Poets have waxed eloquent about it; authors have written reams about it; an entire populace swears by it. Meet Nolen Gur, the seasonal and artisanal jaggery that makes winter months sweet in Bengal.
This Durga puja don’t restrict yourself to just khichuri for bhog. From pickles to pitha, satiate your soul with traditional Bengali puja delights!
A hilsa food festival currently on at the Eden Pavilion, ITC Sonar, Kolkata, brings alive recipes from Purnima Tagore’s Thakur Barir Ranna. In Bengal, the arrival of rains means the promise of Hilsa,…