bengal’s monsoon queen
Ilish, or Hilsa, stands tall in the long list of Bengal stalwarts that includes Tagores, Boses, Ray, Basus, Ganguly and Mamata. And that isn’t a hyperbole. Ask the numerous men who rush to the fish market despite the monsoon (or rather, because of it) hoping to get there before the #Bengali cuisine #ChopAddStir #Hilsa
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Fish: Bengal’s favourite vegetable
Statutory warning: We don’t expect you to be a vegetarian, but in case you are, then we are assuming you are reading this purely for culinary pursuit. Please excuse the obvious bias towards the love for fish. Indians generally have a love-hate relationship with fish. Wait, before you Bongs, Mallus, Goans #Bengali cuisine #ChopAddStir #PatlaMacherJhol #Recipe
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Fruity ideas to beat the heat
Does any of this sound familiar? Rising mercury levels; dripping sweat making you miserable; television channels flooded with prickly heat powder, deodorant, refrigerator and cola ads. You don’t want to step out in the sun, so you buy grocery early morning or at night. But your commute to and from #Aam panna #EatChopStir #Summer coolers #Watermelon juice
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Kasha Mangsho: The quintessential Bengali Sunday lunch
Change is in the air in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. If you are Bengali or Tamil, even if you live outside those states, I bet you have gobbled up media coverage of the pre, ongoing and post poll analyses. Didi made a clean sweep of the Bong heartland and #Bengali cuisine #Kasha Mangsho #Recipe
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Make maach on a Mamata win – a guide to the Bengali kitchen
Ever lived in a new city all by yourself and got fed up with the hassle of changing cooks, weird tastes, astronomical eat-out prices, less nutrition, oily stuff and then resorted to Maggi, milk, cornflakes and ready-to-eats? Well, sooner of later you are going to start missing home food. If you #Bengali cuisine #Indian cuisine #KitchenEssentials
