Bengali food is a comforting South Asian cuisine from Bangladesh and Bengal, known for its rich spices, rice-based meals, and ...

Make a Romy Gill recipe, in my experience, and you end up marveling at two things: the straightforward ease and the surprisingly complex flavors. The key to both is the layering of spices and spice ...

Few cuisines celebrate the rhythm of the seasons quite like Bengali cooking. This communal supper presents seven courses ...

The appointment of a professional cook in the Bengali household is a relatively recent practice. As food historian Utsa Ray points out, it was only in the early 20th century that middle-class families ...

On a quiet table sits a moulded piece of semolina (suji) halwa. It looks simple enough, almost austere. There is no heavy gloss of ghee, no syrup pooling around the edges, no elaborate garnish.

From zero waste cooking and minimalist fish curries to Burmese noodle soups and Andaman settler kitchens, the flavours of displacement continue to shape what Bengal eats today ...

In Bengali culture, food is at the heart of Jamai Shashthi, symbolising love, gratitude, and family bonds. Elaborate feasts ...

The only thing better than a good recipe? When something’s so easy to make that you don’t even need one. Welcome to It’s That Simple, a column where we talk you through the process of making the ...

Bengali cuisine has a lot of surprises. And it is this intrigue that you might encounter in every bite that sets it apart. Novel preparations, new tastes, subtle spices -- that your tongue tries to ...