Egg is not something I grew up eating much. My mom is allergic to eggs and when I was a teenager, the doctor embargoed me from eating eggs. He convinced my parents that my weight gain was directly proportional to eggs. As my mom listened to that doctor, she began […]
Author: Dolphia Nandi Arnstein
Three pillars of photography
I love to challenge myself. A few days ago, I checked Simi’s post on Horchata and the beautiful way she shot the motion. I was intrigued. After searching for more information about the technique I came across a site called ‘a brown table‘. In his blog Nik does motion shots in almost every post. First, […]
Mach Bhape or steamed fish recipe
I “need” to do something creative every day. If I do not, I don’t feel satisfied. There have been many nights that I got out of the bed at about 3 am and photographed something. Last week I was mentioning to my husband that I feel like the artist inside me is dying. […]
Cauliflower Shrimp curry (Fulkopi chingrir jhol)
I can not believe it’s almost the third week of February. Mom was saying that the weather is getting warmer in Kolkata (about 73F). Boston is still freezing, hovering around 28F. M is saying that winter could last for at least another month. A warm bowl of shrimp cauliflower curry with […]
Recipe for roasted yellow lentils with poppy-seed potatoes
The recipe has been published by BostonGlobe. You can find the link here. Dal! I have no idea why it took me so long to write a post about the most common food in our diet. I make a big pot of it every week to go with my non-veg and veg […]
Jhalmuri – Revisiting childhood
A couple of weeks ago Subhasmita asked me if we can do a guest post together. I suggested it be theme based and when I mentioned this idea to Sujatha and Anjana they wanted to join as well. We, four kitchen divas, decided to cook an Indian snack and blog it. […]